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Are Librarians Prepared to Serve Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Content Analysis of Graduate Programs
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Layden, Selena J.; Anderson, Amelia; Hayden, Kera E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Libraries provide invaluable services and supports to members of their communities, including school communities. Those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can receive particular benefits from their libraries, including supports in the areas of academics, social skills, communication, technology, literacy, leisure skills, and even employment…
Descriptors: Autism, Librarians, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Library Education
Professional Identity Development among Graduate Library and Information Studies Online Learners: A Mixed Methods Study
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Croxton, Rebecca A. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2015
This study explores how factors relating to fully online Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students' connectedness with peers and faculty may impact their professional identity development as library and information studies professionals. Participants include students enrolled in a fully online MLIS degree program in the…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Individual Development, Mixed Methods Research, Electronic Learning
The Conant Report: A Study of the Education of Librarians.
Conant, Ralph W. – 1980
An 8-year study of selected graduate library school programs, the state of the profession, and the needs of libraries reveals the necessity for educational reform. Three principal questions confront the profession: What is the responsibility of professional education to the library profession, its students, and society? How does the present system…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Librarians
The MLS: For the Public Good or for Our Good?
Cottam, Keith M. – Library Journal, 1986
This essay on the issue of qualifications for librarianship highlights debate over the Master of Library Science (MLS) as legitimate academic credential or minimum qualification, use of the MLS, change and new directions that are transforming field of librarianship, nonlibrarian specialists, and professional role and behavior. Ten sources are…
Descriptors: Credentials, Graduate Study, Librarians, Library Education
The Education of School Librarians.
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Becking, Mara Swanson – Catholic Library World, 1986
This essay presents a professional librarian's opinion on a many-sided subject. Highlights include lack of attention to school library media specialists and their needs by library schools and the role of the school library media specialist in the educational process. Ten readers' responses are included. Eleven references are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Learning Resources Centers
Employer Preferences and the Library Education Curriculum.
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White, Herbert S.; Paris, Marion – Library Quarterly, 1985
Directors of academic, public, and special libraries were asked to relate curricula of master's degree programs in library and information science to their own perceived needs and preferences in hiring of junior professionals. Options for alternatives to education outside one-year degree setting were examined and ranked. Seventeen references are…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Courses, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Study