Shifting Sands and the Prophet's Dream: Exploring the Future of Information Organization Education

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Main Author: Snow, Karen
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Language:en
Published: 2019
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contents Shifting Sands and the Prophet's Dream: Exploring the Future of Information Organization Education Snow, Karen Information Management Cataloging Library Education Ethics Competency Based Education Classification Metadata Educational Change Required Courses Standards Internet Bibliographies Social Justice Interpersonal Competence Expertise Faculty Development Instructional Improvement Librarians This paper explores four main areas that will likely have an impact upon the future of information organization education. In particular, information organization education must be prepared for the continued shift from the use of traditional library cataloging standards to more web-compliant, linked-data standards. Also, there will be more emphasis on the ethical impact of information organization work and the achievement of behavioral competencies of students interested in information organization. Finally, the paper addresses the need for educators to improve their teaching ability in order to more effectively impart the importance of information organization to all library and information science students.
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spellingShingle Shifting Sands and the Prophet's Dream: Exploring the Future of Information Organization Education
Snow, Karen
Information Management
Cataloging
Library Education
Ethics
Competency Based Education
Classification
Metadata
Educational Change
Required Courses
Standards
Internet
Bibliographies
Social Justice
Interpersonal Competence
Expertise
Faculty Development
Instructional Improvement
Librarians
Shifting Sands and the Prophet's Dream: Exploring the Future of Information Organization Education Snow, Karen Information Management Cataloging Library Education Ethics Competency Based Education Classification Metadata Educational Change Required Courses Standards Internet Bibliographies Social Justice Interpersonal Competence Expertise Faculty Development Instructional Improvement Librarians This paper explores four main areas that will likely have an impact upon the future of information organization education. In particular, information organization education must be prepared for the continued shift from the use of traditional library cataloging standards to more web-compliant, linked-data standards. Also, there will be more emphasis on the ethical impact of information organization work and the achievement of behavioral competencies of students interested in information organization. Finally, the paper addresses the need for educators to improve their teaching ability in order to more effectively impart the importance of information organization to all library and information science students.
title Shifting Sands and the Prophet's Dream: Exploring the Future of Information Organization Education
topic Information Management
Cataloging
Library Education
Ethics
Competency Based Education
Classification
Metadata
Educational Change
Required Courses
Standards
Internet
Bibliographies
Social Justice
Interpersonal Competence
Expertise
Faculty Development
Instructional Improvement
Librarians
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1212441