The library and information education crisis, or For whom the bell tolls
https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2018-5-14-23
Abstract
The author explores the critical phenomena in modern library and information education which he regards as “ringing bells”. That is decrease of the state-financed openings in universities and specialized colleges of library and information studies; introduction of the Unified State Exam which has destroyed the system of occupational orientation at library departments; merging library departments with other departments; the problems of the faculty staffing. Arkady Sokolov identified these malignant processes as “the library school annihilation”.
The author puts forward the suggestions to change the situation: restitution of Moscow State Institute of Culture as a head of professional educational institute; summoning professional conference to develop a strategy and tactics of library education; building post-graduate program to prepare professors for regional professional higher schools and colleges. The author emphasizes the critical need for the national policy for the library industry and consolidation of resources, not only those of library university department and colleges, but also the educational centers to train and retrain librarians on the premises of several major libraries.
About the Author
A. M. Mazuritsky
Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander Mazuritsky, Dr. Sc. (Pedagogy), Professor
38 build. 1, Ostozhenka st., 119034 Moscow, Russia
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Mazuritsky A.M. The library and information education crisis, or For whom the bell tolls. Scientific and Technical Libraries. 2018;(5):14-23. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2018-5-14-23
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