美国高校图书情报专业信息服务类课程设置分析

Analysis of Information Service Course Offerings for Library and Information Science in American Universities

采用网络调查法、文献分析法、比较研究法等对美国21所iSchools院校的信息服务类课程设置情况进行剖析,研究发现美国高校图书情报专业开设的信息服务类课程具有选修课占比高,涵盖多种学科;授课方式灵活,选课模式自主性高;重视信息服务类课程;课程分类全面详细,涉及不同群体的特点。提出国内高校可以从扩大选修课比例,重视信息服务类课程交叉融合;采用灵活授课方式,增强信息服务类课程实践性;注重信息服务,提高课程占比及丰富信息服务类课程种类方面予以借鉴,做出相应改善。

Using network investigation method,literature analysis method and comparative research method,this paper makes an analysis of the information service courses in 21 iSchools colleges and universities in the United States.It finds that the information service courses offered by library and information majors in American colleges and universities have several characteristics:a high proportion of electives which covering a variety of disciplines,flexible teaching methods and high autonomy in course selection mode,attaching importance to information service courses,the course classification is comprehensive and detailed which involving different groups.It is proposed that domestic colleges and universities can make reference in terms of expanding the proportion of elective courses,paying attention to the cross-integration of information service courses,taking flexible teaching methods to enhance the practicality of information service courses,focusing on information service,improving the proportion of courses and enriching the types of information service courses,and make corresponding improvements.