Research Article (Preprint): “Canadian Publications in Library and Information Science: A Database of Research by LIS Academics and Practitioners in Canada”

The article (preprint) linked to below was recently shared on arXiv.

Title

Canadian Publications in Library and Information Science: A Database of Research by LIS academics and practitioners in Canada

Authors

Jean-Sébastien Sauvé
Université de Montréal

Madelaine Hare
University of Ottawa

Geoff Krause
Dalhousie University

Constance Poitras
Université de Montréal

Poppy Riddle
Dalhousie University

Philippe Mongeon
Dalhousie University
Université du Québec à Montréal

Source

via arXiv
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.05815

Abstract

The aim of the Canadian publications in Library and Information Science (LIS) database is to help break down the silos in which the two main target audiences – LIS faculty members and academic librarians – conduct their research. As part of a larger project entitled “Breaking down research silos”, we created a database of research contributions by Canadian LIS researchers (academics and practitioners). This was motivated by a desire to make research by Canadian LIS scholars and practitioners more visible and foster collaboration between these two groups. The aim of this paper is to introduce the database, describe the process through which it was created, provide descriptive statistics of the database content, and highlight areas for future development.

The data set is available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14302591.

Direct to Full Text (preprint)
13 pages; PDF.

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