TY  - JOUR
AB  - Describes the new trends in German library and information science (LIS) education and the status of the international degrees in Germany, referring to changes to the Framework Act of 1998, which enabled the institutions of higher education to award Bachelor’s degree on completion of undergraduate study courses and Master’s degree on completion of postgraduate study courses. Describes the introduction of credit point systems, the shift from a system based on the number of lecture hours to a credit system based on the number of hours of student workload. In Germany different credit point systems exist. This paper focuses on the most important model of credit point systems used by the German LIS faculties. Finally the special problems in Germany with the change from the diploma to the Bachelor and Master are mentioned.
VL  - 104
IS  - 7/8
SN  - 0307-4803
DO  - 10.1108/03074800310488077
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800310488077
AU  - Krauss‐Leichert Ute
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - The case of Germany: a report on the status of international degrees and credit point systems
T2  - New Library World
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 300
EP  - 306
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -