THE USE AND VALUE OF MSC IN INFORMATION STUDIES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DISSERTATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY-OF-SHEFFIELD

This paper reports a study of the use and value of MSc in Information Studies/lnformation Management dissertations produced during the seven years, 1988-89 to 1994-95, at the Department of Information Studies i n the University of Sheffield. Responses to a questionnaire that was s ent to students, supervisors and external collaborating organisations showed that they all used the dissertations in various ways, as did ot her Departmental staff and students. Some dissertations lead to public ations in the open literature, and a citation analysis showed that the se publications are successful in bringing dissertation results to a w ider readership.