Introduction

Abstract

The introduction to Volume 22 of this series is situated with reference to science, commonsense and the role each has or should have in the work we do as Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals. What we have this year is a series of papers that reports research results from work done mostly in public and academic libraries. It seems that the research done in one domain can have much to say about the other. This is not to say that there are no differences between these two types of libraries, nor is it to say that these differences cannot at times be significant. However, it seems clear that many of the institutional aspects and the challenges that they both face today transcend the boundaries that we usually think mark these two ‘type’ of institutions off from one another.

Citation

Nyce, J.M. (2006), "Introduction", Garten, E.D., Williams, D.E. and Nyce, J.M. (Ed.) Advances in Library Administration and Organization (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. ix-xii. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-0671(05)23012-2