Library and information science education in Thai public universities

Autor:	Sujin Butdisuwan, Gary E. Gorman
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Information management Scope (project management) business.industry Political science Library science Information technology Library and Information Sciences business Information science Education Information Systems Variety (cybernetics)
Zdroj:	Education for Information. 20:169-181
ISSN:	1875-8649 0167-8329
DOI:	10.3233/efi-2002-203-401
Popis:	Formal library and information science (LIS) education in Thailand was initiated in 1951 at Chulalongkorn University, when Fulbright Foundation scholars developed basic courses that evolved into a degree programme in 1959 [1]. (Atthakorn and Nandhivajarin, 1988). Since then, a variety of LIS programmes, both undergraduate and postgraduate, has been developed by many institutions, including public and private universities and the Rajabhat Institutes (former teacher colleges). Responding to changes in the expanding information world and the advancement of technology, traditional LIS programmes are becoming broader in scope in order to encompass the education of information professionals in the widest sense, and not just librarians as in the past. Even superficially this is evident in the way in which library and information science departments are ‘re-inventing’ themselves as departments of information studies, information management information science, etc. This descriptive article provides an overview of LIS education in the 13 Thai public universities that offer degrees or majors in LIS.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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