Introducing web components into the LIS graduate curriculum

Abstract

Purpose

This paper introduces web components, one of the most exciting and potentially transformative of the technologies that comprise HTML5. Web components provide a standardised method of creating and sharing custom HTML elements.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is a viewpoint.

Findings

The paper proposes that the web development curriculum in library and information science (LIS) graduate programs needs to expand to cover this important topic.

Originality/value

Despite the potentially seismic impact of web components on Web development, up until this point, there has not been a discussion of this technology within the LIS literature.

Citation

Wusteman, J. (2017), "Introducing web components into the LIS graduate curriculum", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 118 No. 11/12, pp. 660-668. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-08-2017-0084