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The effects of information overload on reference librarians
This study uses a qualitative-phenomenological method to examine the way in which reference librarians in academic libraries in Israel view and deal with the information overload phenomenon. Fifteen reference librarians responded to questions in semi-structured interviews. Four strategies of coping with information overload were identified: filtering, avoiding, satisficing and selecting items from the top of the list. Further, findings reveal that participants have not experienced the full impact of information overload. The research findings expand the existing body of knowledge about how librarians deal with information ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 23, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

How academic librarians, IT staff, and research administrators perceive and relate to research
This study examines how librarians, IT staff, and research administrators see research and their own relation to it. Within an interpretative methodology, 20 semi-structured interviews with librarians, IT staff, and research administrators were analyzed thematically. Librarians often talked about research via the discourse of research-led teaching. They also conceived of it via notions of collection and to a lesser extent through reference work or copyright expertise. They saw some of their own continuing professional development or service development work as akin to the work of university researchers, but at the other en...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 22, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

The effect of online word of mouth on fantasy readers' preference stability: The moderating role of involvement and knowledge
Publication date: Available online 22 November 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Muh-Chyun Tang A study of the persuasive effect of positive versus negative online book reviews on readers' judgment suggests that readers with high involvement were less likely to be swayed by online reviews. An experiment was conducted to test the effects of two psychological constructs in the persuasion process, namely, user's knowledge of and involvement with a literary genre. A novel aspect of the study is that the participants were exposed to reviews contradictory to their initial impression. Contra...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Constructing the information ground of the campus disability center
Publication date: Available online 19 November 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Rachel D. Williams, Catherine Arnott Smith Higher education institutions are required to provide academic accommodations to students who need them. These services are typically available at campus disability centers, where disability counselors work with students to facilitate accommodations. Interviews were conducted to examine the health information behaviors of 17 disability counselors at two university disability centers by applying Fisher, Durrance, and Hinton's (2004) information grounds theory. An...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Research using job advertisements: A methodological assessment
Publication date: Available online 20 November 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Jeonghyun Kim, Putthachat Angnakoon (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

New Member of the Board
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research, Volume 38, Issue 3 (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Researchers' use of social network sites: A scoping review
Publication date: Available online 15 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Sara Kjellberg, Jutta Haider, Olof Sundin This scoping review of 80 research articles in library and information science (LIS) and related fields, published between 2004 and 2014, focuses on the use of social network sites by researchers. The results show that social network sites are used as part of scholarly life, yet with disciplinary differences. It is also shown that the area lacks methodological, theoretical and empirical coherence and theoretical stringency. The most salient strands of research ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 14, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Professional participation in digital curation
Publication date: Available online 12 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Inna Kouper Digital curation is being recognized as a new domain that demands its own skills and expertise. The perceived or occurring professionalization of digital curation calls for a deeper analysis of what it means to do digital curation. Drawing on the findings of an online survey of professionals, who identify themselves as digital curators, this research offers insight into who digital curators are, what they do, and how they describe their skills and the relevance of these skills to their jobs. ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

An exploratory study of library website accessibility for visually impaired users
Publication date: Available online 9 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Kyunghye Yoon, Rachel Dols, Laura Hulscher, Tara Newberry To extrapolate best practices for accessible library website design, the Web-browsing needs of users with visual impairments were investigated. Selected library websites were tested for usability and accessibility with six visually impaired persons who use screen readers. The results were analyzed in terms of accessible coding standards as well as high-level usability issues. The analysis results indicated that these library websites are not acc...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Making sense of professional work: Metaphors for reference and information service
Publication date: Available online 9 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Amy VanScoy Information professionals' conceptualizations of reference and information service (RIS) are explored by examining the metaphors these professionals used in describing their work. Framed by Lakoff and Johnson's (1980) conceptual metaphor theory, explicit comparisons, figurative language and metaphorical jargon used by 20 information professionals in interviews about their work were analyzed. The conceptual categories developed from the analysis reveal a variety of conceptualizations of RIS, su...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Collective memory
Publication date: Available online 9 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Peter Hernon, Candy Schwartz (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Farmers' access to poultry management information in selected rural areas of Tanzania
Publication date: Available online 7 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Grace Msoffe, Patrick Ngulube Poultry farming is important in improving rural livelihoods in Tanzania as it provides better nutrition and additional income. Information is a critical tool in any poultry farming activity. Access to poultry management information in three rural districts of Tanzania is explored. The findings show that information on disease control, poultry protection, breeds and breeding, and feeding and nutrition were the most accessed topics. Farmers relied on informal sources of inform...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Online health information seeking behaviors among Chinese elderly
Publication date: Available online 7 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Dan Wu, Yizhe Li The Internet has become an important source of health information for elderly people in China. A controlled user experiment was conducted to understand how Chinese elderly people search for online health information. Twenty elderly people completed three search tasks based on three different health information seeking contexts. Online health information seeking behavior patterns of the elderly were found to include reselecting from results pages, following hyperlinks, and using a query r...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Reading on the move: A study of reading behavior of undergraduate smartphone users in China
Publication date: Available online 7 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Ziming Liu, Xiaobin Huang The wearability of smartphones enables communication while physically in motion. This research examines some key areas in reading behavior in light of the wide spread adoption and use of Internet-capable mobile phones, or smartphones. A survey of 205 undergraduate students was conducted in China. Reading behavior on smartphones was found to differ significantly from reading on desktop or laptop computers. Compared to reading on desktop or laptop computers, an increased reliance ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

The role of inter-professional collaboration to support science learning: An exploratory study of the perceptions and experiences of science teachers, public librarians, and school librarians
Publication date: Available online 6 September 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Don Latham, Heidi Julien, Melissa Gross, Shelbie Witte This cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional exploratory study looks at school librarians', public librarians', and high school science teachers' perceptions of and experiences with inter-professional collaboration to support science learning. The research explores the perceptions and experiences of professional librarians and science teachers regarding 1) inter-professional collaboration, including barriers to collaboration; 2) the relevance of 21...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research