Czym jest czytanie? Intuicje i definicje

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (50) ◽  
pp. 16-35
Author(s):  
Magdalena Paul ◽  
Małgorzata Kisilowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Reading Behaviors ◽  
Reading Culture

The following text presents the detailed research carried out with the semantic field analysis method to find out how the respondents understand the word “reading” and related terms. The main objective of the research project “Changes in Reading Culture in Poland in the Context of Dissemination of E-texts and Devices Allowing to Use Them’’ was not to perform a quantitative analysis of the reading behaviors of the Poles, but to explore the qualitative impact of the widespread presence and availability of texts (varying in terms of size, nature or length) based on the choices and preferences of the respondents. The results were discussed in the context of the definitions of reading in the area of library and Information Science and Social Sciences.

scholarly journals Still Minding the Gap? Reflecting on Transitions between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bawden ◽  
Lyn Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
Complementary Nature ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Multiple Meanings

This conceptual paper, a contribution to the tenth anniversary Special Issue of Information, gives a cross-disciplinary review of general and unified theories of information. A selective literature review is used to update a 2013 article on bridging the gaps between conceptions of information in different domains, including material from the physical and biological sciences, from the humanities and social sciences including library and information science, and from philosophy. A variety of approaches and theories are reviewed, including those of Brenner, Brier, Burgin and Wu, Capurro, Cárdenas-García and Ireland, Hidalgo, Hofkirchner, Kolchinsky and Wolpert, Floridi, Mingers and Standing, Popper, and Stonier. The gaps between disciplinary views of information remain, although there has been progress, and increasing interest, in bridging them. The solution is likely to be either a general theory of sufficient flexibility to cope with multiple meanings of information, or multiple and distinct theories for different domains, but with a complementary nature, and ideally boundary spanning concepts.

Doctoral Theses Awarded in Library and Information Science in India during 2010-2014: A Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Ramesh K Pandita ◽  
Shivendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
State Level ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations

The study presents an overview of the doctoral dissertations awarded in the subject discipline of Library and Information Science in India during 2010 to 2014. Some of the key areas analysed include, year wise overview of the doctoral degrees awarded and their growth on an annual basis. The study also focuses on the popularity of the subject at the state level and in universities across the country. From data analysis, it emerged that 177 doctoral degrees were awarded in Library and Information Science in India during 2010-2014. Of the total doctoral theses awarded in Social Sciences in India during the period of study, a meager 3.05 per cent were awarded in the Library and Information Science. A total of 43 unique institutes and 17 states were identified which awarded doctoral degrees across India at an average of 4.11 and 10.41 degrees each, respectively. Gujarat emerged the most popular state by awarding the maximum 16.38 per cent doctoral degrees and at the institutional level, Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Marathwada emerged the leading institute with 9.60 per cent of the total doctoral degrees. There is a steady decline in the award of doctoral degrees in India, besides the institutions also do not show any consistency in undertaking doctoral research in LIS in India.

Is Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Academia an Elusive Dream?

2017 ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Linda L. Lillard
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Simple Rules ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaborations ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Definition Of

A description of how interdisciplinary collaboration can take place is presented to frame this chapter on the risks and barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration. Beginning with a working definition of interdisciplinary collaboration, defined as jointly co-authoring a paper, academic project, or grant with somebody from another discipline or jointly creating a program that contains courses from the joint collaborators' disciplines, this chapter reviews recommendations for creating and supporting successful interdisciplinary collaborations. Included are ten simple rules for successful cross-disciplinary collaborations put together by a group of researchers in the sciences, who more often participate in interdisciplinary collaborations than do their counterparts in the humanities and social sciences. The chapter closes with the case of issues with interdisciplinary collaboration in library and information science, an area that is truly interdisciplinary, yet often becomes the object of turf battles with other academic areas. This case provides a true-life look at just how attempts at interdisciplinary collaboration that should work, can easily backfire.

Institutional repositories: a bibliometric study of the social sciences citation index (SSCI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Ping Liao ◽  
Tsu-Jui Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prolific Authors ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

Purpose This paper aims to provide a bibliometric study of journal articles related to institutional repositories in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) between January 1993 and August 2017. This study will provide researchers with a foundation for further research. Design/methodology/approach In this study, articles published were analyzed; titles were searched using the term “institutional repositories.” The data were evaluated in response to four research questions on the following topics: publication trends, prolific authors, core journals and times cited. Findings The results indicate that 124 articles on institutional repositories were authored by 223 individuals. These articles were cited 722 times in 37 journals, and the h-index provided by the Web of Science was 14. Research limitations/implications This study only investigated articles titled with institutional repositories in the SSCI. Other items were not included. Practical implications This study shows that the implementation of institutional repositories has been limited to library and information science. If they can be used broadly in different disciplines, a better outcome can be expected. Social implications Based on the findings, the growth of institutional repositories as an academic subject is likely to continue. If such discussions can be conducted in other disciplines, institutional repositories may be able to provide a more promising outcome to academia. Originality/value This paper is valuable for researchers who wish to examine the trends of institutional repositories in the SSCI and seek possible areas for further research.

Skills in the market: an analysis of skills and qualifications for American librarians

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michalis Gerolimos ◽  
Afrodite Malliari ◽  
Pavlos Iakovidis
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
American Academic

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to create a profile of the modern American academic librarian through the content analysis method of job advertisements. Design/methodology/approach – One hundred thirty-four advertisements were analyzed in various ways, e.g. salary, skills, qualifications, duties, followed by a multivariate analysis. Findings – Most significant findings include the importance of communication skills for all academic librarians, the significance of the Library and Information Science (LIS) degree and that applicants should expect a salary of $40,000-60,000. Originality/value – This paper builds on the previous studies in the field to verify that communication skills are among the most, if not the most, desired skills for a modern librarian, and that an LIS degree is still an asset.

scholarly journals Information Literacy of Polish Students in Social Sciences and Humanities

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1(111)) ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Ewa Głowacka ◽  
Małgorzata Kisilowska ◽  
Magdalena Paul
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Field Approach ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Information Retrieval Evaluation ◽  
Life Phase ◽  
Information Competencies

PURPOSE/THESIS: The aim was to study information competencies of Polish students of library and information science (LIS), history and journalism with two aspects taken into consideration: students' belief regarding the importance (BIM) of a set of core information competencies, and their self-efficacy (SE) in this field. APPROACH/METHODS: The IL-HUMASS questionnaire, slightly modified, was used. It consists of 26 information literacy aspects divided into four areas: information retrieval, evaluation and processing, and communication skills. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The results reveal, on one hand, some common attitudes apparently associated with students' current life phase. On the other hand, some differences emerged that can be connected with the field and character of the study. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The results enable a preliminary evaluation of information literacy of the students in different study fields, as well as the comparison of their attitudes and skills to those of the respondents of similar foreign projects.

scholarly journals Forecasting the future of library and information science and its sub-fields

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehra Taşkın
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Number Of Publications

AbstractForecasting is one of the methods applied in many studies in the library and information science (LIS) field for numerous purposes, from making predictions of the next Nobel laureates to potential technological developments. This study sought to draw a picture for the future of the LIS field and its sub-fields by analysing 97 years of publication and citation patterns. The core Web of Science indexes were used as the data source, and 123,742 articles were examined in-depth for time series analysis. The social network analysis method was used for sub-field classification. The field was divided into four sub-fields: (1) librarianship and law librarianship, (2) health information in LIS, (3) scientometrics and information retrieval and (4) management and information systems. The results of the study show that the LIS sub-fields are completely different from each other in terms of their publication and citation patterns, and all the sub-fields have different dynamics. Furthermore, the number of publications, references and citations will increase significantly in the future. It is expected that more scholars will work together. The future subjects of the LIS field show astonishing diversity from fake news to predatory journals, open government, e-learning and electronic health records. However, the findings prove that publish or perish culture will shape the field. Therefore, it is important to go beyond numbers. It can only be achieved by understanding publication and citation patterns of the field and developing research policies accordingly.

A study on statistical methods used in six journals of library and information science

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Yuehua Zhao ◽  
Yanyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Method ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Statistical Methodology ◽  
Growth Trend ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – Quantitative methods, especially statistical methods, play an increasingly important role in research of library and information science (LIS). For different journals, the uses of statistical methods vary substantially due to different journal scopes and aims. The purpose of this paper is to explore the characteristics of statistical methodology uses in six major scholarly journals in LIS. Design/methodology/approach – Research papers that used statistical methods from the six major journals were selected and investigated. Content analysis method, descriptive statistical analysis method, and temporal analysis method were used to compare and analyze statistical method uses in research papers of the investigated journals. Findings – The findings of this study show that there was a clear growth trend of statistical method uses in five of the investigated journals; statistical methods were used most in The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology and Information Processing & Management; and the top three most frequently used statistical methods were t-test, ANOVA test, and χ2-test. Originality/value – The findings can be used to better understand the application areas, patterns, and trends of statistical methods among the investigated journals and their statistical methodology orientations in research studies of LIS.

scholarly journals Doctoral Theses Awarded in Library and Information Science in India during 2010-2014: A Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Ramesh K Pandita ◽  
Shivendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
State Level ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations

The study presents an overview of the doctoral dissertations awarded in the subject discipline of Library and Information Science in India during 2010 to 2014. Some of the key areas analysed include, year wise overview of the doctoral degrees awarded and their growth on an annual basis. The study also focuses on the popularity of the subject at the state level and in universities across the country. From data analysis, it emerged that 177 doctoral degrees were awarded in Library and Information Science in India during 2010-2014. Of the total doctoral theses awarded in Social Sciences in India during the period of study, a meager 3.05 per cent were awarded in the Library and Information Science. A total of 43 unique institutes and 17 states were identified which awarded doctoral degrees across India at an average of 4.11 and 10.41 degrees each, respectively. Gujarat emerged the most popular state by awarding the maximum 16.38 per cent doctoral degrees and at the institutional level, Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Marathwada emerged the leading institute with 9.60 per cent of the total doctoral degrees. There is a steady decline in the award of doctoral degrees in India, besides the institutions also do not show any consistency in undertaking doctoral research in LIS in India.

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