Pub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1906716
Mehwish Nawazish, Syeda Hina Batool
Abstract Modern and fast ways of information reproduction affect the social norms and moral responsibilities of citizens. Nowadays libraries are continuously facing the problem of maintaining the balance between providing information access and whilst also protecting authors' rights. The recent and emerging phenomenon of misinformation and disinformation have heightened the need to be informed about authentic information and their owners’ rights. This has resulted in a requirement for information professionals to know, understand and practice copyright law. A cross-sectional survey was carried out to investigate the level of awareness/knowledge and perceptions and practices of copyright legislation by information professionals in Pakistan. The findings reveal that a large number of respondents were moderately aware of Intellectual Property Rights.
{"title":"Framing the New Role of Information Professionals: investigating Copyright Literacy Levels and Awareness of Academic Librarians in Pakistan","authors":"Mehwish Nawazish, Syeda Hina Batool","doi":"10.1080/13614533.2021.1906716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1906716","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Modern and fast ways of information reproduction affect the social norms and moral responsibilities of citizens. Nowadays libraries are continuously facing the problem of maintaining the balance between providing information access and whilst also protecting authors' rights. The recent and emerging phenomenon of misinformation and disinformation have heightened the need to be informed about authentic information and their owners’ rights. This has resulted in a requirement for information professionals to know, understand and practice copyright law. A cross-sectional survey was carried out to investigate the level of awareness/knowledge and perceptions and practices of copyright legislation by information professionals in Pakistan. The findings reveal that a large number of respondents were moderately aware of Intellectual Property Rights.","PeriodicalId":38971,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Academic Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"61 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13614533.2021.1906716","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48034794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-17DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1906714
B. Keisling, R. Fox
Abstract The term ‘permeability’ has morphed from is primarily technical origins into the lexicon of architecture as architects (and other professionals) sought better language to describe the relationships of spaces to their environments and other spaces and to the interactions of users with spaces. In higher education, permeability incorporates aspects of campus spaces surrounding buildings as well as the building envelope and interior spaces themselves. In these spaces, permeability may be manifested by physical characteristics as well as how the spaces are used. Documenting uses of permeability in higher education contexts reveals design elements and potential user interactions that, combined with research findings, show that academic libraries incorporating permeable spaces and features may positively influence student engagement and learning. These factors can then lead to measurable change in student success metrics which are vitally important to campus administrators and which may raise the visibility and value of libraries to their campuses.
{"title":"Permeable Learning Environments: How Developing Permeability in Library Spaces Fosters Student Learning and Engagement","authors":"B. Keisling, R. Fox","doi":"10.1080/13614533.2021.1906714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1906714","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The term ‘permeability’ has morphed from is primarily technical origins into the lexicon of architecture as architects (and other professionals) sought better language to describe the relationships of spaces to their environments and other spaces and to the interactions of users with spaces. In higher education, permeability incorporates aspects of campus spaces surrounding buildings as well as the building envelope and interior spaces themselves. In these spaces, permeability may be manifested by physical characteristics as well as how the spaces are used. Documenting uses of permeability in higher education contexts reveals design elements and potential user interactions that, combined with research findings, show that academic libraries incorporating permeable spaces and features may positively influence student engagement and learning. These factors can then lead to measurable change in student success metrics which are vitally important to campus administrators and which may raise the visibility and value of libraries to their campuses.","PeriodicalId":38971,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Academic Librarianship","volume":"27 1","pages":"440 - 454"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13614533.2021.1906714","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44749108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-12DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1918190
Khusbu Thakur, Vinit Kumar
Abstract A vast amount of published scholarly literature is generated every day. Today, it is one of the biggest challenges for organisations to extract knowledge embedded in published scholarly literature for business and research applications. Application of text mining is gaining popularity among researchers and applications are growing exponentially in different research areas. This study investigates the variety of text mining tools, techniques, sample sizes, domains and sections of the documents preferred by the text mining researchers through a systematic and structured literature review of conceptual and empirical studies. The significant findings depict that LDA and R package is the most extensively used tool and technique among the authors, most of the researchers prefer the sample size of 1000 articles for analysis, literature belonging to the domain of ICT, and related disciplines are frequently analysed in the text mining studies and abstracts constitute the corpus of the majority of text mining studies.
{"title":"Application of Text Mining Techniques on Scholarly Research Articles: Methods and Tools","authors":"Khusbu Thakur, Vinit Kumar","doi":"10.1080/13614533.2021.1918190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1918190","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A vast amount of published scholarly literature is generated every day. Today, it is one of the biggest challenges for organisations to extract knowledge embedded in published scholarly literature for business and research applications. Application of text mining is gaining popularity among researchers and applications are growing exponentially in different research areas. This study investigates the variety of text mining tools, techniques, sample sizes, domains and sections of the documents preferred by the text mining researchers through a systematic and structured literature review of conceptual and empirical studies. The significant findings depict that LDA and R package is the most extensively used tool and technique among the authors, most of the researchers prefer the sample size of 1000 articles for analysis, literature belonging to the domain of ICT, and related disciplines are frequently analysed in the text mining studies and abstracts constitute the corpus of the majority of text mining studies.","PeriodicalId":38971,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Academic Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"279 - 302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13614533.2021.1918190","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42948841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-05DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1925713
H. Keshavarz, Y. Norouzi
Abstract Owing to the extreme importance of evaluating the credibility of existing scientific websites, the present study sets out to measure a proposed model concerning the views and preferences of university students in Iran, when evaluating information. Data were collected by administrating a highly validated questionnaire among 487 students in ten top universities in Iran. Structural Equating Modelling using software SmartPLS was conducted to analyse the data collected. To evaluate the measurement and structural models, a set of criteria including Cronbach's alpha, factor loadings, convergent and divergent validities, R2 , Q2 , redundancy, and GoF were considered to measure the power and validity of the model. Considering the path coefficients and the t-statistic for the dimensions and their components, path analysis showed that the t-statistic is greater than 2.57 indicating that all of the constructs contributed to the credibility of information on scientific websites at 99% confidence level. Coefficients of correlation concerning the overall information credibility were found to be 0.728 for trustworthiness and 0.718 for expertise. Expertise with a path coefficient of 0.968 and trustworthiness with 0.948 were the first and second priorities for the main variable. Moreover, ethics with a path coefficient of 0.787 and objectivity with 0.464 were the first and last priorities for trustworthiness respectively while accuracy with 0.874 and professional information with 0.674 were the first and last priorities for the dimension expertise respectively. The model could be used to evaluate the credibility of scientific websites’ information, which also provides a potential set for further research.
{"title":"Measuring a Model on Credibility Evaluation of Scientific Websites: Exploring Relationships and Priorities","authors":"H. Keshavarz, Y. Norouzi","doi":"10.1080/13614533.2021.1925713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1925713","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Owing to the extreme importance of evaluating the credibility of existing scientific websites, the present study sets out to measure a proposed model concerning the views and preferences of university students in Iran, when evaluating information. Data were collected by administrating a highly validated questionnaire among 487 students in ten top universities in Iran. Structural Equating Modelling using software SmartPLS was conducted to analyse the data collected. To evaluate the measurement and structural models, a set of criteria including Cronbach's alpha, factor loadings, convergent and divergent validities, R2 , Q2 , redundancy, and GoF were considered to measure the power and validity of the model. Considering the path coefficients and the t-statistic for the dimensions and their components, path analysis showed that the t-statistic is greater than 2.57 indicating that all of the constructs contributed to the credibility of information on scientific websites at 99% confidence level. Coefficients of correlation concerning the overall information credibility were found to be 0.728 for trustworthiness and 0.718 for expertise. Expertise with a path coefficient of 0.968 and trustworthiness with 0.948 were the first and second priorities for the main variable. Moreover, ethics with a path coefficient of 0.787 and objectivity with 0.464 were the first and last priorities for trustworthiness respectively while accuracy with 0.874 and professional information with 0.674 were the first and last priorities for the dimension expertise respectively. The model could be used to evaluate the credibility of scientific websites’ information, which also provides a potential set for further research.","PeriodicalId":38971,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Academic Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"321 - 345"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13614533.2021.1925713","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43175802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-08DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1906718
Patrick ODonnell, L. Anderson
Abstract University libraries are constituted in the literature by a range of overlapping and shifting conceptual models that are deployed to capture, express and legitimise their repurposing, progressive status and function within the university campus. Over the last two decades university libraries have been increasingly characterised as highly responsive and receptive to the fast-moving currents of technological innovation, and emergent teaching and learning paradigms. This paper charts and discusses the evolutionary trajectory of the university library set within an historical context, exploring the discursive influences that have both stimulated and propagated what might be described as progressive transformation. The paper seeks to portray and unpack the Zeitgeist of the academic library that has been cultivated in contemporary times; positioning the university library against a backdrop of global developments that have shaped the university sector from the early 1990s, and offering a macro-level exploration of the increasing status of the university library.
{"title":"The University Library: Places for Possibility","authors":"Patrick ODonnell, L. Anderson","doi":"10.1080/13614533.2021.1906718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1906718","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract University libraries are constituted in the literature by a range of overlapping and shifting conceptual models that are deployed to capture, express and legitimise their repurposing, progressive status and function within the university campus. Over the last two decades university libraries have been increasingly characterised as highly responsive and receptive to the fast-moving currents of technological innovation, and emergent teaching and learning paradigms. This paper charts and discusses the evolutionary trajectory of the university library set within an historical context, exploring the discursive influences that have both stimulated and propagated what might be described as progressive transformation. The paper seeks to portray and unpack the Zeitgeist of the academic library that has been cultivated in contemporary times; positioning the university library against a backdrop of global developments that have shaped the university sector from the early 1990s, and offering a macro-level exploration of the increasing status of the university library.","PeriodicalId":38971,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Academic Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"232 - 255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13614533.2021.1906718","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44523955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1906715
A. Echedom, Omorodion Okuonghae
Abstract This paper focuses on the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic library operations. In the quest to render fast, effective and efficient services, academic libraries have adopted different technologies in the past. Artificial intelligence technologies is the latest among the technologies currently being introduced in libraries. The technology which is considered an intelligent system, come in the form of robots and expert systems which have natural language processing, machine learning and pattern recognition capabilities. This paper examined the features of AI, the application of AI to library operations, examples of academic libraries with AI technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the need for AI in libraries and the challenges associated with the adoption of AI in libraries. The study concluded that AI holds a lot of prospects for the improvement of information services delivery in African academic libraries. Consequently, its adoption is a sinequanon to delivering robust library services in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1765817
J. Fagan, Hillary Ostermiller, Elizabeth Price, L. Sapp
Abstract A survey concerning perceptions of academic librarians was conducted at a large, 4-year university with three populations: librarians, faculty, and undergraduate students. The high response rate and the use of an instrument based on previous studies offers the possibility of longitudinal comparison and the identification of relationships between groups within one environment. This article focuses specifically on academic librarian perceptions about what librarians know (expertise and skills), what librarians do (roles and duties), and what librarians are like (motivations and affective behaviors). Twenty librarians employed in James Madison University Libraries responded to an online survey (62.5% response rate); four follow-up interviews and card sorts were conducted later to provide context to the data. Results have implications for libraries specifically in the areas of outreach, instruction, management, and collaboration. Differences in the responses of liaison and nonliaison groups are not generalizable to the population, but patterns were found that suggest future research in this area should include examination of differences related to the type of librarianship or focus on specific aspects of librarianship. Subsequent articles will situate these findings with those from surveys of faculty and undergraduate students and discuss implications for practice.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1913884
G. Walton, L. Appleton
{"title":"Editorial for New Review of Academic Librarianship (1) 2021","authors":"G. Walton, L. Appleton","doi":"10.1080/13614533.2021.1913884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2021.1913884","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38971,"journal":{"name":"New Review of Academic Librarianship","volume":"27 1","pages":"1 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13614533.2021.1913884","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48041150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-22DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1819354
J. Fagan, Hillary Ostermiller, Elizabeth Price, L. Sapp
Abstract A survey concerning perceptions of academic librarians was conducted at a large, 4-year university with three populations: librarians, faculty, and undergraduate students. This paper presents results from the faculty population, with comparison to the librarian sample. The major research questions address perceptions about what librarians know (expertise and skills), what librarians do (role and duties), and what librarians are like (motivations and affective characteristics). Results showed faculty perceptions to be more in-line overall with librarians’ perceptions of themselves than the literature might otherwise indicate, at least in domains where the faculty are actively engaged. Faculty also identified a role not explicitly mentioned on the survey: that of librarians as conduits between students and faculty. Gaps between librarian and faculty perceptions still exist relating to the extraordinary extent and diversity of librarian knowledge, skills, duties, and capacities, and with respect to the extent of librarians teaching. The study points to an ongoing need for marketing of library services and continued demonstration of library value.
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