Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula
This paper is the second part of a two-part research project that considers to the extent to which the competencies required by special librarians are addressed in the existing Iranian Library and Information Science curricula.For this purpose, a survey was conducted by using a questionnaire with a...
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| author | Robati, Alireza Peyvand Yusuf, Byabazaire |
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| description | This paper is the second part of a two-part research project that considers to the extent to which the competencies required by special librarians are addressed in the existing Iranian Library and Information Science curricula.For this purpose, a survey was conducted by using a questionnaire with a dichotomous scale (Yes/No), involving Library and Information Science departments in Iran.The results revealed that, overall, the Associate curriculum is helping students to acquire 18 (32.72%) of the 55 required
competencies, the Bachelors curriculum is helping them to obtain 77 (63.11%) of the 122 necessary competencies, and the Masters curriculum is helping students gain 83 (68.03%) of the 122 required competencies.The results also demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of the current Library and Information Science curricula in terms of providing graduates with the necessary competencies to work in special libraries. |
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| spelling | uum-191952016-11-13T01:39:47Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/19195/ Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula Robati, Alireza Peyvand Yusuf, Byabazaire Z665 Library Science. Information Science This paper is the second part of a two-part research project that considers to the extent to which the competencies required by special librarians are addressed in the existing Iranian Library and Information Science curricula.For this purpose, a survey was conducted by using a questionnaire with a dichotomous scale (Yes/No), involving Library and Information Science departments in Iran.The results revealed that, overall, the Associate curriculum is helping students to acquire 18 (32.72%) of the 55 required competencies, the Bachelors curriculum is helping them to obtain 77 (63.11%) of the 122 necessary competencies, and the Masters curriculum is helping students gain 83 (68.03%) of the 122 required competencies.The results also demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of the current Library and Information Science curricula in terms of providing graduates with the necessary competencies to work in special libraries. SAGE Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/19195/1/JLIS%2048%202%202016%201-14.pdf Robati, Alireza Peyvand and Yusuf, Byabazaire (2016) Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 48 (2). pp. 123-136. ISSN 0961-0006 http://doi.org/10.1177/0961000614551449 doi:10.1177/0961000614551449 doi:10.1177/0961000614551449 |
| spellingShingle | Z665 Library Science. Information Science Robati, Alireza Peyvand Yusuf, Byabazaire Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula |
| title | Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula |
| title_full | Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula |
| title_fullStr | Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula |
| title_short | Coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of Library and Information Science curricula |
| title_sort | coverage of the competencies required by special librarians at three different levels of library and information science curricula |
| topic | Z665 Library Science. Information Science |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/19195/1/JLIS%2048%202%202016%201-14.pdf |
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