... 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...

... Group Publishing Limited 2008 Libraries Librarians Information literacy 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...

... Publishing Limited 2006 --> Reference librarians Librarians Higher education Curricula The final section in the first part of the book examines the process of change within higher education institutions, specifically the importance of teamwork as a response to the changing needs of users...

... 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...

... applicant countries or newer member states were compared to establish whether LIS education there remains in its traditional mode or has changed. Librarians Information science Education European Union Curricula At the time in of the study there were 13 applicant countries for the EU. On 1 May...

... 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...

... (e.g. within the Fulbright scheme www.cies.org/us_scholars/). The published literature reflects some interest in the convergence of LIS educational programs across curricula and countries and some contributions in this area consider regional/across‐country approaches to curriculum analysis...