Revolution and Enlightenment of Accreditation Systems of Library and Information Science Education in America

  • Wang Zhibo ,
  • Sheng Xiaoping
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  • School of Economics and Management, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006

Received date: 2013-11-15

  Revised date: 2013-12-01

  Online published: 2013-12-20

Abstract

Based on methods of literature survey and content analysis, this paper induces and analyzes the development processes of library and information science education in America, and its revolutions in the principles of making standards about accreditation, applicative discipline scopes, accreditation objects and basic terms of accreditation systems. It finds that principles of making standards about accreditation have changed from emphasis on quantity to quality, applicative discipline scopes are expanded from library science to library and information science, accreditation objects have changed from all kinds of library schools in early stages to schools or departments which have the right to grant master degree of library and information science, and basic terms of accreditation standards have changed in mission and goals, curriculum, faculty, students, administration and financial support, physical resources and facilities. Those revolutions give some enlightenments to library and information science education in China, which include that postgraduate education of library and information science should be emphasized and developed, an integration disciplines of library and information science should be established, the quality of library and information science education should be improved, and the accreditation standards of library and information science education should be made.

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Wang Zhibo , Sheng Xiaoping . Revolution and Enlightenment of Accreditation Systems of Library and Information Science Education in America[J]. Library and Information Service, 2013 , 57(24) : 39 -43 . DOI: 10.7536/j.issn.0252-3116.2013.24.005

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