School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15261, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2012 Oct;100(4):244-50. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.100.4.005.
This is a review of the master's-level curricula of the fifty-eight America Library Association-accredited library and information science programs and iSchools for evidence of coursework and content related to library instruction. Special emphasis is placed on the schools and programs that also offer coursework in medical or health sciences librarianship.
Fifty-eight school and program websites were reviewed. Course titles and course descriptions for seventy-three separate classes were analyzed. Twenty-three syllabi were examined.
All North American library education programs offer at least one course in the general area of library instruction; some programs offer multiple courses. No courses on instruction, however, are focused directly on the specialized area of health sciences librarianship.
Master's degree students can take appropriate classes on library instruction, but the medical library profession needs to offer continuing education opportunities for practitioners who want to have specific instruction for the specialized world of the health sciences.
本研究回顾了美国图书馆协会认证的 58 个图书馆和信息科学项目以及 iSchools 的硕士课程,以寻找与图书馆教学相关的课程和内容的证据。特别强调了那些还提供医学或健康科学图书馆学课程的学校和项目。
对 58 个学校和项目的网站进行了审查。对 73 门独立课程的课程名称和课程描述进行了分析。检查了 23 份教学大纲。
所有北美图书馆教育项目都至少提供一门图书馆教学的一般领域的课程;一些项目提供多门课程。然而,没有一门课程是专门针对健康科学图书馆学的特定领域的。
硕士研究生可以选择适当的图书馆教学课程,但医学图书馆职业需要为那些希望为健康科学的专门领域提供特定教学的从业者提供继续教育机会。