RECONSTRUCTING A MASTERS-DEGREE PROGRAM IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES - THE UNIVERSITE-DE-MONTREAL-EXPERIENCE

This article gives an account of the major curriculum revision of the master's degree program recently undertaken by the Universite de Montr eal School of Library and Information Studies. First steps included th e adoption of guiding principles along with a theoretical framework. S tudies were then conducted within the different facets of the operatio n: evaluation, reconstruction, administrative processes, and the struc turing of mechanisms for continuing evaluation. Presented here is the general outline of the revised program along with aspects related to i ts implementation. The paper conclude with comments on the positive ef fects of the revision within the school, as well as within the univers ity and the profession.