Preparing the Information Professional: An Agenda for the Future

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Redesigning information education in response to the market dynamic requires clear articulation of the expectations of employers, identification of competencies for professionals, and appreciation of environmental, institutional, and situational contexts. The author responds to these needs in a systematic and scientific manner by describing methods of translating market demands into defined sets of capabilities to serve as parameters for formal education of information professionals. He also provides a research framework for differentiating between undergraduate and graduate levels for developing educational models. Serious disparities in coverage and treatment of information education in different parts of the world are noted and analyzed using a global view.

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.,."offers American librarians a perspective on how a different population views problems similar to ours in this report of the results of in-depth interviews with 148 top and middle managers of libraries in Malaysia."-Public Library Quarterly
...offers American librarians a perspective on how a different population views problems similar to ours in this report of the results of in-depth interviews with 148 top and middle managers of libraries in Malaysia.-Public Library Quarterly
[v]aluable for library school professors and instructors and as resource for their graduate students....[t]he scholarship is thorough, and the book is logically formatted with conclusions that are generally applicable in the so-called "real world" with which this reviewer is most familiar.-Journal of Library and Information Science
The book is useful because the studies described provide a methodology for gathering employer perceptions....Surveys such as those described by Rehman could be useful in improving communication between the schools and the practitioner community.-College & Research Libraries
This book has obvious appeal to library and information studies researchers and educators, but its topics are of a much broader interest. Questions of competencies, appropriate library personnel stratification, and the preparation of the future information professionals confront many of us, including library administrators, managers, and practitioners. It behooves all involved to become informed.-Collection Management
"valuable for library school professors and instructors and as resource for their graduate students....the scholarship is thorough, and the book is logically formatted with conclusions that are generally applicable in the so-called "real world" with which this reviewer is most familiar."-Journal of Library and Information Science
..."offers American librarians a perspective on how a different population views problems similar to ours in this report of the results of in-depth interviews with 148 top and middle managers of libraries in Malaysia."-Public Library Quarterly
"[v]aluable for library school professors and instructors and as resource for their graduate students....[t]he scholarship is thorough, and the book is logically formatted with conclusions that are generally applicable in the so-called "real world" with which this reviewer is most familiar."-Journal of Library and Information Science
"The book is useful because the studies described provide a methodology for gathering employer perceptions....Surveys such as those described by Rehman could be useful in improving communication between the schools and the practitioner community."-College & Research Libraries
"This book has obvious appeal to library and information studies researchers and educators, but its topics are of a much broader interest. Questions of competencies, appropriate library personnel stratification, and the preparation of the future information professionals confront many of us, including library administrators, managers, and practitioners. It behooves all involved to become informed."-Collection Management

Author Bio

SAJJAD UR REHMAN is Professor of Information Science, Kuwait University./e