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Xuemei Li
July 9, 2009
Multidisciplinary versus Interdisciplinary
Similarity
Two or more disciplines are involved
Differences
Multidisciplinary: No integration of disciplines
Literature
Librarians Reflection
Social
Media
Serendipity from Twitter
Academic Library as a Hub to
Interdisciplinary Fields
Dervin’s Sense-making
Challenges in Interdisciplinary Studies
Outline
Liaison with faculty and students
Information literacy Instruction
Reference services
Collection development
Liaison with Faculty and Students
Teaching plan
Act as a connector
Point them to various resources
ILL services
Information Literacy Instruction
Bibliometrics analysis
Leydesdorff’s journal clusters
Citations from core journals
Citations from faculty’s papers and students’ theses
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Bibliographies