Information and library science MPACT: A preliminary analysis

Dissertation advising is an important form of mentoring. To investigate the impact of dissertation advising over time, advisor and committee member names were collected for 2400 dissertations completed over a 40-year period (1964–2004) in 32 North American information and library science schools. Several mentoring impact metrics are reported for a subset of the data, including the number of dissertations advised, the number of dissertation committees served on, the ratio of advising to committee membership, and the fractional “mpact” that weights advising and committee membership. The subset consists of data for six schools that produced at least three dozen dissertations and for which complete data is available. The data and resulting “mpact” metrics offer new ways to assess faculty impact and to investigate the nature and growth of a field.     

Disability and accessibility in the library and information science literature: A content analysis

The library profession is a strong and vocal proponent of increased information access for people with disabilities. With the discipline's longstanding interest in the subject of services to people with disabilities, questions arise about how the profession perceives the phenomenon. How is library and information science (LIS), as a discipline, conceptualizing disability and accessibility? A content analysis of the LIS literature was conducted to examine this question. The literature provides a fertile ground for study as it reflects the profession's approaches to, and perceptions of, a topic. This research identifies the major issues and trends in the research about accessibility and disability in the LIS literature throughout a 10-year period, 2000–2010. The strongest theme in the literature is accessibility as it relates to web, database, and software, while the prevailing disability of focus is visual disabilities. The overall environment emphasizes technology more than attitudinal aspects associated with disabilities. The research could benefit from increased direct participation of people with disabilities.     

Diversity-related research reported in high-impact library and information science journal literature: A content analysis

This study reports a content analysis of the frequency distribution of diversity-related research in four high-impact Library and Information Science (LIS) journals published between 1995 and 2014. High-impact journals (with high rankings and impact factors) were chosen because empirically based articles from them are more likely to be able to influence future research direction. The journals chosen were published articles quarterly or bi-monthly, with an average of 5–6 articles per issue. A total of 1766 research articles were collected, with 28.71% determined to be related to diversity. Results show an increasing interest in diversity-related research in the LIS field, with a dramatic increase between 2010 and 2014. The majority of diversity-related research focuses on age, gender and ethnicity. Only a small portion of research discusses issues concerning specific populations and emphasizes diversity-related theoretical concepts. More efforts are needed to highlight the link in order to contribute to the diversity and inclusion agenda in LIS.     

图书馆职业资格证书制度与图书馆学教育

论文从国外图书馆职业资格证书制度的经验出发，探讨了中国建立图书馆职业资格证书制度的必要性，并指出图书馆职业资格证书制度与图书馆学教育是一个互动关系。     

从引文分析看档案学与图书馆学、情报学的学科融合

从引文分析的角度,利用档案期刊论文的参考文献来研究档案学借鉴图书情报领域相关知识情况及其随时间变化的发展趋势,同时,对学科交叉部分进行词频分析,把握图情档三学科关注的共同问题。从而体现出信息化战略背景下,档案学的研究对象和研究内容的拓展和延伸。     

Theory talk in the library science scholarly literature: An exploratory analysis

In the discipline of library and information science (LIS), a qualitative analysis of the meaningful use of theory in contemporary scholarly literature is critical to helping scholars expand their repertoire of knowledge about various theories and helping them make informed decisions about how to skillfully integrate theory in their research. This study explored how theory was presented and talked about in seven prominent library science-focused journals from 2009 to 2011. Through a process of analytic induction, categories representing a continuum of theory talk were identified and their relationships examined. Three main types of theory talk in library research are defined, ranging from minimal (theory dropping), moderate (theory conversation), to major (theory generation). The categories and their relationships generate a rich discussion about the intensity and degree to which theory is being discussed and used in a less-examined subset of library and information science research journals. This research contributes both an explanatory structure and substantive discussion regarding theory use in library science to the professional literature.     

图书馆学研究方法述评

本文通过考察近20年来图书馆学研究方法的不同观点，对图书馆学研究方法的分歧与共识进行剖析，提出了解决分歧、完善图书馆学专门研究方法的看法。     

试析我国图书馆学方法论

文章对20世纪80年代以来我国图书馆学方法论研究进行了总结和回顾,在肯定已取得成绩的同时,指出当前研究中存在的不足,并对未来的研究进行了展望.     

用聚类分析法分析我国图书馆学的热点及趋势

通过对CNKI收录的2006—2010年图书馆学博硕士论文关键词的聚类分析,得出近几年图书馆学研究的热点,再与2002—2006年国内图书馆学研究热点和2005—2009年国外图书馆学研究热点时比,对图书馆学发展趋势做出了预测。     

1993-2002年我国图书馆学文献的计量分析

以中文科技期刊数据库(维普)所收录的图书馆学和图书馆事业的文献为材料,通过对十年来我国图书馆学与图书馆事业文献的计量分析,研究该学科的发展轨迹以及其下属的二、三级主题类目和核心期刊分布情况,揭示出该学科研究的主流、重点、方向以及未来趋势.     

图书馆学情报学特征方法浅议

论述图书馆学情报学的特征方法，并说明了它们对完善图书馆学情报学学科体系的意义。     

加强图书馆学学术评论促进图书馆学理论发展

文章从图书馆学学术评论对于图书馆学理论发展的意义、图书馆学学术评论的现状不尽如人意两大方面阐述了图书馆学学术评论的理论研究亟待加强,最后提出了加强图书馆学学术评论理论研究的措施.     

The library function in science

Viewed in the context of the organizational structure through which science perpetuates itself and grows, the research library at a university serves simultaneously the purposes of education, of validating scientific research, and of integrating information into the corpus of knowledge. These are three processes essential to the conduct of scientific investigation. Libraries will gain recognition and support to the extent that they can perform them effectively.     

我国三大中文网站图书馆学情报学信息资源研究

本文介绍了我国搜狐、新浪、网易三大中文网站中的最新图书馆学情报学信息情况,并重点介绍了几个专业网站及检索方法,对存在的问题进行了分析.     

Academic library use and student retention: A quantitative analysis

A key component of Vincent Tinto's model of retention is the importance of student integration in the academic institution. Library use can be regarded as a form of integration within such institutions. A quantitative approach was applied to demonstrate how institutional data can be combined to examine library use and retention at a single institution. Undergraduate student and library use data were analyzed to identify results that suggested associations between library use and student retention. Library use was measured by log-ins to electronic resources, as well as borrowing from the library. The undergraduate students enrolled for the first time in 2010 comprised the population, Sub-group student characteristics, age and socioeconomic status, underwent further analysis. The findings show retained students log-in to authenticated resources and borrow from the library at higher rates than withdrawn students. Mature age students withdraw from the university at higher rates than younger students. Log-ins to authenticated resources increase as students progress over time through their university programs. No notable associations were found among socioeconomic background, library use, and retention. For the institution, these findings can inform the development of library services to target specific student groups on the basis that higher library use may lead to improved integration and retention. In addition, the study describes a research design that is replicable in other institutions and contributes to library use and retention literature.