Includes bibliographical references.

Development of the profession / Anna Maria Tammaro and Terry Weech -- Section 1. Europe -- European library and information science schools / Michael Seadle -- Expertise ... certification ... cultural capital : the education of librarians in the UK / Anne Welsh -- New approaches, structural and organizational changes in the PhD programme in LIS/IS / Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić -- Library and information science education and training in Serbia / Aleksandra Vranes, Ljiljana Markovic and Aleksandar Jerkov -- Section 2. Africa -- Anglophone Africa : Ibadan sixty years on : an historical survey and review of trends in African LIS education 101 / Paul Sturges, Peter Burnett, and Archie Dick -- Years of training librarians in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa : outcomes and perspectives / Bernard Dione -- Library education in Nigeria : repositioning for professional relevance in the 21st century / Uloma Doris Onuoha, Ngozi Blessing Ukachi, and Rachael Folashade Aina -- Section 3. Americas -- What's in a name? : a brief history of informatics education / Prudence Dalrymple -- Library and information science (LIS) education in Mexico / Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano -- Library education in Peru : historical and future perspectives / Ana María Talavera Ibarra and Aurora de la Vega Ramírez -- Section 4. Asia and Australia -- LIS education in the United Arab Emirates : past and future directions / Janet Martin -- Looking back through more than one hundred years of LIS education in India and looking ahead / S.B. Gosh -- The development, challenges, and opportunities of library and information science education in Indonesia / Ida F. Priyanto -- The University of the Philippines (UP) School of Library and Information Studies : legacies, challenges and commitment to the profession through excellence in LIS education / Rosalie B. Faderon, Vyva Victoria M. Aguirre, Iyra S. Buenrostro, and Johann Frederick A. Cabbab -- The Australian LIS education journey from practice to profession / Mary Carroll -- Section 5. Special perspective on library and information science education and training -- International quality assurance in LIS education / Barbara B. Moran -- The rise and fall of the library science library : a history of library support for North American LIS education / Susan E. Searing -- The Bibliotheca Alexandrina's role in library and information science education and training / Hadir A. Shady -- Section 6. Possible future educational approaches for LIS and ITS development -- Trends in librarianship training in Germany / Ursula Georgy -- Undergraduate distance education in LIS in Spain 1999-2014 : an historical perspective / Josep Cobarsø-Morales, Alexandre López-Borrull, Eva Ortoll, Sandra Sanz Martos and Antoni Roig Telo -- In search of new horizons agenda of LIS schools in Pakistan / Nosheen Fatima Warraich, Amara Malik and Kanwal Ameen -- From professional qualifications to iSchool@northumbria : a 65-year journey / Alison J. Pickard, Julie McLeod and Gobinda Chowdhury.