TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping the dimensions of a dynamic field
AU - Haythornthwaite, Caroline
AU - Bowker, Geoffrey
AU - Jenkins, Christine
AU - Rayward, W. Boyd
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) program at University of Illinois is designed to prepare students to be researchers and teachers in library and information science (LIS). Students' interests cover a wide range of topics, but each must complete a comprehensive examination that covers the breadth of the field of LIS. This article defines a reading list for this examination that provides a common grounding irrespective of the focus of students' individual interests in LIS, and a theoretical base that will prepare them to deal with issues in the future.
AB - The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) program at University of Illinois is designed to prepare students to be researchers and teachers in library and information science (LIS). Students' interests cover a wide range of topics, but each must complete a comprehensive examination that covers the breadth of the field of LIS. This article defines a reading list for this examination that provides a common grounding irrespective of the focus of students' individual interests in LIS, and a theoretical base that will prepare them to deal with issues in the future.
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:12<1092::AID-ASI8>3.0.CO;2-A
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:12<1092::AID-ASI8>3.0.CO;2-A
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033344026
SN - 0002-8231
VL - 50
SP - 1092
EP - 1094
JO - Journal of the American Society for Information Science
JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science
IS - 12
ER -