Education for library and information science in Russia: A case study of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Culture

This article is an account of the ALISE Visiting Scholar to the St. Petersb urg State Academy of Culture's Faculty of Library and Information Studies d uring the spring term 1996. To organize the analysis, this article adopts t he following topics: mission, goals, and objectives; faculty; students; cur riculum; and facilities and equipment.