Selecting the right search term in query-based systems for deduplication by Harald Jele LIBRES Volume 23, Issue 2 (September 2013)
This two-stage study provides an in-depth examination of iSchool’s interdisciplinary approach in education and research via the lens of iSchool faculty members’ background and experiences. At the first stage, a content analysis of faculty online profiles was conducted to examine faculty members’ rank, PhD field, teaching and research descriptions. At the second stage, a survey study was conducted to investigate faculty’s interdisciplinary experiences in teaching and research.
RESEARCH PAPERS
This section contains the three research papers delivered at the recent Workshop on Global Collaboration of Information Schools http://www.cisap.asia/IFLA2013/index.html held before the IFLA 2013 Singapore conference. I approached the workshop organisers, CiSAP http://www.cisap.asia/ and was granted permission to reprint them in LIBRES, in the interests of promoting a research approach to workshop and conference papers.
Technology impacts on curriculum of library and information science (LIS) – a United States (US) perspective by Sharon Hu LIBRES Volume 23, Issue 2 (September 2013)
This paper will present a quantitative analysis and comparative descriptions of several selected American LIS educational institutions for the above issues and conclude with some emerging trends on the curriculum and educational techniques for LIS education.
Being interdisciplinary: a look into the background and experiences of iSchool faculty members by Lili Luo LIBRES Volume 23, Issue 2 (September 2013)
This study deepens the understanding of how faculty members work across disciplines in their teaching and research, and yields insights on how to help them overcome challenges and employ effective strategies to accomplish their interdisciplinary objectives. Both educators and researchers can learn from this study how to successfully fuse different disciplines in the study of “information” and create an interdisciplinary environment that truly fosters collaborative research and education.
Detecting collaboration patterns among iSchools by linking scholarly communication to social networking at the macro and micro levels by So-Young Yu LIBRES Volume 23, Issue 2 (September 2013)
The analysis provided evidence of the current prominent collaborating bodies and their neighbors as proactive actors accelerating scholarly communication and social networking. The social networking pattern and institution-profiling pattern were significantly related at the micro level, and the co-authorship pattern was significantly related to the institution-profiling pattern at macro-level. Additionally, iSchools that actively elaborate social networking and scholarly communication at the micro or macro levels were identified and compared to determine whether iSchools that could bridge other iSchools and non-iSchools in both social networking and research. The significant interest in social networking revealed in this study was related to IT trends and higher education while the research interest in the iField was related to linking information science to society, technology, and culture.
LIBRES Editorial Board for this issue:
Kerry Smith (Editor-in-Chief)
Curtin University, Western Australia k.smith@curtin.edu.au
