Webinar: International Research in Library and Information Science

IFLA Library Theory and Research Section has organised, on 26 May 4pm-5.30pm UK time a webinar: International Research in Library and Information Science (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available) "This webinar will explore international and comparative research in Library and Information Science (LIS). Peter Lor (University of Pretoria, South Africa) ... will give an introductory talk to examine what is meant by international and comparative research in LIS, what can be learned from such research, and outline what special pitfalls and challenges are to be considered. The introduction will be followed by a panel of LIS journal editors discussing and evaluating the international and comparative LIS research submitted to their journals (Kendra Albright and Theo Bothma (Libri); Juan Daniel Machin Mastromatteo (Information Development); Steve Witt (IFLA Journal). The webinar will also include two presentations of international research by Anna Maria Tammaro (University of Parma, Italy) and Amy van Scoy (University at Buffalo, USA)." Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RiZ4D19BQtG1kap1rKjdLA

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