Education Daniel N Joudrey PhD Ryan McGinnis Graduate Student Simmons College Graduate School of Library amp Information Science Boston Massachusetts ALISEALCTS Biennial Educators Meeting ID: 760237
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Slide1
For a career in Information Organization
Education
Daniel N. Joudrey, Ph.D.Ryan McGinnis, Graduate StudentSimmons College, Graduate School of Library & Information ScienceBoston, Massachusetts
ALISE/ALCTS Biennial Educators Meeting
Slide2A Changing Environment
A time of changes
Less money + fewer staff members = More responsibilities
New
activities
New
formats and new
modes of access
New models
Entities and relationships are
now
the focus (E-R models)
Functional
Requirement for Bibliographic Records
(FRBR
) is the underlying structure for bibliographic description
New standards
RDA: Resource Description & Access
Bibliographic Framework
Initiative (BIBFRAME)
New skills are needed!
Slide3Is LIS Education Changing?
Are we preparing students for careers in information organization?
Questions:
What courses are being offered?
What’s actually being taught?
How have things changed in the last
7-8
years?
To find out, we
conducted a literature
review and
studied
the Information Organization courses at 58 graduate Library and Information Science (LIS)
schools.
Slide4What LIS Scholars Are Saying
Theory vs.
practice
Catalogers
are still
needed
Curricular
innovations are
needed
Bloated
information organization courses
Slide5Comparison of Six Studies
Joudrey& McGinnis2012 Joudrey2005Joudrey2000Spillane 1998Vellucci 1997CCQ 1987# of schools585655565255# of courses offered298267245221156209Average # of courses offered 5.14.84.53.933.8# of courses taught238225≈196 - 206†Unk.Unk.Unk.Average # of courses taught per school4.14 ≈3.6 – 3.7†Unk.Unk.Unk.
†
These numbers are estimates because data on courses actually taught were not collected in the earliest studies.
Slide614 Types of IO Courses
CatalogingAdvanced CatalogingDescriptive Cataloging Non-book CatalogingSubject CatalogingSchool Libraries CatalogingClassification
Information Organization
Metadata
Indexing & Abstracting
Thesaurus Construction
Technical Services
Special Topics
Other
Slide7Key Findings
The total number of IO courses has increased since 2005
5.1 courses
offered/school
4.1 courses taught/school
80% of courses offered were taught in 2013
Required vs. Electives courses
Courses offered: 20% were required 80% were elective
Courses taught: 25% were required 75% were elective
Slide8Key Findings (II)
60% of schools offer 3-4 IO courses
88% of schools require one course
7% have NO requirement
5% have 2 requirements
Requirements
67% Organization of Information
17% Cataloging
7%
None
6% Choice of courses (Cat/Org/Tech
Svcs
/combination)
3% Org and Cat
Slide9Key Findings (III)
Course TypeJoudrey & McGinnis2012Joudrey2005ChangeCat5044+6Org 4541+4Index4247-5Subject 1616 0Tech Svcs 1518-3Desc1011-1Class1010 0Techno Cat01-1Adv Cat/Special 4041-1 Adv Cat2528-3 Special Topics1513+2Other Formats 5328+25 Metadata4222+20 Non-book 116+5Miscellaneous1710+7Thesaurus Const.108+2School Libraries32+1Other40+4TOTALS298267+31# of schools5856+2Average # of IO courses offered 5.14.8+0.3
Slide10The Rise of the Metadata Course
Joudrey & McGinnis 2012(n=58) Joudrey 2005(n=56)Joudrey 2000(n=55)Spillane(n=56)Vellucci(n=52)Schools offering a Metadata course36 (62%)21 (38%)6 (11%)7 (13%)5 (10%) Joudrey & McGinnis 2012(n=298) Joudrey 2005 (n=267) Joudrey 2000(n=237)Spillane(n=221)Vellucci(n=156)# and % of all IO courses offered 42 (14%)22 (8%)7 (3%)7 (3%)5 (3%)
And, this is a good thing!