TY - JOUR
T1 - Australian PhDs by LIS educators, researchers and practitioners
T2 - Depicting diversity and demise
AU - Macauley, Peter
AU - Evans, Terry
AU - Pearson, Margot
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - Analyses of more than 73,000 PhD thesis records in a comprehensive database of bibliographic records from all Australian universities from 1948 to 2006 demonstrate that PhDs on LIS-related topics reveal not only diversity of content, but also the diverse nature of the researcher's academic disciplines. This diversity includes researchers from within and outside LIS who bring to LIS-or take away-a variety of methods, approaches, theories and understandings. With 27 of Australia's 39 universities having produced LIS-related PhD graduates, the distribution through the Australian university system is evident and emphasizes the transferability of skills and knowledge which graduates bring to their work. It is possible that the diversity of researcher's disciplines, combined with the dangerously low numbers of LIS graduations, may also threaten the future of LIS research and education in Australia. Based on the findings of this study, the sustainability of LIS research and research training for the next generation in Australia is under threat.
AB - Analyses of more than 73,000 PhD thesis records in a comprehensive database of bibliographic records from all Australian universities from 1948 to 2006 demonstrate that PhDs on LIS-related topics reveal not only diversity of content, but also the diverse nature of the researcher's academic disciplines. This diversity includes researchers from within and outside LIS who bring to LIS-or take away-a variety of methods, approaches, theories and understandings. With 27 of Australia's 39 universities having produced LIS-related PhD graduates, the distribution through the Australian university system is evident and emphasizes the transferability of skills and knowledge which graduates bring to their work. It is possible that the diversity of researcher's disciplines, combined with the dangerously low numbers of LIS graduations, may also threaten the future of LIS research and education in Australia. Based on the findings of this study, the sustainability of LIS research and research training for the next generation in Australia is under threat.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956263598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.lisr.2010.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.lisr.2010.07.007
M3 - Article
SN - 0740-8188
VL - 32
SP - 258
EP - 264
JO - Library and Information Science Research
JF - Library and Information Science Research
IS - 4
ER -