Re-envisioning the MLS

In this second volume of a two volume-set, library professionals, administrators, researchers, and educators from North America and the UK present 12 chapters on innovative approaches to library and information science (LIS) education, focusing on issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity; the education roles of library and information science professionals; the incorporation of new technologies and related pedagogical approaches into the curriculum; the opportunities presented by social work to expand LIS education; and the new relevance of traditional elements of the Master of Library Science. They address how the library profession can develop and deliver library services that target the opportunity gap in the US, opportunities for diversity-related content and the integration of critical race theory in the curriculum, the role of the MLIS program in preparing culturally competent school librarians who can provide services and programs that include LGBT students, how social work can contribute to the education of LIS practitioners, how graduate programs can integrate the interests of educators with those of the profession and public using an apprenticeship model, moving beyond tech-savvy librarians to those embedded in and helping create content and technology, creating a new paradigm in archival practice called computational archive science, cataloging in the curriculum, and issues around MLIS graduates as educators. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *