The new M.A. Curriculum for Librarianship and Information Science: the report of the research project

Abstract

This article is a short report of research project carried out over the recommendation of the Ministry of Science, research and Technolgoy by the department of Library and Information Science ofMashhad Ferdowsi University between 2003-2004. the goal was to study and revise the current curriculum to bring it closer to the changing needs of the present society. The currcula of the U.S. England, Australia, India and Iran were reviewed and compared with the objective of inroducing a new syllabous for th etwo fields of Information Management and IT management. the new curriculum was sent to some experts and faculty members of Librarianship and Information Science that ran courses at M.A. level. They were asked to issue their comments on the curriculum. Then the final version of the curriculum was verified after undergoing some revisions by the revising committee of Mashhad Ferdowsi University. the new curriculum was also send to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to be sent to the universities after being approved by the Ministry.