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ERIC Number: EJ341632
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Specialization in Library Education: A Review of Trends and Issues.
Williams, Robert V.; Zachert, Martha Jane K.
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, v26 n4 p215-32 Spr 1986
Presents historical review of issues and trends in training of professionals for subject-oriented libraries and argues that resistance by library education programs to practitioner demands for specialization has limited librarians to a narrow range of work in the "Information Society" and created unnecessary divisions within the information profession at large. (CD)
Descriptors: Certification, Curriculum, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Librarians, Library Education, Library Schools, Professional Associations, Scientific and Technical Information, Special Libraries, Specialization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: American Documentation Institute; American Library Association; American Society for Information Science; Special Libraries Association