EDUCATION FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES IN ASIAN COUNTRIES

This paper looks at the state of education in digital libraries in Asian countries. Academic programs offered at the post graduate level by the Department of Library and Information Science or other Departments which can be categorized as similar or equivalent to the Department of Library and Information Science were surveyed in all the countries of Asia. Method: The survey was conducted on the library and information science programs that are able to be accessed through the open web based on the course titles and synopsis. Analysis on fifty one library and information science programs from all countries of Asia was performed on the basis of two limiting criteria. Firstly it should be in a language comprehended by the author and using the phrase “digital library” or “digital libraries”; secondly the programmes should be at postgraduate level.