Abstract
This paper will describe and analyse the concept of information as a craft skill. In addition this paper will also discuss the way in which the Department of Library and Information Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University have crafted the new undergraduate courses. Particular attention is paid to two pathways – the business pathway and the information management pathway – which have been carved out of a whole series of options on the courses, in order that the student will achieve the ‘ideal’ he seeks.
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