Local impact of books: A comparison of libcitations from research-oriented and public libraries

IF 2.8 2区管理学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Pub Date : 2024-06-20 DOI:10.1002/asi.24937

Eline Vandewalle, Raf Guns, Tim C. E. Engels

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Abstract

We explore the potential of libcitations from local research-oriented and public library catalogues for a study of the societal and cultural impact of books authored by academics from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). The study relies on data from the bibliographic database VABB-SHW, the Flemish public library catalogue Cultuurconnect, and the Belgian research library catalogue UniCat. We find that whereas a majority of academically authored SSH books appear in research-oriented libraries, the holdings in public libraries are limited. However, libcitations in public libraries are indicative of societal and cultural impact, particularly for books written in the domestic language (in this case Dutch) and books that are not primarily aimed at academic peers (and are not peer-reviewed). Additionally, we find that the books held in local libraries include different genres and dissemination types, as SSH scholars contribute to the creation of societal and cultural impact in a variety of ways. An overview of the types of books attaining high scores in public and research-oriented libraries showcases avenues for the creation of societal impact through popularized literature.

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图书对当地的影响：研究型图书馆和公共图书馆的图书引用情况比较

我们探讨了地方研究型图书馆和公共图书馆目录中的图书馆引文在研究社会科学与人文科学（SSH）学者所著书籍的社会和文化影响方面的潜力。这项研究依赖于书目数据库 VABB-SHW、佛兰德公共图书馆目录 Cultuurconnect 和比利时研究型图书馆目录 UniCat 中的数据。我们发现，虽然大部分学术著作的 SSH 图书都出现在研究型图书馆中，但公共图书馆的藏书量却很有限。然而，公共图书馆中的图书引文表明了其社会和文化影响力，尤其是以本国语言（此处为荷兰语）撰写的图书和不以学术同行为主要读者对象（且未经同行评审）的图书。此外，我们还发现，当地图书馆收藏的书籍包括不同的体裁和传播类型，因为 SSH 学者以各种方式为创造社会和文化影响做出了贡献。对在公共图书馆和研究型图书馆获得高分的图书类型的概述，展示了通过普及文学创造社会影响的途径。

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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

8.60%

发文量

115

期刊介绍： The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is a leading international forum for peer-reviewed research in information science. For more than half a century, JASIST has provided intellectual leadership by publishing original research that focuses on the production, discovery, recording, storage, representation, retrieval, presentation, manipulation, dissemination, use, and evaluation of information and on the tools and techniques associated with these processes. The Journal welcomes rigorous work of an empirical, experimental, ethnographic, conceptual, historical, socio-technical, policy-analytic, or critical-theoretical nature. JASIST also commissions in-depth review articles (“Advances in Information Science”) and reviews of print and other media.