STANDARDS IN EDUCATION IN INFORMATION SCIENCE

Abstract

The courses in Information Science at the City University (formerly Northampton College of Advanced Technology), which started with a two‐year part‐time evening course in January 1961, were the first in the world to attempt to cover the whole field of information work as a definitive discipline. They were based on the syllabus devised by the Institute of Information Scientists. The success of the evening course led to the establishment of a full‐time one‐year course in September 1963. Drexel College of Technology, in the United States, had started a one‐year course earlier in 1963. The original one‐year course in London was for an academic year, and led to a Diploma. When the College became the City University, in 1967, the full‐time course was extended to a calendar year, and this leads to the degree of Master of Science in Information Science. Researches are also being undertaken.

Citation

FARRADANE, J. (1969), "STANDARDS IN EDUCATION IN INFORMATION SCIENCE", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 32-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050185