IFLA Education and Training Section Volume 17 No. 1 Jan. 2016 ISSN: 1450-0647 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Fellow Professionals, Editorial New Standing SET Bulletin wishes you a very HAPPY and professionally rewarding New Year 2016. Committee of SET SET Bulletin is a platform to share news and events on LIS Education and Training from all Message from the over the world. This issue includes an article on LIS education in Nigeria. Message from the SET- Chairs Chairs and announcements regarding forthcoming activities in the domain of LIS education and LIS education in Nigeria training are also incuded. In this issue, you will also find report of ICIML: an international conference held in Pakistan. Report from Pakistan SET Bulletin requests short article on LIS education scenario and news of LIS education and training events in your country. Please feel free to write to the editor for further details. Forthcoming Events Happy browsing! - Susmita Chakraborty IFLA SET Bulletin is published twice a year in January and July. Copyright © IFLA SET Bulletin is available at http://www.ifla.org/publications/newsletter-set-bulletin Please send your contributions and suggestions to the editor Dr. Susmita Chakraborty, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta, India, Pincode: 700073 Email: [email protected] 1 IFLA SET Bulletin | Volume 17 | Issue No 1| Jan. 2016 | IFLA Education and Training Section Volume 17 No. 1 Jan. 2016 ISSN: 1450-0647 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warm welcome to the new Standing Committee members of SET (August 2015 onwards): Chairs: Primoz Junic (Slovenia) and Suzanne Samir (Egypt) Secretary: Susmita Chakraborty, India Information Coordinator: Lisa D. Travis, United States SET Bulletin Editor: Susmita Chakraborty, India Members Valentina Brezhneva, Russian Federation Mitsuhiro Oda, Japan Issakanova Galiya Bukeyevna, Kazakstan Elizabeth Peralejo, Philippines Clara M. Chu, United States Mai Põldaas, Estonia Kathleen DeLong, Canada Seamus Ross, Canada Judith J. Field, United States Barbara Schultz-Jones, United States Stacey Greenwell, United States Joan Weeks, United States Ulrike Lang, Germany Maria Witt, France Dijana Machala, Croatia Dongrong Zhang, China Corresponding Members Petra Hauke, Germany Ismail Abdullahi, United States Esin Sultan Oguz, Turkey LIS Education in Developing Countries SIG Filiberto Felipe Martínez-Arellano, Convenor , Mexico Chihfeng P. Lin, Secretary, Taiwan Heartiest Congratulations to Gilliam Hallam (formerly, SET Secretary) for becoming the Secretary of Division IV (Division of Support of the Profession) Message from the Co-Chairs: 2 IFLA SET Bulletin | Volume 17 | Issue No 1| Jan. 2016 | IFLA Education and Training Section Volume 17 No. 1 Jan. 2016 ISSN: 1450-0647 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Open Session hosted 5 Information Congress in Columbus, remarkable papers that showed Ohio, with the support of the different fruitful experiences around Association for Library and the world, and helped to exchange Information Science Education different ideas. (ALISE), OCLC, and the University of Also the collaboration with the LTR Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The goal Primoz Juznic section and the LIS Education in is to explore the feasibility of Developing Countries Special Interest establishing an international means of Group helped to cover the theme assessing the quality of Higher through many facets. There is no Education educational programs for doubt about the importance of finding initial and continuing professional efficient solutions that guarantee the development of library and other library and information science (LIS) information professionals. Suzanne Samir educationquality worldwide. The goal of such an international The three hour session focused on Dear colleagues, assessment protocol would be to the accreditation of the education support opportunities for cooperation We wish you, your families and all programs for future library and and collaboration among higher your beloved ones a happy 2016! information professionals. education institutions worldwide, and The panel discussion that followed the And welcome to all new SET members. to ensure the equivalency of degrees presentations raised many questions and certificates granted as well as In 2015, the SET collaborated with the and concerns. Effectively, these learning experiences. This would Library Theory and Research concerns represent the main engine result in a system that would permit Sectionand the LIS Education in of the satellite meeting of the SET in reciprocity in educational programs Developing Countries Special Interest 2016. internationally for both initial Group into a very successful Open The IFLA Section on Education and professional positions and continuing Session panel: “Quality assurance of Training (SET) and the Section on professional development of library Library and information science (LIS) Library Theory and Research (LTR) and information professionals. programs”. are organizing this satellite meeting prior to the World Library and 3 IFLA SET Bulletin | Volume 17 | Issue No 1| Jan. 2016 | IFLA Education and Training Section Volume 17 No. 1 Jan. 2016 ISSN: 1450-0647 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition to the joint satellite E-learning/online education is a meeting with the LTR, the SET is noteworthy tool for education and collaborating with the Continuing training in general and especially for Forthcoming events: Professional Development and librarianship and information science 1. iConference 2016 Workplace Learning Section and the fields. Nowadays, the Internet is the March 20-23, 2016, Philadelphia, Information Technology Section in best tool of information production in PA;Conference theme: “Partnership with Society” general; the education field has organizing the Open Session “All http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ experienced significant gains due to 2. AL4, Academic Librarian 4 about E-Learning: Connection, the wide connections offered by the June 2-3, 2016, Hong Kong Collaboration. Community”, that will Conference theme: "Sustainable Internet. It currently facilitates a Academic Libraries: Now and be held during the IFLA Congress in variety of services ranking from a Beyond" http://library.ust.hk/al4/ Columbus, Ohio, USA, from 13-19 3. Distance Teaching and quick virtual lecture to a Learning Conference; August 9- August 2016. comprehensive course or program 11, 2016, Madison, WI; https://dtlconference.wisc.edu/ that can offer new perspectives for 4. 82nd IFLA World Library and This Open Session will put the spot on scholars, professionals, and Information Congress; August the increasing awareness about the 13–19, 2016, Columbus, OH; community members. Conference theme: "Connections, prospective and important role of e- This session’s goal is to provide Collaboration, Community"; learning not only in LIS education but http://2016.ifla.org/ complementary coverage of new 5. ALIA 2016 National also in continuing education for techniques, infrastructure, and Conference professionals and in applying academic and professional aspects of August 29 - September 2, 2016, innovative services in order to reach Adelaide, South Australia; e-learning. Conference theme: "Engage - new communities. Implementing We are very proud of the Create - Lead"; powerful e-learning strategies in collaborative work we had in 2015 and https://nationalconference.alia.org. au/ librarianship, academic, and practical the more collaborative work we have 6. EDUCAUSE Annual sectors makes us think about the IFLA Conference 2016; October 25– for IFLA Congress Columbus, Ohio, 28, 2016, Anaheim, CA; president’s theme, “Call to Action.” USA, from 13-19 August 2016. https://www.educause.edu/annual This call to action urges information -conference Best wishes, 7. E-Learn--World Conference technology personnel to work on the IFLA SET Co-chairs, on E-Learning; November 14-16, infrastructure for connecting all 2016, Washington, DC available and needed platforms Primoz Juznic Topics: e-Learning in Corporate, [email protected] Government, Healthcare, and serving this area. Higher Education Suzanne Samir http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/c [email protected] all.htm 4 IFLA SET Bulletin | Volume 17 | Issue No 1| Jan. 2016 | IFLA Education and Training Section Volume 17 No. 1 Jan. 2016 ISSN: 1450-0647 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Library and Information Science Education in Nigeria Bappah Magaji Abubakar1 and Yahya Ibrahim Harande2 Department of Library and Information Science, Bayero University, Kano, PMB 3011 Email 1: [email protected] Email 2. [email protected] Abstract: The paper traces the history, current situation, challenges and future prospects and directions of library and information science (LIS) education in Nigeria Keywords: LIS education, Nigeria, Curriculum development, History. National Universities Commission Introduction: Nigeria is geographically located on the coast best practices and requirements. This paper attempts to of western Africa. Covering an area of about 924,000 square trace the development of LIS education in Nigeria, its current km, it is bordered on the north by Niger Republic, on the east status and challenges. The concluding segment of the by Chad and Cameroon, on the south by the Gulf of Guinea,