Teaching library and information science has been under pressure in
the last decades to shift and reorganize the fundamental approach to the
traditional library profession to an information technology studies in the
first phase and postgraduate le
vels. The impact of the labour market and
the introduction of ICT was clear to the ideas and concepts of traditional
libraries and library studies to become more stable at universities. Such
studies rely on research and respond to the requirements of university
academic interests in addition to the skills and disciplines required for the
labour market. Libraries and Information Department at Damascus
University keeps developing the curriculum to be compatible with the
rapid developments in this area.
According to the importance of professional preparation of libraries and information, specialists in the field of improve the profession. The researcher conducted this study to recognize the reality of libraries and information education in Damascus
University, which involves first-level university degree and high-level university degree (diploma- master-doctorate). The study contains the emergence and evolution of libraries and information education, recognizes study system and time period required to get the certificates, recognizes courses and analyze them, recognizes teachers and facilities and gives suggestions to develop libraries and information education. To achieve goals of study, the researcher used case study method as the best method in this situation. Data have been collected by a survey distributed to higher education students. Results came to adopt models to build, analyze, and evaluate courses and also to recognize the most important points of strength and weakness in libraries and information education in Damascus University. In addition of satisfaction degree of higher education students about the whole specialization.
