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In the described dissertation project, the impact of information specialists in literature searches will be examined. A data corpus of current review publications in education research was generated in order to find out what role information specialists have in review processes. This data corpus forms the basis of a textual analysis which examines methodologies used in the identified reviews. Additionally, the analysis identifies if the role and tasks of information specialists are mentioned. To assess the quality of the searches in reviews, criteria for a successful literature search in education research have to be defined in an assessment model. Furthermore, required competencies for a high quality literature search will be determined to build a competence framework.
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Keller, C. (2022). The Role of Information Specialists in Reviews for Education Research. In: KurbanoÄŸlu, S., Å piranec, S., Ãœnal, Y., Boustany, J., Kos, D. (eds) Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era. ECIL 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1533. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99885-1_19
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