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Communicating Research (Library and Information Science)

Name: Communicating Research (Library and Information Science)
Author: A. J. Meadows
ISBN: 9780124874152

by A. J. Meadows

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Overview

Communicating Research explores how changing technologies affect academic research practices. The book begins with the rise of electronic media and fundamental changes in the dissemination of research. It then outlines the problems and concerns of researchers, librarians, and publishers: inadequacies of copyright laws, the rise of interlibrary loan practices, and the unchecked broadcast of working papers. These problems lead to a discussion of research practices across scholarly disciplines and an investigation of the biases and intentions of practitioners. The book includes historical data and observations on the current scene in order to make predications about the future.
Communicating Research draws conclusions about the ways that differing norms, such as the differences in the ways chemists and sociologists conduct, write, and publish their research, affect publication trends. The book also looks closely at the efficiency of publication strategies and their effectiveness in reaching the researchers' targeted audiences. Meadows uses two avenues to explore the communication of research findings. One is the medium used to convey the message; the other is the needs of the research community. He offers a solid base of analysis for understanding researchers, their biases, their assumptions about the communication, and the publishers.

Audience: Graduate students, librarians, and others working in information, library, and publishing studies.

About the Author, A. J. Meadows

Professor Meadows has been a Professor of Library and Information Studies since 1986 and Dean of Education and Humanities since 1991 at Loughborough University.

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Determining how best to meet the communication needs of researchers in a rapidly changing technological, cost conscious environment is the task that Meadows (information and library studies, Loughborough U., UK) pursues. The author examines the different research traditions, motivations, information diffusion channels, and resources for finding out about research since the 17th century advent of the first research journal. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.