The National Science Foundation has noted declining enrollments in computing, increasing workforce needs for graduates, and changes in the computing education needed in the future. They thus sponsored four regional workshops which each suggested ways to increase enrollments: multiple entry points to the undergraduate major, better presentation of computing careers, interdisciplinary courses and...

Knowledge and Information science is rooted in philosophy and its branches are in sociology. This does not impair its interdisciplinary position. In Iran, the name of "LIS" has undergone a little change and called "knowledge & Information Science (KIS)". Through this change, the importance of philosophy in this discipline has reached its highest level. Knowledge science has a great relationship...

the knowledge and information science is more or less linked to other sciences due to its interdisciplinary nature. the interactions between different disciplines and taking advantage of each other’s knowledge can lead to problem solving and scientific advancements. due to the relationship between information and communication, knowledge and information science has many common issues with commu...

INTRODUCTION Interdisciplinary collaboration is a critical component of translation, dissemination, implementation, and improvement (TDII) science. Yet, little is known about effective frameworks and practices regarding interdisciplinary research in TDII. METHODS This study drew on data collected from an expert panel during a regional symposium. RESULTS Findings highlight facilitators and b...

Collaboration and competition are increasing both within and between research organizations, leading to new questions for research management and science policy. Increasing collaboration is reflected by a growing average number of coauthors in all fields (Hicks and Katz, 1996; Wuchty et al., 2007). Sometimes this is seen as a perverse effect of extremely stretched competition, and not so much a...