LIS meets the EIP

To meet a perceived need for information professionals engaging in projects on document and knowledge management, a new course on Enterprise Information Portals (EIP) and Intranets has been established at the Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS). The aim of the course has been to provide the graduates with a better understanding of fundamental theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of developing and implementing an EIP. This paper addresses the theoretical, methodological and pedagogical aspects of developing the course and how or whether the expected learning outcome has been reached. INTRODUCTION Within the library and information studies (LIS) community a broad consensus has emerged that the information world is undergoing fundamental changes, and that both the LIS profession as well as the studies concerning LIS must respond to this fact. LIS is engaged in a struggle with other professions and academic disciplines for jurisdiction over information functions traditionally subject to LIS as well as new information functions brought about by changes in technology and society. The primary reasons for this struggle are twofold: firstly, changes in computing and telecommunications, and secondly, the increasing strategic importance of information in our economy and in society in general,