Adopting Industry 4.0 Practices in Technical Education: Aligning Academic and Library and Information Science Training with Industry Needs

Abstract

As Industry 4.0 has shaped new dimensions for industry and education,  education, and specifically technical education, must be cultivated to provide better outcomes that meet the demands of modern industry. In this paper, we discuss approaches to embedding Industry 4.0 practices in  academic training, specifically in the area of Library and Information Science (LIS), in an effort to ensure that many of the new technologies break into our university curricula. By examining current academia and industry as well as identifying forces and needs beyond the boundaries of our profession, this study reveals substantial gaps between technical education post a STEM degree and Librarianship and information  science (LIS) training programs. These categories can be umbrellaed for application in educational institutions that have already required their shift by adding each industry change to their framework, such as practical-oriented or project-based learning contribute by including real-world projects related to AI, big data, and the sort  changes wrought by the IoT, Industry 4.0, etc.; study the collaboration between industry-academia to become a manufacturer of the human resources needed to manufacture industry 4.0 (ownership of curriculum); kind of a cross-sectional study, changing the study results between technical fields of business, and social sciences; preparing the academic library as a learning hub (with an overview of some approaches to change in semantic networks entities). The results highlight the need  to combine approaches to equip students with the skills needed to prosper in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.