Actualización curricular del Programa de Sistemas de Información y Documentación de la Universidad de La Salle- Colombia

Abstract

The research leading to the updated curriculum of the Information and Documentation Systems Program (PSID) of the Universidad de La Salle-Colombia, (part of the Educational Project and Lasallian Formative Approach (PEUL and EFL) is presented. Using triangulation of techniques, instruments and actors as the basis of the methodological approach, the study makes key observations regarding professional profile of graduates and labor market demand serve to guide the curriculum update, which fortifies the areas of librarianship, archival science, and information systems through research training, while providing for new degree modalities. These updates are all aligned with institutional lines of research, making them much more meaningful and relevant to the education of information professionals. The methodology deployed for the PSID curriculum update provides materials for an institution to deploy its own methodological approach that can provide the foundation for curriculum evaluation processes addressing the areas of Library Science, Archivology and Information Sciences in Latin America.