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Education and Training Section

Established in 1973

Scope

The Section focuses on education and training for library and information science professionals based on research and professional practice. It serves library and information science educators, practitioners, and managers with training responsibilities. Appropriately educated, adequately trained, continually learning professionals are a requirement for effective and efficient information services. Education and training for library and information services concerns all IFLA's Divisions and requires cooperation with them and other international and inter-regional associations which have a related mission. Of special interest to the Section is the state of library and information science education and training in developing countries.

Strategic Plan

2008-2009 | 2006-2007 | 2004-2005

Projects

Feasibility of International Guidelines for Equivalency and Reciprocity of Qualifications for LIS Professionals. Final report
by Terry L. Weech and Anna Maria Tammaro
(November 2008)

Publications

• World Guide to Library, Archive, and Information Science Education. 3rd revised edition.
  Berlin, New York: Saur, 2007
• Final Report on Project No: S7.1-1/05
  Division VII, Education and Training Section
  "Guidelines: Education for Digital Librarianship"
  By Terry Weech and Niels Pors on behalf of IFLA's Library Theory and Research Section.
  December 30, 2006.
• Survey on quality assurance models in Library and Information Science (LIS) programs
  By Anna Maria Tammaro on behalf of IFLA's Education and Training Section. 2005
• Development of the Profession: a history of the IFLA Section for Education & Training from 1974 to 2003
  By Ole Harbo and Russell Bowden. 2004
• Guidelines for Professional Library/Information Educational Programs - 2000
  By Evelyn Daniel, Susan Lazinger and Ole Harbo on behalf of IFLA's Library Theory and Research Section. Third revised draft, 2003 with subsequent minor revisions

Announcements

• IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2009

  Sponsored by IFLA and

  Deadline extended!
  For full paper submissions are now due April 20, 2009.
  Notifications will be made by May 10, 2009.

  • Award announcement
               

    Templates for submission:
  • Paper submission template [RTF file = Rich Text Format]
  • Abstract template [RTF file]
  • LIS school's certification template [RTF file]
    [PDF file]

Newsletter: "SET Bulletin"

2009: January
2008: July | January
2007: July | January
2006: July | January
2005: July | January
2004: July | January
2003: June | January
2002: July | January
2001: July | January
2000: October | August | January

Section Brochure

English | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Spanish

Annual Reports

2008 | 2007 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2000-2001 | 1999-2000 | 1994-1995

Conferences

• Call for Papers - World Library and Information Congress: 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy: Education and Training Section
  Theme open session: "The role of library and cultural institution professionals in cultural heritage: education for the convergence of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAM)"
  Theme off-site session: "Recognition of qualifications and quality of LIS education: the Bologna process challenges in a changing world"

Minutes

• Quebec City, August 2008
• Durban, August 2007 [revised 26 September 2008]
• Seoul, August 2006
• Oslo, August 2005
• Buenos Aires, August 2004
• Berlin, August, 2003
• Glasgow, August, 2002

Useful Addresses

• Address List of Committee Members

Latest Revision: 7 March 2009
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