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Ruchon, Christian; Grad, Roland – Education for Information, 2018
Evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) was adapted from evidence-based medicine (EBM). In doing so, problems of EBM might affect EBLIP. One issue already known in medicine which may eventually reach the field of library and information sciences (LIS) is the phenomenon of "evidence reversal". An evidence reversal (ER)…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Library Services, Library Science, Information Utilization
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Hughes, Hilary; Bruce, Christine – Education for Information, 2013
Responding to the need for innovative LIS curriculum and pedagogy, grounded in both information and learning theory, this paper introduces the theory and practice of "informed learning" [3]. After explaining how informed learning originated within the LIS discipline we outline the principles and characteristics of informed learning. Then…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Educational Change
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Budd, John M.; Raber, Douglas – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Discourse analysis addresses questions regarding both spoken and written communications and can be applied to purposes and practices of information study that appear in books and journals in the field. Applications of discourse analysis to information include investigation of the social, political, and technical implications of the word…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Information Science, Information Services