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Making connections
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Peter Hernon, Candy Schwartz (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - March 2, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

SciELO suggester: An intelligent support tool for cataloging library resources
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Natalia L. Mitzig, Mónica S. Mitzig, Fernando A. Martínez, Ricardo A. Piriz, Víctor M. Ferracutti, María Paula González, Ana G. Maguitman Existing cataloging interfaces are designed to reduce the bottleneck of creating, editing, and refining bibliographic records by offering a convenient framework for data entry. However, the cataloger still has to deal with the difficult task of deciding what information to include. The SciELO Suggester system is an innovative tool developed to overco...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 23, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

An examination of North American Library and Information Studies faculty perceptions of and experience with open-access scholarly publishing
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Wilhelm Peekhaus, Nicholas Proferes Open-access (OA) scholarly publishing has grown steadily in academia for the past few decades as an alternative to traditional, subscription-based journal publishing. This research presents the descriptive analysis of a systematic survey of North American library and information science (LIS) faculty about their attitudes toward and experience with OA publishing. The study reveals that LIS faculty tend to be more experienced with and knowledgeable about open access...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 23, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Conversation-based programming and newcomer integration: A case study of the Språkhörnan program at Malmö City Library
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Jamilla (Jamie) Johnston The potential of conversation-based programming (i.e., language cafés and conversation groups) for supporting immigrant integration is explored in a case-based study on the Språkhörnan (“language corner”) program at the City Library in Malmö, Sweden. The methodology includes participant observation, interviews with program participants, a focus group with program volunteers, and a questionnaire. The basis of the study's theoretical framework is social capital theory, in...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 23, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Academic motivation and information literacy self-efficacy: The importance of a simple desire to know
This study investigates the relationships between these constructs. Data were collected using a questionnaire comprising existing scales. The questionnaire was administered to undergraduate students in an Australian higher education institution with a response rate of 58%, resulting in 585 completed questionnaires. Both intrinsic and extrinsic academic motivation were found to be positively related to information literacy self-efficacy, while amotivation was negatively related. The most important predictor of information literacy self-efficacy was intrinsic motivation to know. Overall, all academic motivation types increas...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

“If it computes, patrons have brought it in”: Personal information management and personal technology assistance in public libraries
Publication date: Available online 18 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Amber L. Cushing All public libraries in a single US state were surveyed in order to explore the types of personal technology assistance requests the staff received and how they responded to such requests. Staff at each library that reported having received patron requests for assistance with personal digital technology or content were invited for a 30-minute follow-up phone interview in which they were asked to provide more detail about their interactions with patrons and their opinions about this asp...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Can library users distinguish between minimum, perceived, and desired levels of service quality? Validating LibQUAL+® using multitrait multimethod analysis
Publication date: Available online 18 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Prathiba Natesan, Xing Aerts LibQUAL+® is a widely used measure of library service quality. Based on SERVQUAL's gap theory, LibQUAL+® measures items on three levels of service quality: minimum, perceived, and desired levels. Differences between user evaluations of service quality on these levels indicate the types of gaps in service quality. Gap theory has been criticized due to the possible inability of users to distinguish between different levels. However no study has investigated this claim usi...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Finding fiction: Search moves and success in two online catalogs
Publication date: Available online 19 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Anna Mikkonen, Pertti Vakkari Search moves for finding novels in five search tasks and two catalogs were analyzed. Search tasks reflected the following search tactics: known-author search, topical search, open-ended browsing, search by analogy, and searching without a query. The most used search moves in both catalogs across all tasks were querying, search results inspection, and book page examination. In a traditional catalog, more effort was needed in the form of queries, search moves, and opened b...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Driven adaptation: A grounded theory study of licensing electronic resources
Publication date: Available online 19 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Xiaohua Zhu Using the grounded theory approach, this study generated a substantive theory of driven adaptation that explains and theorizes the basic social process of licensing as an emerging specialization in the library field that is driven by three major forces: imposed changes, tensions, and dialog. Licensing librarians use three major strategies to adapt to licensing work: coping, positioning, and aligning. Each strategy includes multiple dimensions. As the outcome of the driven adaptation, licens...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Approaches to socio-cultural barriers to information seeking
Publication date: Available online 20 February 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Reijo Savolainen A conceptual analysis derived from the literature on sociocultural barriers to information seeking focuses on the features of such barriers and their impact on information seeking in diverse contexts. A typology is presented that identifies six main types of socio-cultural barriers: barriers due to language problems, barriers related to social stigma and cultural taboo, small-world related barriers, institutional arriers, organizational barriers, and barriers due to the lack of social ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - February 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Changes to the Board of Editors and Acknowledgments
Publication date: October 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research, Volume 37, Issue 4 Author(s): Candy Schwartz (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 15, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

A view of success, or, advice to developing scholars
Publication date: October 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research, Volume 37, Issue 4 Author(s): Peter Hernon, Candy Schwartz (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 15, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Beyond Bibliometrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact, Blaise Cronin, Cassidy R. Sugimoto (Eds.). MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2014)
Publication date: Available online 7 December 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Maria Forsman (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 9, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Using open records laws for research purposes
This article describes how to use state-level open records laws as a research tool. Similar to the federal-level Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), state open records laws allow individuals to access records and information held by state agencies. This has the potential to be a potent research tool, though it has been rarely used in library and information science to date. This article provides an overview of the federal and state laws pertaining to accessing government information, and then describes an ongoing research project that used these laws to collect data. Two pilot studies were conducted (one in Massachusetts an...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Applications of meta-analysis to library and information science research: Content analysis
Publication date: Available online 2 December 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Qing Ke, Ying Cheng Content analysis was conducted to provide a framework for studying the current state of and problems in the application of meta-analysis in the field of library and information science (LIS). The content of 35 meta-analysis application articles published in LIS-oriented journals was analyzed for their bibliometric information, reasons for conducting a meta-analysis, literature searches, criteria for selecting studies, meta-analysis procedures, quality control mechanisms, and result...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research