As the need for librarians to provide instruction on information literacy and other teaching topics increases, masters of library science students, in turn, need to become better prepared to provide to serve in this role. A content analysis of courses offered by American Library Association accredited masters of library science programs seeks to…

The current landscape of the School Librarianship educational programs and curricula of master's degrees in the USA has been explored. The master's programs are currently offered in the following four venues: (1) programs that are American Library Association (ALA) accredited but not American Association of School Librarians (AASL) recognized,…

Discussion of the current state of library education focuses on accredited master's programs in LIS (library and information science) in the United States and Canada. Highlights include school closings; numbers of students; numbers of faculty; changes in the student body; campus trends; and geographical distribution of LIS programs and distance…