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Publication Date: 1998
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Educating and Training Library Practitioners: A Comparative History with Trends and Recommendations.
Wilson, Anthony M.; Hermanson, Robert
Library Trends, v46 n3 p467-504 Win 1998
Presents overviews of librarian and library support staff education from 1887 to the present. Discusses current forces in education for librarians; the balance between professional and university environments; differences between education for librarians and library technicians; persistent themes; the role of information science in library education; and current issues. A library education chronology is appended. Contains 93 references. (PEN)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Environment, Educational History, Information Science, Information Technology, Librarians, Library Education, Library History, Library Schools, Library Science, Library Technicians, Literature Reviews, Paraprofessional Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Work Environment
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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