The education of library and information professionals in the United Kingdom

Author(s)

• Elkin, Judith
• Wilson, Thomas D. (Thomas Daniel)
• British Association for Information and Library Education and Research. Heads of Departments and Schools Committee

Bibliographic Information

The education of library and information professionals in the United Kingdom

edited by Judith Elkin and Tom Wilson on behalf of the Heads of Departments and Schools Committee of the British Association for Information and Library Education and Research (BAILER)

（The education of library and information professionals : an international series）

Mansell, 1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Providing information on the current development in library science education, student texts and background reading, this text includes documentation for overseas aid programmes and information for assessing equivalence of qualifications held by professionals from other countries. This volume, focusing on the UK, covers: the emergence of education for librarianship; specialist education for librarianship; education in academic institutions; education for library technicians and teacher librarianship; and questions concerning the maintainenance of quality in library education.

Table of Contents

• Historical review, John Feather and Kate Wood
• curriculum changes and development in the Schools and Departments, Joan Day
• specialist provision in LIS education, Judith Elkin
• information technology in the LIS curriculum, Paul Burton
• information management and the LIS curriculum, David Ellis
• research and research strategies in Schools and Departments, Tom Wilson
• the current situation and its implications - a statistical snapshot, Kate Wood
• the future of professional education in LIS, John Feather.

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Details

• NCID: BA30709462
• ISBN:
  • 0720122333
• LCCN: 96052924
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Washington
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 289 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z669.3
  • DC21 : 020/.71/141
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Library education -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Information services industry -- Employees -- Training of -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27660751