Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

July 2002

Publication Title

D-Lib Magazine

Volume

8

Issue Number

7/8

DOI

10.1045/july2002-coleman

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Abstract

This article reviews the state of education in digital libraries and curriculum planning documents from professional associations in two areas: Library and Information Science; and Computing. It examines suggestions for integration and interdisciplinarity in education for digital libraries curricula using definitions of a discipline, interdisciplinarity, and the transdisciplinary structure of a university in order to discover how such integration may be successfully accomplished. A plan to use learning communities and develop an interdisciplinary curriculum for Knowledge Organization is briefly discussed.

Comments

This article originally appeared in D-Lib Magazine, 8, 7/8, 2002. ©2002 Corporation for National Research Initiatives. This work can also be found online at this link http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/july2002-coleman
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