Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: A project was undertaken to examine the extent of shared interests and cooperative endeavors between library schools and their host academic libraries and to determine the state of relations between the two units on academic campuses. The role of librarians in library/information sci-ence education, the involvement of library school faculty in the libraries, and the extent and effectiveness of various channels of communication between them were investigated. Data were collected by interviewing administrative personnel in five metropolitan New York-area insti-tutions and by sending questionnaires to deans and directors of fifty-five institutions through-out the United States and Canada that had ALA-accredited library schools. uch has been said about the need for communication and cooperation between educators and practitioners in many pro-fessions, including librarianship. Unfor-tunately, limited interaction, with a de-gree of tension, has been the hallmark of
Source: College & Research Libraries
Authors: Marianne Cooper, Shoshana Kaufmann
Institutions: Queens College, CUNY, City University of New York
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1980679686