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Closing of Library Schools in North America: What Role Accreditation? by TEFKO SARACEVIC is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Closing of Library Schools in North America: What Role Accreditation? about?
For the past decade and a half, universities in the U.S. and some even in Canada have been ciosing or merging their library schools at a steady pace. The article treats the closures äs Symptoms of what is fundamentally ailing in the contents, structure and governance of library education in North America. Discussed are Problems and weaknesses of: accreditation Standards, basic model and contents, theoretical foundation, core curriculum, academic Isolation, and responses to changing situations. A hypothesis is offered that relates these problems and the closure of schools to the iron grip on library education held by the Committee on Accreditation (COA), American Library Association (ALA). In that sense, COA has a major responsibility for the ciosing of library schools. Conclusions are bleak.
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- TEFKO SARACEVIC
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences