...Manorama Tripathi; V.K.J. Jeevan; Parveen Babbar; Lohrii Kaini Mahemei Purpose This paper aims to highlight the research output of library and information science of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations during the ten year period, i.e. 2005-2014, as reflected through...

...Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to construct the basis for a research agenda that integrates participatory methodologies (PMs) into literacies (L) research and practice as a valuable methodological basis. Design/methodology/approach The pros and cons of using...

...Zara Wilkinson Purpose An increasing amount of tenure‐track academic librarians in the USA are expected to conduct original research and publish their results in peer‐reviewed journals. However, librarians who are new not only to librarianship as a profession but also to academia may find...

...Karl Madden; Leili Seifi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a general review and historical context for digitization and interdisciplinary research involving digital surrogates of historical Persian manuscripts in the National Library and Archives of Iran and similarly engaged...

...Laurel Anne Clyde Purpose This article is based on a paper presented at the 2005 IFLA World Library and Information Congress. It brings together the findings to date of the author's research project on research quality, to address issues related to research quality as a basis for the use...

... Publishing Limited 2004 --> Newspapers Preservation Collections management Research The papers published here “… represent the core of a conference that took place at the University of London in March 2001 under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies, the Institute of United...

... in simple terms, which leads to communication problems. Second, the poor utilization of technology. These points alone provide focus for future research and development within the field. The tried and tested “Super Searchers” formula is used, with each chapter taking the form of an interview...

... students about their research style and observations of students conducting searches using MetaQuest. This article reviews the main issues culled from this, focusing on student research style, asking if MetaLib, as an example of a metasearch engine, responds to this need, reviewing the existing MetaLib...

...Ian M. Johnson; Dorothy A. Williams; Caroline Wavell; Graeme Baxter This paper examines the relationship between research into the evaluation of the impact of library and information services, policy making in the field, and professional practice and education. The paper first summarises...

...Robert W. Vaagan As the LIS field is being restructured world‐wide, a survey of key institutions and relevant literature confirms that ethics and its information age derivative “infoethics” are becoming important components of LIS research and teaching. LIS scholars and educators need to train...

... participation and membership of specialised professional groups under the umbrella of the union. How they evaluate the union’s journal and its prioritisation of topics. The union is effective! Some sociologists and “future” researchers have described the new and coming labour force as very...

...Steve Wood Damon D.   Ridley . Information Retrieval: Scifinder and Scifinder Scholar . Chichester : Wiley   2002 . 235 pp.   £24.95 Information retrieval Science Research As the amount of electronically published material for scientists increases, driven...

... directors to discern their priority assessment needs and design research to meet the most critical unmet need. The outcome of this study was a survey of how students and faculty perceive and use the entire information landscape. The second study examined the assessment practices and concerns of leading...

..., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: it will trace the developments in the teaching and research cultures in the 1990s and assess the resulting impact on learners. The Northumbria experience is that changes in its teaching and research cultures have resulted in developing all its staff as reflective practitioners...

...Charles Oppenheim; Joan Stenson; Richard M.S. Wilson This paper reports first stage findings from an ongoing three‐year research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB). The research is being conducted jointly by the Department of Information Science and The Business School...

... information effectively, and within this process the need to be able to think critically about the relevance of information is very important. One of the problems that neophyte researchers face in the early stages of their research, is the need to interpret the possible “scope” or “coverage...

...Glen Mynott; Stella Thebridge; Michael Shoolbred Considers a number of issues related to the development, at the University of Central England in Birmingham, of a distance learning course in research skills for public librarians. The course was initially developed as part of the Library...

...Linda Ashcroft The information on the back cover of the book says that “this book offers a wealth of invaluable guidance to both new and experienced researchers”. I agree that the clear and simple style and the level of coverage is helpful for new researchers, both professionals and students...

...K.G.B. Bakewell Information services research United Kingdom Sweden. Libraries Research in librarianship and information studies has really come of age when 358 pages on the subject, containing 30 papers and two keynote addresses, can be published. As Ian Johnson points out, in one...

...V.K.J. Jeevan Awareness of the latest publications is vital for science and technology research and, in inter‐ and intra‐disciplinary research coupled with the so‐called information explosion, coping with current information is a tedious process. Library and information professionals are resorting...