Of all forms of research that can be accepted as valuable investigations,bibliometrics is often thought to be one of the most accessible to the widest number of researchers.Qualitative methods like interviewing and et...Of all forms of research that can be accepted as valuable investigations,bibliometrics is often thought to be one of the most accessible to the widest number of researchers.Qualitative methods like interviewing and ethnography require extensive training,time,and often need ethical approval.Even basic quantitative methods like using questionnaires require significant drafting,mastery of language,and ethical review.Bibliometrics,being based on the analysis of publicly-available bibliographic data,does not have these requirements.Unlike with these other research approaches,where the top software(e.g.,SPSS,NVIVO)are expensive for researchers to afford.展开更多
This paper reviews literature pertaining to the development of data science as a discipline,current issues with data bias and ethics,and the role that the discipline of information science may play in addressing these...This paper reviews literature pertaining to the development of data science as a discipline,current issues with data bias and ethics,and the role that the discipline of information science may play in addressing these concerns.Information science research and researchers have much to offer for data science,owing to their background as transdisciplinary scholars who apply human-centered and social-behavioral perspectives to issues within natural science disciplines.Information science researchers have already contributed to a humanistic approach to data ethics within the literature and an emphasis on data science within information schools all but ensures that this literature will continue to grow in coming decades.This review article serves as a reference for the history,current progress,and potential future directions of data ethics research within the corpus of information science literature.展开更多
This study investigates the top authors,the most frequent keywords in selected top Chinese and international journals in academic librarian ship,and emergent themes by conducting network and cluster analysis.The resul...This study investigates the top authors,the most frequent keywords in selected top Chinese and international journals in academic librarian ship,and emergent themes by conducting network and cluster analysis.The results suggest that LIS researchers in China's Mainland were less active in publishing articles in international journals during the period examined.Chinese researchers fo cused more on reading promotion and new technology implementation in libraries,while international researchers discuss communications among diverse disciplines more.Drawing international subject librarians’practices could be an approach to transform Chinese academic libraries to cope with the library crisis by playing a role as a bridge among scholars from various disciplines.展开更多
文摘Of all forms of research that can be accepted as valuable investigations,bibliometrics is often thought to be one of the most accessible to the widest number of researchers.Qualitative methods like interviewing and ethnography require extensive training,time,and often need ethical approval.Even basic quantitative methods like using questionnaires require significant drafting,mastery of language,and ethical review.Bibliometrics,being based on the analysis of publicly-available bibliographic data,does not have these requirements.Unlike with these other research approaches,where the top software(e.g.,SPSS,NVIVO)are expensive for researchers to afford.
文摘This paper reviews literature pertaining to the development of data science as a discipline,current issues with data bias and ethics,and the role that the discipline of information science may play in addressing these concerns.Information science research and researchers have much to offer for data science,owing to their background as transdisciplinary scholars who apply human-centered and social-behavioral perspectives to issues within natural science disciplines.Information science researchers have already contributed to a humanistic approach to data ethics within the literature and an emphasis on data science within information schools all but ensures that this literature will continue to grow in coming decades.This review article serves as a reference for the history,current progress,and potential future directions of data ethics research within the corpus of information science literature.
文摘This study investigates the top authors,the most frequent keywords in selected top Chinese and international journals in academic librarian ship,and emergent themes by conducting network and cluster analysis.The results suggest that LIS researchers in China's Mainland were less active in publishing articles in international journals during the period examined.Chinese researchers fo cused more on reading promotion and new technology implementation in libraries,while international researchers discuss communications among diverse disciplines more.Drawing international subject librarians’practices could be an approach to transform Chinese academic libraries to cope with the library crisis by playing a role as a bridge among scholars from various disciplines.
