Research questions for the twenty-first century Harris, Lydia Eato
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,
20/May , Volume:
55, Issue:
7
Book Review, Journal Article
...an early system created by SDC entitled BOLD could display the abstracts for bibliographic records, but the abstracts were not searchable. Because of indexing limitations, some systems, like SDCs ...MICRO, provided expanded versions of bibliographic citations on micro- che next to their search terminals.The availability of online time for early systems was also problematic. ...the third research question also belongs to various experts in the information science community, especially those involved in informationseeking.Neumans essay summation provides a challenge to those in school librarianship. ...it seems clear that research that denes and explains the relationship of the eld to student learning and achievement in a modern, information-rich culture is the most important research to be undertaken by the elds researchers in the coming decade (p. 519). ...there are challenges in using quantitative or qualitative methodologies for outcomes assessment, either producing an incomplete picture of the true impact of library services/resources.One of the major strengths of this article lies in the discussion of the complexity of the library service environment with regard to networked services. ...the essay does not focus on public vs. academic libraries, or children vs. adult services.
