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Contemporary Development of Academic Reference Librarianship in the United States: A 44-Year Content Analysis
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Wang, Hanrong; Tang, Yingqi; Knight, Carley – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
This study analyzes job advertisements to identify the contemporary development of academic reference librarianship in the United States. Results show that more job openings, higher educational backgrounds, more duties & responsibilities, and variety of titles were assigned to academic reference librarian positions from 1966 through 2009.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Library Science, Librarians
Perspectives on Accreditation and Information Literacy as Reflected in the Literature of Library and Information Science
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Saunders, Laura – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2008
Regional accreditation organizations increasingly include student learning outcomes for information literacy in their standards and other documents, often emphasizing the importance of collaboration between librarians and faculty. Through content analysis of published articles and listserv postings, this study analyzes how librarians acknowledge…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Information Literacy, Content Analysis, Librarians
Research in Librarianship: An Analysis of Research Articles in Core Library Journals of 1980.
Nour, Martyvonne Morton – 1983
A total of 343 research articles published in 41 core library journals in 1980 and a further 708 articles cited in a stratified random sample of 100 of the original (source) articles were examined in terms of subject, research methodology, and number of references. Findings were also compared with those of similar studies. It was found that: (1)…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Content Analysis, Library Research, Library Science