Information science – facing social and ethical challenges

Prebor, Gila

doi:10.1108/14779960710837687

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“…Qualitative method through content analysis helped to identify and classify dissertations according to classification schemes. Similar methods have been used by many researchers such as Onyancha (2011, 2018), Rochester (2016), Zong et al (2013), Prebor (2007), Ngulube (2005), Sife and Lwoga (2014) and Ngulube (2015) in collecting and analysing data.…”

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Research trends and output among information studies postgraduate students in Tanzania, 2000–2017: A reflection of the University of Dar es Salaam

Elia

Ndenje-Sichalwe

2022

Information Development

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The study assessed the research pattern of postgraduate students in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) in Tanzania. Covering a span of 17 years, the study used content analysis to study and identify research areas postgraduate students studied. In all, 269 dissertations were evaluated for the 2000–2017 period. Most of the dissertations (n = 247; 92%) were for the Master's degree and the least (n = 22; 8%) for doctoral studies, with the majority of LIS graduates being male. The study findings show that user studies accounted for the most researched upon (n = 67; 24.9%) area by postgraduate students in Tanzania followed by information industry economics and management (n = 45;16.7%), information/learning society (n = 37;13.7%), diffusion studies (n = 36;13.3%) and finally, information technology (n = 32; 11.9%). The least covered research areas were methodology, information ethics and law. Implicitly, the students preferred user-studies centred research followed by technology. The study concludes no direct association between gender, level of education, year of study and students’ choice of research themes except for information technology. It is recommended that students ought to be exposed to new LIS global research trends for enhanced and broadened research areas to materialise.

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“…Prebor's (2007) study had investigated LIS trends for master's and doctoral dissertations worldwide. The study used ProQuest database to identify studies from Information Science in eight countries for the 2002–2006 period.…”

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Research trends and output among information studies postgraduate students in Tanzania, 2000–2017: A reflection of the University of Dar es Salaam

Elia

Ndenje-Sichalwe

2022

Information Development

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Usage frequency and application variety of research methods in library and information science: Continuous investigation from 1991 to 2021

Zhang,

Tian,

Chu

2023

Information Processing & Management

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Analysis of the interdisciplinary nature of library and information science

Prebor

2010

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Library and information science (LIS) is highly interdisciplinary by nature and is affected by the incessant evolution of technologies. A recent study surveying research trends in the years 2002—6 at various information science departments worldwide has found that a clear trend was identified in Masters theses and doctoral dissertations of social aspects of information moving into the spotlight. The study found that only a third of the research that was tagged on the ProQuest Digital Dissertations database under either or both ‘Library Science’ and ‘Information Science’ was actually conducted at LIS departments. The current study aims to examine the remaining two thirds of these papers, conducted in non-LIS departments. This will contribute toward our understanding of the field and its future development. The research findings indicate that there is a relatively clear division of research topics between the studies conducted in various information studies departments and those conducted in other departments that study information. The main difference found is the opposite foci of LIS and non-LIS studies. While LIS scholars focus on the information user, other fields, headed by business administration, computer science, education and communication, focus on the system, on information technology, the information industry and the management of information.

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Information science – facing social and ethical challenges

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Research trends and output among information studies postgraduate students in Tanzania, 2000–2017: A reflection of the University of Dar es Salaam

Research trends and output among information studies postgraduate students in Tanzania, 2000–2017: A reflection of the University of Dar es Salaam

Usage frequency and application variety of research methods in library and information science: Continuous investigation from 1991 to 2021

Analysis of the interdisciplinary nature of library and information science

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