Educational needs of Finnish polytechnic librarians

Polytechnic graduate placement in Finnish manufacturing

This paper analyses polytechnic graduate placement in Finnish manufacturing. The paper uses a register-based data source covering white-collar manufacturing workers over the period 1995–2004. Taken together, the results show that wages and job classification are higher for polytechnic graduates, once other covariates are controlled for. Despite this, almost 20% of graduates from polytechnics ha...

The changing educational needs of subject librarians: \\ A survey of UK practitioner opinions and course content

The fitness for purpose of professional education for library work has been constantly debated. Librarianship education and library practice have changed significantly as a result of technological, social and other factors affecting information provision and use. The key role of subject librarian in academic libraries has been particularly affected by both technological and pedagogical developm...

The Educational Role of Health Sciences Librarians

THEEDUCATIONAL ROLE OF health sciences librarians in both academic centers and in hospitals is expanding due to influences of new educational models and growing use of technology. Innovative health sciences curricula are being applied in undergraduate and continuing education and of ten incorporate new technologies. The health sciences librarians’ educational responsibilities include teaching a...

Information systems application educational needs of small enterprises-a survey of Finnish circumstances

This study discusses how information systems application education can help small and mediumsized enterprises in their application of information technology. The supply for education in information systems application seems to be divided into two parts. First there is the basic education gained before beginning of the active career. Through this education young people are nowadays quite well eq...

The Educational Needs of Democracy