Education for digital libraries in Asian countries

This paper looks at the state of education in digital libraries in Asian countries. Academic programs offered at the post graduate level by the Department of Library and Information Science or other Departments which can be categorized as similar or equivalent to the Department of Library and Inform...

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Main Author:	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Z665 Library Science. Information Science Z719 Libraries (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/1/EDUCATION_FOR_DIGITAL_LIBRARIES_IN_ASIAN_COUNTRIES.pdf

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spelling	iium-13182011-08-09T00:47:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/ Education for digital libraries in Asian countries Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Z665 Library Science. Information Science Z719 Libraries (General) This paper looks at the state of education in digital libraries in Asian countries. Academic programs offered at the post graduate level by the Department of Library and Information Science or other Departments which can be categorized as similar or equivalent to the Department of Library and Information Science were surveyed in all the countries of Asia. Method: The survey was conducted on the library and information science programs that are able to be accessed through the open web based on the course titles and synopsis. Analysis on fifty one library and information science programs from all countries of Asia was performed on the basis of two limiting criteria. Firstly it should be in a language comprehended by the author and using the phrase “digital library” or “digital libraries”; secondly the programmes should be at postgraduate level. Results: There are eight countries that are offering independent digital library courses through their academic institutions, namely India, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand.. Academic institutions from four other countries are offering integrated digital library courses namely Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. Conclusion: The number of academic institutions that are offering digital library education in Asia are really few as compared to their number globally. It can be concluded that countries that have reached a certain economic level are inspired to offering digital library education. It will not be out of context judging from the results of this study that there is a relationship between level of ICT development in a country with the willingness to offer digital library education 2009 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/1/EDUCATION_FOR_DIGITAL_LIBRARIES_IN_ASIAN_COUNTRIES.pdf Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri (2009) Education for digital libraries in Asian countries. In: Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice, 2009, 6 - 8 March, 2009, Tsukuba, Japan. http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/~atsushi/a-liep/
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description	This paper looks at the state of education in digital libraries in Asian countries. Academic programs offered at the post graduate level by the Department of Library and Information Science or other Departments which can be categorized as similar or equivalent to the Department of Library and Information Science were surveyed in all the countries of Asia. Method: The survey was conducted on the library and information science programs that are able to be accessed through the open web based on the course titles and synopsis. Analysis on fifty one library and information science programs from all countries of Asia was performed on the basis of two limiting criteria. Firstly it should be in a language comprehended by the author and using the phrase “digital library” or “digital libraries”; secondly the programmes should be at postgraduate level. Results: There are eight countries that are offering independent digital library courses through their academic institutions, namely India, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand.. Academic institutions from four other countries are offering integrated digital library courses namely Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. Conclusion: The number of academic institutions that are offering digital library education in Asia are really few as compared to their number globally. It can be concluded that countries that have reached a certain economic level are inspired to offering digital library education. It will not be out of context judging from the results of this study that there is a relationship between level of ICT development in a country with the willingness to offer digital library education
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
author_facet	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
author_sort	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
title	Education for digital libraries in Asian countries
title_short	Education for digital libraries in Asian countries
title_full	Education for digital libraries in Asian countries
title_fullStr	Education for digital libraries in Asian countries
title_full_unstemmed	Education for digital libraries in Asian countries
title_sort	education for digital libraries in asian countries
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1318/1/EDUCATION_FOR_DIGITAL_LIBRARIES_IN_ASIAN_COUNTRIES.pdf
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