Determination of Subject Coverage of the Research Priorities of Library and Information Science

پژوهشنامه کتابداری و اطلاع رسانی

Article 9, Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8, March 2014, Pages 169-182   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/riis.v4i1.17636

Authors

Ali Sharafi; Hamzehali nourmohammadi^*

university of shahed

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the subject coverage of research priorities in the field of library and information science.
Methodology: This study was a descriptive survey along with content analysis approach. Statistical population comprised 364 research priorities which were collected from various sites of organizations. Data were collected by checklists and were analyzed by the Excel software.
Findings: Findings showed that topics of library science and information retrieval had the top research priority. Howerver, issues such as the information industry, bibliometrics, print and electronic resources, information management, classification, scientific communications and electronic publishing had the lowest priorities . This paper concluded that research priorities in the field of Library and Information Science had a wide coverage.

Keywords

Research priorities; Library and Information Science

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