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Adaptation of LIS degrees and curriculum p g to the Bologna process in Europe EBLIDA Seminar on Libraries, Archives and Information Sectors Facing the European Higher Education Area g p g E storil, Portugal, 14 May 2004 Assumpci Estivill

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Adaptation of LIS degrees and curriculum p g to the Bologna process in Europe

EBLIDA Seminar on Libraries, Archives and Information Sectors Facing the European Higher Education Area g p g

Estoril, Portugal, 14 May 2004

Assumpció Estivill

Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació Universitat de Barcelona

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Summary

1 European agreements 1 European agreements. 2 LIS education in Europe. 3 LIS education in Spain 3 LIS education in Spain. 4 Forums and documents for curriculum development in LIS.

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1 European agreements

  • Sorbonne Declaration (May, 1998).
  • Bologna Declaration (June 1999).

– Adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees also through the implementation comparable degrees, also through the implementation

  • f the Diploma Supplement –already developed.

– Adoption of a system based on two cycles – undergraduate and graduate. – Establishment of a common credit system –such as the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System. ( p y – Promotion of the mobility of students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff.

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1 European agreements

  • Bologna Declaration (June 1999).

– Promotion of European co-operation in quality assurance: development of comparable criteria and methodologies. – Promotion of the European dimension in higher education: curricular development, interinstitutional co-

  • peration, mobility schema and integrated programmes

f t d t i i d h

  • f study, training and research.
  • Prague Communiqué (May 2001).
  • Berlin Communiqué (September 2003).

q ( p )

  • Bergen, Norway (May 2005): new meeting of

European ministers of higher education.

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1 European agreements

  • Bologna Declaration (June 1999)

– Promotion of European co-operation in quality assurance: development of comparable criteria and methodologies. – Promotion of the European dimension in higher education: curricular development, interinstitutional co-

  • peration, mobility schemas and integrated

f t d t i i d h programmes of study, training and research.

  • Prague Communiqué (May 2001)
  • Berlin Communiqué (September 2003)

q ( p )

  • Bergen, Norway (May 2005): new meeting of

European ministers of higher education.

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1 European agreements

The role of the European Commission and the universities:

– Salamanca convention (March 2001). – Graz Convention (May 2003). Tuning Project: Tuning educational structures in Europe – Tuning Project: Tuning educational structures in Europe (http://odur.let.rug.nl/TuningProject/index.htm). – Erasmus World. – Documents on strengthening European research, mobility, quality indicators for lifelong learning, analysis of joint master programmes …, and several follow-up documents p g , p

  • f the Bologna Declaration.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Diversity of traditions, approaches and models.
  • Development:
  • Development:

– Mainly during the 1960s. – Leipzig (1914), Barcelona (1915), Geneva (1918). – University College London (1919). – Some countries formalised university LIS education very recently: Spain in 1982, Switzerland in the early y y p y 1990s, Austria in 1997. – Some countries do not have specific programmes of university LIS education, but courses in other y programmes (mostly in the Humanities) or postgraduates courses.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Approaches:

Academic – Academic. – Professional.

  • Contents:

– Library and Information Science (Documentation). – Library Science, Information Science and Archives (Records Management) (Records Management). – Library Science, Information Science and Communication and Media. – Information Science and Computing. – Information Science and Business.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Models for articulating graduate and postgraduate

LIS education (Boekhorst, Mackenzie Owen):

– To enrol in a Master programme, a Bachelor in the same field is required (Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain). – To enrol in a Master programme, a Bachelor in another field is required. Students with a Bachelor in the same field are not allowed to enrol (United Kingdom, where both degrees are professionally recognised by CILIP). – A Master in LIS is open to students with any academic Bachelor (Denmark and Italy, but restricted to specific Bachelors; Belgium, in the Flemish part, since there is not a Bachelor degree in LIS.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Models for articulating graduate and postgraduate

LIS education (Boekhorst, Mackenzie Owen):

– A Master in LIS is open to students with any academic Bachelor after completing a proficiency programme (Italy, the Netherlands, Spain). – A Master in LIS is open to students with a vocational Bachelor in the same field after completing a p g proficiency programme (the Netherlands). – A Master in LIS is open to students with any vocational Bachelor after completing a proficiency p g p y programme.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Germany:

– Bachelor: 180-240 credits (3-4 yr.). – 2002-2003: 544 Bachelor programmes, and 367 Master programmes. – LIS: Fachhochschule der Medien (Sttutgart):

  • Bibliotheks- und Medienmanagement, Bachelor

(Bachelor in library and resource management). (

  • Bibliotheks- und Medienmanagement, Master (Master in

library and resource management).

  • Informationsdesign, Bachelor (Bachelor in information

design) design).

  • Informationswirtschaft, Master (Master in information

management).

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Austria:

– 2002-2003: 180 Bachelor programmes. – 2003-2004: Bachelor programmes started at the universities of applied sciences In 2004 2005 master universities of applied sciences. In 2004-2005, master programmes will be implemented. – 2006: 50% of the programmes adapted to Europe. – LIS: Formalised in 1997, with a four year undergraduate programme (Fachhochschule Informationsberufe, Eisenstadt). Future developments ) p could be very close to the German model.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Denmark:

– 1993: bachelor (3 yr.), master (2 yr.), Ph.D. (3 yr.). – Complex degree structure. Some master programmes require two years of professional experience require two years of professional experience. – LIS: Royal School of Library and Information Science:

  • 1998: implementation of the bachelor/master/Ph.D.

model.

  • Bachelor (BLISc): 3 yr. + 1 semester (final project)
  • Master: 1 year (for BLISc graduates)

y ( g )

  • Master: 2 years (for graduates from other areas).

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • France:

– 2003: Legislation on the new model Licence (180 cr.) / Master (120 cr.) / Doctorate. At present LIS education is taught at all university – At present LIS education is taught at all university levels:

  • Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (DUT) and

Di lô d’Ét d U i it i S i tifi t Diplôme d’Études Universitaires Scientifiques et Techniques (DEUST) – 2 yr. professional degrees.

  • Licence and Maîtrisse – 2 yr.
  • Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (DESS)

(professional), and Diplôme d’études approfondies (DEA) (research) – Conversion to European master.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Italy:

y

– 2001-2002: Implementation of the new model bachelor (3 yr.) / master (2 yr.). LIS education is taught at all university levels: – LIS education is taught at all university levels:

  • Scuola Speciale per Archivisti e Bibliotecari, La

Sapienza, Università degli Studi, Roma.

2003 2004 C di l t i l i S i hi i ti – 2003-2004:Corso di laurea triennale in Scienze archivistica e librarie (3 yr., 180 cr.). – 2004-2005: Corsi delle lauree specialistiche biennali in Archivistica e Biblioteconomia (2 yr 120 cr ) Archivistica e Biblioteconomia (2 yr., 120 cr.).

  • Postgraduate/master programmes in several universities.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • Norway:

y

– 2002-2003: Introduction of the new degree structure which had to be implemented by all institutions in 2003-2004 2003 2004. – Bachelor (180 cr.) / Master (generally 120 cr.). – LIS education is taught at the University College Oslo, f f S Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science and at the University of Tromsø.

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • The Netherlands:

– 2002-2003: Programmes of the academic universities were adapted to Bachelor (180 cr.) and Master (120 cr ) Those at the universities of applied sciences were cr.) Those at the universities of applied sciences were adapted to Bachelor (240 cr.). – 2003-2004: The universities of applied sciences can

  • rganise master programmes (60 cr minimum
  • rganise master programmes (60 cr. minimum,

professional orientation). – LIS education is taught at the University of Amsterdam and in several universities of applied sciences (Amsterdam, Gröningen, The Hague, Hogeschool Zuyd, etc.).

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2 LIS education in Europe

  • United Kingdom:

g

– University education traditionally structured in bachelor and master degrees. Different credit and grading systems in Scotland and – Different credit and grading systems in Scotland and England and Wales. – Duration of studies

  • England and Wales:

– Bachelor: 3 yr. – Master: 2/3 semesters.

  • Scotland:

– Bachelor: 4 yr. – Master: 2/3 semesters.

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3 LIS education in Spain

  • Present situation:

– Diplomatura en Biblioteconomía y Documentación (3 yr.). – Licenciatura en Documentación (2 yr. for LIS ( y graduates, 3 yr. for graduates from other areas).

  • Government guidelines on the structure of university

education:

– First degree: 180-240 credits. – Second degree: 60-120 credits.

  • Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación de la

C lid d (ANECA) Cualidad (ANECA)

– Promotion of new degrees and guidelines for curriculum development.

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3 LIS education in Spain

  • Proposal for a first degree on Information and

Doc mentation Documentation:

– Analysis of LIS studies in Europe. – Choice of a European model for the degree. E l ti f t d t t LIS i – Evolution of student access to LIS programmes in Spanish centres. – Labour market for LIS graduates. D fi iti f i l f i l fil ith l – Definition of a single professional profile with several professional orientations for graduates: general and special libraries, archives, content management. – Definition of transversal and specific competencies: Definition of transversal and specific competencies:

  • Euroguide LIS: the guide to competencies for European

professionals in library and information services. Aslib, 2000.

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3 LIS education in Spain

  • Proposal for a first degree on Information and

Doc mentation Documentation:

– Validation of competencies by library associations and graduates. Objectives of the degree – Objectives of the degree. – Structure of the degree:

  • 240 credits: 156 compulsory (core curriculum) + 84

defined by the universities defined by the universities.

  • Definition of the subjects of the core curriculum.

– Distribution of the core curriculum in ECTS. – Criteria to evaluate the programme. Criteria to evaluate the programme. – Web address of the proposal:

www.ub.es/biblio/convergencia-europea-propuesta.html.

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4 Forums and documents for curriculum development in LIS

  • IFLA. Education and Training Section. Guidelines for

g professional library/information education programmes –

  • 2000. Latest rev.: July 2002.

http://www.ifla.org/VII/s23/bulletin/guidelines.htm.

  • Society of American Archivists. Guidelines for a graduate

program in archival studies. 1994. http://www archivists org/prof-education/ed guidelines asp http://www.archivists.org/prof education/ed_guidelines.asp.

  • Euroguide LIS: the guide to competencies for European

professionals in library and information services. Aslib, professionals in library and information services. Aslib, 2000. http://www.aslib.co.uk/pubs/2001/18/01/contents.html.

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4 Forums and documents for curriculum development in LIS

  • EUCLID (European Association for Library & Information

( p y Education and Resarch.

– Forum for discussion of issues. – Seminar on curriculum development (Copenhagen, 2005) p ( p g )

  • rganised by the Royal School of Library and Information

Science (Denmark).

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