Teaching information as an integrated field: Assessing the curriculum of the LIS Dept of the TEI of Athens

dc.contributor.author	Giannakopoulos, George A.	en
dc.contributor.author	Kyriaki-Manessi, Daphne	en
dc.contributor.author	Zervos, Spiros	en
dc.contributor.author	Γιαννακόπουλος, Γεώργιος Α.	el
dc.contributor.author	Κυριάκη - Μάνεση, Δάφνη Ι.	el
dc.contributor.author	Ζερβός, Σπυρίδων Γ.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-05T07:59:32Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-05T07:59:32Z
dc.date.issued	2016-07-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/20108
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	https://metapress.com/	en
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	Information science
dc.subject	Library science
dc.subject	Archives
dc.subject	Museum studies
dc.subject	Curriculum
dc.subject	Επιστήμη της Πληροφόρησης
dc.subject	Εκπαίδευση
dc.subject	Βιβλιοθηκονομία
dc.subject	Αρχεία
dc.subject	Μουσειολογικές σπουδές
dc.subject	Πρόγραμμα σπουδών
dc.title	Teaching information as an integrated field: Assessing the curriculum of the LIS Dept of the TEI of Athens	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Teaching
heal.classification	Διδασκαλία
heal.classification	Πληροφορίες--Επεξεργασία
heal.classification	Information--Processing
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Teaching
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Διδασκαλία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Πληροφορίες--Επεξεργασία
heal.classificationURI	http://skos.um.es/unescothes/C01985
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040989
heal.identifier.secondary	10.3233/EFI-2012-0923
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Διοίκησης και Οικονομίας. Τμήμα Βιβλιοθηκονομίας και Συστημάτων Πληροφόρησης	el
heal.publicationDate	2012
heal.bibliographicCitation	Giannakopoulos, G., Kyriaki-Manessi, D. & Zervos, S. (2012). "Teaching information as an integrated field: Assessing the Curriculum of the LIS Dept of the TEI of Athens", Education for Information, 29(2), 163-183	en
heal.abstract	The belief that information organizations, such as libraries, archives and museums have common goals and manage the same resource, i.e. information, leads to the proposition presented here, that they should be regarded as an integrated unit. Furthermore, the development of new technologies offers a common platform via which all information organizations can acquire, organize and disseminate information in the form of electronic data and metadata. This study focuses on assessing the results of the implementation of a curriculum based on the aforementioned principle. The study collected data from the student work experience program which took place after a three year implementation of the new curriculum. The work experience program took place in diverse information organizations and both parties involved, i.e. students and employers participated in the research. The research was designed to explore the degree of knowledge gained and the ability of students to apply it to diverse information organizations. Furthermore, it attempted to determine the needs of information organizations in specific areas of knowledge. The methodology used included two surveys with cross corresponding questions, one addressed to the students during the work experience program and the other to the hosting organizations. Results highlight the emerging students’ professionalism and indicate that students can manage at a good level all major information science tasks independently of the type of organization or the form of their collections. It became evident that students are able to work and implement professional tasks likewise in libraries, archives and museums. Similarly, organizations perceive their abilities and knowledge in the same way, independently of their nature. Suggestions for further improvement of the curriculum, deriving from the research described here, include the incorporation of a course or a module within a course regarding user education/information literacy.	en
heal.publisher	Metapress	en
heal.journalName	Education for Information	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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