Open AccessMaking Invisible College Visible: Comparing ASIS&T and CAIS Annual Conferences as Two Scientific Communities
Author(s) -
Kwan Yi,
Ping Li,
Tao Jin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais / actes du congrès annuel de l acsi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1038
Subject(s) - social network analysis , sociology , library science , computer science , social science , social capital
This paper reports an ongoing research that conceptualizes two major LIS academic conferences in NorthAmerica as two dynamic scientific communities: ASIS&T Annual Meetings and CAIS AnnualConferences. Using a social network analysis approach, this study compares and visualizes how these twoscientific communities have been structured and organized between 1993 and 2015.
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