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Biggs, Penelope T., Ed. – Current Research in Library & Information Science, 1985
Designed to provide international coverage of current research in library and information science, this quarterly journal indexes investigations, studies, surveys, and evaluated innovations. Doctoral, post-doctoral, and research staff-level work, and in-house or action research from practicing librarians, information workers, archivists, and…
Descriptors: Indexes, Information Science, Library Research, Research and Development
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Discusses the importance of research to the school-library media specialist. Topics include levels of knowledge that help with informed decision-making; ways to overcome the gap between research and practice, including writing for scholarly journals; the need for publishing research from practitioners; and development of a research agenda for the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Knowledge Level, Learning Resources Centers, Library Research
Peer reviewedSchwarz, S. – Education for Information, 1985
Outline of evolution from librarianship to library and information science (LIS) education shows a trend toward a framework of information provision and processing. The library school systems of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are reviewed with emphasis on higher education and research, and the LIS research situation in Sweden is described.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Development, Educational Trends, Financial Support
PDF pending restorationAnderson, Robert C. – 1986
A system of classifying research unviersities is proposed based on quantitative criteria. Data from several studies were used to develop a list of 57 leading U.S. research universities. The Carnegie Commission's 1973 and 1976 classification of "Research Universities I" and the Academy for Educational Development's listing are presented, along with…
Descriptors: Classification, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Engineers
Schwarz, Stephan; Winkel, Annette – 1984
This report briefly reviews the current situation in Tanzania with respect to scientific and technical (S&T) information provision at the research and development (R&D) level, and formulates proposals to revive a workable situation for the R&D community. A presentation of the objectives of a mission to Dar es Salaam is followed by a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedHoffman, Melia M.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Describes The RightPages Service developed by AT&T Bell Laboratories library and computer researchers to enable AT&T employees to access the library from their workstations. The service incorporates ASCII text, bitmap images, and an alerting service. Copyright issues, user interface, image and text processing procedures, results, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Copyrights, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
