Kütüphanecilik ve Bilgibilim Eğitiminde Gelişmeler ve Program Değişiklikleri
Özet
The first university-level library schools were opened during the last quarter of
the 19th century. The number of such schools has gradually increased during the
first half of the 20th century, especially after the Second World War, both in the
USA and elsewhere. The first department of librarianship in Turkey was opened
in 1954. As information has gained further importance in scientific endeavors
and social life, librarianship became a more interdisciplinary field and library
schools were renamed as schools of library and information science/information
studies/information management/information to better reflect the range of
education provided. The departments of librarianship in Turkey, too, have revised
their curricula and changed their names. In this paper, we review the major
developments in education for library and information science (LIS) in the world
as well as in Turkey, and the impact of these developments on the curricula of LIS
schools along with subsequent changes under three historical periods. We discuss
some of the external and internal factors that should be dealt with in revising the
curricula of LIS schools.