Current issues in professional education for library and information work in Tanzania

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Olden, Anthony^a | Mcharazo, Alli A.S.^b

Affiliations: [a] Centre for Information Management, Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF, UK. E-mail: [email protected] | [b] Library, University College of Land and Architectural Studies, PO Box 35176, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Considers why Tanzania was not operating a non-graduate level diploma programme until 1989, or a postgraduate programme until 1997; why the diploma was set up by the national public library service rather than by an academic institution; what its future might be; what the future career prospects might be for Tanzanians who hold this or similar diplomas; and what the future might bring in the way of a distance learning programme. The investigation is based on a study of the documentation, on personal experience of professional education in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, and on interviews.

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2002-20203

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 119-131, 2002