Closing of Library Schools in North America: What Role Accreditation?

For the past decade and a half, universities in th eU.S. and some even in Canada have been closing or merging their library schools at a steady pace. The article treats the closures as symptoms of what is fundamentally ailing in the contents, structure and governance of library education in North America. Discussed are problems and weaknesses of: accreditation standards, basic model and contents, theoretical foundation, core curriculum, academic isolation, and responses to changing situations