Abstract

The content of master’s programs accredited by the American Library Association was examined to assess the status of knowledge organization (KO) as a subject in current training. Data collected show that KO remains very visible in a majority of programs, mainly in the form of required and electives courses focusing on descriptive cataloging, classification, and metadata. Observed tendencies include, however, the recent elimination of the required KO course in several programs, the reality that one third of KO electives listed in course catalogs have not been scheduled in the past three years, and the fact that two-thirds of those teaching KO specialize in other areas of information science.

摘要

审查了美国图书馆协会认可的硕士课程的内容，以评估知识组织 (KO) 作为当前培训主题的地位。收集到的数据表明，KO 在大多数课程中仍然非常明显，主要以侧重于描述性编目、分类和元数据的必修和选修课程的形式出现。然而，观察到的趋势包括，最近在几个项目中取消了必修的 KO 课程，过去三年课程目录中列出的三分之一的 KO 选修课没有安排的现实，以及其中三分之二的教学KO专注于信息科学的其他领域。