[Asis-l] New Emerald LIS Book - Library and Information Science Trends & Research: Asia-Oceania

[Amanda Spink]

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE TRENDS AND RESEARCH: ASIA-OCEANIA
Edited By Amanda Spink & Diljit Singh, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1876-0562&volume=2

This book brings together chapters that present a range of chapters about the trends in education and research in the field of library and information science (LIS) in the Asia-Oceania region of the world. 

BOOK CONTENTS
List of Contributors
Editorial Advisory 
Board Preface 
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
Introduction - Amanda Spink and Diljit Singh
SECTION II: TRENDS IN TEACHING AND EDUCATION
>From Practice to Academia: 50 Years of LIS: Education in Australia - Concepcion S. Wilson, Mary Anne Kennan,
   Sebastian K. Boell and Patricia Willard
Keeping Current: The Evolution of Postgraduate Library and Information Studies Education in New Zealand 
   Brenda Chawner and Gillian Oliver
>From a Distance: Teacher Librarian Training by Distance Collaboration 
   Arthur Winzenried
Culture, Libraries and Information Services at the Intersection of Development in India: Propelling Growth in the 21st Century 
   Preedip Balaji B.
Environmental Scanning — An Emerging Discipline for LIS Education 
   Xue Zhang, Shaheen Majid and Schubert Foo
SECTION III: TRENDS IN RESEARCH
Developing Contextual Perceptions of Information Literacy and Information Literacy Education in the Asian Region 
   Daniel G. Dorner, Gary E. Gorman and Nicole M. Gaston
Information Culture in the Maldives 
   Aminath Riyaz and Kerry Smith
LIS Research Trends in Doctoral Studies and Project Work: A Case Study of DLISc, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj
Nagpur University, Nagpur (1985–2010) 209
   Shalini R Lihitkar and Ramdas S. Lihitkar
Virtual community research in China: A critical review of the LIS literature 
   Qinghua Zhu, Xiaoling Sun, Jia Tina Du, Yuxiang Zhao, Kewen Wu and Hua Zheng
Indonesian Library and Information Science Research as the Social Construction Process
   Laksmi and Luki Wijayanti
Multilingual Resources and Services in Chinese Academic Libraries: A Survey
   Daqing He and Dan Wu