LIS for the 21st Century

About the project

The project aims to establish a picture of the Australian library and information science (LIS) profession and identify how its future education and training can be better adapted to an employment landscape where traditional roles are changing and non-traditional roles are emerging as a result of drivers such as technological change and a growing need for information management skills across the workforce. It will investigate the question of how LIS education in Australia can produce, in a sustainable manner, the diverse supply of graduates with the appropriate attributes to develop and maintain high quality professional practice in the rapidly changing twenty-first century. The project is being undertaken by 11 tertiary education institutions within Australia, with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) as the project leader. The outcomes from the project will have a significant bearing on LIS education in Australia and on the quality of Australia’s future LIS professionals.