Whither library education?

New Library World

Volumn 105, Issue , 2004, Pages 376-380

  Gorman, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Curricula; Gender; Information science; Librarians; Library studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133671     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800410557330     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Columbia University and the universities of Chicago and California, Berkeley are the most cited examples.
2. See: www.ala.org/Content/ Content Groups/ HRDR/1st_Congress_on_Professional_Education/ 1st_Congress__Appendix_A__ALA_ Core_Values_II_Discussion_Guide.htm and www.ala.org/ Content/Content Groups/ HRDR/1st_Congress_on_ Professional_Education/1st_Congress_ TF_on_Core_Competencies_ Penultimate_Report.htm
3. Marco's (1994) analysis has been disputed by Irwin (2002) but I do not find his criticisms persuasive.
4. See www.ala.org/ Content/Navigation Menu/ Our_Association/Offices/Diversity3/ Spectrum_Initiative/Spectrum_ Initiative.htm
5. Audunson, R., Nordlie, R. and Spangen, I.C. (2003), “ The complete librarian – an outdated species? LIS between profession and discipline ”, New Library World, Vol. 104 No. 1189, pp. 195 - 202.
6. Hildenbrand, S. (1999), “ The Information Age versus gender equity? ”, Library Trends, Vol. 47 No. 4, pp. 669-685.
7. Houser, L. (1988), “ A conceptual analysis of information science ”, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 10 January, pp. 3 - 34.
8. Irwin, R. (2002), “ Characterizing the core ”, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Vol. 43 No. 2, pp. 175-181.
9. Marco, G.A. (1994), “ The demise of the American core curriculum ”, Libri, Vol. 44 September, pp. 176-179.