This discussion of the education and training of information professionals in North America includes comments on issues in the preparation of librarians, information scientists, information resource managers, archivists, and records managers. It concentrates on trends in the information sector rather than specific programs, indicates broad…

This research explored the challenge of how students might successfully perform real laboratory experiments over the Internet without being in a laboratory. Numerous distance learning environments were surveyed, and the effectiveness and disadvantages of laboratory facilities currently available over the Internet were assessed. Full and part-time…