Evaluation:
Studies that describe the systematic assessment of the worth of some
object, activity, resource, or service. Evaluation studies take place
given
a local context, the library or information center, and a specific
service or resource.
Historical Research:
Studies related to recorded human communication, such as books, laws,
websites, advertisements, articles, art, music etc. Employs
research techniques for making replicable and valid inferences from
texts. These papers will typically explore some aspect of the
profession, libraries, or information science given a certain time
period or periods.
Innovation/Implementation:
Reports related to the innovation of existing programs, services or
systems or related to the implementation of a new program,
service or system. These papers take the form of a case study and
describe innovation or implementation steps taken as well as lessons
learned.
Research: Studies
that describe library and information science research currently being
conducted or recently completed. These types of proposals will describe
data collection and analysis methods. For studies currently being
conducted, final presentations should include at least some discussion
of the initial analysis.
