The aim of the Canadian publications in Library and Information Science (LIS) database is to help break down the silos in which the two main target audiences - LIS faculty members and academic librarians - conduct their research. As part of a larger project entitled "Breaking down research silos", we created a database of research contributions by Canadian LIS researchers (academics and practitioners). This was motivated by a desire to make research by Canadian LIS scholars and practitioners more visible and foster collaboration between these two groups. The aim of this paper is to introduce the database, describe the process through which it was created, provide descriptive statistics of the database content, and highlight areas for future development.
翻译:加拿大图书馆与信息科学(LIS)出版物数据库旨在打破两大目标群体——LIS教研人员与学术图书馆员——在研究活动中形成的学科壁垒。作为"打破研究壁垒"大型项目的组成部分,我们创建了收录加拿大LIS研究者(学者与实践者)科研成果的专题数据库。该举措旨在提升加拿大LIS学者与实践者的研究能见度,并促进两类群体间的学术协作。本文旨在介绍该数据库的构建体系,阐述其创建流程,提供数据库内容的描述性统计,并展望未来发展方向。