Information and library science MPACT: A preliminary analysis |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, International Islamic University, Sector H-10, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan;2. Department of Computer Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, United States;1. School of Information, Florida State University, 142 Collegiate Loop, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100, United States;2. Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Queens, NY 11367-1597, United States;3. School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, 3-20 Rutherford South, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J4, Canada;4. University Libraries, Texas A&M University, 5000 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-5000, United States |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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