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The Nature of a Discipline--A Bibliometric Study of Communication with Some Comparisons to Library Reference/Information Work.
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Dick, Joan; Blazek, Ron – Reference Librarian, 1995
A 10-year period of professional literature in the "Communication Yearbook" was subjected to bibliometric analysis. Content of the articles was analyzed and compared for frequency of mention of research programs, theories, and methodologies. Similarities in the field of librarianship, notably reference/information work, were identified.…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Communications, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
Looking at the Mirror: Reflections on Researching the Recruitment of Minority Librarians to the Profession in "LISA" and "Library Literature" on CD-ROM.
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Martin, Lynne M.; Via, Barbara J. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes a study that investigated index access to the literature of recruitment of minorities to the library science profession by comparing 12 representative articles from "Library and Information Science Abstracts" (LISA) and "Library Literature." Underrepresentation of minorities and the issue of recruitment of minorities…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Indexes
A Critique of the Information Broker: Contexts of Reference Services.
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Buschman, John – Reference Librarian, 1990
Argues that, with the trend toward viewing reference librarians as information brokers and the reification and privatization of information, the traditional goals of libraries and librarianship are being lost, i.e., providing free and open access to books and information to promote informed democracy and the public good. (63 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computers, Information Scientists, Information Technology