id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14685 Hernon, Peter Guest Editorial: LIS Extends to the Research Frontier 1992-01-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 1838 109 51 We might: • review research-based books produced in other professions and disciplines, noting the omission of important LIS procedural studies and coverage of the types of evaluations encountered in complex organizations, such as libraries and information centers; • conduct procedural and other types of research with investigators from other professions and disciplines, thereby altering the self-contained paradigm noted by Gatten; • expect more LIS faculty directing doc- toral students, and the students them- selves, to be well versed and experienced in the conduct of different types of re- search and the use of various theoret- ical frameworks; • offer special awards and prizes for such research; and • attend sessions of professional associ- ations in which researchers present procedural studies. LIS re- search-oriented journals, as well as funding organizations, ought to be sup- portive of such research. cache/crl-14685.pdf txt/crl-14685.txt