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The evolving reference desk: A case study
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Christopher Ross Bowron, Joseph E. Weber (Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - August 15, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Biomedical researchers and students knowledge about predatory journals
ConclusionOur results indicate the beneficial use of the designed infographic to improve young researchers' awareness of predatory journals. We encourage research institutions and universities to effectively spread awareness of predatory journals. (Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - August 13, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Using time-driven activity-based costing to improve the managerial activities of academic libraries
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Barbara Kissa, Antonios Stavropoulos, Dimitra Karagiorgou, Elisavet TsanaktsidouAbstractNowadays, Academic libraries are required to provide high quality services despite their limited budget. Library managers should rely on valid information to keep the library's activities, resources and costs under control. In this paper, we present a case study implementation of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) at the library of the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. The TDABC is a reliable accounting method...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - August 13, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Optimizing library's organizational climate through improvement of the weak scales identified by ClimateQUAL™ surveys: A case study of Nanjing Agricultural University Library
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Yuxian Liu, Huiyan TangAbstractNanjing Agricultural University Library (NAU Library) performed an organizational climate assessment in 2011 with a revised ClimateQUAL™ scales and implemented some measures to optimize the weak areas identified. The second and third rounds of assessment were carried out in 2014 and in 2017 to examine the effects of such optimization measures. The results showed the scores increased overall. Data from the three rounds of assessments revealed that team work was markedly improved. Inter...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - August 8, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

The academic library: Structure, space, physical and virtual use
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Snunith Shoham, Liat Klain-GabbayAbstractThis mixed-methods study aims to characterize the appropriate structure of the academic library in the information age according to the perceptions of the faculty members who use the library and the academic librarians operating it. Two main issues were addressed: centralization versus decentralization, and the provision of physical versus virtual services. The study population included members of the faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences in three academic institutions i...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - August 4, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Exploring Twitter use and services of academic innovation centers
This study examined the Twitter streams and websites of 36 university innovation centers and identified 14 service categories the centers offered. Exploring the present Twitter use practices of innovation centers and the services the centers provide can inform the design and planning of service offerings at new innovation centers and support training for center staff in the use of this social media platform. In addition, existing innovation centers can benchmark their service offerings against those services. Furthermore, mapping the services the innovation centers offer to the activities in an innovation workflow model ca...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - August 3, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Telling their stories: A study of librarians' use of narrative in instruction
This study is unique in that it uses a phenomenological methodology and semi-structured interviews with 19 academic librarians who teach in Canadian higher education institutions to determine what narrative tools or approaches they use, and to what extent these practices may enrich both their outcomes and their teaching praxis. The authors document the variety of ways in which librarians use narrative techniques instinctively, categorizing these teaching narratives into concepts with more granular themes. A purposeful use and reuse of these narrative techniques, the authors hope, will help inform librarian teaching and ref...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - July 31, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Embracing the Spiral: An Action Research Assessment of a Library-Honors First Year Collaboration
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Sarah LeMire, Thomas D. Sullivan, Jonathan KotinekAbstractLibrarians often use assessment methodologies to evaluate the efficacy and impact of their information literacy instruction sessions and programs. In this article, researchers use an action research methodology to explore the effect of information literacy instruction on first-year honors student assignments. The researchers explain how they implemented multiple cycles of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting in order to better understand student needs, ...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - July 24, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Publisher’s Note
Publication date: Available online 22 July 2019Source: The Journal of Academic LibrarianshipAuthor(s): (Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - July 23, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Visions of value: Leading the development of a view of the University Library in the 21st century
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Gavin Boyce, Angela Greenwood, Amy Haworth, Jacky Hodgson, Chris Jones, Gary Marsh, Maria Mawson, Rosa SadlerAbstractOver the course of 2018 the University of Sheffield Library conducted a series of interviews and workshops with stakeholders as part of a strategic project to reflect on the value of the university library in the 21st century. Using a mixed methodology, participants were asked to reflect upon the future Higher Education (HE) environment for the university and, for academic participants, their disciplin...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - July 14, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Exploring Innovative Information Seeking: The Perspectives of Cognitive Switching and Affinity with Digital Libraries
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Xianjin Zha, Fenfang Cao, Yalan Yan, Jia Guo, Juan WangAbstractDrawing on adaptive structuration theory (AST), this study develops a research model to explore innovative information seeking in the context of digital libraries from the perspectives of cognitive switching and affinity. Innovative information seeking behavior is the combination of innovative IT (information technologies) use behavior and information seeking behavior and subsequently refers to innovative IT use oriented to information seeking. A research...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - June 28, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Employee reactions to user incivility in academic libraries
Publication date: September 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 5Author(s): Eftichia Vraimaki, Maria Koloniari, Konstantinos Kyprianos, Alexandros KoulourisAbstractWorkplace incivility and its consequences have been studied by many scholars; however, little attention has been given to the phenomenon in the library environment. More specifically, empirical research in the Library and Information Science (LIS) literature has focused on deviant behaviors, such as bullying, mobbing, and aggression, mainly from colleagues and supervisors rather than from users. However, incivility in the workplac...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - June 17, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Library services for unaffiliated patrons at Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
This study reviewed library websites at Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to learn more about the services they provide to unaffiliated patrons and how they share this information. This review demonstrated that websites at land-grant libraries affirmed unaffiliated patrons' building access privileges at slightly higher rates and circulation privileges at lower rates than non-land-grant APLUs. Data also revealed that requirements and fees for library privileges varied across APLU libraries as a whole. This research is a first step in identifying how libraries at land-grants and non-land-grant APLUs co...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - June 17, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Postgraduates' personal digital archiving practices in China: Problems and strategies
This study examined postgraduates' personal digital archiving (PDA) practices in China. Based on a case study of the PDA practices of postgraduates in Wuhan University, many problems in PDA were found; postgraduates have a higher awareness of PDA, but the differences between different grades level and disciplines are obvious. Many postgraduates are technological optimists. Those who realize the importance of PDA lack real action and can only use a single strategy. The protection of personal privacy and information security is still challenging. To solve these problems, efforts from individuals and institutions are proposed...
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - June 17, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Publication date: July 2019Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 45, Issue 4Author(s): (Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship - June 8, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research