Modernity and Professional Values in the Training of Librarians in North America

Savard, Réjean     Réjean.savard@montreal.ca     (Université Montréal. Ëcole de Bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'informatión)

Bulletin des Bibliotheques de France 2000 45 (1)
(ReLIS:doi:doibbf:y:2000:v:45:i:1:p:42-49)

Abstract:

The author initially explains the context within which training in librarianship has evolved in recent years in North America, training in which standardization has remained important and at the heart of which new technology has occupied an ever larger place. He then presents and questions the professional vision that assumes that new information technology is in keeping with the professional values traditionally defended by North American librarians, notably the equity of information. In the terms of this essay, the author asks whether training in information science in North America will be able to preserve the "convergence" which has prevailed since Dewey.

Creation: 2000
Volume: 45
Year: 2000
Issue: 1

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