Syllabus for
IS 207. International Issues & Comparative Research in
Library & Information Sciences
Fall Quarter 2010
Instructor: Professor Emeritus Robert M. Hayes
http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/rhayes/courses/courses.htm
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4
Official Course Description ............................................................................................ 4
Expectations of Students ................................................................................................. 4
Faculty Participation ....................................................................................................... 4
Instructor’s International Experience .......................................................................... 5
Other Participating Faculty ......................................................................................... 7
2. Definitions....................................................................................................................... 7
International Issues in Librarianship ............................................................................... 7
Comparative Research in Librarianship.......................................................................... 7
International Issues and Comparative Research in Information Sciences ...................... 7
3. Your Paper ...................................................................................................................... 8
Introduction about Societal Issues for the Chosen Country............................................ 8
Discussion of the Substantive Focus............................................................................... 8
Analysis of Data about the Substantive Focus ................................................................ 8
Bibliography and References .......................................................................................... 9
4. Contexts for Societal Issues ............................................................................................ 9
History............................................................................................................................. 9
Governance ..................................................................................................................... 9
National Governments ................................................................................................ 9
The Collapse of Nation States? ................................................................................... 9
Centralized, Decentralized, Feudal or Tribal .............................................................. 9
Democratic or Totalitarian .......................................................................................... 9
International Governance ............................................................................................ 9
United Nations, ........................................................................................................... 9
WHO (World Health Organization)............................................................................ 9
Organization for African Unity (OAU) ...................................................................... 9
Organization of American States (OAS) .................................................................... 9
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ................................................... 9
UNESCO..................................................................................................................... 9
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UNISIST, NATIS ....................................................................................................... 9
Economic Development .................................................................................................. 9
National Economies .................................................................................................... 9
Nomadic or Peasant Economy .................................................................................... 9
Agricultural Economy................................................................................................. 9
Industrial Economy ..................................................................................................... 9
Information Economy ................................................................................................. 9
Developing Economy.................................................................................................. 9
Multi-tiered Economy ................................................................................................. 9
International Agencies ................................................................................................ 9
Social and Cultural Structures ........................................................................................ 9
Religion ..................................................................................................................... 10
Community ............................................................................................................... 10
The Arts .................................................................................................................... 10
The Sciences ............................................................................................................. 10
The Professions ......................................................................................................... 10
Education .................................................................................................................. 10
Social Development ...................................................................................................... 10
Transition of People through Economy .................................................................... 10
Treatment of Women ................................................................................................ 10
Treatment of Minorities ............................................................................................ 10
Disasters ........................................................................................................................ 10
Natural Disasters ....................................................................................................... 10
Man-made Disasters.................................................................................................. 10
Conflicts and Wars .................................................................................................... 10
5. Contexts for Libraries and Archives ............................................................................. 10
Library and Archive in Individual Countries ................................................................ 10
Library and Archive Institutions ............................................................................... 10
Library and Archive Policies .................................................................................... 10
Library and Archive Funding.................................................................................... 10
Library and Archive Functions ..................................................................................... 10
Identification, Selection, Acquisition ....................................................................... 10
Description, Cataloging, Classification .................................................................... 10
Storage, Organization, Retrieval ............................................................................... 11
Reference, Referral ................................................................................................... 11
Preservation, Conservation, Restoration ................................................................... 11
Support to Analysis and Use ..................................................................................... 11
Use of Automation .................................................................................................... 11
Library Networks ...................................................................................................... 11
Library and Archive Education ..................................................................................... 11
Individual Countries.................................................................................................. 11
Internationally and Cooperatively............................................................................. 11
Library and Archive Related Organizations ................................................................. 11
International Library Associations ............................................................................ 11
NGOs ........................................................................................................................ 11
6. Contexts for Information Science ................................................................................. 11
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Information Generators ................................................................................................. 11
Information Forms ........................................................................................................ 11
Information Users ......................................................................................................... 11
Information Processes ................................................................................................... 11
Information Agencies.................................................................................................... 11
Information Technologies ............................................................................................. 11
Communications ....................................................................................................... 11
Computers ................................................................................................................. 11
Convergence of Technologies................................................................................... 11
Internet ...................................................................................................................... 11
7. Sources of Data and Methodologies for Analysis......................................................... 11
Data Sources ................................................................................................................. 12
Data about the Country ............................................................................................. 12
Data about Libraries and Archives ........................................................................... 12
Data about Communications and Information .......................................................... 12
Data about the Economy ........................................................................................... 12
Methodologies for Analysis .......................................................................................... 12
Description Analysis ................................................................................................. 12
Structural Analysis .................................................................................................... 12
Qualitative Analysis .................................................................................................. 12
Quantitative Analysis ................................................................................................ 12
8. History........................................................................................................................... 12
9. References ..................................................................................................................... 13
Printed References ........................................................................................................ 13
Internet References ....................................................................................................... 15
Country Data ............................................................................................................. 15
Library Data .............................................................................................................. 15
International & Comparative Studies........................................................................ 16
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1. Introduction
Official Course Description
Number: IS 207
Title: International Issues and Comparative Research in Library and Information Science.
Lecture, four hours. History and development of international organizations and
programs in library and information science. Identification of key issues in international
exchange of information. Introduction to comparative method as procedure for study and
research. Letter grading.
Expectations of Students
Each student is to prepare a formal paper as the primary basis for grading of the course.
The final paper is to be submitted on or before the date scheduled for the final
examination of the course. Although there will not be a final exam, there will be a class
session on the date for the final exam at which each student will make a brief, fiveminute, presentation of the primary results presented in their paper.
The paper is to be focused, first, on a country, a group of countries, or a geographical
region and, second, on a context for national and international and comparative
librarianship (as will be illustrated later in this syllabus) or on a societal context for
information science (again as will be illustrated later in this syllabus). The initial country
and topic should be chosen by the end of the second week of the class, but may be
revised during the progress of the course.
After the second week of the course, each student is to present a weekly written report on
progress with respect to that paper. Each student should be prepared to make an oral
report which will serve as a basis for discussion of the methodologies used by the student
and their results to date. The oral presentations can be either verbal or supported by
computer tools.
The discussions will be handled as a true seminar. During each session each student is
expected to participate in open discussion of the issues, aspects, and contexts raised by
their individual investigations. A secondary basis for grading will be the degree and
quality of participation in the discussions. Attendance is a tertiary basis for grading.
Faculty Participation
The instructor for the course will participate in the seminar discussion. When appropriate,
he may present a formal lecture concerning issues, aspects, contexts, or methodologies.
Indeed, during the first and second weeks of the course, while the students will be
determining the countries and topics for their term papers, there will be lectures
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concerning the contexts for International and Comparative Librarianship and Information
Studies.
Instructor’s International Experience
Professor Emeritus Robert M. Hayes brings to the class over fifty years of experience in
working with national governments, libraries, universities and other educators and
professionals, as summarized in the following table.
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4
5
COUNTRY
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
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Canada
7
China
Croatia
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Czechoslov
akia
Denmark
East
Germany
Egypt
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Holland
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
CONSULTATIONS
GOVT LIBRARY UNIV
80,03
80,03
80,93,
93,93,
02,03
07-09
95,01
95,01
CONFERENCES
ATTEND DIRECT
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TOURING
70,86,90,91
66,94
68,72,
72
88,90,93,9
5,95,96,97,
98
74
62,67,68,
71,81,87
87
05,07,
06
02,06
70
98
66,85
89-91,
95-09
98
69,70
81
82
77,84,
89
98
84
89,06,
07-09
09
59,66
82
66,67,86,
88,90
66,69
81,91
59,83,95
97
69,86,86
97
70,86,90,91
78
99,03
81
85
98
66
92
83,96
87
5
25
Italy
Japan
Korea
Kuwait
Latvia
Luxemburg
Macedonia
Mexico
Philippines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Saudi
Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South
Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
(Croatia)
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27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
09
88,94
07
88
72
88
67,84,09
67,86,91
98
86
95
84
77
90
80
97,97
87
98,98
93
84
78,79,
84
89
98
91
96
87
72-74
89
59
69,70
81,85
95,01
96-98
09
97,98,09
82,86
77,7981,84,
86-88
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10
8
6
4
2
08
05
02
99
96
93
90
87
84
81
78
73
70
67
59
0
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Other Participating Faculty
Several faculty members of the Department of Information Studies faculty have agreed to
participate by presenting their own experience with international and comparative studies
and by joining in the seminar discussion of methodologies and results.
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4
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Jean-Francois Blanchette
Christine Borgman
Jonathan Furner
Anne Gilliland
Leah Lievrouw
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9
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Beverly Lynch
Mary Niles Maack
Ramesh Srinivasan
John V. Richardson, Jr
Virginia Walter
In addition, Professor Khalid Mahmood, from Pakistan, has graciously agreed to
participate, as has Monica Hagan of the UCLA Management Library, and we may be able
to have participation by a Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Ukraine, Dr. Tetiana
Yaroshenko.
2. Definitions
International Issues in Librarianship
For the purpose of this course, international issues in librarianship focus on the role of
libraries and their methods for acquisition and processing, storage and retrieval, reference
and referral, preservation and conservation, and support to analysis and use of
information across national boundaries. Of special importance are the means for
international library cooperation through formulation and development of common
standards, policies, and practices, through communications among and exchanges of
librarians and library educators, through cooperation in sharing of library materials, and
through sharing of computer-based library systems.
Comparative Research in Librarianship
Comparative research in library science, on the other hand, studies library systems within
individual countries or geographical regions as means to understand differences and
similarities of libraries and library services throughout the world. Comparative
librarianship leans on traditions of comparative studies found in other fields such as
political, governmental, and legal studies.
International Issues and Comparative Research in Information Sciences
International issues and comparative research in information sciences is clearly a much
wider frame of reference. It includes assessments of the role of information in national
and international economies and social structures. It includes assessments of the role of
information technologies including, especially, the Internet
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3. Your Paper
You must select a country (or perhaps group of countries or a world region) as the focus
of your paper. You should prepare a well documented paper that discusses some aspect of
librarianship, archives, or information science in the country you have chosen.
You could identify an issue of current importance for libraries, archives, or information
science in your country of choice and treat your paper as though you were a consultant
reporting to a government agency or an educational institution in your country of choice
or to a non-governmental organization that is concerned about what to support in that
country. (Indeed, in my own work most of my reports have had that kind of objective.)
Introduction about Societal Issues for the Chosen Country
For the country you have chosen you should have an introduction focusing on those
cultural, socio-economic and political factors that are most relevant to the development of
libraries, archives and other information agencies. This should include topics like those
outlined in Section 4 of this syllabus, which will be the coverage of one of the lectures by
the instructor during the first two weeks of the course.
As you do your research, think of what a consultant would try to find out in a very
limited time to understand as much as possible about the country's culture and customs.
In addition to looking at general background materials, you will want to gather
information on educational and research institutions, as well as government agencies,
professional and scholarly associations, communication networks, and publishers or other
information industry firms that have a direct impact on the information flow within the
country.
Discussion of the Substantive Focus
You should then discuss the substantive focus of your paper—the context for national
and international and comparative librarianship or the societal context for information
science. Sections 5 and 6 of this syllabus outline potential topics to be considered, and
they will be the content of two lectures to be presented by the instructor during the first
two weeks.
Analysis of Data about the Substantive Focus
You will need to acquire data relevant to the substantive focus and analyze those data to
provide answers to relevant issues about that focus. Section 7 of this syllabus presents an
outline of sources for data and methodologies for analysis that will be the content of a
lecture to be presented by the instructor during the first two weeks of the course.
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Bibliography and References
Of course you should present an annotated bibliography and listing of references and
sources for your country’s social structure, the data you acquired, and the methodologies
you used.
4. Contexts for Societal Issues
As you consider various countries as the potential focus for your paper, you may want to
evaluate societal issues that represent differences among those countries. The following
outline identifies some of them, but you certainly may consider others as well. The
instructor will present a lecture during the first week of the course in which he will
discuss these contexts.
History
Governance
National Governments
The Collapse of Nation States?
Centralized, Decentralized, Feudal or Tribal
Democratic or Totalitarian
International Governance
United Nations,
WHO (World Health Organization)
Organization for African Unity (OAU)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
UNESCO
UNISIST, NATIS
Economic Development
National Economies
Nomadic or Peasant Economy
Agricultural Economy
Industrial Economy
Information Economy
Developing Economy
Multi-tiered Economy
International Agencies
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
World Bank.
Social and Cultural Structures
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Religion
Community
The Arts
The Sciences
The Professions
Education
Social Development
Transition of People through Economy
Treatment of Women
Treatment of Minorities
Disasters
Natural Disasters
Man-made Disasters
Conflicts and Wars
5. Contexts for Libraries and Archives
There is a wide range of contexts within which you can examine international issues in
libraries and archives and/or can compare libraries and archives in different countries.
The following outline lists some of them, but you certainly can identify others that reflect
your own interests.
The instructor will present a lecture during the first week of the class in which he will
discuss these contexts. During the lecture ample opportunity will be provided for
questions and seminar discussion of what will be presented.
Library and Archive in Individual Countries
Library and Archive Institutions
National Libraries
Public Libraries
University Libraries
Special Libraries
Archives
Library and Archive Policies
Collection Development Policies
Collection Access Policies
Library Services Policies
Library and Archive Funding
Library and Archive Functions
Identification, Selection, Acquisition
Description, Cataloging, Classification
AACR
MARC
Faceted classification
Universal Decimal Classification
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Metadata
Storage, Organization, Retrieval
Reference, Referral
Preservation, Conservation, Restoration
Support to Analysis and Use
Use of Automation
Library Networks
Library and Archive Education
Individual Countries
Internationally and Cooperatively
European Commission on Education and Training\
Erasmus Mundus for Scholarships and Academic Cooperation
DILL (International Master in Digital Library Learning)
Library and Archive Related Organizations
International Library Associations
IFLA, FID, ASIS&T
NGOs
Carnegie, Mellon, Soros
6. Contexts for Information Science
Again, there is a wide range of contexts within which you can examine issues in
information science in different countries and/or compare countries with respect to them.
The following outline lists some of them, but you certainly can identify others that reflect
your own interests. The instructor will present a lecture during the second week of the
class in which he will discuss these contexts. During the lecture ample opportunity will
be provided for questions and seminar discussion of what will be presented.
Information Generators
Information Forms
Information Users
Information Processes
Information Agencies
Information Technologies
Communications
Computers
Convergence of Technologies
Internet
7. Sources of Data and Methodologies for Analysis
Developing your term paper will require that you acquire relevant data about your chosen
country or region and that you analyze those data to arrive at either speculations or
conclusions about your chosen topics. I say “speculations” because, for many of the
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countries you might select, the data, in my experience, are likely to be sparse or even not
available at all. The instructor will present a lecture during the second week of class in
which he will discuss sources of data and methodologies for analysis roughly as shown in
the following outline. During the lecture ample opportunity will be provided for
questions and seminar discussion of what will be presented.
Data Sources
Data about the Country
Data about Libraries and Archives
Data about Communications and Information
Data about the Economy
Methodologies for Analysis
Description Analysis
Structural Analysis
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
8. History
Of course there is a long history of libraries and archives as international institutions
dating from at least the time of the Library of Alexandria. The following table lists some
of the names of individuals that come to mind as leaders in international developments in
library and archives work and information science. But of course the list can be far
greater. During the second week of the class, the instructor will discuss the roles of these
individuals.
1646-1716 Gottfried von Leibnitz
Germany
1797-1879 Antonio Panizzi
Italy & UK
1851-1931 Melvil Dewey
USA
1854-1943 Henri La Fontaine
France
1868-1944 Paul Otlet
Belgium & France
1892-1972 Srinivasan Ranganthan India
1898-2003 Seymour Lubetzsky
Belarus & USA
1907-1980 Bozo Tejak
Croatia
1919-2006 Henriette Avram
USA
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9. References
Printed References
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Metuchen (NJ); London: The Scarecrow Press: vii-ix. “...the opportunity to have direct
contact with the practice and philosophy of library service in varying circumstances and
at different levels of societal development, and from this insight, to identify and
appreciate the many factors outside of librarianship itself that shape and define the nature
of a library’s services and its social role.” YRL Z672 .H37 1989
Calvert, P.J. & Cullen, R. (2001). “International perspectives on academic libraries:
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Carroll, Frances Laverne & Harvey, John F. eds. (2001). International librarianship:
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Carroll, Frances Laverne & Harvey, John F. (1987) Internationalizing Library and
Information Science Education. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated. A
Handbook of Policies and Procedures in Administration and Curriculum. Deals with one
of the most critical issues in librarianship today: the complexities involved in operating
libraries in a world where the international exchange of ideas, activities, and technologies
is a constant force. As defined by the editors, Harvey and Carroll, internationalism is the
process by which a nationally defined library topic, curriculum, or school becomes
responsive to international policies or perspectives. The theme of this volume is this
change in perspective.
Carroll, F.L. (1970) The development of an instrument for the evaluation of
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Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook. Detroit, Mich., Gale Research Co.,
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Danton, J. Periam (1973). The dimensions of comparative librarianship. Chicago:
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Halm, Johan van (1978). The development of special libraries as an international
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Havard-Williams, P. (1972) International librarianship. London: Library Association
Surveys of recent developments in developing countries and advanced librarianship
submitted to the 1971 Pre-Session Seminar for Developing sponsored by Unesco,
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Liverpool City Libraries, August 24 - September 1, 1971, ed; ed. by Chandler, G.: 169180.
Jackson, Miles M., ed. (1981) International handbook of contemporary developments in
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364-365. “Although the literature of comparative and international librarianship has not
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anthology of articles… by various authors: such compilations generally include pieces
both geographical (that is, about a country or region) or topical (for example, about cooperation, buildings and so on) in nature.”
Krzys, Richard & Litton, Gaston (1982), (1983). World librarianship: a comparative
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Lor, Peter Johan (2010). “International and Comparative Librarianship”. Encyclopedia of
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BUBL Countries and Continents http://bubl.ac.uk/Link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=11368
Countries of the World CIA Factbook Compilation
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2128.html
EIU Country Reports
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African Librarianship http://ajol.info/index.php/jlisa
African Librarianship
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL620686M/Issues_in_African_librarianship
Central American Librarianship
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/CSA_Costa_Rica.html
Central American Librarianship http://www.ama.edu.gt/cirma/
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http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2000/02/23/26607.html
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http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1711006&show=pdf
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models of growth and distribution; and the transformation of social structure and culture.
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that challenge prevailing orthodoxies. It publishes original research articles on all world
regions and is open to all theoretical and methodical approaches. In addition to research
articles, SCID occasionally publishes reviews that summarize and assess significant,
thematically linked bodies of literature and methodological essays that evaluate and/or
make an original contribution to the debates about the conduct of social science research.
Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, LIS 490,
International and Comparative Librarianship
http://web.simmons.edu/~watkins/lis490/korea.html
WWW Library Directory. http://www.webpan.com/msauers/libdir/
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