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ALISE/ALCTS Biennial Educators Meeting. Education. For a career in Information Organization. Daniel N. Joudrey, Ph.D. Ryan McGinnis, Graduate Student Simmons College, Graduate School of Library & Information Science Boston, Massachusetts. A Changing Environment. A time of changes

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  1. ALISE/ALCTS Biennial Educators Meeting Education For a career in Information Organization Daniel N. Joudrey, Ph.D. Ryan McGinnis, Graduate Student Simmons College, Graduate School of Library & Information Science Boston, Massachusetts

  2. A Changing Environment • A time of changes • Less money + fewer staff members = More responsibilities • New activities • New formats and new modes of access • New models • Entities and relationships are now the focus (E-R models) • Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is the underlying structure for bibliographic description • New standards • RDA: Resource Description & Access • Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) • New skills are needed!

  3. Is LIS Education Changing? • Are we preparing students for careers in information organization? • Questions: • What courses are being offered? • What’s actually being taught? • How have things changed in the last 7-8 years? • To find out, we conducted a literature review and studied the Information Organization courses at 58 graduate Library and Information Science (LIS) schools.

  4. What LIS Scholars Are Saying • Theory vs. practice • Catalogers are still needed • Curricular innovations are needed • Bloated information organization courses

  5. Comparison of Six Studies † These numbers are estimates because data on courses actually taught were not collected in the earliest studies.

  6. 14 Types of IO Courses • Cataloging • Advanced Cataloging • Descriptive Cataloging • Non-book Cataloging • Subject Cataloging • School Libraries Cataloging • Classification • Information Organization • Metadata • Indexing & Abstracting • Thesaurus Construction • Technical Services • Special Topics • Other

  7. Key Findings • The total number of IO courses has increased since 2005 • 5.1 courses offered/school • 4.1 courses taught/school • 80% of courses offered were taught in 2013 • Required vs. Electives courses • Courses offered: 20% were required 80% were elective • Courses taught: 25% were required 75% were elective

  8. Key Findings (II) • 60% of schools offer 3-4 IO courses • 88% of schools require one course • 7% have NO requirement • 5% have 2 requirements • Requirements • 67% Organization of Information • 17% Cataloging • 7% None • 6% Choice of courses (Cat/Org/Tech Svcs/combination) • 3% Org and Cat

  9. Key Findings (III)

  10. The Rise of the Metadata Course And, this is a good thing!

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