During the first half of 2000 a pilot project on library and information science (LIS) journal quality was undertaken in the Asian region for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Round Table on Library and Information Science Journals (RTLISJ). It showed that a simple, but effective, methodology could be…

This paper presents a science/science education bibliography, to assist science educationalists interested in Papua New Guinea. 392 articles were reviewed. The bibliography was then categorised in a number of ways to indicate patterns of research productivity in various areas of science education, and at different levels of education. A…

Offers a rhetorical/ideological reading of the 1993 article "How to Get Published" by James W. Chesebro. Argues that the essay is a disciplinary manifesto advancing particular values of professional community as well as of research, revealing militantly conventionalizing aspects of the disciplinary community. Argues that these work against, not…

Discusses the logistics and pedagogical approach of a cell biology course devised at Emory University in Atlanta, GA for a class containing as many as 100 students. An important component of this course is the division of each class session into halves to allow for a 30-minute small-group presentation on a current research article. (AIM)

This review provides a summary of the feature and research content published in "School Library Media Quarterly" since 1972 to provide a description of the major research interests reflected by those who have published. The institutions and professional roles represented by the authors are also summarized. Results outlined in four…

Using the "Arts & Humanities Citation Index" and the "Social Sciences Citation Index," a citation analysis of 116 monographs in the humanities and social sciences published between 1973-90 found that scholarly monographs have greater impact than articles; that each discipline has a core group of monographs; and that a…

Reports on a study of evaluation in research article abstracts across disciplines. Results show differences in the manifestation, number, and type of explicit evaluations in the abstracts belonging to different disciplines in the field of the humanities, social and natural sciences. Also revealed differences in the rhetorical structure of the…

Traces theoretical and methodological contributions this journal has made to the field of communication. Finds that the journal has matured both theoretically and methodologically: 59% of the articles in the first 24 years had a theory or model driving the research; the journal remains almost exclusively quantitative; and no single theory or…

Examines the strategies used to read science articles written in the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRD) format. Shows how three reader roles (those of the scientist, editor, and reviewer) influence reading strategies. Discusses implications for the understanding of the function and development of the research article and for…

Undertakes a comprehensive review of research in technology and literacy from 1986 to 1996, examining trends in the amount of research as well as in salient patterns and foci of the research. Discusses findings in terms of number of pages, literacy type, technology type, subject population, special population characteristics, problem, platform,…

This study is the third in a series that examines measures of productivity applied to faculty in Library and Information Science (LIS) programs accredited by the American Library Association. Data from 1993-98 are analyzed according to individual and program productivity and tables list rankings according to journal citations and articles.…

Discusses the need for the design of new user interfaces for digital libraries and describes SenseMaker, a user-centered interface for information retrieval in a heterogeneous digital library. Topics include iterative bundling of articles and citations; evaluation results; increasing fluidity between browsing and searching; and filtering.…

A review of 197 articles on special education technology research and practice found a core set of four journals contributed 55 percent of the relevant articles. Analysis of the articles revealed several themes: augmentative and alternative communication, accessibility, assistive technology, implementation issues, Internet applications, preservice…

Discusses the work of children's author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg and includes an annotated bibliography of his works, including books, audiocassettes, videocassettes, and CD-ROM. Also lists sources of biographical information including books, journal articles, and Web sites. (LRW)

Describes the design and implementation of a system for creating highlight abstracts to select relevant online magazine articles. Explains parsing texts based on text grammar and extracting sentences and statements that are relevant for inclusion in the abstract; and discusses knowledge representation and the importance of discourse structures in…