According to the competencies : The United States schools of library and information master’s students preparation to meet the demand of libraries employment

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In order to conclude to what extent the accredited library and information studies or science schools in the United States prepare their students to meet the competencies required for librarians. This paper performs on a content analysis of the relationship between the 1992 standards adopted by the Council of the American Library Association : Office of Accreditation (the Missions, Goals, and Objectives area) for accreditation of master’s programs in library and information studies, and a number of competencies prepared by various library associations, Preparing headings and subheadings according to the main functions in libraries (main library functions were first taken from The Council of the American Library Association (1992).

Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Studies as well as from Naylor’s article published during the year 2000 in Public Libraries and entitled Core Competencies What They Are and How to Use Them).

Subsequently both standards ten points listed in (Missions, Goals, and Objectives area) of the 1992 standards and the competencies under study were arranged underneath the functions within headings and subheadings.

The results show that there is a gap between the standards and the competencies. Therefore, according to the research main question, according to this study’s findings and according to the missions, goals, and objectives of accredited schools in the United States, the master’s programs in library and information studies or science schools offered by the accredited schools in the United States do not prepare their students to meet all competencies, under study, required for librarians.