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題 名 | Pluralism and the Education of the Information Professional |
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作 者 | Horne, Esther E.; | 書刊名 | 圖書館學與資訊科學 |
卷 期 | 15:2 1989.10[民78.10] |
頁 次 | 頁129-137 |
分類號 | 020.3 |
關鍵詞 | Pluralism; Information professional; Professional education; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | There is an continuing effort to identify an unifying direction in the design of Information Science curricula. Fragmentation hampers this effort. There are numerous job titles. Other factors are: lack of accreditation by ALA (American Library Association), need to re-educate some of the faculty, and the need for consensus on a core curriculum. Several educators perceive the need to reach consensus. They seem to be in agreement that there is a core of knowledge and skills relevant to all information professionals. Broadbent believes that by specifying competencies the curriculum would produce information professionals involved in service by way of information management. This management has the ability to anticipate, understand, interpret, and enhance the commodity of information and the process of informing. Brown is one who has overseen a curriculum to educate a generic information professional. It is agreed by all that it is vital to the profession to discontinue pluralism and develop a more generic approach while allowing for some flexibility. |
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