Influence of Funding on Advances in Librarianship

By: Nitecki and Abels

Throughout this volume, the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship is addressed from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives. A collection of chapters concentrate on a number of questions: Do the agendas of those agencies and foundations that fund research in the profession shape the topics of sponsored inquiry and methodologies used to gather evidence for research that advances libraries and librarianship?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848553722
• ISBN13: 9781848553729
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"