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Transdisciplinarity Revealed: What Librarians Need to Know [Minkštas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x150x13 mm, weight: 380 g, 1 Paperback / softback
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Apr-2017
  • Leidėjas: Libraries Unlimited Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1440843473
  • ISBN-13: 9781440843471
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x150x13 mm, weight: 380 g, 1 Paperback / softback
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Apr-2017
  • Leidėjas: Libraries Unlimited Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1440843473
  • ISBN-13: 9781440843471
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
An invaluable book on the emergent field of transdisciplinarity that explains how it applies to library service and collections conceptually and identifies practical strategies for supporting transdisciplinary research conducted by faculty and students.

Transdisciplinarity Revealed: What Librarians Need to Know supplies pragmatic advice for academic librarians on working with faculty and students to promote the skills necessary for successful transdisciplinary research. It shows how to overcome the obstacles created by the ways that libraries have traditionally organized information in subject silos, offering librarians conceptual and practical guidance on transdisciplinarity. This information will enable them to support research that transcends disciplinary limits to help researchers answer the complex questions of our world today.

Part I provides an overview of the emergent field of transdisciplinarity that introduces readers to all key concepts and issues. Part II explains how transdisciplinarity applies to library services and collections, explores new strategies for supporting transdisciplinary research conducted by faculty and students, and describes how librarians can better address the unique challenges of working in the transdisciplinary research environment. Readers will come away with a full understanding of the distinctions between the four modes of knowledge productiondisciplinary, multi-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinarityand apply this knowledge to benefit their patrons' research efforts.

Recenzijos

All academic libraries should consider adding this volume, in print or as an e-book, to their collections. * Technical Services Quarterly * Martin has done a wonderful job of breaking down the extremely interconnected topics of research and the various disciplines within which librarians work. . . . Transdisciplinarity Revealed offers strategies and helpful hints to those assigned the task of working with "all" the disciplines that happen to exist at an institution, whether educational, or professional. * VOYA * A timely resource. . . . Martin's book will stimulate interest and provide an excellent grounding in the principles and practice of transdisciplinary inquiry among scholars and practitioners alike; the audience for her treatise is broader than the professional readers she aims to reach. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. * Choice * This is an engaging and thought-provoking work. When viewed in the light of its intended purposeto illuminate the topic and identify gaps in the library science literatureit succeeds, unequivocally. For those heretofore unfamiliar with transdisciplinarity, it is an outstanding, and thorough, introduction to a topic that will continue to grow in importance for those in our profession. * College & Research Libraries * Filled with advice on how best to 'fill in the gaps"\' of a collection that has areas of concern, as well as warnings for those who are working with patrons and students on how not to overload the patrons (as well as themselves) with information, Transdisciplinarity Revealed offers strategies and helpful hints to those assigned the task of working with 'all' the disciplines that happen to exist at an institution, whether educational, or professional. * The Free Library * Overall, this is a very thought-provoking and timely book for academic librarians interested in and wanting to get involved and knowledgeable about the topic of transdisciplinarity. * ARBA *

Daugiau informacijos

An invaluable book on the emergent field of transdisciplinarity that explains how it applies to library service and collections conceptually and identifies practical strategies for supporting transdisciplinary research conducted by faculty and students.
Foreword ix
Alfonso Montuori
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
List of Acronyms
xxiii
Part One In Search of Unity: An Introduction to Transdisciplinarity
1(90)
Chapter 1 A Neologism with Ancient Roots: The Challenge of Defining Transdisciplinarity
3(6)
Chapter 2 Transdisciplinarity in Retrospect: Origins and Benchmark Events
9(8)
Chapter 3 Transdisciplinarity: An Elusive Concept
17(6)
Chapter 4 From Scientific Research to Societal Benefit: The Need for Transdisciplinarity
23(5)
Chapter 5 The Disciplinary Continuum: From Disciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity
28(19)
Chapter 6 Transdisciplinary Research as a Collaborative Enterprise: Promises and Challenges of Transdisciplinary Initiatives
47(13)
Chapter 7 Scholarly Communication in the Transdisciplinary Context: What Has Changed and What Has Remained the Same
60(11)
Chapter 8 Transdisciplinarity in Practice: Projects, Funding, and Evaluation Criteria
71(9)
Chapter 9 The Vision of a Transdisciplinary University
80(11)
Part Two A Natural Fit: Transdisciplinarity and Librarianship
91(64)
Chapter 10 Why Do Librarians Need to Know about Transdisciplinarity?
93(5)
Chapter 11 Envisioning a Universal Classification: Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge Organization
98(10)
Chapter 12 Filling Collection Gaps: Areas of Concern and Possible Solutions
108(6)
Chapter 13 Librarians as Boundary Intermediaries: Implications of Transdisciplinarity for Reference Services
114(13)
Chapter 14 The Process of Becoming: Reflections on Transdisciplinary Learning and Information Literacy Instruction
127(17)
Chapter 15 Becoming a Transdisciplinary Librarian: From Catching Up to Leading the Way
144(11)
Conclusion: Looking Ahead 155(2)
Appendix A Annotated Bibliography 157(8)
Appendix B Notable Theorists, Educators, and Advocates 165(4)
Glossary 169(4)
References 173(30)
Index 203
Victoria Martin is the scholarly communications librarian at Salisbury University Libraries in Maryland.