... and interpretation. The paper reviews ICT skills from the published research perspective; curricula review; professional association guidelines; employers' ICT skills needs; barriers and challenges of ICT adaption; and the ICT situation in Kuwait. Findings ICT skills have been recognised as essential qualities...

... Competences Information science Curricula The theme of the “Stelline” conference held in Milan in March 2007 and organised by the main Italian editor in the LIS sector (i.e. Editrice Bibliografica) [1] , with the cooperation of various institutions, among which the Italian Library Association [2...

... Publishing Limited 2006 --> Reference librarians Librarians Higher education Curricula Subject Librarians is divided into three sections, which can be broadly defined as the role of the subject specialist; the nature and needs of the student cohort; an international perspective...

... of academic staff. Findings It was clear that different LIM sectors had different emphasises in terms of the employability skills required. Second, the LIM departments visited also identified the desire to address gaps in provision of employability skills within curricula. Research limitations...

... influenced by former Soviet librarianship, which encouraged and supported formal education especially in the 1950s (Spence‐Richards, 2001). Librarians Information science Education European Union Curricula Although modern education for work in librarianship began in the late nineteenth...

... seen are that library schools have become hosts to information science and information studies faculty and curricula. These disciplines are, at best, peripheral to professional library work and, at worst, inimical to it. There is a growing gender divide in Library and Information Science (LIS) schools...

... are presented. The provision of a program that addresses global views in LIS education is recommended. Communication Information retrieval Information science Students Curricula Europe United States of America Canada In “Meeting the challenge: educating for universal library and information...