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Xie, Jingzhen; Sun, Lili – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2018
A content analysis of "JLSC"'s publications in 2007-2016 was conducted to investigate its publication patterns and research topics. Elements such as article titles, keywords, authors' affiliations, titles, disciplines, author collaboration and grant-funded projects were coded and examined. Findings indicate that libraries, information…
Descriptors: Library Science, Research, Journal Articles, Authors
Bergen, Dan – 1981
Arguing that most writing on library and information service is empirical or devoted to reporting what happened, this paper attempts to promote conversation between the empiricists and the idealists or metaphysicians of library and information studies. The paper includes the following sections: (1) Professor Peter Kien and the Metaphysical Course…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Information Services, Information Theory, Library Science
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Hall, Marlene – Australian Library Journal, 1984
Argues that changes in profession of librarianship reflect general changes in knowledge and work that are due to differentiation and structuralization of the subject disciplines. Introduction of automation, provision of information services that define user in terms of abstract categories, and orientation in school librarianship are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Information Services, Librarians, Library Automation, Library Science
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Apostle, Richard; Raymond, Boris – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Explores and critiques an information paradigm that is currently being proposed in the library literature, and looks at its potential impact on research and policy issues of major concern to librarians and library educators. (CLB)
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Services, Librarians, Library Role
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Wilson, Concepcion S. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1999
Examines the status and scope of informetrics. Research in the field is selectively reviewed, drawing mainly from journal articles in English that have been published since the "ARIST" review of bibliometrics by H.D White & McCain (1989). Greater prominence is given to the informetric laws than to other topics. Finally, some very…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Futures (of Society), Information Processing, Information Science
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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
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Dalrymple, Prudence W. – Library Trends, 2003
Three fundamental problems underlie most research in health sciences librarianship: determining what therapies are effective and of good quality, delivering information when and where it is needed, and in forms that will increase its use. Developments in health information research will be advanced through collaboration across disciplines and…
Descriptors: Health Materials, Information Science, Information Services, Information Sources
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McGarry, Kevin; Kaegbein, Paul – Education for Information, 1987
Presents overview of special issue on teaching and learning in librarianship and information work, which focuses on future needs of professional education; theoretical bases for curriculum development and research; trends in British and German library schools; and past achievements and future plans of the International Federation of Library…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Developed Nations
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Smith, Duncan – Library Trends, 1995
Discusses the experiences of four librarians who adopted marketing strategies to improve their practice and their institution's services, and examines the role of marketing in today's information society. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Facility Improvement, Higher Education