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Trends in LIS Research. Most downloaded LISR articles, Jan-July 2008. The gap between theory and practice: A study of the prevalence and strength of patron confidentiality policies in public and academic libraries
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Most downloaded LISR articles, Jan-July 2008 • The gap between theory and practice: A study of the prevalence and strength of patron confidentiality policies in public and academic libraries • Attaining information literacy: An investigation of the relationship between skill level, self-estimates of skill, and library anxiety
Most downloaded LISR articles, Jan-July 2008, cont’d • Reference library service in a digital environment • Social software as support in hybrid learning environments: The value of the blog as a tool for reflective learning and peer support • People, places, and questions: An investigation of the everyday life information-seeking behaviors of urban young adults
LIS literature suggests a research agenda • “research agenda” as a key word search
Research Methods continue to evolve in LIS • “research methods” as title keyword • IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Milan 2009 • Focus: library statistics as tools for advocacy and strategic decision making
Information Needs, Seeking, and Behavior • Models • Perspectives • Uses and gratifications • Sense-making • Constructionism • Play Theory • Principle of Least Effort
Research by Occupation • Scientists and engineers • Social scientists • Humanities scholars • Health Care Providers • Managers • Journalists • Lawyers
Research by social role and demographic group • Citizen or Voter • Consumer • Patient • Gatekeeper • Students • Age • Race and Ethno-linguistic Minorities • Gender • Other
Research by behavior and cognition • Belkin’s Anomalous States of Knowledge • Chatman’s Life in the Round • Bates’ Berrypicking • Communities of Practice • Imposed query • Information Grounds (Fisher) • Serious leisure
Research on information systems and information retreival • Probabilistic Passage Models for Semantic Search of Genomics Literature • The Citation Advantage of Open-Access Articles • Information Organization and Retrieval Using a Topic Maps-Based Ontology: Results of a Task-Based Evaluation
Research on Evaluation • “evaluation” as a title keyword