Abstract: 1. �What were the major funding sources? 2. �What were the amounts available for funding of research? 3. �What were the priorities and emphases of the funding sources in terms of types of research, subject areas, and methodologies? 4. Are there patterns in terms of the recipients of the funding? 5. �Are there other discernible trends in research funding for librarianship? It was not possible to answer all of these questions for reasons which will be explained. However, partial answers are given and suggestions are made for additional work. Literature searches on funding for research on librarianship were not very productive. Two yearly sources of information were identified: tables in the ALA Yearbook published since 1976 under the topic, “Research,”’ and an article on “Research on Libraries and Librarianship” published annually in the Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information since 1979.2 Also used were: the Library Trends on “Research in Librarian~hip”~ and the one on “Research Methods in
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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