From service providers to content producers: new opportunities for libraries in collaborative open access book publishing.

Bibliography of library publishing

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN the curriculum in schools of library science and in the published literature of library science will be reviewed. Does library literature react to the library school curriculum, or does the library school curriculum react to library literature? Some may assume that publications in the library field have been based on the schools’ needs for supporting the curriculum, others that library materials are published primarily for the practicing librarians. David A. Tyckoson has observed: That librarians and publishers are dependent on each other is a statement of the obvious. Librarians rely on the publishing community to produce and market the information sources that are necessary for the transfer of information, and publishers count on the library community to purchase enough copies ofeach title to make itspublication a profitable venture.’ Purportedly, the curriculum of library science has been based on the needs of the students to be prepared to serve the libraries for which they work. William C. Robinson stated: “The nature of library education depends on the larger professional environment. Professional practice creates demands for change which are reflected in library education.”’ Edward G. Holley stated that “library education will follow what happens in librarianship ....[This] view is probably not shared by many library educators who see library education as leading

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Elizabeth J. Laney

Papers

Library School Curriculum: Library Publishing