Open AccessIs the West best?: Education for School Information Service Professionals
Author(s) -
Jo Hallein
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl8157
Subject(s) - work (physics) , service (business) , developing country , professional development , training (meteorology) , best practice , public relations , developed country , political science , business , medical education , economic growth , sociology , marketing , geography , engineering , medicine , economics , mechanical engineering , population , demography , meteorology , law
School Library Educators in developing countries have, in the main, been training School Infomration Professionals using models of education developed in the United States and Europe. While there have been some local modifications to these western models few countries have developed truly local education programs for Infomation Servie Professional. This is due, in part, to the fact that the Information Services that students are being educated to work with are global information services often based on series developed in the United States and Europe. Many of the advisers who helped to set up school library training programs are from Western Countries and a large proportion of the staff lecturing in these programs have been educated in Western Countries. The paper will conclude by discussing if western models of education for School Information Service Professionals are the most appropriate models given the increased globilization of information services or whether locally developed models can best service the needs of those training to work in developing countries.