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Teaching the Elements of Community Analysis: Problems and Opportunities
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Vainstein, Rose – Library Trends, 1976
Reviews general trends in teaching basic elements of community analysis, highlights some of the courses in which these elements are introduced, comments on cases of in-depth treatment where they appear, and notes selected problems associated with the teaching of the subject. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Community Study, Curriculum, Library Education, Library Schools
Education in Library Conservation.
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Banks, Paul N. – Library Trends, 1981
Provides historical perspectives on preservation of records and highlights needs in library preservation, including a systems or engineering approach to conservation problem solving. Current educational efforts of Library of Congress and United States library schools such as School of Library Service at Columbia University are outlined. Two…
Descriptors: Archives, Curriculum, Higher Education, Library Education
Industrial Information Service Managers: Expectations of, and Support of, the Educational Process.
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Tchobanoff, James B.; Price, Jack A. – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses qualities needed by library school graduates to fill positions in industrial special libraries and the skills industrial library managers expect to be included in the curricula of library schools. Topics addressed include professional knowledge and skills, interpersonal skills and personal characteristics, personal and professional…
Descriptors: Competence, Curriculum, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
Melvil Dewey: The Professional Educator and His Heirs.
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Miksa, Francis L. – Library Trends, 1986
Assesses Melvil Dewey's role in establishing and shaping formal education for librarianship. Highlights include Dewey and library education through 1885; impact of Columbia College; Dewey's educational views (rationalization for library work, qualifications of a librarian, personal qualifications and college education, technical qualifications and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Employment Qualifications, Higher Education, History
The Socialization of Library and Information Science Students: Reflections on a Century of Formal Education for Librarianship.
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Weigand, Wayne A. – Library Trends, 1986
Overview of significant changes in library education during last century discusses example of Clara Mable Brooks, 1912 graduate of Illinois State Library School; literature on professionalism; librarianship and cultural and intellectual authority; character of library science students; ideology of "library spirit"; authority and quality…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Curriculum, Higher Education
Curriculum and Teaching Styles: Evolution of Pedagogical Patterns.
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Grotzinger, Laurel A. – Library Trends, 1986
In framework of a century of formal U.S. library education, this essay synthesizes key concepts that have dominated library school curricula with special attention to idea of "core," growing conflict between library and information science, and actual methodology of teaching as described and experienced by members of profession. (57…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, History
An Overview of the History of Library Science Teaching Materials.
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Metzger, Philip A. – Library Trends, 1986
This introduction to, and overview of, history of library science instructional materials covers the Williamson Report, teaching materials from early Columbia days onward, American Library Association book publishing activity, media in curricula and library school publication of syllabi, commercial publishing of textbooks, and periodicals in…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Higher Education, History