Course: Master in Library and Information Science
School: University of the
Subject Area: Theses-Abstracts, Library Science-Abstracts
Year of Graduation: 2005
Statement of the Problem
This study analyzed the technical and substantial qualities of the University of the Philippines Institute of Library and Information Science (UPILIS) theses abstracts.
Findings
Findings reveal that most them are indicative, either technically good or fair, and substantially fair. Common errors came out as redundancy, erroneous grammar, and incoherence, being too lengthy, unclear, and substantial, and lacking information. The relation of the technical quality varies with the student’s age, sex and degree and also with theses’ year of submission and numbers of pages while the relations of the substantial quality turned to be insignificant due to most of them are fairly written. The results attribute to the lack of theoretical courses offered and insufficient time allotted to teaching abstracting.
Recommendations
Recommendations include the separation of abstracting to indexing, the integration of philosophy in LIS matters, the revision of the UPILIS thesis manual, and the implementation of a subsequent study in 2010.
