Library and Information Science Journal Prestige as Assessed by Library and Information Science Faculty.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (Periodical); Library Quarterly, The (Periodical); Journal of Documentation (Periodical); Library & Information Science Research (Periodical)

This prestige study surveyed full-time faculty of American Library Association (ALA)--accredited programs in library and information studies regarding library and information science (LIS) journals. Faculty were asked to rate a list of eighty-nine LIS journals on a scale from 1 to 5 based on each journal's importance to their research and teaching. Mean and mode calculations were used to rank results. Additionally, LIS faculty were asked to list the five most prestigious journals to be published in for tenure and promotion purposes at their institution. Several journals were rated highly by each method. LIS faculty ratings of LIS journals are useful for assessing journal quality not only for decisions regarding collection management but for tenure and promotion as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]