Driving Change in the Profession: Subject Benchmarking in UK Library and Information Management

摘要

This paper starts by considering briefly the background to subject benchmarking within the overall context of the Quality Assurance Framework. It then goes on to discuss the methodology and approach of the expert panel appointed to design and develop the benchmark statement for Librarianship and Information Management. The emphasis will be on the practical approach to the task of creating a subject benchmark statement for Librarian-ship and information management, by representatives of our profession and the subsequent responses.