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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
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Tveit, Åse Kristine – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
A study of PhD dissertations in library and information science (LIS) was carried out to investigate which research topics have been of interest in Nordic LIS institutions. Seventy-nine doctoral dissertations from 2005 to 2014, published by 13 different research institutions, were retrieved from the institutions' archives and from library…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Information Science, Library Science, Hypothesis Testing
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Hackney, S. E.; Handel, Dinah; Hezekiah, Bianca; Hochman, Jessica; Lau, Amy; Sula, Chris Alen – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper is based on statistical and qualitative analysis of library and information science (LIS) literature. Our study asks the question of whether, and if so, how, and how often, the discourse generated by scholarly literature in LIS engages discussion about identity in LIS, what topics are covered, and whether the articles engage praxis, or…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Professional Identity, Visualization, Library Science
Potnis, Devendra; Regenstreif-Harms, Reynard; Deosthali, Kanchan; Cortez, Ed; Allard, Suzie – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
Libraries often lack the in-house information technology (IT) expertise required to (1) implement mobile applications and related technologies (MAT); (2) attain maximum return on investment including patron satisfaction for using MAT; and (3) reduce reliance on expensive IT consultants. Based on secondary analysis of the experiences and advice…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Laptop Computers, Telecommunications, Consultants
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Bossaller, Jenny S. – Education for Information, 2016
This paper discusses the intentions and outcomes of a service-learning course in LIS. Interviews with students who had recently completed the course provided insight into how the course had changed their perspective on their community. The interviews sought students' perspectives on their own empathetic development, sense of community, and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Educational Innovation, Electronic Learning, Library Science
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Finlay, S. Craig; Ni, Chaoqun; Tsou, Andrew; Sugimoto, Cassidy R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
This article examines authorship of LIS literature in the context of practitioner and non-practitioner production of published research. For this study, 4,827 peer-reviewed articles from twenty LIS journals published between 1956 and 2011 were examined to determine the percentage of articles written by practitioners. The study identified a…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Science, Library Research, Journal Articles
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Farrell, Bridget; Alabi, Jaena; Whaley, Pambanisha; Jenda, Claudine – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
The majority of articles on mentoring in the library and information science field address career development by emphasizing the orientation process for new librarians and building the requisite skills for a specific job. Few articles deal with the psychological and social challenges that many early-career and minority librarians face, which can…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Mentors, Librarians, Library Science
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James Elmborg – Journal of Information Literacy, 2017
This article summarizes the author's evolution as a writing instructor toward a career as a librarian teaching information literacy and finally as a scholar and researcher studying information literacy as an academic subject. Changes in writing pedagogy are explored as they relate to changes in the author's instructional practices and how they…
Descriptors: Librarians, Information Literacy, Career Change, Writing Instruction
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Martzoukou, Konstantina; Elliott, Joanneke – Communications in Information Literacy, 2016
This paper examines the extent to which public librarians are successfully prepared to engage the community in digital literacy and inclusion. A qualitative, multiple case study research design was chosen, using an analysis of policy documents and existing training programs offered by the libraries together with semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Librarians, Public Libraries, Semi Structured Interviews
Condic, Kristine – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
Reference librarians are exposed to the literature of different disciplines in a number of ways including advanced degrees, on the job training, and intellectual inquisitiveness. As students, many reference librarians were also exposed to library science programs offering coursework specializing in information sources and research within other…
Descriptors: Library Associations, Library Schools, Library Science, Library Education
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Lamb, Annette – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
Information workers are not born information fluent. Like other students, incoming library science students enter graduate programs with a broad range of information and technology skills. The aim of this study was to determine if systematically designed online tutorials would be effective in preparing university students with information literacy…
Descriptors: Librarians, Information Literacy, Library Science, Needs Assessment
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Mandel, Lauren H. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
Research methods education in LIS master's degree programs is facing several difficult questions: should a methods course be required, what content should be taught in that course, and what is the most effective mechanism for teaching that content. There is little consensus about what should be taught or how, but the American Library Association,…
Descriptors: Library Science, Masters Programs, Research Methodology, Research Skills
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Oliphant, Tami; Branch-Mueller, Jennifer – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
This study investigates how time intersects with student learning in Canada's first, and only, Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) in an online teaching and learning stream. Thirty-two students responded to a survey that asked about their experiences, perceptions, and challenges after their first year of the program. Descriptive…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Library Science, Information Science Education, Online Courses
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Hicks, Deborah; Given, Lisa M. – Library Quarterly, 2013
Using discourse analysis, this article explores three questions: (a) Why was "principled, transformational leadership" the leadership style added to Core Competences? (b) What was the discourse of leadership in the profession surrounding the development of the Core Competences? (c) How might this competence affect LIS education? And what measures,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Transformational Leadership, Library Education, Library Science
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Antell, Karen; Foote, Jody Bales; Turner, Jaymie; Shults, Brian – College & Research Libraries, 2014
As long as empirical research has existed, researchers have been doing "data management" in one form or another. However, funding agency mandates for doing formal data management are relatively recent, and academic libraries' involvement has been concentrated mainly in the last few years. The National Science Foundation implemented a new…
Descriptors: Librarians, Data, Information Management, Research Libraries
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