The Impact on Education for Librarianship and Information Studies of the Bologna Process and Related European Commission Programmes--and Some Outstanding Issues in Europe and Beyond

Autor/in	Johnson, Ian M.
Titel	The Impact on Education for Librarianship and Information Studies of the Bologna Process and Related European Commission Programmes--and Some Outstanding Issues in Europe and Beyond
Quelle	In: Education for Information, 30 (2013) 1-2, S.63-92 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8329
DOI	10.3233/EFI-130933
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Academic Degrees; National Standards; Alignment (Education); International Cooperation; Student Mobility; Library Science; Transfer Policy; College Credits; Curriculum Development; Quality Assurance; Standard Setting; Accreditation (Institutions); Continuing Education; Professional Education; Global Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Bibliothekswissenschaft; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Qualitätssicherung; Standardisierung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Weiterbildung; Berufsausbildung; Globales Denken
Abstract	The Bologna Declaration of 1999 is the basis for continuing reforms in higher education intended to support international mobility in employment within the European Union. This paper describes the standardised structure and nomenclature for courses that have been implemented, together with a credit transfer system, a quality assurance regime, and the ERASMUS and MUNDUS programmes that support international student mobility. However, the European Commission has left crucial aspects of the implementation of the Bologna principles to Member States, and several issues have arisen because of national variations. The paper expresses concerns about differences in assessment standards and conventions, and questions the relevance of various attempts that have been made to produce model lists of competences and curricula. The European Union's international assistance programmes, TEMPUS and ALFA, have encouraged collaboration in assisting development in non-member states, but with limited effect, perhaps because of organisational changes that stemmed partly from the Bologna process. The changes in higher education stimulated the establishment of a pan-European association, EUCLID: the European association for library and information education and research, but the paper argues that the expectations of the founders of the association remain largely unfulfilled, and argues for more empirical research to review issues such as the academic level at which education for librarianship is undertaken, and the need for a European accreditation scheme. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10