Digital library education: synthesis of the session of 24 March 2005

Abstract

The focus of the first session of the workshop was digital library education. To be able to cope with the challenges from new technology and compete with the computer professionals, the LIS education also has to change. According to Terry Weech, computer science took the initiative in the digital libraries education in the 1980s. LIS education has been a follower, not a leader in the field. Digital libraries courses and programs were introduced in the late 1990s and LIS education is now trying to define the core skills necessary to work in digital library environments and to collaborate effectively with IT professionals.