Research Progress of Evidence-based Science in Library and Information Science (LIS)

Subjects: Library Science，Information Science >> Library Science submitted time 2023-08-27 Cooperative journals: 《图书情报工作》

Bu Yumin Qu Jiansheng

Abstract： [Purpose/significance] The paper aims to learn about the progress of the studies on evidence-based science in library and information science (LIS) discipline from the literature content, with a focus on the major research themes and research directions in recent years, and the domestic and international research progress is compared.[Method/process] From the core collection of Web of Science and Chinese core journals from CNKI and Wanfang database, a search for the evidence-based science research in the field of LIS is performed. Utilizing content analysis method, the paper makes statistical analysis on the target literature from the year of publication and the subject area; then the paper puts its focus on the research theme analysis and hot topics in the past five years from two perspectives of interdisciplinary research, and the subject function of LIS and the objects.[Result/conclusion] Researches on evidence-based science in the field of LIS involve a number of subject areas including medicine, nursing and health care, policy science, information systems and education. The main research themes on evidence-based science in LIS are summarized into 10 categories in the end, of which "Services of LIS Institutions and Librarians' Professional Development" and "Evidence Sources and Its Access Methods or Technologies" are viewed as the core topics. China is relatively weak whether in terms of the breadth of subject areas and themes covered or the depth of research on each theme.

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