Library and Information
Science Education at Keio
UniversityKeio University Faculty of Letters, Library and Information Science
Matsumoto, Naoki

Contents
1. Undergraduate education
2. Graduate education
3. Challenges for the future1. Undergraduate education

Establishment of Japan Library School Established at Keio University in 1951.
 Purpose: Develop a training institution for professional
librarians in Japan.
 ALA supported JLS.

Library and Information Science The department of Library and Information Science isinside the Faculty of Letters.
 The Faculty of Letters consists of 17 department.
 There are eight faculty members in our department.Faculty of Letters
Philosophy group

Chinese literature

Philosophy

English-American literatureethics

German literature

Aesthetics and art history

French literature

History group

Library and Information groupJapanese history

Library and Information

Oriental history

Human relations

Western history

Sociology

Ethnology and Archeology

Psychology

Literaturepedagogy

Japanese literature

Human relations

NameSpecialty

CourseNEMOT, Akira

Educational culture information theory

Library course

KURATA, Keiko

Academic communication

Information media course

TANIGUCHI, Shoich

Information organization, organization ofinformation resources

Information management course

KISHIDA, Kazuaki

Information retrievalInformation management course

IKEYA, Nozomi

Ethnomethodology, information behavior,sociology of knowledge, service design

Information media course

AGATA, Mari

Bibliography

Information media course

MATSUMOTO, Naoki

Information system management

Library course

KIMURA, Maiko

Organizing information resources Specialized fields (degrees): LIS: 5, Pedagogy: 2,Sociology: 1.
 Three have experience working in libraries.
 Bachelor's degree: “Library and Information Science.”Enrollment and affiliation
 Students must enroll in the Faculty of Letters.
 Students will take subjects common to all Faculty of Lettersstudents in their first year and will then apply to join LIS. They
will join the LIS department after their second year.
 The maximum number of students accepted is 60. As of April 1,2018, there are 48 second-year students, 40 third-year
students, and 47 fourth-year students.

Education
 Diploma policy:
Students will learn the fundamentals of various
aspects of data, information, knowledge (distribution,organization, provision, use, preservation, system)
produced by individuals and organizations. From theviewpoint of information. We want students todiscover problems and solve them for themselves.
 We do not focus on library staff education.

Information
processing

creationrecorduse

dissemination

Information
systemretrievalcollection

storage

NAGASAWA, Masao. Education of LIS. Library and information science, no. 10, p. 8, 1972.

Curriculum development
 A new curriculum was created in 1972.
 Subject areas: basic informatics, library material subjects,
document organization subjects, and information system
subjects.

 In 1993, three courses were established: (1) library, (2)information media, and (3) information retrieval.

Changing
School RulesStudent
preferences
andemployment

Facultymembers’
specialties

Factors affecting
curriculum change

Changing social
situation andtechnology

Academic
research trends Third-year students will take the course “Overview of
Library and Information," advanced subjects, and “LIS
Research methods (seminar).” Fourth-year students will take "Library and Information
Research methods (seminar)” and advanced subjects.

 Every student must write a graduation thesis.
 During summer vacation in their fourth year, students will
present an interim presentation attended by all faculty
members and students.
 After students submit their theses, their supervisor andother faculty members will examine the theses using thestandard evaluation sheet.
 Next, an interview will be conducted in February andwill be evaluated by all faculty members.

Example of the undergraduate thesis in 2018
 Information management course Construction of metadata schema for game software The actual status of business model patent search in startup companies
 Identification of feature words in reservation site reviews using text mining Stock price prediction by machine learning using data on Twitter The system construction of tourist routes using Twitter Information media course Comparison between specialized dictionary and the Japanese version of Wikipedia
 What kind of consultation is done at medical consultation site: Analysis of cancer
category Characteristics of a band of paperback novels and the aim of a publishing company
 Modern book cover diversity

 Library course Survey on an actual condition of patient library Publicity in collections of public libraries from the collection of out-of-print books
 Compounding with public facilities in public libraries
 Position of selection tour in school library Analysis of Patient Support in Keio University Hospital Patient LibraryAfter graduation…employment
 Libraries, such as the National Diet Library, university
libraries, specialized libraries, and public libraries.
 Other information service industries such as think tanks,mass communication such as newspaper companies,publishing companies, etc.
 System engineers, system integrators, and othercomputer software companies.

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The ratio of employment to the libraryand other field

60

50

To the library
Other field

40

30

20

1001967

1972

19771982

1987

2. Graduate education

Establishment of graduate school(master’s course / doctoral course) In 1967, a graduate school (master's course) was establishedwith an emphasis on information processing. In 1975, thedoctoral course was established.
 After the establishment of the doctoral course, the center ofresearch in our department moved to information study.
 After the establishment of the master's course, the bachelor’sdegree title was changed to "library and informationscience.”Establishment of Information Resources
Management (IRM) Course In 2004, we established the Information Resource
Management (IRM) course, which is a master's coursefor librarians.

Organization
 The LIS graduate course is in the Graduate School of Letters.
 The Graduate School of Letters consists of 16 disciplines and 9subjects, one of which is LIS.
 Graduate schools in LIS have two fields: library andinformation science (master's and doctoral courses) andInformation Resource Management: IRM (master's course).

Department
Philosophy and ethics

Field
Philosophy, Ethics

Aesthetics and art history Aesthetics and art history, art management
HistoryJapanese history, Oriental history, Western history，Ethnology and Archeology

Japanese literature

Japanese literature，Japanese language education

Chinese literature
Western literature
German literature
French literature
Library and Information
Science

Library and Information Science, IRM

Conditions of completion
 Master’s course: Acquire 32 credits and submit amaster’s thesis.
 Ph.D. doctoral course: Submit a doctoral dissertation.

Subjects (master’s courses)
 LIS master’s course: Subjects such as information science,
information media, information retrieval, and information
systems.
 This also includes a common skills class, research methods
for the master’s thesis, and discussions on English literature.

 IRM: Subjects such as library management, information
technology, and recent trends in libraries.
 This also includes a research class for the master’s thesis
and learning academic skills.

Admissions requirements
 Graduate school of LIS course: Enroll in the Graduate
School of Letters of Keio University
 IRM course: Librarian Certification or three years ofexperience Doctoral program: Master's course completion

Fixed number and future career The fixed number each year (and current number) Master's program: 20 (19)
 Ph.D. course: 5 (5) Future career Master’s program:
National Diet Library, national and private university libraries,
private companies.
Some go to doctoral courses to become researchers.

Library and Information Science (master course)
NewYeargraduates
students
2018
12017
312016122015242014312013112012322011252010222009252008512007
35合計
2829

IRM
New students(details)

Year

New
Applicantstudent Academic
Public liblibotherPart time job, etc.

2018

1382

33220178522122016

12924322015

12853012014

14721412013

1382061

合計

7245

15

13179 IRM course: Many remain in their current positions.

 Doctoral programs:
 Many continue their work.
 Some go into research positions.

3. Challenges for the future

Contribution to the Faculty and University
 It is important to contribute to the faculty
and university.
 Lead “Information Processing” related
courses, which are provided as part ofundergraduate education.
 Contents: Web, spreadsheets, information
literacy, writing reports, etc.

 Almost all faculty students take a course.

For the Future…
 Increase the number of doctoral degrees
 Only 8 PhDs have graduated from LIS
 Graduate school enhancement, creation of asystem for acquiring a doctoral degrees

 Shift from institutional certification to program
quality assurance
 iSchool, Quality Assurance and Mutual
Recognition of Education (IFLA, EU),
International Educational Guidelines (IFLA, etc.)

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