THE POTENTIAL OF INFORMATION NETWORKS FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION Available to Purchase

Continued professional education for information scientists and librarians is of increasingly vital importance, especially in the context of the changing role of the information professional from custodian to conununicative agent. The advent of widespread information networking offers new opportunities for developing a more extensive and participative approach to this need, through new forms of distance learning. Media such as computer conferencing may help to overcome some of the geographical and professional boundaries which have hindered individual personal development; however, at present there is no overall picture of the extent of use of the network medium, or a detailed scenariofor future developments. Research in progress at Brighton University aims to investigate these issues.