THE MISSOURI PLANNING GRANT FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF HEALTH-SCIENCES LIBRARIANS

The planning grant at the School of Library and Informational Science (SLIS) at the University of Missouri has two aims: (a) developing a mo del curriculum for health sciences librarianship at the master's level and (b) developing materials that can be delivered by alternative ins tructional methods. To accomplish the first aim, the faculty will inve stigate the possibility of offering courses in other disciplines, such as health care administration, educational technology, adult educatio n, and medical sociology. In addition, the SLIS faculty will investiga te the development of new kinds of placement for the students' practic um experience. To reach the second aim, the SLIS faculty will investig ate alternative means of delivering both graduate and continuing educa tion. Three instructional modalities will be evaluated. Some material will be delivered via satellite broadcast, some material will be made available via the World Wide Web and some will be presented in an inte nsive seminar. The outcome of the planning grant will be two distinct plans. The first will be a plan for the curriculum in health sciences librarianship at the master's level. The second will be a plan for off ering instruction through alternative methods, both for graduate educa tion and for continuing education.