Journals and the Shaping of Disciplinary Knowledge.
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| author | Budd, John M. |
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| contents | Journals and the Shaping of Disciplinary Knowledge. Budd, John M. Authors Citation Analysis Citations (References) Information Science Journal Articles Libraries Scholarly Communication Scholarly Journals This paper addresses two key issues related to the disciplinary role of journals in library and information science (LIS). The first issue is the nature of knowledge as communicated through public mechanisms such as journals. The second issue is the set of attributes that characterizes a portion of the content of LIS journals. In order to complete this examination, a group of LIS journals with an explicitly international focus were examined. The central purpose of the study was two-fold: describing some characteristics of the authors of journal articles in LIS; and studying citations within journal articles to determine apparent epistemic links between the articles' content and the cited works. Results indicate that there are no gross gender-related or geocentric tendencies. An openness to various standpoints is also indicated. It is concluded that LIS journals fulfill important knowledge-based responsibilities for the members of the profession. (Contains 13 references and 1 table.) (MES) |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2001 |
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| spellingShingle | Journals and the Shaping of Disciplinary Knowledge. Budd, John M. Authors Citation Analysis Citations (References) Information Science Journal Articles Libraries Scholarly Communication Scholarly Journals Journals and the Shaping of Disciplinary Knowledge. Budd, John M. Authors Citation Analysis Citations (References) Information Science Journal Articles Libraries Scholarly Communication Scholarly Journals This paper addresses two key issues related to the disciplinary role of journals in library and information science (LIS). The first issue is the nature of knowledge as communicated through public mechanisms such as journals. The second issue is the set of attributes that characterizes a portion of the content of LIS journals. In order to complete this examination, a group of LIS journals with an explicitly international focus were examined. The central purpose of the study was two-fold: describing some characteristics of the authors of journal articles in LIS; and studying citations within journal articles to determine apparent epistemic links between the articles' content and the cited works. Results indicate that there are no gross gender-related or geocentric tendencies. An openness to various standpoints is also indicated. It is concluded that LIS journals fulfill important knowledge-based responsibilities for the members of the profession. (Contains 13 references and 1 table.) (MES) |
| title | Journals and the Shaping of Disciplinary Knowledge. |
| topic | Authors Citation Analysis Citations (References) Information Science Journal Articles Libraries Scholarly Communication Scholarly Journals |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED459718 |