Library and information science education in Norway

Abstract

Library and information science education in Norway, with particular reference to the data processing component, is discussed. The 3 year undergraduate programme at The Norwegian School of Library and Information Science (NSLIS) is described, but particular emphasis is given to a presentation of the 2 year postgraduate programme in information science and data processing, established in 1984 and open to specially qualified librarians. A self-financed research and development group (BRODD), also to a certain extent integrated into the postgraduate programme, is presented. It is emphasized that the programmes aim at preparing the students for information handling in library as well as non-library environments, and that the extensive data processing component in the postgraduate programme should produce electronic data processing (edp)-librarians with a thorough knowledge of the administration, organization and retrieval of documents and data.

[French, German, and Spanish translations of this abstract can be found on pp. 245–249)