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Thompson, Heather A. – 2000
This study is concerned with the importance of historical method in library and information science research. The research conducted in this study specifically examined library and information science doctoral dissertations written between 1984-1999. The study of the "Digital Dissertations" database found that only eight to seventeen percent of…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations
Kumar, Suhasini – 1995
This study analyzes 312 articles in 10 library and information science periodicals published between June 1994 and June 1995. The purpose of the analysis was to collect information relating to subject trends and authorship characteristics. Management, acquisitions, library services, professional concerns, and library history were the most popular…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Journal Articles, Librarians, Libraries
Linderman, Eric Graham – 1998
This paper provides a biographical study of A. Robert Rogers, Dean of the School of Library Science at Kent State University from 1977-1985, with a focus on his writing, teaching, and study of international librarianship. The following sources of information were used: (1) materials kept in the Department of Special Collections and Archives in the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Biographies, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
Zepp, Diana – 2000
This study measured current trends in distance education in the United States within Library and Information Science programs. The study was conducted, for the period 1989 to 1998, through a content analysis of journal articles from the "Library Literature" database, and through a content analysis of graduate catalogs from American Library…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Higher Education, Information Science
Mosley, Isobel – 1974
A general methodology for cost effectiveness analysis was developed and applied to the Colorado State University library loan desk. The cost effectiveness of the existing semi-automated circulation system was compared with that of a fully manual one, based on the existing manual subsystem. Faculty users' time and computer operating costs were…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Librarians
Wicker, Sandra J. – 1997
Evaluating library collections by comparing them to bibliographies has a long history in research libraries. This evaluative study examined all 107 titles within the "Women in Botany" section of the Herbarium Library at The Ohio State University (OSU). The Herbarium is not part of the OSU Library system, but functions as a satellite to…
Descriptors: Botany, Higher Education, Horticulture, Library Collection Development