Teaching digital libraries in Spain: Context and experiences

Article type: Research Article

Authors: García-Marco, Francisco-Javier

Affiliations: Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. Tel.: +34 976762239; Fax: +34 976761506; E-mail: jgarcia@unizar.es

Abstract: The situation of digital libraries teaching and learning in Spain up to 2008 is examined. A detailed analysis of the different curricula and subjects is provided both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Digital libraries have been mostly a postgraduate topic in Spain, but they should become mainstream, with special subjects devoted to them, and ICT and traditional library topics should be brought together in a closer way.

Keywords: Digital libraries, LIS education, undergraduate programmes, postgraduate programms, Spain

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2009-0878

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 27, no. 2-3, pp. 127-155, 2009