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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777943403321

Titolo

Influence of funding on advances in librarianship [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Danuta A. Nitecki, Eileen G. Abels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, : Emerald Group Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-280-77129-1

9786613682062

1-84855-373-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Advances in librarianship, , 0065-2830 ; ; v. 31

Altri autori (Persone)

NiteckiDanuta A

AbelsEileen G

Disciplina

025.00285

Soggetti

Library science

Information science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Federal support for library and information science research / Trudi Bellardo Hahn -- Alternative funding for public libraries : trends, sources, and the heated arguments that surround it / Denise E. Agosto -- From foundation to federal funding : the impact of grants on education for library and information science / Linda C. Smith -- The development and impact of digital library funding in the United States / Jeffrey Pomerantz, Songphan Choemprayong, Lori Eakin -- A review of research related to management of corporate libraries / James M. Matarazzo, Toby Pearlstein.

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout this volume, the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship is addressed from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives. A collection of chapters concentrate on a number of questions: Do the agendas of those agencies and foundations that fund research in the profession shape the topics of sponsored inquiry and methodologies used to gather evidence for research that advances libraries and librarianship? What are the trends in the questions funded, in the areas of librarianship supported, and perhaps of greatest interest, in the impact funders have made on our understanding of libraries, librarianship, and solving



problems that face them? The traditions of 'Advances in Librarianship' offer an appropriate forum to explore these questions through a collection of in depth reviews of the literature and practice.