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Cronin, Blaise – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2012
In this short paper, avowedly personal, partial and pointillist in nature, I (i) sketch the early days of (mainly Anglo-American) information studies and the field's gradual institutionalization, (ii) describe its maturation, as both an academic discipline and a domain of professional practice, and (iii) speculate on its future in the light of oft…
Descriptors: Information Science, Library Science, Archives, Documentation
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Finlay, Craig S.; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Li, Daifeng; Russell, Terrell G. – Library Quarterly, 2012
This article examines the topicality of Library and Information Science (LIS) dissertations written between 1930 and 2009 at schools with American Library Association (ALA)--accredited university programs in North America. Dissertation titles and abstracts were examined for the presence of library-related keywords drawn from the core curricula of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Professional Associations, Librarians