The Core

Pomerantz, Jeffrey; Oh, Sanghee; Yang, Sen; Fox, Edward A.; Wildemuth, Barbara M.

doi:10.1045/november2006-pomerantz

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“…A similar study was conducted by Pomerantz et al in 2006. In their article, they listed the five most frequently assigned books in DL courses. These were as follows: Introduction to digital libraries.…”

Section: Core Reading In DL Education In Europementioning

confidence: 93%

“…The top 5 are all in Category 1. Pomerantz et al (2006) analyzing the curriculum of DL course identified 121 journals. Out of that, they listed top 13 most frequently assigned journals in DL courses.…”

Section: Core Reading In DL Education In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is evident in the literature on DLs such as Pomerantz et al (2006) and that most funding related to DLs are available for building DLs, rather than producing digital librarians by developing the DL curriculum and offering necessary funding to introduce state-of-the-art DL lab for future library professionals.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Digital Library Education in Europe

Audunson

Shuva

2016

Sage Open

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Research in digital libraries (DLs) has gained much interest across the globe. Most funding related to DL are available for building DLs, rather than producing digital librarians by developing the DL curricula and offering necessary funding to introduce state-of-the-art DL labs for future library professionals. Based on online surveys, this article investigates the status of DL education/courses in Europe, particularly, it examines the curriculum contents of DL courses, explores the future direction of library and information science (LIS) curricula, and identifies the competitors of LIS schools in the DL world. This study received responses from 54 LIS schools/departments in 27 European countries. The results of the current study clearly show that the majority of the LIS schools have already integrated digital librarianship in their regular bachelor's and master's degree programs. The importance of practical aspects in DL curricula has been highlighted by the authors. The study also reports the recommended books and journals on DL, direction of LIS curricula, and the competitors of LIS schools in the digital world. A number of future research directions have been offered by the authors. The authors expect that the study will contribute to the discussions and debates toward identifying subject elements for DL courses. The top subject areas based on their importance as reported by the participants of the current study should be taken into consideration before designing curricula for DLs and before developing a Europe-wide unique LIS curriculum.

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Section: Core Reading In DL Education In Europementioning

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Digital Library Education in Europe

Audunson

Shuva

2016

Sage Open

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“…The current effort takes a broader view, in order to develop a curriculum framework that will be useful across institutions and across disciplines. This framework is based on analyses of the ACM/ IEEE-CS Computing Curriculum 2001(Joint Task Force, 2001, the 5S framework for digital libraries (Gonçalves, Fox, Watson, & Kipp, 2004), papers presented at recent DL conferences and published in D-Lib Magazine (Pomerantz et al, 2006b), the readings assigned in DL-related courses (Pomerantz et al, 2006c), and a survey of digital librarians about their job responsibilities (Choi & Rasmussen, 2006a).…”

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“…While the analysis of conference papers and D-Lib Magazine articles provides a broad overview of current research in DLs and can validate the draft curriculum framework from the perspective of DL research, it did not provide a check for the correspondence between the framework and current educational practices. A second analysis was therefore undertaken (Pomerantz et al, 2006c). Syllabi from 40 DL courses offered in schools of library and information science were collected and analyzed, and the readings assigned and the topics of these readings were identified.…”

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Core Topics in Digital Library Education

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Wildemuth

Pomerantz

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Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries

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This chapter introduces the effort of developing a digital library (DL) curriculum by an interdisciplinary team from Virginia Tech and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It presents the foundations of the curriculum building, the DL curriculum framework, the DL educational module template, a list of draft modules that are currently developed and evaluated by multiple experts in the area, and more details about the resources used in the draft modules and DL-related workshop topics mapped to the DL curriculum framework. The use of information systems such as DLs is increasing in education and businesses. To better-support their users, DLs must include both a well-organized underlying architecture and a set of services designed to address their potential users’ information needs. For this vision of the future to come to fruition, information professionals need to be educated to establish and manage digital libraries. The proposed curriculum framework provides a firm foundation for these important educational activities.

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Evolving academic library specialties

Cox

Corrall

2013

J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec

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The purpose of this review is to examine the shaping of librarianship in the academic context through the literature of career specialties, with Abbott's (1988) system of professions providing an analytic framework. The specialties investigated are systems librarian, electronic resource librarian, digital librarian, institutional repository manager, clinical librarian and informationist, digital curator/research data manager, teaching librarian/ information literacy educator, and information and knowledge manager. Piecemeal literature based on job advertisements, surveys, and individual case studies is consolidated to offer a novel perspective on the evolution of the profession. The resilience of the profession's core jurisdiction is apparent despite pressures to erode it. Forays into teaching, and more recently into open access and data management, can be understood as responses to such pressure. The attractions but also the risks of embedded roles and overextended claims become apparent when comparing past and prospective specialties.

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The Core

Cited by 32 publications

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Digital Library Education in Europe

Digital Library Education in Europe

Core Topics in Digital Library Education

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