• DocumentCode
    2069693
  • Title

    Charting a new course: developing and implementing a curriculum for a Master´s of Information Science degree

  • Author

    Cronin, Blaise ; Kling, Rob ; Rosenbaum, Howard

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    7-10 Jan 1997
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the development and implementation of an innovative curriculum, the Master´s of Information Science (MIS), which is being offered at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Indiana University. After briefly describing the dynamics of the North American information studies marketplace, the paper focuses on the reengineering effort which led to the new curriculum. The paper concludes with a discussion of the marketing effort currently under way to promote the MIS
  • Keywords
    educational courses; information science; Master´s of Information Science degree; North American information studies marketplace; curriculum; marketing effort; reengineering effort; Business; Costs; Education; Informatics; Information science; Information systems; Libraries; North America; Paper technology; Recruitment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Sciences, 1997, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Hawaii International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wailea, HI
  • ISSN
    1060-3425
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-7743-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HICSS.1997.665456
  • Filename
    665456