Summarizes views presented by three speakers from the Canadian library and information community in a workshop at a joint conference of two professional associations. Topics addressed were the state of research in public, academic, and special libraries; the need for library research; and how to find funding to support research. (CDD)

Examines roles of women in library education in three time periods: 1887-1923, 1924-1950, 1951-1985. Topics discussed include missionaries and mentors, library school founders, institutions offering graduate library schools, advanced degrees and publishing activity of women, women faculty, North American library school deans, and women presidents…

Assesses extent to which library/information schools have carved out an organizational niche within their university environment; describes current status and organizational transformations within such schools; identifies ways these schools measure their status; discusses changes in the field; and raises questions about institutional perceptions…

Defines information science; reviews currently available literature pertaining to information science education (directories, analytical articles, opinion papers); and discusses a study which surveys course offerings in information science to establish what currently constitutes a specialization in the field. Course descriptions in school catalogs…

Presents results of investigation into nature of 98 library administration doctoral dissertations produced in library science from 1928 to 1980, including number of dissertations per library school, research methodologies used, and characteristics of doctoral student advisors. Relevant literature, data gathering, and hypothesis testing are…

This study evaluates demand for specific competency categories in the 1996 United States academic library job market. Its purpose is to identify frequencies of requested qualifications and of job openings by United States region, to inform students and administrators of Masters of Library Science (MLS) Programs of current competency requirements…

This paper on World Wide Web-based continuing education begins with an overview of the concept of the virtual university and the creation of a community of scholars in the virtual university. The University of California Digital Library is then described, including: the strategic need for libraries to change; attributes of the traditional,…

Presents results of the 45th annual "Library Journal" placement and salaries survey. Highlights include professional, temporary, and part-time job outlooks; library school stability; status of traditional jobs; placement trends, including minority placements; comparison of salaries; and a sidebar that profiles a librarian in her first professional…

Discussion of the evaluation and ranking of degree programs of library and information science at ALA (American Library Association) accredited schools focuses on a study of faculty authorship in "Library Literature" as a measure of productivity. Doctoral programs, Association of Research Libraries affiliation, and Carnegie I research…

Argues that successful recruitment of strong faculty depends on viewing information science as an academic program serving a variety of professional fields and valuing research as the equivalent of teaching. The implementation of these views within the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, at Rutgers University is described.…

Proposes that information is replacing gold as the standard by which fiscal and monetary policies are set. Discussion includes the decisive consequences for professions dependent on public funding; the need for librarianship to overcome biases against the commercial sector; and to need to prepare graduates for private sector placement. (12…

Describes a study of full-time library school faculty members that examined the extent to which four dimensions of job satisfaction were related to overall job satisfaction, as well as how other variables, including sex and age, affect job satisfaction. Use of the Job Descriptive Index is discussed. (17 references) (LRW)

Describes a program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in which library school students in the introduction to reference course participate in a required practicum at the research library information desk. Although a survey of other accredited library schools shows no other similar practicum program, 49% of those surveyed expressed interest.…

Summarizes a research project on the perceptions of library and information science faculty and staff about part-time and distance students. Topics explored include the extent of agreement between deans and faculty members about these students and the relationship of factors such as faculty rank and school size to respondent perceptions. (Contains…

Eight papers from the 1991 ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) conference are presented. Highlights include the early years of library education, the status of doctoral programs, bibliographic instruction and the library school curriculum, evaluation of faculty, recruitment of international students, and gender-based…