{"title":"Education for collection management: ending before it ever really started, or only just beginning?","authors":"John Kennedy","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16104","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The current state and likely future of education for collection management/collection development are explored, with reference to conditions in the United Kingdom, Australia and North America. It is suggested that, even in an environment relying heavily on information held in electronic format, there is likely to be a strong need for collections and for the skills required to create and manage them. Educators need to take account of rapid and profound changes but should resist any tendency to diminish the role of collection management/collection development in the curriculum.","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"175 1","pages":"45-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16104","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The current state and likely future of education for collection management/collection development are explored, with reference to conditions in the United Kingdom, Australia and North America. It is suggested that, even in an environment relying heavily on information held in electronic format, there is likely to be a strong need for collections and for the skills required to create and manage them. Educators need to take account of rapid and profound changes but should resist any tendency to diminish the role of collection management/collection development in the curriculum.
期刊介绍:
Information is widely recognized as a vital resource in economic development. The skills of information handling traditionally associated with libraries, are now in great demand in all sectors, including government, business and commerce. The education and training of information professionals is, therefore, an issue of growing significance. Education for Information has been since 1983 a forum for debate and discussion on education and training issues in the sphere of information handling. It includes refereed full-length articles and short communications on matters of current concern to educators and practitioners alike. Its News section reports on significant activities and events in the international arena.