Research synthesis and ILS Shared research problems, limited diffusion

1. Research synthesis and ILS Shared research problems, limited diffusion Laura Sheble 22 Nov 2013

2. ILS & research synthesis Information and library science (ILS) is a “meta-discipline,” a discipline that interfaces with the subject matter of other disciplines in ways that have value for society (Bates, 1999). This characteristic of ILS is especially important in the context of research synthesis methods (RSM), a family of methods that has altered practices in, and evaluation of research in medicine, public health, psychology, education, and other fields (Bastian, Glasziou, & Chalmers, 2010; Cooper & Hedges, 1994). Bates, M.J. (1999). The invisible substrate of information science. JASIS, 50(12), 1043-1050. Bastian, H., Glasziou, P., & Chalmers, I. (2010). Seventy-five trials and eleven systematic reviews a day: How will we ever keep up? PLoS Medicine, 7(9). Cooper, H., & Hedges, L.V. (1994). Handbook of research synthesis and meta-analysis. NY: Russell Sage.

3. Intersection of ILS & research synthesis • USE research synthesis • CONTRIBUTE to research synthesis in OTHER FIELDS • RESEARCH TOPICS of ILS central to synthesis • IR • Scholarly communication • Literature fragmentation • Social, cognitive patterns, biases, evaluation • Writing & publishing practices • Access to literature, data (ownership, representation) • Availability, access over time (archives, curation of literature, data, study reports) • Information systems, infrastructure

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5. Number and locations of research synthesis publications ISLS

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12. Referenced Publications Citing Publications N publications = 5855 w/o Venkatesh et al. Diff = citing − cited