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Aina, L. O. – Education for Information, 2005
The paper traces the inability of the curricula of LIS schools in Africa to respond to the immediate job environment in Africa. The main weakness of the curricula is that they reflect essentially the curricula of LIS schools in the Western World. Thus, while most of the LIS curricula are relevant to the traditional library setting, the curricula…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Information Science Education, Information Management, Public Relations