47. évfolyam, 2001. 3. szám

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Könyvtári Figyelő (Library Review) New Series 11. (Vol. 47.) 2001. No. 3. pp. 481 – 494. 

The decree on academic training in the field of arts, issued in July 2001, will be implemented in the 2002/2003 academic year. Institutions of higher education had to start preparing for this already this year. It is difficult, since requirements of teacher training harmonising with the credit regulations have not been elaborated yet, and the educational requirements of other specialities are also missing. The author reviews college and university level specialities, what the credits of the various specialities include, and pays special attention to the information specialist-librarian specialisation, pointing out the contradictions that needed the further elaboration of the decree. From the point of view of librarianship, it brought a change that the specialization was turned into information specialist-librarian training both at the university and at the college level. This specialisation may be combined with other subjects from among natural sciences in college training. In order to obtain a diploma, 180 credits have to be acquired on the college, and 240 credits on the university level during a minimum of 6 college or 8 university semesters respectively. As training usually involves two subjects, studies have to be written in both. However, credits, that can be acquired with thesis writing and practices, are out of proportion as compared to the quantity of all the credits. In fact, the student does not have to do anything in the last term, it is enough to write a thesis and prepare for the final exams. It is not fair that only those who will not become teachers, have to attend so-called general subjects (e.g. basics of natural sciences, informatics, library use, etc.), though librarians have been struggling for years to make or keep library use a compulsory subject, built into the curriculum. It would be reasonable to increase the credit level of non-teacher specialities in colleges, and to make general subjects attendable for would-be teachers as well.

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