Abstract
The past 30 years have seen many changes in UK library and information science (LIS) education, and the professional working environment generally. The most far reaching of these changes is the development of a research base and research methodologies for LIS and the subsequent impact of these research findings on professional practice. Concludes that investment in research and development by governmental, educational and commercial agencies will ultimately do more to secure the long term future of the LIS profession than any amount of evangelizing on the importance of information. Nevertheless, a major problem in LIS research has been a lack of co-ordination and planning at a national level. Focuses on the work of the newly established Library and Information Commission (LIC): which aims to investigate the scale of the problem and recommend solutions. Details the work which went into the two LIC documents published in 1997: 2020 Vision (the LIC’s vision statement for the 21st century); and Prospects: a strategy for action (a consultation document outlining its strategic plan derived from the research mapping and consultation exercise carried out on behalf of the LIC).
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