Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future
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.

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Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future
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.

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Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future

Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future

by Sajjad ur Rehman
Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future

Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future

by Sajjad ur Rehman

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313306730
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/30/2000
Series: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science , #93
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile: 1330L (what's this?)

About the Author

SAJJAD UR REHMAN is Professor of Information Science, Kuwait University./e

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

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