Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program
This paper looks at the challenges presented for the Australian Library and Information Association by its role as the professional association responsible for ensuring the quality of Australian library technician graduates. There is a particular focus on the issue of course recognition, where the A...
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| author | Hallam, Gill Genoni, Paul |
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| description | This paper looks at the challenges presented for the Australian Library and Information Association by its role as the professional association responsible for ensuring the quality of Australian library technician graduates. There is a particular focus on the issue of course recognition, where the Association?s role is complicated by the need to work alongside the national quality assurance processes that have been established by the relevant technical education authorities. The paper describes the history of course recognition in Australia; examines the relationship between course recognition and other quality measures; and describes the process the Association has undertaken recently to ensure appropriate professional scrutiny in a changing environment of accountability. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-76262017-09-13T14:37:01Z Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program Hallam, Gill Genoni, Paul Library technicians Australian library and Information Association course accreditation course recognition This paper looks at the challenges presented for the Australian Library and Information Association by its role as the professional association responsible for ensuring the quality of Australian library technician graduates. There is a particular focus on the issue of course recognition, where the Association?s role is complicated by the need to work alongside the national quality assurance processes that have been established by the relevant technical education authorities. The paper describes the history of course recognition in Australia; examines the relationship between course recognition and other quality measures; and describes the process the Association has undertaken recently to ensure appropriate professional scrutiny in a changing environment of accountability. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7626 10.1080/00049670.2009.10735903 Australian Library and Information Association fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Library technicians Australian library and Information Association course accreditation course recognition Hallam, Gill Genoni, Paul Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| title | Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| title_full | Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| title_fullStr | Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| title_short | Library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| title_sort | library technician course recognition: meeting the challenge of a distributed national education program |
| topic | Library technicians Australian library and Information Association course accreditation course recognition |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7626 |