Managing multilinguality: Israel's retraining course for new immigrant librarians

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lazinger, Susan S. | Peritz, Bluma C.

Affiliations: School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel

Abstract: A 6-month retraining program for Israel's Russian-speaking new immigrant librarians and information specialists is described. Because Israeli information professionals need to know Hebrew, the language of the country, an intensive language course, emphasizing professional terminology, was offered. Courses providing a basic knowledge of Jewish and Israeli history, literature and bibliography, as well as Hebrew cataloging and classification systems were also included. Finally, the gap in information technology between the former Soviet Union and the Western world was bridged by courses in library automation.

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1993-11302

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 181-188, 1993