Educating the Profession: 40 years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training

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Educating the Profession

40 years of the IFLA Section on Education and Training

Edited by: Michael Seadle
Michael Seadle

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2016

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Volume 170 | IFLA Publications

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Education and training for the library profession have changed over the decades, and this publication looks both at the past and the future of these developments at schools of library and information science as well as the role of IFLA's Section on Education and Training. The chapters cover regional developments in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; special topics, such as quality assurance and case studies; and future considerations in LIS education.

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Michael Seadle, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, and Clara Chu, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Library and Information Science, Book Studies Library and Information Science, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
About IFLA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Welcome Introduction to the book Clara M. Chu and Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Development of the Profession A History of the IFLA Section for Education & Training from 2004 to 2014 Anna Maria Tammaro and Terry Weech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Section 1: Europe
Introduction Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. European Library and Information Science Schools Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. “Expertise ... Certification ... Cultural Capital” The Education of Librarians in the UK Anne Welsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. New Approaches, Structural and Organizational Changes in the PhD Programme in LIS/IS Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
5. Library and Information Science Education and Training in Serbia Aleksandra Vranes, Ljiljana Marković and Aleksandar Jerkov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Section 2: Africa
Introduction Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
6. Anglophone Africa: Ibadan Sixty Years on An Historical Survey and Review of Trends in African LIS Education Paul Sturges, Peter Burnett and Archie Dick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
7. Fifteen Years of Training Librarians in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa Outcomes and Perspectives Bernard Dione Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
8. Library Education in Nigeria Repositioning for Professional Relevance in the 21st Century Uloma Doris Onuoha, Ngozi Blessing Ukachi and Rachael Folashade Aina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Section 3: Americas
Introduction Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
9. What’s in a Name? A Brief History of Informatics Education Prudence Dalrymple Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
10. Library and Information Science (LIS) Education in Mexico Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
11. Library Education in Peru Historical and Future Perspectives Ana María Talavera-Ibarra and Aurora de la Vega-Ramírez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Section 4: Asia and Australia
Introduction Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
12. LIS Education in the United Arab Emirates Past and Future Directions Janet Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
13. Looking back through More than One Hundred Years of LIS Education in India and Looking ahead S.B. Ghosh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
14. The Development, Challenges, and Opportunities of Library and Information Science Education in Indonesia Ida F. Priyanto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
15. The University of the Philippines (UP) School of Library and Information Studies Legacies, Challenges and Commitment to the Profession through Excellence in LIS Education Rosalie B. Faderon, Vyva Victoria M. Aguirre, Iyra S. Buenrostro and Johann Frederick A. Cabbab Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
16. The Australian LIS Education Journey From Practice to Profession Mary Carroll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
Section 5: Special Perspective on Library and Information Science Education and Training
Introduction Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
17. International Quality Assurance in LIS Education Barbara B. Moran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
18. The Rise and Fall of the Library Science Library A History of Library Support for North American LIS Education Susan E. Searing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	352
19. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Role in Library and Information Science Education and Training Hadir A. Shady Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Section 6: Possible Future Educational Approaches for LIS and its Development
Introduction Michael Seadle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
20. Trends in Librarianship Training in Germany Ursula Georgy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
21. Undergraduate Distance Education in LIS in Spain 1999–2014 An Historical Perspective Josep Cobarsí-Morales, Alexandre López-Borrull, Eva Ortoll, Sandra Sanz Martos and Antoni Roig Telo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
22. In Search of New Horizons Agenda of LIS Schools in Pakistan Nosheen Fatima Warraich, Amara Malik and Kanwal Ameen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	420
23. From Professional Qualifications to iSchool@northumbria A 65-year Journey Alison J. Pickard, Julie McLeod and Gobinda Chowdhury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447

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eBook published on:

July 11, 2016

eBook ISBN:

9783110375398

Hardcover published on:

July 11, 2016

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110375268

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Front matter:

11

Main content:

458

Illustrations:

8

Tables:

26

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110375398

eBook ISBN: 9783110375398

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110375268

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Libraries, Institutes, Academics, Information Professionals

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