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Library Education Panelist

John Budd

John Budd is a Professor and Associate Director in the School of Information Science and Learning Technology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is also the current President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education. His publication, Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Frame (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001), was awarded the 2002 Highsmith Library Literature Award.

"Education for librarianship has to be a partnership between faculty and practicing professionals. Anything less fails students, the profession, and communities."

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