Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview

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dc.contributor.authorRaju, Jaya
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-06T18:43:27Z
dc.date.available2020-09-06T18:43:27Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn the context of an evolving digitally-oriented library and/or information science (LIS) discipline and framed by Andrew Abbott’s (2001) Chaos of Disciplines theory, this paper presents an epistemological overview of evolving competency requirements for a global digital information environment and the implications of this for future LIS education. In doing so it draws from i) an international case study of ongoing research by the IFLA BSLISE (Building Strong LIS Education) Working Group into the development of an international framework for the assessment of quality standards in LIS education, and ii) a national (South African) case study involving the compilation of a LIS competency index in a highly digitally-oriented information environment. The Chaos of Disciplines theory was originally conceptualized to demonstrate the evolution of disciplines in the social sciences. Its core principals of The Interstitial Character of a Discipline and Fractal Distinctions in Time are employed as a heuristic tool to connect the empirical evidence from these two purposively selected case studies to the inherent nature of the LIS discipline and the implications of this for i) competency requirements for professional practice in a highly digitized global information environment, and ii) future LIS education responding to these competency exigencies.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationRaju, J. (2020). Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview. <i>Journal of Education for Library and Information Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32174en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRaju, Jaya "Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview." <i>Journal of Education for Library and Information Science</i> (2020) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32174en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRaju, J. 2020. Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview. <i>Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32174en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2328-2967
dc.identifier.risTY - Journal Article AU - Raju, Jaya AB - In the context of an evolving digitally-oriented library and/or information science (LIS) discipline and framed by Andrew Abbott’s (2001) Chaos of Disciplines theory, this paper presents an epistemological overview of evolving competency requirements for a global digital information environment and the implications of this for future LIS education. In doing so it draws from i) an international case study of ongoing research by the IFLA BSLISE (Building Strong LIS Education) Working Group into the development of an international framework for the assessment of quality standards in LIS education, and ii) a national (South African) case study involving the compilation of a LIS competency index in a highly digitally-oriented information environment. The Chaos of Disciplines theory was originally conceptualized to demonstrate the evolution of disciplines in the social sciences. Its core principals of The Interstitial Character of a Discipline and Fractal Distinctions in Time are employed as a heuristic tool to connect the empirical evidence from these two purposively selected case studies to the inherent nature of the LIS discipline and the implications of this for i) competency requirements for professional practice in a highly digitized global information environment, and ii) future LIS education responding to these competency exigencies. DA - 2020 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 3 J1 - Journal of Education for Library and Information Science KW - library and information science (LIS) KW - LIS education KW - LIS competencies KW - digital information environment LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2020 SM - 2328-2967 T1 - Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview TI - Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32174 ER -en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/32174
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3138/jelis.61.3.2019-0088
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRaju J. Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 2020; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32174.en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLibrary and Information Studies Centre (LISC)en_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.sourceJournal of Education for Library and Information Scienceen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.utpjournals.press/loi/jelis
dc.subjectlibrary and information science (LIS)en_US
dc.subjectLIS educationen_US
dc.subjectLIS competenciesen_US
dc.subjectdigital information environmenten_US
dc.titleFuture LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overviewen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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