Tourism book series for students and practitioners from Libertas International University, Zagreb
Year: 2016
Type: review
Abstract: Th e publication of scientifi c literature and textbooks is probably one of the last stages in the development of a serious and mature university.Th is does not mean that universities after this phase do not continue to develop further, but rather that this phase is the completion of the internal structure.Th is is probably because publishing is a mature and developed academic activity associated with a necessary publishing infrastructure and completing that process for a young university requires some time.Th e series of books on tourism published by the Business School Libertas, which is now part of Libertas International University, is proof of the maturity that comes to an academic institution.Th e fact that a university published fi ve scientifi c books in a very short time is worthy of special attention, especially when the publications are in the fi eld of tourism activities which, in Croatia, is not a particularly prolifi c publishing venture.Th ese books are the outcome of Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) projects funded by the European Union.Apart from the books, a new curriculum for new occupational standards, new qualifi cation standards for various areas of tourism management and fi ve study catalogs and guidelines for the development of university education study programs, according to the principles of the Croatian Qualifi cations Framework, were also part of the projects' outputs.
Institution: University of Maribor
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2474537766