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Information science and information‐related educational programs: Their diversity and accreditation

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  • Joy K. Moll
  • Barbara J. Flood

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Accreditation guidelines were examined for six large information‐industry professional societies which are currently defining the scope of their activities by mounting accreditation programs and/or suggesting curricula. Information‐related programs in the United States and Canada were identified using The College Blue Book (20th ed.). Data analysis classified 94 percent of the information‐related educational programs into four areas: science (20%), systems (61%), management (4%), and processing (3%). In 1985, 15 programs awarded the Ph.D. degree, 45 awarded masters degrees, 201 awarded bachelor's degrees, and 70 awarded either associate degrees or certificates. Many programs awarded more than one degree. Review of the ARIST volumes showed a wide variety of information science applications and promising developments in theoretical foundations which could guide ASIS in considering accreditation standards. © 1988 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Joy K. Moll & Barbara J. Flood, 1988. "Information science and information‐related educational programs: Their diversity and accreditation," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 39(5), pages 318-322, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:39:y:1988:i:5:p:318-322
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(198809)39:53.0.CO;2-X
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