Revamping the LIS curriculum in the Department of Library Science and Information Systems at the TEI of Athens

Abstract

In the context of the changes in the information environment, the LIS department of the TEI of Athens developed a curriculum intending to incorporate the changes taking place in the information field's knowledge base, based on a literature review, the comparison of similar curricula in LIS schools worldwide and the demands of the students and the job market identified by a small scale survey among graduate students and senior information professionals.