Peering into the mist and struggling through it: the education and training of the future information professional.

Johnson, Ian M.

Abstract

Article prompted by an editorial published in Education for Information, 14, (2) July 1996, 83-4. Outlines some of the responses being made by library schools to changes affecting the library and information science (LIS) profession, including: changes in the place of information in society; availability and sophistication of information technology; changing nature of the information and communication industry; and the added complexities that these have brought to the task of maintaining and developing information services. Focuses on UK library schools activities aimed at: updating their curricula and courses to develop the necessary technical competencies; planning for the growing needs of management and leadership skills; determining how best LIS practitioners can assist.

Citation

JOHNSON, I.M. 1997. Peering into the mist and struggling through it: the education and training of the future information professional. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], 29(1), pages 3-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/096100069702900101

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: Mar 31, 1997
• Online Publication Date: Mar 31, 1997
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 1997
• Deposit Date: Oct 30, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 30, 2008
• Journal: Journal of librarianship and information science
• Print ISSN: 0961-0006
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-6477
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/096100069702900101
• Keywords: Information professionals; Training; Education; Schools of librarianship and information science
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/236