Abstract
This research paper reviews published library science literature from 2008 through 2012 using a purposive sample of 13 Library and Information Science (LIS) journals. The texts of 1,778 LIS articles were analyzed and classified as research versus non-research. Of these articles, 769 (43.1%) determined as research were examined in order to collect data on numerous variables including authorship, topic, type of research, data collection, and data analysis techniques. The selected LIS journals draw a representative sample of practitioner research with 438 (57%) research articles solely written by practitioners, 110 (14.3%) research articles written collaboratively by at least one practitioner and one academic. The overall authorship pattern was widely multi-authored with 64.5% of the research articles written by two or more authors. It is hoped that the results of this investigation will provide insight for more extensive collaborative librarianship research in the future.
Recommended Citation
Aytac, Selenay and Slutsky, Bruce
(2014)
"Published Librarian Research, 2008 through 2012: Analyses and Perspectives,"
Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 6:
Iss.
4, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol6/iss4/6