A Comparative Study on Graduate Curriculum System Construction of Library and Information Science in China and America in the Big Data Era

  • Wang Xiwei ,
  • Guo Yu ,
  • Shi Jing ,
  • Zhang Minghui
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  • School of Management, Jilin University, Changchun 130022

Received date: 2015-09-30

  Revised date: 2015-11-07

  Online published: 2015-12-05

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] This paper contrasts and analyzes the professional graduate student curriculum systems of library and information science in China and the United States to promote national library and information science curriculum construction and talent cultivation of colleges and universities in theory and practice. [Method/process] Using the method of online survey,literature collection and comparative analysis, this paper chooses 15 American colleges from the ischools organization and 5 famous universities in China as the research sample and analysis the characteristics and differences of theory and practice curriculum system construction, to put forward reform suggestions of graduate course system under the background of big data.[Result/conclusion] In the view of theory and practice, we should keep strengthening reform of the breadth, depth, update frequency,the assessment way and the practical ability of the curriculum in national colleges and universities in order to cultivate high-level talents who can meet the demands of the big data era development.

Cite this article

Wang Xiwei , Guo Yu , Shi Jing , Zhang Minghui . A Comparative Study on Graduate Curriculum System Construction of Library and Information Science in China and America in the Big Data Era[J]. Library and Information Service, 2015 , 59(23) : 30 -37 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2015.23.005

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