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Information and library education: a manifesto for the millennium

Dave Muddiman (Senior Lecturer in Information and Library Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)

New Library World

ISSN: 0307-4803

Article publication date: 1 April 1995

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Abstract

As the millennium looms, education for librarianship and information work faces uncertain times. Reviews the recent fragmentation of library education, raising such issues as the obsession with “emerging” markets; the influence of the “new” vocationalism and the rise of NVQ and CPD. These developments bring with them the danger of a return to apprenticeship and the end of library and information science. It is argued that such decline is not inevitable. Suggests that library and information science must re‐emphasize its distinctiveness as an academic discipline, reassess its targeted labour market and work together with other stakeholders to develop a restructured system of occupational education based on accessibility and co‐operation. The result might then be the rebirth of the librarian in a “new age”.

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Muddiman, D. (1995), "Information and library education: a manifesto for the millennium", New Library World, Vol. 96 No. 2, pp. 26-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809510080906

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MCB UP Ltd

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