Library Science and Library Education in the federal republic of Germany: some observations on the contemporary situation

Library Science and Library Education in the federal republic of Germany: some observations on the contemporary situation

Biblioteconomia (estudo e ensino)

Ciência da Informação (estudo e ensino)

The first part of the paper deals with the development of library Science as an academic discipline in Germany,from the end of the 19th century until the present day, concentrating on the period since the Second World War when discussion centred on the place of library science within information science. Library science as a specialised information science clearly influences library education, which is dealt with in the second part of the paper. The various bodies responsible for library education, the existing library schools and their different statuses and tasks in training librarians for public libraries as well as academic libraries and for the several levels of library personnel, form a colourful picture of the situation today in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is symptomatic of today's situation that discussions have begun towards producing closer cooperation between libraries and documentation centres, a trend which may exert a general influence on future education for librarianship.

Kaegbein, Paul

FEBAB

1977

pt

Evento

Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)