对国外iSchools核心院校研究生项目数据科学类课程的调查与思考

Investigation and Inflection on Data Science Curriculum of Graduate Degree Programs in iSchools at Abroad

在大数据时代,发展数据科学教育、培养数据科学人才已成为图书情报专业提升专业核心竞争力、优化人才培养质量的重要路径。对iSchools学院的数据科学类课程设置现状进行系统深入研究,将有力推动我国数据科学教育,有利于提升图书情报专业核心竞争力。文章以国外31所iSchools核心院校的研究生项目为对象,基于“数据生命周期-人才培养目标-课程体系”的对应关系对其数据科学类课程内容进行统计,总结iSchools核心院校数据科学类课程的特征,并建议我国图书情报专业设置数据科学类课程要体现专业特色、面向国家战略和社会需求探索研究生分类课程教学体系、拓展课程知识应用领域、丰富课程实践教学形式。

The perfection of the data science education system and the cultivation and training of data talents are the keys to the development of library and information science in big data era.A systematic and in-depth study on the curriculum of data science in iSchools is conducted to promote data science education on postgraduate and enhance LIS core competitiveness.Based on the graduate degree programs in 31 iSchools at abroad,this paper uses the corresponding relationship between data lifecycle,talents cultivation goal and curriculum to investigate the setting and content of data science courses and summarizes the characteristics of the data science courses in iSchools.Therefore,the curriculum of data science in Chinese library and information schools should embody its special characteristic,carry out the division teaching strategy to meet the needs of national strategic and society,and improve the application of professional knowledge,and enrich the practical teaching methods.