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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2013.30.3.089

Revisit Library and Information Science: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mission Statements in Library and Information School in United States  

Park, Ok Nam (상명대학교 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.30, no.3, 2013 , pp. 89-109 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study analyzes mission statements of Library and Information Science schools in the United States. It aims to reveal identities of LIS by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The study examines the strategies or stereotypes of academic mission statements in LIS as a genre. Mission statements are analyzed using discourse analysis to find common ideology using agency, modality, and lexical analysis. A comparative analysis of two mission statements is also conducted within discursive practices to reveal characteristics of two schools. This study has value in that it provides implications for other ideological discussions applicable to LIS.
Keywords
identity; library and information science; critical discourse analysis; mission statement; united states;
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