Digital library education in computer science programs

ABSTRACT

In an effort to identify the "state of the art" in digital library education in computer science (CS) programs, we analyzed CS courses on digital libraries and digital library-related topics. Fifteen courses that mention digital libraries in the title or short description were identified; of these, five are concerned with digital libraries as the primary topic of the course. The readings from these five courses were analyzed further, in terms of their authors and the journals in which they were published.

REFERENCES

• 1: Arms, W. Y. (2000). Digital Libraries. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
• 2: Bush, V. (1945). As we may think. Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101--108.
• 3: Choi, Y., & Rasmussen, E. (2006). What is needed to educate future digital librarians: A study of current practice and staffing patterns in academic and research libraries. D-Lib Magazine, 12(9).
• 4: Marcos André Gonçalves , Edward A. Fox , Layne T. Watson , Neill A. Kipp, Streams, structures, spaces, scenarios, societies (5s): A formal model for digital libraries, ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), v.22 n.2, p.270-312, April 2004 [doi>10.1145/984321.984325]
• 5: Jeffrey Pomerantz , Barbara M. Wildemuth , Seungwon Yang , Edward A. Fox, Curriculum development for digital libraries, Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, June 11-15, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC, USA [doi>10.1145/1141753.1141787]
• 6: Pomerantz, J., et al. (2006). The core: Digital library education in library and information science programs. D--Lib Magazine, 12 (11).

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Computer science education

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Information systems education; Curriculum

General Terms:
Management, Measurement

Keywords:
computer science, curriculum development, digital librarianship, digital libraries, education, library and information science