Quality Assurance in LIS Education An International and Comparative
This book reviews and examines the quality assurance systems of Library and Information Science (LIS) education in a variety countries and regions, including Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe. Globalization of education has caused the nu
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ality Assurance in LIS Education An International and Comparative Study
Quality Assurance in LIS Education
Makiko Miwa • Shizuko Miyahara Editors
Quality Assurance in LIS Education An International and Comparative Study
Editors Makiko Miwa Center of ICT and Distance Education The Open University of Japan Chiba-shi, Japan
Shizuko Miyahara Sagami Women’s University Sagamihara City Kanagawa, Japan
ISBN 978-1-4614-6494-5 ISBN 978-1-4614-6495-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6495-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014948174 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
In Memory of Mohd Sharif Bin Mohd Saad Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Ph.D., President of the Librarians Association of Malaysia, 55, passed away on December 9, 2013. He spent his undergraduate years at the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (UiTM) and obtained his Masters in Librarianship from Syracuse University, New York, USA. He received his Ph.D. from University of Malaya, Malaysia. The Faculty of Information Management, UiTM became his home as an undergraduate and continued to serve as that special place in his heart for the rest of his life. A prominent Malaysian Librarian, academician, and an
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