โ Scribed by Grant, Frances L. ;Main, Robert G.
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Academic curricula seem always to lag behind socie. tal needs, especially in technological areas. To corn. pensate for this lag, an interdisciplinary curriculum, called "Information Systems," was designed at Califor. nia State University, Chico, to merge the traditional communication arts with computer, library, and management services. A national survey was conducted to validate the cur. riculum. Samples were drawn from two populations. One represented the business world and consisted of professionals in information systems. The second represented academia and consisted of chairpersons in computer science and information systems. There were 86 responses received. Overall, the findings supported the information systems curriculum, with an average value of 3.6 on a five point scale. Only nine of the 51 courses listed were not validated at the 3.0 level. Only one business respondent indicated that he would not hire a graduate. (There were 42 respondents who provided starting salary information, with a median range of $20,000-25,000, and 17 respondents from higher edu cation provided information comparing the curriculum with related programs in their own universities or col. leges. The study is relevant to the improvement of cur. ricula for educating information professionals.
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
In the late 1970's . . . every other dollar earned and spent in the American economy will be earned by producing and distributing ideas and information, and will be spent on procuring ideas and information.
These were the ideas that provoked the development of the "Information Systems" curriculum that is the subject
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## Abstract This session will feature six speakers, each of whom is among the contributors to two special issues of Libraries & the Cultural Record on women pioneers in the information sciences. This session will be the third in a series presented by the Special Interest Group on History and Founda