Comments on: Library and Information Science Doctoral Education: The Landscape from 1930-2007 by Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Terrell G. Russell and Sheryl Grant http://jelis.org/2009-volume-50/featured-research-article/ Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:33:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark Derulo http://jelis.org/2009-volume-50/featured-research-article/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Mark Derulo Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:59:17 +0000 http://jelis.org/?p=631#comment-576 I appreciate the amount of hardwork and research done in this post. It's not only well researched but the points that were gathered are very supportive and backed up with proofs/screenshots. - These findings I feel are going to be help a lot in the research on disciplinary trends of LIS. But nonetheless, I'll link my colleagues to this great article. Mark Derulo Wichita, KS I appreciate the amount of hardwork and research done in this post. It’s not only well researched but the points that were gathered are very supportive and backed up with proofs/screenshots. – These findings I feel are going to be help a lot in the research on disciplinary trends of LIS.

But nonetheless, I’ll link my colleagues to this great article.

Mark Derulo
Wichita, KS

]]> By: Sheri Edwards http://jelis.org/2009-volume-50/featured-research-article/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Sheri Edwards Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:06:40 +0000 http://jelis.org/?p=631#comment-24 Fascinating state-of-the-field article. It would also be interesting to explore and make comparisons between schools that are exclusively LIS and those in which an LIS school is incorporated in terms of why some schools grant fewer LIS doctoral degrees than do others, i.e. whether LIS exclusivity plays a role in the difference in the number of degrees granted. At any rate, WELL DONE, and very interesting and informative. Fascinating state-of-the-field article. It would also be interesting to explore and make comparisons between schools that are exclusively LIS and those in which an LIS school is incorporated in terms of why some schools grant fewer LIS doctoral degrees than do others, i.e. whether LIS exclusivity plays a role in the difference in the number of degrees granted. At any rate, WELL DONE, and very interesting and informative.

]]> By: Mega Subramaniam http://jelis.org/2009-volume-50/featured-research-article/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Mega Subramaniam Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:41:08 +0000 http://jelis.org/?p=631#comment-22 This is an excellent and well constructed research. I had the opportunity to listen to part of this research at the ALISE conference this year. I certainly believe that the findings of this research will likely to contribute to research on disciplinary trends of LIS. We see more and more evidence of LIS hiring people from other fields (computer science, humanities etc) and anecdotal evidence of our graduates being hired by other fields (communication, education, computer science etc). Andrew Abbott (2001) in his synthesis of evolution of the discipline of sociology demonstrates this evolution using the concept of fractals. He further distinguishes the mechanism that a discipline may evolve into – traditional differentiation, fractal differentiation, and fractal cycles. It is possible that the findings of this research could be used to identify which of this mechanism is happening in LIS. Referenced above: Abbott, A. (2001). The chaos of disciplines. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. This is an excellent and well constructed research. I had the opportunity to listen to part of this research at the ALISE conference this year. I certainly believe that the findings of this research will likely to contribute to research on disciplinary trends of LIS. We see more and more evidence of LIS hiring people from other fields (computer science, humanities etc) and anecdotal evidence of our graduates being hired by other fields (communication, education, computer science etc). Andrew Abbott (2001) in his synthesis of evolution of the discipline of sociology demonstrates this evolution using the concept of fractals. He further distinguishes the mechanism that a discipline may evolve into – traditional differentiation, fractal differentiation, and fractal cycles. It is possible that the findings of this research could be used to identify which of this mechanism is happening in LIS.
Referenced above: Abbott, A. (2001). The chaos of disciplines. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

]]> By: Ken Fleischmann http://jelis.org/2009-volume-50/featured-research-article/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Ken Fleischmann Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:11:03 +0000 http://jelis.org/?p=631#comment-20 This is a fascinating, well-researched, and well-written article that does a good job of summarizing the history and challenges of doctoral education in LIS. It would be interesting and useful to look at the faculty composition of ALA-accredited iSchools in comparison with other ALA-accredited schools. My guess would be that the trends of increasingly hiring outside of LIS proper and the growth of the iSchool movement are closely related. Also, it would be interesting to look at the other fields where our graduates are being hired -- placing some of our students outside of LIS can have positive impacts by expanding our reach and impact by transferring concepts and perspectives from our field to others. Thus, this article raises several interesting and important questions that are worthy of future study. This is a fascinating, well-researched, and well-written article that does a good job of summarizing the history and challenges of doctoral education in LIS. It would be interesting and useful to look at the faculty composition of ALA-accredited iSchools in comparison with other ALA-accredited schools. My guess would be that the trends of increasingly hiring outside of LIS proper and the growth of the iSchool movement are closely related. Also, it would be interesting to look at the other fields where our graduates are being hired — placing some of our students outside of LIS can have positive impacts by expanding our reach and impact by transferring concepts and perspectives from our field to others. Thus, this article raises several interesting and important questions that are worthy of future study.

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