Quality Assurance in LIS Education
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Hardcover. Quality Assurance in LIS Education Editor(s): Miwa, Makiko; Miyahara, Shizuko. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 50 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: GL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
This book reviews and examines the quality assurance systems of Library and Information Science (LIS) education in a variety countries and regions, including Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe.
Globalization of education has caused the number of LIS professionals working in every region of the world to increase greatly. In order to be qualified as an LIS professional worldwide as well as in a local area, it is imperative that there exists a global standard of quality assurance systems for LIS practitioners. This book provides such a standard and ranks specific systems and educational programs worldwide.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461464945
SKU
V9781461464945
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Ref
99-15
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Dr. Makiko Miwa is a Professor and Chair of the International Committee at the Open University of Japan. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Shizuko Miyahara is a lecturer at Sagami Women's University, Kanagawa, Japan. She received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
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