Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith

Work undertaken by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Research Committee for the Australian Research Council‘s (ARC) Excellence in Research (ERA) initiative revealed a commitment by Australian library and information studies (LIS) academics to undertake serious research for th...

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Main Author:	Smith, Kerry
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Library Science. Information Science
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spelling	my.uitm.ir.39352019-06-21T02:35:12Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3935/ Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith Smith, Kerry Library Science. Information Science Work undertaken by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Research Committee for the Australian Research Council‘s (ARC) Excellence in Research (ERA) initiative revealed a commitment by Australian library and information studies (LIS) academics to undertake serious research for the profession in Australia, a necessity in order to survive in the current Australian research and university policy climate. Yet on a world scale, LIS research being undertaken by research academics and students in the Australian LIS context is not extensive. The paper describes the current context of research activity in Australian universities and outlines the ALIA ERA experience, the final outcome of which was, in the eyes of many, unfavourable to Australian LIS research community. It concludes by addressing the question: Is there room for optimism? 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3935/1/K_KERRY%20SMITH%20A-LIEP%20IM%2011.pdf Smith, Kerry (2011) Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith. In: Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference On Library & Information Education & Practice 2011 (A-LIEP2011), 22-24 June 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
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description	Work undertaken by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Research Committee for the Australian Research Council‘s (ARC) Excellence in Research (ERA) initiative revealed a commitment by Australian library and information studies (LIS) academics to undertake serious research for the profession in Australia, a necessity in order to survive in the current Australian research and university policy climate. Yet on a world scale, LIS research being undertaken by research academics and students in the Australian LIS context is not extensive. The paper describes the current context of research activity in Australian universities and outlines the ALIA ERA experience, the final outcome of which was, in the eyes of many, unfavourable to Australian LIS research community. It concludes by addressing the question: Is there room for optimism?
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title	Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith
title_short	Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith
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title_fullStr	Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith
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Why Think? Just Do: The Dawn of a New Era in Australia and Implications for Australian LIS Research / Kerry Smith

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