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Practitioners and Library Education: A Crisis of Understanding

Stoffle, Carla J. and Leeder, Kim (2005) Practitioners and Library Education: A Crisis of Understanding. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 46(4):pp. 313-320.

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Abstract

The authors respond to the issues presented in the article "Crying Wolf: An examination and reconsideration of the perception of crisis in LIS education," published in the same issue of the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.

Commentary on:Dillon, Andrew and Norris, April (2005) Crying Wolf: An examination and reconsideration of the perception of crisis in LIS. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 46(4):pp. 280-298.
EPrint Type:Journal Article (Paginated)
Keywords:library education, information science education, LIS education
Subjects:Library and Information Science Education
ID Code:1074
Deposited On:01 March 2006
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4. This issue.

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9. Markey, 319.

10. Markey, “Current Educational Trends,” 322.

11. Charles R. Hildreth and MichaelKoenig, “Organizational Realignment of LIS Programs in Academia: From Independent Standalone Units to Incorporated Programs,” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 43 (2002): 128, 131.

12. Ernie Ingles, Kathleen De Long, Chuck Humphrey, Allison Sivak, Marianne Sorensen, and Jennifer de Peuter, The Future of Human Resources in Canadian Libraries (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Canadian Library Human Resource Study, 2005), http://www.ls.ualberta.ca/8rs/8RsFutureofHRLibraries.pdf, 122.

13. Gorman, “Whither Library Education?” 377.

14. Ling Hwey Jeng, “The Points of ALA Task Force on Library School Closing,” PRISM 13 (Fall 2005), http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/prp/prism/current/demystifyingcoawhatsbehindthestandards/TFLSC.htm.

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