Moving from LIS to IS+L: Curriculum Renewal at Charles Sturt University

Autor/inn/en	Hider, Philip; Kennan, Mary Anne; Hay, Lyn; McCausland, Sigrid; Qayyum, Asim
Titel	Moving from LIS to IS+L: Curriculum Renewal at Charles Sturt University
Quelle	In: Australian Library Journal, 60 (2011) 3, S.205-217 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9670
Schlagwörter	Information Management; Higher Education; Librarians; Library Science; Information Science; Library Education; Information Science Education; Information Technology; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Bibliothekswissenschaft; Informationswissenschaft; Bibliothekarausbildung; Informationstechnologische Bildung; Informationstechnologie; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The paper describes a recent review of Library and Information Management courses offered by the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University, and the resulting program of curriculum renewal and expansion. This program aimed to address concerns over the long-term sustainability of the courses and respond to an increasingly converging professional landscape. The courses were redesigned in a way that allowed them to maintain their relevance to the School's established librarianship market, while at the same time develop a significant application to other information fields. This was achieved by essentially turning the curriculum on its head. Instead of a library focussed core with electives in other information areas, the new curriculum offers core subjects that cover the information-people-technology nexus in generic fashion and provides a foundation for a wide range of specialisations. This transformation represents what could be described as a move from a traditional Library and Information Studies (LIS) approach to a broader Information Studies (IS) orientation, accommodating advanced areas of study in specific fields, including Librarianship (L). The paper goes on to discuss key issues concerning the implementation of the course redesigns, and the results of their implementation to date. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10