Resource directories & repositories
The entries on this page represent links to substantive LIS resources – generally databases, link directories and journal or article-based repositories. This page was last updated June 2012
CILIP Library & Information Research Group (LIRG)
Library and Information Research (LIR)
- LIRG open source journal, recording research outcomes.
- Last update: 2011 (issue 35(111))
- Proposed database, intended to act as a starting point for research and current awareness. Planned contents include: Bibliographic databases, Research listings, Journals, Organisations’ websites, Resource portals, Mailing and discussion lists, Conferences and Writing Resources
- LIR journal article about original database can be seen here: Establishing the context for your research project
- Last update: June 2011
- Directory on a Zoho database
- Researchers & projects: 247 projects listed but lacks project dates and status
- Last update: 2010
Digital archives
Digital library of Information Science Technology (dLIST)
- Repository (DSpace) of LIS research papers
- Established in 2002, DLIST is a cross-institutional, subject-based, open access digital archive for the Information Sciences, including Archives and Records Management, Library and Information Science, Information Systems, Museum Informatics, and other critical information infrastructures.
- Contains over 16000 papers. Folksonomy based – no obvious curation of tags (3000 subjects)
- Last update: June 2012
E-LIS (E-Prints in LIS)
- Repository (DSpace) of LIS research papers
- Formed in 2003, this is a repository of documents in the Library and Information Science (LIS) domain. Contains over 13000 papers
- Last update: June 2012
Journal repositories
Evidence Based Library and Information Journal (EBLIP)
- LIS research papers
- EBLIP is an open access, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Learning Services and supported by an international team of editorial advisors. The purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice.
- EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a wide number of topics
- Contact: Alison Brettle
- Last update: 2012 (Issue 7(212))
Directories
- Wiki directory
- This wiki gathers information about publications that LIS professionals might want to write for — whether they want to reach their colleagues or their communities.
- All editors, publishers, and LIS professionals are welcome to contribute to the publication profiles
- Last update: June 2012
- Directory of information resources and research methods
- Maintained by Juliet Drennan, Simmons College, Massachusetts. Formerly maintained by Tom Wilson
- Last update: 2008 (?)
