47. évfolyam, 2001. 3. szám

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Könyvtári Figyelő (Library Review) New Series 11. (Vol. 47.) 2001. No. 3. pp. 495 – 503.

The government decree 200/2000. will come into force on 1 September 2002, making the credit system compulsory in every academic training institution. This has an impact upon the educational requirements of diplomas or special certificates that can be acquired in institutions of academic training. The government decree regulating so-called training requirements has to be revised with the credit system in mind.

So long this has taken place only with respect to training in arts, and some social sciences. The present study examines the new regulation relating to the training of librarians

There have been remarkable changes from the point of view of would-be college and university students of librarianship. The name of the speciality as well as that of the graduation has been modified (information specialist librarian). Two specialities must be learnt in the first basic training phase. It is possible for the first time to take university and college specialities together. In the future, graduation will only be possible with an exam in some living language: a basic and a middle level exam at the university level, and a middle level type C exam at the college level. However, the new system has no regulations for all the fields so far, or the ones are not logical at all, therefore the article contains some suggestions. E.g. the number of credits to be acquired in the second or further basic training is given, but the credit value of the thesis, of practices or end exams is not given. There is an irrationally big difference between the credits required for the first and second basic training at the university level, that means that those taking part in the second basic training have to attend subjects (units) not belonging to the speciality.

The credit regulations state that the student has to be able to select his/her subjects from a choice the credit level of which extends the required credits for the speciality with at least 20%, and this has a negative impact on the credit value of compulsory units belonging to the speciality. According to the author, the credit level of optional college subjects should be reduced instead, since the college does not train researchers, therefore specialisation is of less importance.

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