Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie

After a long period of exclusively in-house training, a marketfor qualified training courses for library managers developed in Austria between 1997 and 2004. Now there are two Master’s programs for advanced study at the university level. A program...

In light of the new course offerings for Master’s degrees, this article takes a look at the characteristics of Germany’s library traineeships (Referendariat). It is important, first of all, to become integrated into the institutional framework...

One of the main objectives of the Bologna declaration is to increase the mobility of students at European institutions of higher education. Mobility throughout Europe is only possible if there is mutual recognition of degrees earned. This will be...

Starting in autumn 2008, Master’s studies will be offered at the Swiss universities of applied sciences. Two of these universities will offer a Master’s degree within a continuing education program and also a regular Master’s program in...

The paper gives an overview of the basic parameters for library and information science professionals in the labour market in Germany. It surveys the job advertisements for position openings at the management level for the period 2004–2007....

The paper briefly reviews the results of the European Library & Information Science (LIS) curriculum development project reported in the e-book entitled European Curriculum Reflections on Library and Information Science Education (2005). Some...

This article compares the curricula of Master’s programs in Germany in the library and information field. It deals with the consequences of the Bologna process which resulted in new ideas, course design and methods as well as in a division of...