| Summary: | The purpose of this thesis is to examine the debate in library journals and in official reports on the subject of library education in Sweden. We focus on two periods: the period just before the year 1972 – when the library education was transformed into being occupationally-oriented and the period just before the year 1993, when the library education was transformed into being ”academised”. This Master’s thesis shows that the debate and the arguments among initiated people in the library world have had some impact on how the library education was transformed later on. We study the arguments content and the frequency of arguments by using qualitative analysis of contents. The analysis has been conducted through an examination of these arguments by studying the roles of libraries and the professional roles of librarians. The arguments are studied in their context, i. e alongside a presentation of current societal and cultural changes. The conclusion is that the arguments presented have had some impact on how the library education later on was formed, though the changes of the library education were not as immediate as some debaters wished. Some debaters argumented that the Library Education needs to change constantly, in order to keep up with the changing demands from the surrounding society. We assume that the Library Education in the future will continue to adjust to the changing demands from society. === Uppsatsnivå: D
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