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Amy VanScoy; Heidi Julien; Alison Harding – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
This article reports on the third phase of a project studying the integration of information behavior theories and concepts into professional education for reference and information service (RIS). It also provides a synthesis of the results of all studies in the project, including a syllabus study, an interview study, and the survey. Results of…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Information Services, Library Science, Library Education
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Davis, Rebecca – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
This paper reports preliminary data from research that seeks to inform the readers about the way that human information behavior and the use of scholarly resources impacts on women in the STEM fields. By focusing on the information behavior and information needs of women in STEM, this could lead to an increased use of academic library resources…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Library Science, Library Education
Polparsi, Jomkwan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study provides an overview of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Library and Information Studies (LIS) education in Thailand, focusing on challenges and pressures in the information environment of Thai LIS faculty members. This study employed a qualitative research approach, naturalistic inquiry, and inductive data analysis.…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Seeking, Qualitative Research, Critical Incidents Method
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Johnson, Megan; Purpur, Geraldine; Abbott, Lisa T. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2009
In spring semester 2009, two of the authors taught LIB 5020--Information Sources & Services to graduate library science students at Appalachian State University. The course covers information seeking patterns and provides an overview of reference services. The course is also designed to examine and evaluate library reference materials and…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Reference Materials, Library Science, Information Seeking
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Donohue, Joseph C. – International Library Review, 1972
Library Schools can devise improved techniques in reference librarianship and can encourage a research orientation by better understanding the structure of the literature and the way librarians operate within that structure. (8 references) (MM)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Education, Library Research