The globalization of the iSchools movement

Bonnici, Laurie J.; Julien, Heidi; Burnett, Kathleen

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Title

The globalization of the iSchools movement

Author(s)

• Bonnici, Laurie J.
• Julien, Heidi
• Burnett, Kathleen

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• iSchools
• library and information science
• computer and information science
• content analysis
• international
• history and philosophy of information

Abstract

In 2005 a relatively small interdisciplinary group of LIS schools, all based in the U.S., announced its intention to form a new “iField.” The explicitly stated goal behind the formation and formalization of this group was the coming to grips with the “elusive identity [that] poses a challenge for the I-School movement” (King, 2006). Today 40% of the iSchools Caucus is non-U.S. based. This research examines the impact of the international member schools on what was once an exclusively American group. The internationalization phenomenon is examined from the perspective of the Information Outcome Space (Gross & Latham, 2011). Content analysis of school websites addressing vision and mission statements, “about the school” statements, and messages from the Deans/Directors were conducted to discern the philosophical approaches of iSchool as they relate to the concept of information. This research addresses whether information conception is the uniting, identifying, and defining identity for the iCaucus.

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iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42087

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https://doi.org/10.9776/13466

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