The education for research of information professionals in the Spanish universities

Abstract

The context, aims and prerequisites of the education for research —with an emphsis in Information and Documentation— are analysed, with a focus in the contribution done by —and to be done in— each of the university cycles —graduate, postgraduate and doctoral—, from the perspective and experience of the University of Murcia. It is concluded that knowledge of scientific research methodology is necessary for all the information professionals, that the scientific method is valid for any kind of intellectual work, and that researchers’ instruction requires a process of reflection on the nature, purpose and elements of science