Affiliations: [a] Department of Library and Information Science, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait. Tel.: +965 4811188/5875; Fax: +965 4847363; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] | [b] Kuwait University Library, Safat, Kuwait. Tel.: +965 4811188/7833; Fax: +965 4838475; E-mail: [email protected]
Note: [1] This paper is based on a research project, GPL-001, funded by the Kuwait University Research Administration. It is a revised version of the paper presented at the ALISE 2002 Conference, New Orleans, LA, 15–18 Jan, 2002.
Abstract: Presents the collective judgments of a group of academics from North America, Southeast Asia and the Arabian Gulf region, as well as leading practitioners from the Arabian Gulf region, about the content of graduate degrees in information studies. The participants generally agreed about the content of the curriculum of information studies. The most important competencies that need to be covered in the curriculum included: knowledge of information theory, information use and users, the social context of information, information needs, ethics, information resource development concepts and processes, information organization and processing, information searching and retrieval, access services, automation and networking, Web design and searching, research capabilities, planning and evaluation, human resource skills, and communication. These findings can be used as a framework for curriculum revision and design.
