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Library and Information Science Education and Graduate Programs in Academic Libraries

Library and Information Science Education and Graduate Programs in Academic Libraries

Lyu Na
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781522505501|ISBN10: 1522505504|EISBN13: 9781522505518
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0550-1.ch013
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Na, Lyu. "Library and Information Science Education and Graduate Programs in Academic Libraries." Academic Library Development and Administration in China, edited by Lian Ruan, et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 218-229. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0550-1.ch013

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Na, L. (2017). Library and Information Science Education and Graduate Programs in Academic Libraries. In L. Ruan, Q. Zhu, & Y. Ye (Eds.), Academic Library Development and Administration in China (pp. 218-229). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0550-1.ch013

Chicago

Na, Lyu. "Library and Information Science Education and Graduate Programs in Academic Libraries." In Academic Library Development and Administration in China, edited by Lian Ruan, Qiang Zhu, and Ying Ye, 218-229. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0550-1.ch013

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Abstract

In academic libraries, there are two main types of education activities: information literacy, serving all university students and staff, and graduate education, focusing on LIS students. Academic libraries bear the responsibility of teaching information literacy to university students and staff, so the libraries develop a variety of training programs to help them with literature retrieval and resource utilization in order to improve their academic abilities. The first library to offer graduate education in library and information science independently was Shanghai Jiaotong University, which received authorization to offer an information science master's degree in 1996. In 2003, academic libraries began to offer graduate education and library and information science training more widely. After ten years, academic libraries had developed their own graduate education and training experience as distinct from LIS schools. This chapter investigates and analyzes academic library web portals in terms of education patterns, fields of study, entrance examination subjects, and curriculum.

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