Abstract:

This report shows the current situation of MLIS education in 2014 from five aspects, which are training units, teaching staff, enrollment, source of students and cultivation. By comparison with the data in 2013, it reflects the development of MLIS education. Firstly, the training unit number increased from 18 to 31. Secondly, MLIS tutorial number increased by 16.7%, reaching 287. Thirdly, the number of MLIS graduate students enrolled reached 542, representing an annual growth of 19.1%. Fourthly, the quality of the students enrolled was greatly improved, who come from 985 and 211 colleges accounted for 35.2%. Finally, graduate employment was in good condition.

Keywords: Master of library and information science, Professional education of MLIS, Investigation report