PREFACE: INNOVATIONS IN LIBRARY PRACTICE AND INFORMATION RESEARCH

Research Priorities of Iranian Faculty Members and PhD Students in Medical Library and Information Science

Objective: The field of “medical library and information science” has a broad research platform due to its interdisciplinary nature. However, the lack of resources necessitates the attention to research priorities in this field. This study aims to identify the research priorities of Iranian faculty members and PhD students in medical library and information science. Methods: This is a descript...

Innovations in Pharmacy through Practice-Based Research

The overall purpose of this article is to serve as an invitation for submissions to the ‘Practice-Based Research’ section of INNOVATIONS in pharmacy. To provide background about this section of the journal, this paper describes: (1) the concept of innovations that we will apply, (2) the practice-based research domain, and (3) the use of practice-based research networks for this area of inquiry....

ISSUES AND INNOVATIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE Research information in nurses' clinical decision-making: what is useful?

Library and dissemination of health information

Purpose: The aim of this research is to determine the role of public and academic libraries in disseminating of health information and comparing of the two types of libraries with each other. Method: The research method is applied with descriptive-survey. The sample size was determined by using the Morgan table, 379 people. The questionnaires were distributed using Quotas sampling method. ...

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

Objective – To understand academic historians’ attitudes towards, and perceptions of, e-books for use in teaching and research. Design – Qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews using a grounded theory approach. Subjects – Ten faculty members in departments of history at academic institutions in Southwestern Ontario participated. Methods – Participants were recruited using flyers and e...