چکیده:
The article presents an account of the Library and Information Science (LIS)
education in Iran. It briefly reviews the growth and development of the LIS
education in the periods: 1939-1978, as the Pre- Islamic Revolution period, and
1979- 2007, as the Post –Islamic Revolution period. The paper covers an up-todate
list of the 29 universities in Iran offering various LIS programs including
Post-Diploma / Associate Diploma; Bachelor of Library and Information
Science; Master of Library and Information Science and Ph.D., and the
establishment of the LIS departments in a chronological order (84 depts.). It also
emphasizes the re-designing of the curriculum based on the emerging needs to
match the new technological age. It highlights the current trends in the last 10
years. The paper concludes that Post Islamic-Revolution LIS education
witnessed more progress comparing to the Pre-Islamic Revolution period,
particularly in the last decade (1997- 2007). At the end, some suggestions are
given for improving the LIS education in Iran.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The paper covers an up-to- date list of the 29 universities in Iran offering various LIS programs including Post-Diploma / Associate Diploma; Bachelor of Library and Information Science; Master of Library and Information Science and Ph. D.
1997- 2007: The current trend The Study Objective The present study aimed to describe the current situation of LIS education in Iran including the number of depanments; various programs; admission; duration and curriculum.
Review of Literature The articles and theses written by Mangala, (1972); Ebrami (1973); Haidar, (1974); Ganjian, (1975); Sinai, (1976) and Poor Hamzehm (1977) described the LIS education in Iran before the Islamic Revolution.
Moitezaei compared the curricula of librarianship and information science at higher education level in UK, USA, India and Iran.
The goal of the project was to study and revise the current curriculum of LIS education to bring it closer to the changing needs of the present society in Iran (Fattahi, 2006).
in Islamic Azad Llniversit y Branches (Non- Governmental Universities) within 2006-2007 (View the image of this page) As the above tables show, at present 28 governmental universities in Iran are offering the LIS programs, where as, one of them, namely, the University of Payam-e- Noor has itself 30 LIS departments as the city branches throughout the country (Ministry of Cultural and Higher Education, 2006).
In the academic year 2003-2004, upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, the LIS department in Ferdowsi University (Mashhad) started revising the curriculum in M.