The accreditation of the Library and Information Program at the University of Menoufia: problems and difficulties | ||||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 81-106 PDF (845.57 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2021.157850 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
fatma ibrahim khamis 
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| Libraries and Information Department - Faculty of Arts - Menofia University - Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The study aimed to identify the problems and difficulties that the Libraries and Information Department faced when applying the standards, indicators, elements and characteristics of the evaluation and accreditation guide for the educational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar through the experience of accrediting the Library and Information Program at the University of Menoufia. The study identified problems at the level of five main axes focused The first axis focused on problems from a formal point of view, while the second axis dealt with coding at the level of standards, while the third axis represented the absence of forms for questionnaires required for accreditation, while the fourth axis devoted to problems at the level of procedures, and finally the fifth axis addressed problems at the level of relationships between standards, The researcher used the Descriptive Analytical Methodology, as the researcher analyzed the actual content of the actual application of the evaluation and accreditation guide for the educational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar through the experience of accrediting the library and information program at the University of Menoufia , The study reached to identify those problems in the above five axes, the most important of which are the presence of indicators, elements and characteristics in other than their correct locations, the recurrence of coding at the level of the first three criteria under each of the program management axis and the axis of educational effectiveness, the absence of models of questionnaires required to meet the criteria , The guide does not include flowcharts in which the starting point and the end point are specified to meet the standard, the absence of a model procedural guide that clarifies the steps of work within the standard and one of the most important recommendations of the study is the preparation of a model procedural guide by the National Authority to ensure the quality of education and accreditation clarifies the method of work within Evaluation and accreditation guide for the educational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar, preparing a new edition of the "evaluation and accreditation guide for the educational program in higher education and Al-Azhar institutions taking into account the following: Non-repetition of coding at the level of the first three criteria under both the program management axis and the educational effectiveness axis and to include The new version of the guide provides flow charts that define a point The start and the end point to meet the standard | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Academic accreditation; institutional accreditation; programming accreditation - evidence; programming accreditation - problems; library and information programs – accreditation | ||||
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