Lesson 1: Library & Information Science As a Discipline

This lesson will help place your research agendaResearch agenda An iterative document or statement that provides a roadmap to your short and long term topics and ideas you’d like to research. in the context of the relevant discipline by better understanding your field’s body of literature.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

  • Recognize the disciplinary characteristics of Library and Information ScienceLibrary and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings. (LISLibrary and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings.) research
  • Identify publishing venues with a relevant aim and scope to your research interest(s)
  • Apply strategies that enable efficient and effective reading of professional literature
  • Define various research outputs and publication methods for distributing and discovering research

Lesson originally created by Kirsten Hostetler.

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