Education for Librarianship--What Model?

Education for librarianship: Some persistent issues

As education for librarianship approaches its centenary it is curious to note how many of the issues debated over the course of the last hundred years still remain unresolved today. Some of these are quite fundamental to the whole matter of education for a profession. In its strictly defined sense of formal full-time instruction, in an institution of higher education, specifically in librarians...

Miles O. Price and Education for Law Librarianship

What ain’t mathematics education?!

Abstract: In 1996 at the first Iranian Mathematics Education Conference (IMEC1) that was held in Isfahan. I obliged myself as a mathematics educator, to inform the mathematics community at large by presenting a paper entitled “what is mathematics education?” to pave the way for the establishment of the master program of mathematics education in Iran. Now, after 16 years, we need to reflect on t...

Distance Librarianship in Small States: What Are the Challenges?

Distance education has presented several new challenges to information facilitators. Providing quality distance library services in small states has it own unique set of issues, which are as yet unreported in the literature. This paper examines the concept of small states and how this impacts on providing distance librarianship to persons resident in such states. Also examined are strategies th...

Sustaining librarian vitality: embedded librarianship model for health sciences libraries.

With biomedical information widely accessible from anywhere at any time, health sciences libraries have become less centralized, and they are challenged to stay relevant and vital to the mission and strategic goals of their home institution. One solution is to embed librarians at strategic points in health professions' education, research, and patient care. This article discusses a proposed fiv...