{"title":"A survey of the institutions in Asia and the Pacific offering library and information studies through distance learning","authors":"Somsuang Prudtikul","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16302","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"209-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human resource development for information societies – an Asian perspective","authors":"E. Lim","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16303","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"9 1","pages":"219-236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/EFI-1998-16303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peering into the mist and struggling through it – the education and training of the future information professional","authors":"I. Johnson","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying the transferable skills of information professionals through mentoring","authors":"J. Farmer, F. Campbell","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"-1 1","pages":"95-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/EFI-1998-16201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differentiated competencies for graduate and undergraduate levels: needed transformation of the information study programs","authors":"S. Rehman, N. Karim, A. Chaudhry","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"9-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/EFI-1998-16102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educating future librarians in Pakistan – a library educator's perspective","authors":"S. J. Haider","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"29-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/EFI-1998-16103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"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":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16104","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":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roadmaps for the Highway: the evaluation of an information literacy training programme for South African students","authors":"K. D. Jager, M. Nassimbeni","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16203","url":null,"abstract":"Students from historically disadvantaged educational systems have not been exposed to information technologies and information sources. The School of Librarianship at the University of Cape Town has recognised the need for information literacy training that would be appropriate for students from the developing world. It is therefore offering a single semester course to undergraduates in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, with the specific aim of providing students with transferable learning and information skills. This paper presents an overview and an evaluation of the course.","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"131-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/EFI-1998-16203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparing Information Professionals for the Next Century.","authors":"R. D. Stueart","doi":"10.3233/EFI-1998-16305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-1998-16305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"16 1","pages":"243-251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/EFI-1998-16305","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69901668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Manpower requirements in the emerging information society of the Baltic states","authors":"E. Maceviciute","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.4136916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4136916","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is based mainly on the results of the 'Survey of Information Specialists Labour Market in the Baltic States', a research project undertaken by the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University and the Department of Information Studies at the Tallinn Pedagogical University. The objective of the research was to establish the main trends in the labour market for information spe-cialists that will enable planning the studies and number of students for institutions of higher education. Three main sectors of employment were selected: a) emerging sector of information service; b) established sector of libraries; and c) information management in different economic sectors. The author introduces the methods of re- search and main findings.","PeriodicalId":51668,"journal":{"name":"EDUCATION FOR INFORMATION","volume":"23 1","pages":"486-500"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87197504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}