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Developing the tasks-toward-transparency (T3) model for research transparency in open science using the lifecycle as a grounding framework
Publication date: Available online 6 January 2020Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Liz Lyon, Wei Jeng, Eleanor MatternAbstractAn increasingly data-intensive research environment has highlighted the need for greater research transparency to facilitate integrity and trust in open science and in the conduct of research more widely. The initial findings of faculty researchers' behaviors and practices toward research transparency, using the research data lifecycle as a grounding framework are reported. Four focus group sessions were conducted with faculty researchers in different disciplines, including na...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - January 7, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

The influence of information cascades on online reading behaviors of free and paid e-books
Publication date: Available online 7 January 2020Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Qihua Liu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yiran LiAbstractOnline reading platforms offer an ideal environment for the emergence of information cascades, a phenomenon where user selection is heavily driven by the information inferred from others' behavior. Prior research has mainly focused on the effect of information cascades on free e-books. The purpose of this study is to empirically test and compare the effect of informational cascades on online reading behaviors of free and paid e-books. Two 114-day panel data sets covering 1548 fr...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - January 7, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, to the rural libraries we go! - a systematic literature review
Publication date: Available online 12 December 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Samsul Farid Samsuddin, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Ali FauziAbstractAs a learning center, rural library initiatives aim to provide rural communities with access to a wealth of reliable and readily available information. Changes in user behavior correspond with the changes in the way instructional programs are delivered to meet the rural library users' needs. Guided by the RAMESES review method, a systematic review identified 30 related studies throughout Scopus and Web of Science databases. Seven main themes emer...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 13, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Understanding librarians’ knowledge sharing behavior: The role of organizational climate, motivational drives and leadership empowerment
Publication date: Available online 12 December 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Mojtaba Kaffashan Kakhki, Alireza Hadadian, Ehsan Namdar Joyame, Nargess Malakooti AslAbstractLibrary managers in Iran have always been concerned with a low level of knowledge sharing among librarians. Identifying effective factors on librarians' knowledge sharing behavior helps us to understand and improve the situation. Organizational factors are one group of these factors. The effect of organizational climate, employees' motivational drives, and leadership empowerment on the subjective norms, attitude, intention, ...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 13, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Managing the “backend” of LIS research projects: A project management perspective
Publication date: Available online 4 December 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Devendra Dilip Potnis, Bhakti GalaAbstractThere is very little guidance in library and information science (LIS) literature about how researchers should manage the scope, time, costs, quality, human resources, communications, and risks associated with LIS research projects. To fill this gap, researchers tested the utility of project management principles (PMP) for planning and managing a project designed to enhance the information, digital, and financial literacy of the people earning less than $2 per day in India. Th...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 6, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Nonprofit public libraries and technical efficiency: An application of data envelopment analysis to technology-based outputs
Publication date: Available online 30 November 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Salomon Alcocer GuajardoAbstractNonprofit public libraries (NPPLs) with technically efficient production functions attain greater program and service outputs per registered user in comparison to peers with less efficient production functions. An output-oriented nondiscretionary data envelopment analysis (DEA) model with variable returns-to-scale is used to assess the technical efficiency of 339 NPPLs in the United States (US) in attaining electronic-, physical-, and Internet-based program and service outputs. Based o...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - December 1, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

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Publication date: October 2019Source: Library & Information Science Research, Volume 41, Issue 4Author(s): (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 12, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

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Publication date: October 2019Source: Library & Information Science Research, Volume 41, Issue 4Author(s): (Source: Library and Information Science Research)
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 12, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Personal factors and personal information activities behaviors of faculty in selected universities in Ghana
This study examined how demographic characteristics of faculty influence their personal information activities behaviors, namely information creation, information organization, and information storage. Data was collected from a sample of 235 faculty in six universities in Ghana using a questionnaire. Age, gender, rank and university of affiliation predicted personal information activities behaviors in different directions and with different magnitudes. Gender made a difference in information organization and information storage while age made a difference in respect of information creation and information organization only...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 7, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

More than a shelter: Public libraries and the information needs of people experiencing homelessness
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Louise Dowdell, Chern Li LiewAbstractHow public library policies, practices and services support the information needs of people experiencing homelessness was investigated using a qualitative-phenomenological design. Data were collected through semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with four homeless participants and seven librarians from four public library networks from a particular New Zealand region. The findings revealed that while none of the participating libraries had policies or services that were targeted...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - November 7, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Older adults' health information behavior in everyday life settings
Publication date: Available online 22 October 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Wonchan ChoiAbstractHealth information seeking is an important part of older adults' everyday lives as they cope with their health conditions. Semi-structured interviews conducted with 21 older adults in the United States were analyzed using Savolainen's everyday life information seeking (ELIS) model, especially its key concepts such as way of life and mastery of life. The interview data revealed that except for health care providers, a spouse or partner was mentioned as a credible interpersonal source of health infor...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - October 24, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Understanding relevance judgment in the view of perceived value
Publication date: Available online 19 October 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Jianping Liu, Jian Wang, Guomin ZhouAbstractWhile researchers have explored and proposed dozens of user relevance judgment criteria (RJC) in various situations, there is a lack of empirical research on the effects of RJC on user relevance judgment and how. The study sought to develop relations between RJC and situational relevance (SR) via four perceived values, epistemic value, functional value, conditional value, and social value, by introducing multi-factors perceived value (PV) theory and structural equation model...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - October 19, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Gender perspective on information literacy: An interdisciplinary and multidimensional analysis within higher education settings
Publication date: Available online 15 October 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): María Pinto, Dora Sales, Rosaura Fernández-PascualAbstractGender is a sociological variable that needs further attention in information literacy studies. This research uses a multidimensional subjective-objective approach to examine the gender differences in the information literacy learning process in a sample of students from different social sciences degree courses at five Spanish universities. Surveys are used to measure the belief in importance (BI) and self-efficacy (SE) they assign to a series of basic inform...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - October 16, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

The citation impact of information behavior theories in scholarly literature
Publication date: Available online 15 October 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Brady D. LundAbstractTheories of information behavior have been developed and used in a variety of disciplines to describe the needs, seeking/search/sharing behaviors, and uses of information among individuals and groups in a variety of contexts. While the development of a theory is a complex, evolutionary process, often involving many thinkers over a long period of time, there is generally a single or small group of publications that can be pointed to as the genesis of a theory. The genesis publications for informati...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - October 16, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research

Understanding everyday life information seeking behavior in the context of coping with daily hassles: A grounded theory study of female students
Publication date: Available online 14 October 2019Source: Library & Information Science ResearchAuthor(s): Nilofar Barahmand, Maryam Nakhoda, Fatima Fahimnia, Mahin NazariAbstractStudying everyday life information seeking (ELIS) in a variety of contexts contributes to its conceptual development. The primary goal of this study was to understand ELIS in the context of female university students' coping with daily hassles. To identify the dimensions and determinants of ELIS, and to fill this current gap in the literature, a grounded theory study was conducted using Flick's stages of episodic interviewing with 21 Iranian femal...
Source: Library and Information Science Research - October 15, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research