How International is Your LIS/IS Program in the Global Higher Education Era?

Hsin-Liang Chen, Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic, Ina Fourie, Sandy Hirsh, Ruhua Huang

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Abstract

Internationalization is a critical issue in LIS/IS education and the LIS/IS profession. This panel assembles educators from various continents to discover their experiences and to address the following issues: International students should comprise what percentage of a student body in order to adequately represent the spectrum of disciplines that are critical to contemporary LIS/IS schools?

International faculty members should comprise what percentage of a faculty in order to adequately represent the spectrum of disciplines that are critical to contemporary LIS/IS schools?

How international must a curriculum be in order to adequately prepare graduates for the challenges of the rapidly changing information environment of the future?

How do our panelists build beneficial partnerships with international professional stakeholders? How do our panelists ensure the quality of LIS education from an international perspective?

Original languageAmerican English
JournalProceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume549
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2017

Disciplines

  • Library and Information Science

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