Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.2018225
K. Almas, Shafiq Ur Rehman, F. Al-Harbi, Soban Qadir Khan, Faraz Ahmed Farooqi, Steph Smith, Shakil Ahmad
Abstract Background Increasing pressure on researchers and academicians to publish in high impact factor (IF) journals necessitates selecting useful quality journals in academia. Objectives To review IF’s role and the factors that influence the IF of dental journals, including the journals’ quartile distribution. Methods The Editorial board size of the journal, age of the journal, status (print or electronic) of publication, frequency of publication, quartile, and 5-year IF of all Clarivate Analytics’ oral-dental journals (Dentistry, Oral Surgery, and Medicine) were investigated. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized. The information was obtained from individual websites of the journals and Web of Science databases. Results The result shows that all four variables (Editorial board size, frequency of publication, status, and age of journals) were not correlated with the IF, and there was no statistically significant difference found on the IF based on all four factors. Discussion Studies on all four factors contribute to the current IF of individual journals. Five-year and yearly progress trends of journals with quartile rankings are helping to make learning choices for journal selection. The selection of high IF dental journals is a current need for oral health care professionals from academia. Irrespective of the impact factors, publish and flourish policy may be adopted by academic institutions to promote a writing culture. Incentives should be offered to faculty of academic institutions, and adequate time should be allocated to promote publishing culture. Novice authors should be encouraged to start writing and not initially only focus on high IF journals, as with time, quality should follow. If articles are published in medical journals, the keywords should include dental/or dentistry, so it could be classified in the dental literature as well, wherever it is applicable. Conclusion There is no influence on any of the four factors. The larger Editorial board size and higher frequency of publications per year were not significantly associated with the IF. Comparison of IF with status and age of journals also showed no association with the IF. Any particular journal’s choice should be based upon the current IF, journal quartile ranking, and journal domain specificity. Further research on acceptance rate, open access, waiting time, and cost influencing journal selection is suggested.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2022.2050615
A. Oruc
Abstract Academic conferences are an indispensable component of contemporary science, giving researchers the opportunity to present the results of recent investigations, become familiar with other scholars’ studies, and build and expand a network for future collaborations. However, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the format of academic conferences to shift, leading virtual conferences to become increasingly popular in the academic environment. Along the way, practical online tools used to organize a virtual academic conference have attained prominence. This study evaluates the various features that service providers currently offer, having thoroughly investigated many tools that are currently on the market. The discussion categorizes these online tools into three groups based on function: event management tools, submission management tools, and online conferencing tools. The study findings contribute to conference organizers’ ability to determine useful features for conducting a virtual academic conference. Moreover, the results reveal that the tools that support event and submission management can also benefit traditional scientific conferences, making this study valuable for those organizing all types of conferences, whether virtual or traditional.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1963512
Rachel King
Abstract Streaming video has increased the size of academic library media holdings, while leaving patrons on their own to find what they need. As a result, media collections are now exponentially larger and richer while simultaneously being less discoverable by students. That’s because the way libraries organize this information serves the most information-literate users—while potentially leaving others behind. This session explored the history of library media in an effort to understand the reasons why media tends to be one of the most mysterious parts of academic library collections. It also encourages librarians to assess the accessibility of their own media collections and find creative strategies for making these important resources accessible to all.
{"title":"Making Multimedia Visible: Finding New Pathways of Discoverability and Access for Media Collections","authors":"Rachel King","doi":"10.1080/00987913.2021.1963512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2021.1963512","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Streaming video has increased the size of academic library media holdings, while leaving patrons on their own to find what they need. As a result, media collections are now exponentially larger and richer while simultaneously being less discoverable by students. That’s because the way libraries organize this information serves the most information-literate users—while potentially leaving others behind. This session explored the history of library media in an effort to understand the reasons why media tends to be one of the most mysterious parts of academic library collections. It also encourages librarians to assess the accessibility of their own media collections and find creative strategies for making these important resources accessible to all.","PeriodicalId":54165,"journal":{"name":"Serials Review","volume":"47 1","pages":"119 - 121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46694291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1986917
Julie A. Murphy
Abstract Annotation is an centuries old method of communicating, organizing, and synthesizing information that becomes increasingly valuable the more widely it is shared. This article examines the growing demand for collaborative annotation technologies in the academic community, tools and technologies that enable collaborative annotation, and various projects that have implemented it in public forums.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2022.2046459
M. Dadkhah, F. Rahimnia, M. Oermann
Abstract Predatory journals are continuing to expand across disciplines and target researchers via different media such as websites and spam emails to potential authors. While multiple studies have described characteristics of predatory journals, less research has been on done on authors’ perceptions of and experiences with predatory journals. In this paper, by using a data science approach, we developed a tool that analyzes the content of social media and summarizes what users (authors) have shared about predatory journals. This tool is useful in understanding the current concerns of researchers about predatory journals and examining current activities of these journals.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1963633
Nicole E. Wood
Abstract In the summer of 2020, Austin Peay State University’s Woodward Library added a report feature to all catalog records, allowing library users to alert technical services personnel of any errors discovered while searching, including broken links or incorrect information. With the implementation of the report feature, spot checking efforts were crowdsourced to library users, and data were collected on the types of errors appearing most often in catalog records.
{"title":"See an Issue? Broken URL? Report It Here!","authors":"Nicole E. Wood","doi":"10.1080/00987913.2021.1963633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2021.1963633","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the summer of 2020, Austin Peay State University’s Woodward Library added a report feature to all catalog records, allowing library users to alert technical services personnel of any errors discovered while searching, including broken links or incorrect information. With the implementation of the report feature, spot checking efforts were crowdsourced to library users, and data were collected on the types of errors appearing most often in catalog records.","PeriodicalId":54165,"journal":{"name":"Serials Review","volume":"47 1","pages":"126 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43693913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.1964679
Karen Brunsting, C. Harrington
Abstract Technical services librarians do not often have the opportunity to directly interact with students. At the University of Memphis two technical services librarians seized the opportunity to reach students by teaching a one credit-hour course in the Helen Hardin Honors College. The authors designed a course called Wikipedia: For the Undergraduate Researcher. The course uses the website, Wikipedia, as a lens through which to teach undergraduate students about information literacy, scholarly communication, and information privilege. The authors share their experiences teaching, the lessons they learned as well as taught, in two different iterations, in person and virtually.
{"title":"Reaching Students Through Teaching","authors":"Karen Brunsting, C. Harrington","doi":"10.1080/00987913.2021.1964679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2021.1964679","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Technical services librarians do not often have the opportunity to directly interact with students. At the University of Memphis two technical services librarians seized the opportunity to reach students by teaching a one credit-hour course in the Helen Hardin Honors College. The authors designed a course called Wikipedia: For the Undergraduate Researcher. The course uses the website, Wikipedia, as a lens through which to teach undergraduate students about information literacy, scholarly communication, and information privilege. The authors share their experiences teaching, the lessons they learned as well as taught, in two different iterations, in person and virtually.","PeriodicalId":54165,"journal":{"name":"Serials Review","volume":"47 1","pages":"136 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46954457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2022.2030605
Scott Vieira
Abstract In this installment of “Conversations,” Carly Bachman, chief librarian for the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), discusses her work, including her past work for different regional libraries for the United Nations.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2022.2044579
A. Craft, Kathy Heilman, Christine M. Fischer
Abstract Though many library practices and services were put on hold at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, hiring still took place in some academic libraries. This column details the process of remote onboarding in an academic library that was accustomed to in-person hiring and training, and it provides perspective from both the supervisor and the newly-hired electronic resources librarian in the UNC Greensboro University Libraries Technical Services Department. Authors seek to illustrate the process of developing a structured virtual onboarding program, as well as uncover the social challenges posed by physical distancing in a new working environment, and strive to answer the question, how does one become a part of a department when the department itself cannot meet in person?
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Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2021.2017826
Michael Rodriguez
Abstract Seeking to maximize budgetary efficiency and safeguard important resources from future budget reductions, the UConn Library collaborated with vendors to buy out its subscription and access fees, flipping the model from leased to perpetual access. Striving for sustainable stewardship of its collections, the Library achieved $125,000 in cost savings—equivalent to approximately 2.5% of its collections budget and 10% of its budget line items. This column explains how we did it.
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