This is an area that definitely needs an overhaul. At my school--and
maybe at some others, I'm guessing--a one-semester research and
evaluation class takes the place of a master's thesis. At least one
paper gets published almost every semester, so I know it's not
impossible, but in general I think it's very difficult to come up with
a topic that is interesting, important, useful, and doable in one
semester. People I've spoken to who graduated 10 or more years ago
were not even required to take the research and evaluation class.
Can we take a quick straw poll here? How many of you who have an MLS
(or variations thereon) had to write a thesis, or, if it wasn't called
that, do a major research project? How long did you get to complete
it? Rather than clutter up the list, you can reply to me and I will
aggregate the results.
Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
Speaker-to-Computers
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:27 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ross Singer said:
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> "I guess the question that comes up in my mind again and again to this
> issue is, 'where are the library schools in all this'...Where is the research and the scholarship and the experimentation and the proofs-of-concept from the academy that can be applied to the real world environments?"
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> I thing Ross raises a DAMN good question here. Where ARE the LIS schools in this discussion??
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> Bernie Sloan
> Sora Associates
> Bloomington, IN
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Received on Thu Mar 12 2009 - 07:09:54 EDT