1. Never Neutral, Never Alone.
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Lankes, R. David
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LIBRARY education , *LIBRARY science , *SOCIAL problems , *SCIENCE education , *EDUCATIONAL change , *STUDENT development - Abstract
Library science is getting harder to teach. The variety in libraries of all types is increasing as more and more mold themselves to their communities rather than field-wide norms. How can library science education change to meet the new variety, and the variety in a post-neutrality world? The author proposes new metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of LIS programs: Agility--What ongoing methods are in place to identify, evaluate, and prepare students for developments in a rapidly changing profession? Connectedness--Who are the partners networked with the program and its faculty to ensure direct connection of the classroom to the field? Embeddedness--What is the program's ability to deliver authentic field experiences to students that allow them to contextualize theory and research methods? Resilience--How prepared are librarians to face, understand (i.e., analyze), and solve the problems in a community in line with the professional mission and values of librarianship?. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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