摘要: This chapter(1) begins with a review of issues in the literature drawn from a systematic search of the available databases. The literature selected relates to South African Library and Information Science (LIS) and to internationa... 展开 This chapter(1) begins with a review of issues in the literature drawn from a systematic search of the available databases. The literature selected relates to South African Library and Information Science (LIS) and to international sources cited by local authors. What follows is the report on the small-scale Delphi exercise, used to gather the views of LIS educator and practitioner experts on the most critical elements for the development of South African US. The issues from the literature and the Delphi exercise are synthesised and summarised.(2) 收起