Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1936416
Chris Bulock
Abstract While library discovery systems offer great promise for delivering open access materials, they often fall short. Discovery tools merge multiple records together, and in the process show a preference for linking options that are less likely to successfully deliver open access full text. Third party tools offer options for bringing users to missing content, but these tools are often not fully supported in library systems. Library systems are so focused on keeping unauthorized users out of restricted content that it compromises their ability to get users into content that is freely available.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1936415
Michael A. Rodriguez
Abstract In 2020–2021, the University of Connecticut (UConn) Library ceased more than 90% of its print journal subscriptions for the general collections. This decision was the outcome of a data-based review and cost-benefit analysis. Staff considered factors such as online availability, number of WorldCat holdings, scan-on-demand and interlibrary lending and borrowing activity, and hidden costs of storage and staff time for processing. Recorded usage proved all but nonexistent, with an annual average use of one per title. Additionally, print journals were inaccessible to patrons because of the closure of library stacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. We did not conduct an extensive qualitative review. UConn Library’s decisions broke new ground among U.S. research universities, which have winnowed their print subscriptions over the decades but rarely made a decisive break from print. This article will discuss the project, process, decisions, and data and will share UConn’s assessment strategies and criteria for reinstituting subscriptions. At stake was the principle that libraries must use their scarce resources effectively—at any scale.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2023.2174400
Treasa Bane, Katherine Fish, Meg Ecclestone, S. Sax, Alana Skwarok, Pauline Bickford-Duane, C. Calabrese
Abstract This column begins with an overview of an Alma ebook management project from the Electronic Resources Minnesota conference in 2019. Then, conference presenters discuss organizational restructuring from their presentation at the Charleston Conference 2019, which is followed by two more reports from Charleston 2020 conference sessions highlighting an affordable course materials initiative and how to balance user preferences and convenience with protecting a user’s private information. Finally, a report from the first Core Conference discusses the new Unsub tool and how two libraries incorporated it.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1959183
C. Trejo-Pech, S. Thach, Jada M. Thompson, John Manley
Abstract This study examines factors associated with journals’ violations of scholarly ethics, referred to as predatory practices. The investigation uses a sample of economics journals listed in Cabells’ Predatory Reports with data collected from this report and the journals’ websites. Journals in this sample (average age 6.6 years) committed, on average, 7.1 predatory practices (1.9 minor, 3.3 moderate, and 1.9 severe). Notably, 90.5% of journals had a website but only 53.4% made articles accessible. India (27%), U.S. and Canada (22.3%), Nigeria (16%), and China (8.1%) were the leading locations of predatory journals. By applying Poisson regression, we examine whether web presence, accessibility of articles, journal’s age, and journal’s region help explain the number and types of predatory practices. All these factors are statistically associated with the number of minor predatory practices followed by these journals. Further, a journal’s age and region relate to the number of both moderate and severe predatory practices, unambiguously signaling deceptive and unethical publishing practices. Economics journals from India (China) have more (less) predatory practices than other regions. The results suggest that as journals age, they tend to move across types of predatory practices, which may make journals appear less predatory.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2020.1860431
Bethany Blankemeyer, Liz Siler, Shoko Tokoro
Abstract As vendors move away from IP authentication due to security concerns and a need for a more reliable method, libraries need to start considering other options for making their electronic resources available to users remotely. In 2018, the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) made the decision to move from EZproxy to OpenAthens. This presentation will discuss the decision to make this change, the implementation process, and the ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting of OpenAthens.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1879712
Scott Vieira
Abstract In this installment of “Conversations,” multiple individuals share how they or their organizations have coped with COVID-19 and in some cases the innovations that have come from it.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2020.1856763
Weibin Wang, Guang Yu, Tian Yu, Zheng Wang
Abstract The nonmentioned phenomenon is when citations or references are missing from the body of the paper, and the phenomenon may be abnormal citing behavior that results from the negligence of the author or editor. Therefore, this study selected 40 journals in five different disciplines and carried out a comparative study. The research methods employed in this study were multivariate statistical analysis and similarity calculations. The results show that 3.45% of papers included the nonmentioned phenomenon and that the similarity between nonmentioned references and the cited paper are so low as to disqualify part of the nonmentioned references. Further, since the nonmentioned phenomenon did not appear in 96.55% of papers, it can be concluded that although most of the papers are consistent with citation normativeness, the nonmentioned phenomenon does exist in scientific papers. This study provides evidence to suggest that the nonmentioned phenomenon should receive more attention in the academic world.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1879622
Julie A. Murphy, J. Newport
Abstract Several areas of technology are considered including sanitation, social distancing, barriers, remote reference, electronic resources, wireless Internet access, curbside pickup, bookmobiles, video conferencing and social media, voice to text, telepresence, and extended realities. The importance of these technologies in the shadow of the current pandemic is considered as well as ways in which libraries can continue to harness those technologies past the pandemic to continue to serve our patrons in new ways and extensions of old ways.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1882652
Jane Cho
Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the altmetrics of academic papers highly cited in the social sciences and to assess whether the altmetrics show any correlation with the citations and open access status. To accomplish this goal, 638 highly cited articles from SCOPUS were extracted and PlumX metrics were used to measure the altmetrics (views, readers, blogs, Wikis, and Tweets). Then, the relationship among altmetrics, citation rates, and open access status was analyzed through Spearman correlation analysis and the Mann–Whitney test. In addition, with corresponding analysis, this study identified and visualized the differences in altmetrics between 10 social science sub-disciplines. As a result, the papers in the social sciences have greater than one altmetrics presence in greater than 30% of all altmetrics sources. In detail, greater than 90% of the papers had one or more readers in Mendeley, and 50% of the papers had one or more references in Wiki. There was also a strong correlation between the numbers of citations and readers, and open access papers showed a higher altmetrics presence than those that were closed. In terms of differences between disciplines, many psychology articles were registered as a reference on Wiki; many articles in the fields of humanity, society, and politics were drawn to popular discussions through Tweets; and the education field had the highest number of Mendeley readers. This study traced the social influence of highly cited papers in the social sciences that had not been understood before and then statistically interpreted the differences in social impact among the 10 social science disciplines.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1879620
Treasa Bane
Abstract This column includes reports on sessions from the ER&L 2020 Conference and American Library Association Annual 2020 Conference. The reports cover ways in which technical services may transform due to our current pandemic circumstances. Another report explains how InstantILL simplifies content delivery.
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