Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyse the trends for digital library education in
Europe. It addresses two questions: what are the roles for digital librarians? How should …

The nature of information and knowledge, and the ways in which information services are
provided, differ considerably in different contexts. This is an important theoretical and …

Purpose–This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of the hybrid information specialist in
the academic library setting. It does this in relation to curriculum development for preparatory …

Purpose–The aim of the research is to investigate the qualifications and the skills of the
librarian's profession as they are impressed through the job ads. Design/methodology …

This paper advances the idea that there is a crisis in library education, varying in severity
from country to country and calls for a new (or resuscitated) model of library education that …

Recent discussions of education for library professionals have strongly criticized the state of
most Library and Information Science (LIS) schools, which are portrayed as techno-centric …

Library and information science education in Nigeria has come a long way. Since the first
library school in 1960 at the university College Ibadan, several changes have been …

The skills and competencies required of library and information science (LIS) professionals
working in libraries and information centers have been greatly affected by rapidly evolving …

As an academic field, Library and Information Science (LIS) resembles a patchwork. This
statement is valid in general, but it is probably particularly true of Europe, given the fact that …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to report a study designed to identify qualifications
and skills that library and information science (LIS) students should have when they …