Library ad Information Science Education in Germany

IBI - Berlin School of LIS - Stöckel/Wimmer – June 2014 - 1

Library and Information Science Education in Germany

Ulrike Stöckel, Ulla WimmerBerlin School of Library and Information Science

June 2014


Agenda

1. How to become a librarian?• The German education system in a nutshell• 3 (or more) ways to work in a library• The German public service system in a nutshell

2. LIS-Education in Germany• Scope and subjects• Institutions

3. Berlin School of Library and Information Science• profile• programmes


1 – How to become a librarian?


Education in Germany…

in general, pupils graduate from high-school

… after 9-10 years (basic graduation level)

… after 10 years (medium grad. level, „O-levels“)

… after 12 years (Higher Education qualification level, „Abitur,“ „A-levels“)

16 more or less similar systems: Education is under the legislation of the 16 federal states (Länder)



after school:

below higher education level:• a good dual education system for on-the-job training and apprenticeships

(e.g. 4 days training, 1 day vocational school)

higher education level:• majority of study capacity at publicly funded universities• no tuition fees (introduced and abolished in 5-6 states)• financial support (BAFÖG) for students with moderate means

still: social background of parents is the strongest predictor of educationlevel in Germany



Higher education structure:

• most programmes are Bologna-compliant: Bachelors/Masters level• Universities of Applied Science (Hochschulen) and Universities• BA/MA of Universities and UAS are de jure equal


How to become a librarian?

3 ways to work in a library if you graduate

from school… after 9-10 years … after 10 years dual education: FAMI… after 12 years study: bachelor/master LIS

… from university (Master/PhD) study: additional master/public service degree


No 1: dual education

… after 10 years dual education: FAMI

2-3 years practical training in a library plus vocational school

„Fachangestellt/r Medien- und Informationsdienste FAMI“ (specialization: library, archive, media)

• also often taken by people with Abitur• medium-level tasks in libraries• usually no management positions


No 2: study LIS

… after 12 years study: bachelor/master/PhD LIS

usually taught at Universities of Applied Sciences (exception: IBI/Humboldt)

• Bachelor (BA LIS): 6-7 semesters, 180 ECTS• lower or middle management level

• Master (MA LIS): 4 semesters, 120 ECTS• de jure: any management position in libraries

• PhD in LIS:• only at Humboldt• required for academic careers


No 3: „legacy“ academic career

… after university (Master/PhD) additional master/public service degree

• MA-1 [any other subject] or PhD-1 [any other subject]plus

• MA-2 [Library and Information Science] /Public Service Degree:• 1 year training in an academic library• 1 year theoretical education

= „academic career librarian“(„WissenschaftlicheR BibliothekarIn“) in public service


The German public service system

high level service(E13-E15…)

higher level service(E9-E12)

medium levelservice (E5-E8)

basic level service(E1-E4)

MA or higher(adacemic

career)

BA orhigher

dual education

no training

any management position in libraries, includinglarge libraries and systems, research projects,

departments

Public libraries: management positions in small andmiddle sized libraries, projects or library departmentsacademic libraries: management positions in smallbranches, medium level tasks

medium-level tasks in librariesusually no management positions except forvolunteer liibraries

simple tasks

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The German Library job market 2012

Public Libraries (systems) with paid staff

Academic Libraries (systems)

Special Libraries, Archives, Documentation…

No. 2.029 249 ???

Jobs FTE 11.558 10.799 ???

German Library Statistics, 2012 (www.bibliotheksstatistik.de)


The German Library job market 2012

official job statistics, Sept. 2013

• 1081 people registered as unemployed (ca. 4%)• ca. 28% of employees will retire in the next 10 years

men women <25 25-50 >50 >55

gender age


2 - LIS Education in Germany


Scope and subjects

Focus on Information science:How do people interact with information?Libraries as one specific aspect of information science

• Library and Information Science• Library and Information Management


Institutions

Library and Information scienceUniversities of Applied Sciences• Stuttgart Media University (BA, MA)• Cologne (BA, MA)• Hamburg (BA, MA)• Potsdam (BA, MA Doc)• Hannover (BA)• Darmstadt (BSc)• Leipzig (BA, MA)

Universities• Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt Universität zu

Berlin (IBI) – BA, MA, PhD


Institutions

Information Science

• Düsseldorf University• Hildesheim University• Siegen University• Erlangen University• IBI


3 - The Berlin School of Library and Information Scienceat Humboldt Universität (IBI)


Berlin School of LIS

The oldest School of Library and Information Science in Germany• founded 1928• closed 1934• re-opened 1955 • merged with the FU-Institute for Library Education in 1994

„Institute of Library Science“• in danger of being closed 2006• re-installed, strengthened and refocused as iSchool - School of Library and

Information Science - with the call of Michael Seadle• the only German Member of the iSchool caucus• 2014-2016: Michael Seadle is chair of the iSchools group


Who are the iSchools?



55 schools researching & teaching information related fields• formed 1988 as a ‚Gang of Three‘ by University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse

University and Drexel University• Merged into the ‚Gang of Five‘ in 2001• Since 2003 the number of members expanded rapidly• Name changed into iSchools• An iCaucus (mainly the first members) established• Today 55 institutions worldwide:

• Australia: 3• Asia: 6• Europe: 18• North America: 28




Who can join the iSchools?

Schools joining the iSchools have to fulfill some criteria:• PhD Programm• A certain amount of third-party funds• a commitment to progress in the information field

iSchools paying a fee of 500$ a year – iCaucus members a fee of 5.000$ a year

Applications have to be accepted by the iSchool MembershipCommitee


iSchools PR?

one annual conference called iConference• 2014 in Berlin at HU Berlin• 2015 in New Port Beach (US)• 2016 in Drexel (US)

Website: www.ischools.orgTwitter: @iSchools and @iconf

http://www.ischools.org/


Professors at IBI

Vivien PetrasInformation Retrieval

Konrad UmlaufPublic Libraries

Michael SeadleDigital Libraries

Peter SchirmbacherInformation Management

Information behaviour


Research projects at IBI

• Digital Manuscripts to Europeana - DM2E• National Hosting• Bild – Wissen – Gestaltung• re3data.org


Digital Manuscripts to Europeana (DM2E)

dm2e.eu


National Hosting

• develop a strategy for national storage and longterm archiving for publications purchased under national and regional consortia

• define standards, requirements and guidelines• choose a system for long term archiving (LOCKSS?

Portico?)


Image – Knowledge - Gestaltung

IBI participation in Humboldt Cluster of Excellencehttps://www.interdisciplinary-laboratory.hu-berlin.de/


re3data.org


Study programmes at IBI

• Bachelor of Arts – Library and Information Science (LIS)• Bachelor of Arts – Computer and Information Science

• Master of Arts – LIS (direct)• Master of Arts – LIS (executive education / distance learming)

• Master of Arts – Digital Curation (with King‘s College London)

• PhD - LIS


BA LIS

aim: librarian careers• for students with a Higher Education qualification level („Abitur“)• ca. 60-80 students / year• 6 semesters – 180 credits• LIS (120 credits) in combination with a minor subject (60 credits) or the

other way around• ALA and CILIP accredited

obligatory courses:• Information- and Communicationtechnologies• Electronic publishing• Information and Society• Information Processing• Information Systems and Information Services• Project


BA LIS

Also obligatory:7 weeks Internship

elective courses:• Applied Search for Professional Information• Theory and Systems of Information Databases• Media• Information Behavior and User Research• The Basics of Economics within the Field of Information Science

and Librarianship


InfoMIT

aim: information specialist career, technology specialist• for students with a Higher Education qualification level („Abitur“)• ca. 30 students / year• 6 semesters – 180 credits• Combination of LIS and computer science

obligatory courses:• Electronic publishing• Information and Society• Information Processing• Information Systems and Information Services• Theory of Computer Science• Algorithms and Data Structure• Basics of Programming• Linear Algebra I• Basics of Database systems


MA LIS (direct)

aim: management or research careers in LIS• for students with a BA in LIS or similar fields• ca. 25-30 students / year• 4 semesters – 120 credits• ALA and CILIP accredited

obligatory courses:• LIS research methods

(special focus: ethnographic methods and statistics)• digital information infrastructure („digital libraries“)• LIS project• 7 weeks internship


MA LIS (direct)

elective courses:• collections management• bibliometrics, infometrics, scientometrics• information policies, ethics and legal matters• information retrieval and information literacy• digital information infrastructure (e.g. research data management, digital

publishing, virtual research environments)• communication and knowledge management• information management• long term digital archiving


executive education MA LIS (distance learning)

aim: to prepare for management positions in the LIS field

• for students with a degree (BA, MA, PhD) in any subject and at least 1 year‘swork experience in a LIS related field

• possible to study while on a full-time employment• 5-6 weekends per semester (fri/sat) at IBI plus self study time• 20 weeks of practical work (worplace or internship)• 4 semesters, 120 ECTS• ca. 75 students per year• ca. 20 pursuing an „academic librarian“ career in public service• tuition of 1.350 Euros/semester• ALA and CILIP accredited


executive education MA LIS (distance learning)

ca 40 different reknowned lecturers out of the LIS field and practice, e.g.• Claudia Lux (former IFLA-President / Qatar National Library• Sven Fund (CEO de Gruyter)• all living Directors of Göttingen State and University Library

(E. Mittler, N. Lossau, W. Horstmann)• experienced practitioners, e.g. in electronic resources management

teach ca. 50 different subjects, eg.• research and education policies• fundraising and project management• library building and equipment• copyright and legal matters• management and human resources• technical basics


MA Digital Curation (with King‘s College London)

aim: management or research careers in LIS• for students with a degree (BA, MA, PhD) in any subject• ca. 10-20 students / year• 4 semesters – 120 credits

obligatory courses:• Digital Preservation Technologies • Information Ethics and Legal Aspects • Research Methods • Digital Preservation • Digital Libraries • Knowledge Representation • Thesis


MA Digital Curation (with King‘s College London)

elective courses:From Information to Knowledge – Metadata and Systems for digital

assets and mediaDigital Media, Digital Marketing Management for Digital Content Industries Curating and Preserving Digital Culture Crowds and Clouds – Digital EcosystemsDigital Publishing Structured Data in the Digital HumanitiesEditorial models for Digital Texts: Theory and Practice Web technologiesInternship


PhD

• IBI is the only institute in Germany to award a PhDin Library and Information Science

• PhDs do not require coursework• ca. 5-7 PhDs / year


In which areas do IBI graduates work? (2011)

Where did all the good people go? Verbleibstudie des IBI, 2011 http://www.ib.hu-berlin.de/verbleibstudie/Photos/Verbleibstudie.pdf


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