Entering M.L.S. students, University of Toronto, were tested to elicit preference regarding provision of library service to older adults (theory-in-use) and degree of agreement with "The Library's Responsibility to the Aging" statement (espoused theory). Statistical analysis indicated no significant incongruence between students'…

Discussion of history as a major research methodology in library and information science highlights the current status and nature of library history; rhetoric and history; historical significance of local history and larger perspectives; primary and secondary information sources; library biography; and publishing library history. Thirty-four…

Results of investigation of M.L.S. degree students' needs for structure in required research methods course support hypothesis that, when exposed to such a course taught under low structure conditions, students with simple cognitive style would express demand for greater structure than would students with relatively complex cognitive style. (12…