Type of Credit: Required
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The contents include:
1. A historical overview of the nature, environment and evolution structure of library, information science and librarianship;
2. The relevance of historical study to fundamental and continuing problems of the LIS, despite the technological and organizational developments that have occurred over the centuries;
3. The social, political and technological factors and critical events that affected the LIS evolution;
4. The issues and problems addressed in the LIS research, including:
5. The characteristics and the structures of the LIS research, including:
能力項目說明
This course introduces students to the historical foundations of library, information science and librarianship and provides a basis for exploring more recent theoretical and experimental developments. The course offers students with the understanding of the major problems, developments and trends, mainly on the critical survey and discussion of current and classic research findings, in the LIS. The complex interactions of socio-cultural, technological and professional factors underlying the emergence and current status of LIS as a field of investigation and practice are also examined. The goals are to provide the students to:
1. Read broadly in the LIS, and is able to discuss issues and understand connections in the field, and is able to apply the LIS knowledge in a manner that is typical in scholarly work.
2. Establish a sufficient breadth and depth of knowledge in the LIS to pursue scholarly research, teaching, and practice.
3. Build up an ability for critical analysis of works and trends, stressing the approaches, theoretical frameworks and models, and methods used in the LIS and to conduct a reasonable scholarly analysis of the research literature, including:
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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1 |
Course description, assignments, readings, evaluation, etc. |
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2 |
Definition of research |
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3 |
Research of LIS |
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4 |
Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research of LIS |
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5 |
International and comparative research in LIS |
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6 |
Scholarly productivity of LIS |
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7 |
放假 |
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8 |
Research topics of LISGuest speech |
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9 |
Scholarly communication, OA |
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10 |
Research assessment and peer review |
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11 |
Citation analysis |
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12 |
Informetrics |
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13 |
Trends in academic and public libraries |
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14 |
Guest speech |
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15 |
自主總整學習 |
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16 |
自主總整學習 |
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17 |
Education and profession of LIS |
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18 |
Final project presentation |
1.Readings and notes (40%)
2.Final project (40%)
3.Discussion and class participation (20%).