Open AccessDeveloping Library, Information and Knowledge (LIK) Competencies: Challenges for Educators
Author(s) -
Sajjad Ur Rehman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of information management and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2409-7462
DOI - 10.47657/201617892
Subject(s) - knowledge management , engineering ethics , curriculum , conceptual change , transition (genetics) , managing change , political science , public relations , sociology , data science , computer science , engineering , pedagogy , chemistry , biochemistry , gene
Library, information and knowledge (LIK) competencies have elements of distinct commonness and innate semblance. These have been treated together in the iSchools, a development during the last two decades. Adoption of the nomenclature of information management (IM) in a Pakistani LIS department should also be studied with the same outlook with a keen sense of paradigm shift. This paper reflects on this significant transition and identifies the challenges that are to be addressed in order to manage change effectively. This paper outlines a strategy for curriculum redesign, based on a conceptual model this author had developed earlier. Other challenges of transition need to be treated with incision and rigor.