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Preparing the Information Professional An Agenda for the Future
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Sajjad ur Rehman
Book Code: GM0673
ISBN: 0-313-30673-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30673-0
192 pages, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/2000
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 5 1/2 X 8 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [v]aluable for library school professors and instructors and as resource for their graduate students....[t]he scholarship is thorough, and the book is logically formatted with conclusions that are generally applicable in the so-called "real world" with which this reviewer is most familiar.
    —Journal of Library and Information Science     2003
  • ...offers American librarians a perspective on how a different population views problems similar to ours in this report of the results of in-depth interviews with 148 top and middle managers of libraries in Malaysia.
    —Public Library Quarterly     .
  • The book is useful because the studies described provide a methodology for gathering employer perceptions....Surveys such as those described by Rehman could be useful in improving communication between the schools and the practitioner community.
    —College & Research Libraries     2001
  • This book has obvious appeal to library and information studies researchers and educators, but its topics are of a much broader interest. Questions of competencies, appropriate library personnel stratification, and the preparation of the future information professionals confront many of us, including library administrators, managers, and practitioners. It behooves all involved to become informed.
    —Collection Management
Description: Redesigning information education in response to the market dynamic requires clear articulation of the expectations of employers, identification of competencies for professionals, and appreciation of environmental, institutional, and situational contexts. The author responds to these needs in a systematic and scientific manner by describing methods of translating market demands into defined sets of capabilities to serve as parameters for formal education of information professionals. He also provides a research framework for differentiating between undergraduate and graduate levels for developing educational models. Serious disparities in coverage and treatment of information education in different parts of the world are noted and analyzed using a global view.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The Information Scene and Professional Trends and Directions: Trends and Directions
  • Preparation of Information Professionals: The Competency Approach
  • Competency Definition and Validation: Design and Conduct
  • Competencies of Library and Information Professionals: The Functional Approach
  • Competencies for Academic Library Professionals: Institutional Perspective
  • Competencies for Public Library Professionals: Institutional Perspective
  • Competencies for Special Library Professionals: Institutional Perspective
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Programs of Library and Information Education: Differentials for Competency-Based Curricula
  • Preparation of Future Professionals: Strategies and Directions
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-462056
LCC Class: Z668
Dewey Class: 020
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