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Content Analysis of Open Access LIS Journal “ALIS” (2002 - 2011)
No full textThe present study investigated the trends of LIS open access Journal “ALIS”by analysing articles, authors and LIS subjects covered in the articles. Quantitative content analysis was carried out for which the data were analysed in order to project literature growth, authorship pattern and related bibliometric phenomena. The analysis indicates that there were 283 articles published during 2002 to 2011. The authorship pattern indicates that the majority of articles published with multi-authorship. Authors from teaching faculty were paid more interest in “ALIS”. The subject coverage of this journal is mostly towards bibliometric and scientometric study, covering other LIS subjects in the articles. The analysis of data clearly indicates that OA ejournal “ALIS”rapidly establishing themselves as a most viable media for scholarly communication
Publication productivity of Malaysian authors and institutions in LIS
No full textThe paper attempted to provide a “picture” of Malaysian LIS research and publications. The study aimed to show (a) the total number and spread of publications produced by Malaysian authors; (b) the active authors; (c) the authorship pattern; (d) the affiliation status of the authors; (e) the main channels used to publish; and (f) the subject covered by the published works. The study confined its scope to the publications produced between 1965 and 2005 by Malaysian authors published in Malaysia as well as abroad. Bibliometric techniques and regression analysis were employed as the measuring instrument. The data was collected from seven online databases and seven well established library OPACs, which are expected to hold earlier and current LIS publications. A bibliometric toolbox was used to feed in text files which provided brief summaries of ranked results, a bibliograph and minimal Bradford zonal analysis. The subject categorization used by Gorman and Corbit’s Model of core competencies for LIS was used to categorized entries by subjects. The results indicated that (a) Malaysian LIS authors preferred to publish in journals (511, 48.9) and conference papers (474, 45.4); (b) the publication distribution fluctuated over the 41 year period but the moving average depicted a steady incremental trend; (c) a total of 506 authors contributed to 1,045 publications and 309 are one-time authors’ (d) the active authors in LIS are affiliated to 131 institutions and the productive institutions were the national Library of Malaysia, University of Malaya library and the academics at the MLIS Programme, University of Malaya.; (e) publication productivity was related to institutional active involvement in LIS journal publishing; and (f) the main subject areas actively researched upon were collection development and management, information centres and services, and ICT applications LIS
Community Participation in LIS-Forum: A Survey
No full textThis survey examines the popularity of LIS-Forum email discussion forum among Library and Information Science professionals in India. This study sort out the limitations of this email based discussion forum on the basis of perceptions of LIS-Forum users. LIS-Forum community also recommended new features and suggestions to improve the service in the context of web 2.0 phenomenon
Inside Out and Outside In: Future legend of library and information science
No full textThe framework, “Inside Out and Outside In” has been
applied in an attempt to reveal the prospects in the future forefront of the Library and Information Science (LIS) profession. Since the very concept of originating LIS is founded on the interdisciplinary edifice, the said analysis would be worthwhile to confirm the fulfillment of innate objectives and aspirations of the diversified stakeholders. There are several underlying issues for the aptness of
the LIS with reference to curriculum, research, industry interaction,mobility of the researchers and so on, Out of these, the present article deals only with the curricular aspects and demeanor of research. Interestingly, during the past 49 years, the LIS, soaring at the dawn of its golden jubilee is all set to pose ever interesting propositions. An independent assessment therefore, is being made by
the professionals within and at the peripheral of LIS. The present article is expected to reveal plausible transformations which craft the road map for the platinum era, conceivably possible by resonating around the academic and pedagogic world
Developing New Competencies Among LIS Professionals: Challenges for Educators
No full textThis paper describes the development of library and
information studies/science (LIS) into different phases during the last century. Academic programs and preparation of LIS professionals have witnessed a continuous change. It is realized that unless this process of change of curriculum is clearly envisaged in the future, LIS professional would become irrelevant in the emerging market. For this purpose, new competencies have been defined that the LIS professionals need to possess in the light of i.e. Special Libraries Association (SLA), American Library Association (ALA) and Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) competency documents. That has led to articulation of modules of coursework that could serve as benchmarks for curriculum revision and design. A number of environmental, organizational, and professional challenges have been identified that could impeded the process of change and curriculum redesign
LIS Education in Europe : Challenges and Opprtunities
No full textIn the last two decades an increasing interest in internationalization has been evident in library and information science (LIS) education in Europe. However, quite recently expansion and intensification of collaborative initiatives can be identified; European LIS schools have started to participate more actively in joint activities to respond to the challenges of globalization, to improve, innovate and strengthen the LIS curricula and courses to serve the changing needs of students and the global employment market, and to meet the international standards of quality in teaching, research and services. This paper examines current trends and developments in higher education and the responses of library and information science education to these changes. The overview is based on literature reviews and personal observations and involvement
Ranking the Research Productivity of LIS Faculty and Schools: An Evaluation of Data Sources and Research Methods
No full textThis study evaluates the data sources and research methods used in earlier studies to rank the research productivity of Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty and schools. In doing so, the study identifies both tools and methods that generate more accurate publication count rankings as well as databases that should be taken into consideration when conducting comprehensive searches in the literature for research and curricular needs. With a list of 2,625 items published between 1982 and 2002 by 68 faculty members of 18 American Library Association– (ALA-) accredited LIS schools, hundreds of databases were searched. Results show that there are only 10 databases that provide significant coverage of the LIS indexed literature. Results also show that restricting the data sources to one, two, or even three databases leads to inaccurate rankings and erroneous conclusions. Because no database provides comprehensive coverage of the LIS literature, researchers must rely on a wide range of disciplinary and multidisciplinary databases for ranking and other research purposes. The study answers such questions as the following: Is the Association of Library and Information Science Education’s (ALISE’s) directory of members a reliable tool to identify a complete list of faculty members at LIS schools? How many and which databases are needed in a multifile search to arrive at accurate publication count rankings? What coverage will be achieved using a certain number of databases? Which research areas are well covered by which databases? What alternative methods and tools are available to supplement gaps among databases? Did coverage performance of databases change over time? What counting method should be used when determining what and how many items each LIS faculty and school has published? The authors recommend advanced analysis of research productivity to provide a more detailed assessment of research productivity of authors and programs
E-LIS - archiwum publikacji z zakresu bibliotekoznawstwa i informacji naukowej. Uwagi praktyczne dla polskich autorów
No full textThis article is for the perusal of Polish librarians and was written to provide them with information about open E-LIS repository. This particular repository was founded by Spanish and Italian fellow librarians for the purpose of gathering works on the subject of library science and scientific information, and is supposed to be professional librarians' electronic source of information. Instruction and explanation on ways of publishing own articles and texts in the archives can be found in the provided materials
The Death of Review Articles in Humanities: A Case study on World LIS Journals
No full textThis study reveals the current status of articles published in Library and Information Science (LIS) journals. Using the citation site “Scopus”, the number of published articles in 32 LIS journals were extracted, illustrated, and analyzed.
Approximately 50.31 documents per year have been published in noted journals during 2007-2011. About 6 percent of these documents are devoted to review articles.
The findings also show Springer LIS journals has the 1st rank of publishing scholarly documents per year (mean=63.84 documents), and the 1st rank of impact factor (Mean=1.9) among studied groups. American LIS publications showed the best rank in publishing review articles (%11.34 of all published documents) and also in Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) (mean=0.63). ScienceDirect LIS journals was in 1st rank of H-Index scores (Mean=24).
In addition, the number of published documents in LIS journals has a positive significant relationship with SJR (R=0.45), IF (R=0.39), and H-Index (R=0.80). In addition, there is a positive significance between SJR and H-Index (R=0.46). Finally, some suggestions have been made to improve the current status of review articles publishing
The study of use of Web 2.0 tools in LIS education in India
No full textThe present study investigates LIS instructors’ familiarity with Web 2.0 concepts, tools and services, and applications related to LIS education.
The survey method was used. The data collection tool was a web questionnaire, which was created with the help of software provided by surveymonkey.com.
It was found that LIS instructors have a low level of familiarity regarding the use of Web 2.0. Most of the instructors use Web 2.0 for video sharing via YouTube. Nearly half of teachers have never used Wikis. The main problem in use of Web 2.0 in teaching was the lack of training programs organized by universities and other institutions for instruction in the use/teaching of Web 2.0 tools
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