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Peer-based information literacy training: Insights from the NICE Evidence Search Student Champion Scheme
This study evaluates the scheme on the basis of secondary data gathered by NICE during the evaluation processes associated with two annual cycles of the SCS, together with focus groups with champions, and interviews with prospective university-based co-facilitators of the scheme. Findings suggest that the scheme is successful in promoting use of the portal, Evidence Search, and in developing advocates amongst champions. The evaluation offers a range of insights into the benefits and challenges associated with such a scheme, whose interest and implications extend beyond this specific scheme. To be successful the quality of ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Studying a boundary-defying group: An analytical review of the literature surrounding the information habits of writers
This study presents an analytical literature review of the research surrounding the information behavior of writers, understood here as people whose written output is creative in nature and produced outside of the academia or the traditional news media realm. This group is understudied in library and information science, despite its obvious cultural and enduring link to libraries and archives. A qualitative content analysis reveals that part of the problem lies in establishing the boundaries of the literary field in order to operationalize writers as a group for study. The work of Pierre Bourdieu, cited in the literature i...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Knowledge management and organizational culture in higher educational libraries in Qatar: An empirical study
This study reveals how culture profiles affect knowledge management activities and how culture profile is conducive to a successful knowledge management program. The study surveys 122 library employees from 16 higher education libraries. The findings of this study suggest that knowledge management activities are not affected by the demographic profile of the employees. Clan, adhocracy, and market culture are positively correlated to knowledge management and hierarchy culture is negatively correlated. The study also reveals that clan and market culture types are conducive to the success of knowledge management in the higher...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 1, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Regional variations in average distance to public libraries in the United States
Publication date: Available online 27 November 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Francis P. Donnelly There are substantive regional variations in public library accessibility in the United States, which is a concern considering the civic and educational roles that libraries play in communities. Average population-weighted distances and the total population living within one mile segments of the nearest public library were calculated at a regional level for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, and at a state level. The findings demonstrate significant regional variations in acce...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 29, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Productivity of U.S. LIS and ischool faculty
Publication date: Available online 25 November 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): John M. Budd This examination is the latest in a series of analyses of scholarly productivity by individuals and library and information science programs and ischools (limited to those with master's programs accredited by the American Library Association). Productivity is defined as numbers of publications authored and numbers of citations received in the years 2008 through 2013. The most productive individuals according to each measure are presented. Data are also collected for institutions (by adding...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

User assessment of search task difficulty: Relationships between reasons and ratings
Publication date: Available online 26 November 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Jingjing Liu There is an increasing research interest in search task difficulty. A recent study developed a user-perceived task difficulty reason scheme including 21 reasons (two of which arise prior to searching). Interesting questions arose as to whether the many difficulty reasons in the scheme were correlated or whether the difficulty reasons were related to task difficulty levels. Using a dataset collected from 48 participants searching on four tasks, this study examined these questions while also...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Effectiveness of digital library services as a basis for decision-making in public organizations
Publication date: Available online 26 November 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Jan Stejskal, Petr Hajek In practise, public organizations often provide basic and widespread access to digital services to citizens and to varying degrees. For the effective use of public funds it is necessary for there to be an objective method for the assessment of the effectiveness of the public services (i.e. including digital services). A methodology that can analyse the effectiveness of the digital services provided by public organizations is proposed. The methodology was applied to the digita...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Rituals of introduction and revolving roles: Socialization in an online breast cancer community
Publication date: Available online 26 November 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Ellen L. Rubenstein This research sought to understand the role of information exchange and social support in an online breast cancer community relative to healthcare decisions and participants' everyday lives. Through a two-year ethnographic analysis comprising archives analysis, participant-observation, and 31 interviews, the data revealed that the forum's structure illustrated characteristics of a community of practice (CoP), a construct that has rarely been used in examining online health communiti...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

The current state of systematic reviews in library and information studies
Publication date: Available online 26 November 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Jianhua Xu, Qi Kang, Zhiqiang Song Although the systematic review method has, in the past, been applied infrequently in library and information science (LIS) research, its use appears to be increasing. However, the relatively low quantity and poor quality of systematic reviews demonstrate the need for further research in this area. A critical appraisal framework is presented that can be used to guide the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews, at the same time increasing researchers and practi...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Testing the impact of an information literacy course: Undergraduates' perceptions and use of the university libraries' web portal
Publication date: July 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research, Volume 37, Issue 3 Author(s): Yu-Hui Chen Numerous sources have observed that undergraduates tend to use Internet search engines, predominantly Google, instead of library electronic resources for their course work. Thus, academic librarians have expressed concern about the under-utilization of resources provided through library Web portals. Studies of technology acceptance and success indicate that user training can positively influence individuals' use of information systems. Even so, there has been no investigation of the longterm ef...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 9, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Descriptions in job ads sometimes equal “Huh?”, or “Do you know what you are asking for?”
Publication date: Available online 2 September 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Peter Hernon, Candy Schwartz (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Library Analytics and Metrics: Using Data to Drive Decisions and Services, Ben Showers (Ed.). Facet, London, UK (2015)
Publication date: Available online 2 September 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Robert E. Dugan (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

School library advocacy literature in the United States: An exploratory content analysis
Publication date: Available online 2 September 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Ann Dutton Ewbank, Ja Youn Kwon This exploratory conceptual content analysis describes the published school library advocacy literature in the United States from 2001–2011. In 47 articles, the advocacy efforts undertaken, the responsible parties, the target populations, and goals and reasons for advocacy were examined. In all, 372 separate advocacy efforts were found. Of these, 168 efforts outlined tangible results of advocacy efforts while 204 efforts described strategies or techniques for advocac...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Perceived outcomes of public libraries in the U.S.
Publication date: Available online 2 September 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Pertti Vakkari Public libraries are under constant pressure to demonstrate their worth. Outcome measures can present the benefits public libraries bring to individuals in terms that are relevant to them. Beyond service-specific outcome assessments, however, few nationwide studies have examined the benefits of public libraries as a whole. Following the Finnish national survey conducted by Vakkari and Serola (2012), this study surveyed more than 1000 U.S. respondents on 22 areas o...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Croatian university students' use and perception of electronic resources
Publication date: Available online 2 September 2015 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Darko Dukić, Jelena Strišković (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - September 4, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research