Questionnaire for Library and Information Science Education (Shisho Certification) in Japan

Abstract

This is the original Japanese language instrument (an english language translation is also available in dLIST: http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1308/) used in the study reported in Tsuji, Keita and Yoshida, Yuko and Miwa, Makiko and Takeuchi, Hiroya and Muranushi, Tomohide and Shibata, Masami (2006) Survey on Faculty of Library and Information Science Education in Japan. In Proceedings The Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006 (A-LIEP), pages pp. 269-278, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (URL: http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1271/). It is a questionnaire to survey the current status of the library and information education in Japan. The print form of this were sent to 835 full and part time instructors who led Shisho certification courses in universities and colleges in 2004. 397 responses were received. The results are as follows: (1) Many of them are male and only a half have Master's degree, (2) Relatively large number of instructors are aged and have not worked as instructors for many years, (3) About 40% had work experience as university librarian and one fourth had no library work experience, (4) Instructors with work experience emphasize practical side such as bibliography and English language in their classes while those with no experience emphasize library's objectives such as preservation of materials, (5) Instructors have strong dissatisfaction toward universities which tries to increase the number of students rather than improve the quality of education, insufficient faculty, and student abilities and motivation.