关键词: 图书情报与档案管理, 研究生学位项目, 课程设置, 信息学院, 人才培养

Abstract:

Under the background of higher education reform and the construction of "dual firstclass", a comprehensive investigation and analysis of graduate degree programs of Library, Information and Archives Management in iSchools abroad can provide beneficial inspiration for improving the cultivation mode of highlevel talents in the field of information management. In this study, 33 iSchools from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia were selected as samples, and the graduate degree programs were studied from the basic information of programs, program types, and cultivation directions. This research indicates that graduate degree programs of Library, Information and Archives Management in iSchools abroad show the following characteristics: the programs embody the characteristics of information development and demand for talents, the interdisciplinary nature is more obvious, the program directions are becoming more and more specified, and the cultivation modes present great diversity. Accordingly, the graduate education of Library, Information and Archives Management in China should adjust the major structure with the integration of both information frontiers and traditional disciplinary features, strengthen crossdisciplinary cooperation to cultivate compound talents, specify the cultivation directions according to career development orientation, and optimize the cultivation modes so as to provide diversified and personalized choices.

Key words: Library, Information and Archive Management, Graduate degree program, Program curriculum, iSchools, Talent cultivation