Section on Education and Training

Susan Lazinger (Secretary/Treasurer)
School of Libraries, Archives and Information Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel

Professor Judith Elkin (Treasurer to 00/12)
Faculty of Computing, English and Information Studies
University of Central England
Birmingham, United Kingdom

1. foster international cooperation on basic and continuing education of library and information science (LIS) educators and practitioners
2. uphold the professional status of LIS personnel through internationally recognized qualifications for LIS work
3. maintain a current directory of world-wide LIS educational programs
4. foster the multicultural principles of IFLA, though contribution to the current multilingual lexicon for LIS
5. offer professional development opportunities for LIS professionals and educators in developing countries
6. disseminate information on innovative curriculum developments and creative teaching methodologies and materials
7. foster new professional development opportunities in order to encourage new knowledge, skills and competencies.

1. Guidelines for Library and Information Studies Education: Revision of 1975 standards. Lead members: Evelyn Daniel; Ole Harbo; Susan Lazinger. Final revisions presented to open forum, revisions made, approved by the Section and presented to the Coordinating Board for endorsement and forwarding to the Professional Board. Completed.
2. Worldwide Database of Library and Information Studies Professional Qualifications and Accrediting Bodies. Lead member: Judith Elkin. Report presented to open forum. Report filed with Coordinating Board. Completed.
3. World Guide to Library, Archive and Information Studies Education. Lead members: Evelyn Daniel and John Harvey. Proposal developed with Section. Initial meetings held with IFLA leadership and publishers. Funding being sought from IFLA and K. G. Saur.
4. Multilingual Glossary. Leader (former) member: Steffan Ruckl. Last report indicated that 52,000 terms had been collected. No response from former member despite repeated attempts. Project abandoned.
5. History of the Section. Lead members: Russell Bowden and Ole Harbo. In progress. Report scheduled for 2001,
6. Other Projects:
   1. procedures for refereed papers [Elkin]. Completed.
   2. membership development leaflet [Nicholson]. In progress. Completion for 2001.
   3. criteria for Co-sponsorship of IFLA Programs [Nicholson]. In progress. Completion for 2001.
   4. conference planning. Subcommittees established for 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Reactor Panel:
Stephney Ferguson, Jamaica
Norman Horrocks, Canada
Ian Johnson, Scotland, UK

"An Investigation of LIS Qualifications Throughout the World."
Peter Dalton, UK
"Curriculum for Social Information Science: Evaluation and Application."
Shifra Baruchson-Arbib, Israel

MORNING SESSION
Prof. Bluma Peritz, Director
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Contesting New Identities: Literacy and Reading in Multicultural Societies."
Prof. Hanna Adoni
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, and Director,
Department of Communications
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Education and Training in Israel."
Prof. Bluma Peritz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Snunith Shoham, Bar Ilan University
Prof. Irene Sever, The University of Haifa

"Teaching in a Multilingual, Multicultural Environment: A Personal Experience."
Prof. Sara Fine, University of Pittsburgh and Bar Ilan University

AFTERNOON SESSION
"Modern Tendencies of Short-term Training Organization of Library Disciplines Teachers in Higher Schools of Russia and the CIS."
Natalia Jadko, Director, Training Center
Rudomino School Library of Foreign Literature
Moscow, Russia

"The Regional Center of the Southern Caucasus-A New Venture of the newly formed Association of Information Specialists/Librarians and Documentalists of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan."
Medea Metreveli

"A Methodology for studying the Impact of Distance Education in Library and Information Science (LIS) on Multilingual and Multicultural Enrollment-Global and Cooperative Implications."
Terry L. Weech, Associate Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA.