{"title":"Data cartels: The companies that control and monopolize our information","authors":"E. Lim","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2023.2184978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2023.2184978","url":null,"abstract":"The word ‘cartel’ often conjures a definition focusing on price fixing and production manipulation to increase profits and reduce competition. When used in the context of the critical information that governs our lives and personal and private behavior, the term ‘cartel’ takes on a more sinister aspect with shades of ethical impropriety. Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information is a full expository on information cartels controlling the prices of the different types of data: personal data, academic research, legal information, financial data, and news. The author a law professor and a former law librarian specializes in data privacy and information access, among other areas. Her book takes us inside these cartels’ free-for-all realm, showing how they collect, commodify, and monetize our informational and data assets. These cartels are responsible for reinforcing social inequality and threatening democratic knowledge exchange.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"150 - 152"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47176476","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}
{"title":"Business faculty and publication trends: A citation analysis","authors":"C. Bailey","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2161234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2161234","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A comprehensive citation analysis was conducted for faculty publications from the College of Business at San José State University. While past citation analysis studies have focused on tenured or tenure-track faculty research, this study includes an analysis of lecturer publications. Data suggest that departments with a higher number of lecturers produce fewer publications overall. The lecturer publication profile yields a similar output to that of tenured or tenure-track faculty, with lecturers primarily producing journal articles. Although the study analyzed a smaller number of citations than previously published studies, it was found that faculty in this study cited a greater variety of material types than in previous studies.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"68 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49039508","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}
{"title":"Impact of library information literacy training on entrepreneurship competition scores: A quantitative study at University of California, Irvine","authors":"Sara Heimann","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2161235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2161235","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Librarian partnered with UCI’s New Venture Competition to provide embedded research support for teams participating in the competition, including a research workshop and individual team research consultations. To assess the impact of these library services, a quantitative study of three years of competition scores was conducted involving a control group and two experimental groups; the difference in the experimental groups was the mode in which the services were provided: in-person and virtually. The study hypothesized that teams who received information literacy training (i.e., attended a research workshop and/or participated in a research consultation) earned higher Concept Paper scores, as well as higher evidence question scores (i.e., scores for a rubric question related to providing evidence in support of claims made in the Concept Paper), than teams who did not receive information literacy training. Statistical analysis showed significant increases in both Concept Paper scores and evidence question scores for both experimental groups when compared to the control group, indicating that information literacy training positively impacted teams’ performance. Additional analysis revealed no statistically significant differences in teams’ scores based on training delivery mode, in-person or virtual. The results are of value to librarians seeking to initiate partnerships with entrepreneurship competitions on campus, as well as entrepreneurship educators interested in enhancing existing entrepreneurship competitions by incorporating research and information literacy training.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"95 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46749119","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}
{"title":"Sage research methods core review","authors":"Georgette Nicolosi","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2147653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2147653","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract SAGE Research Methods Core is a database and tool that helps researchers, faculty, and students with their research projects. This paper will review SAGE Research Methods Core in the context of business disciplines.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"82 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43745730","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}
{"title":"Transitioning an embedded capstone course to a new librarian","authors":"J. Opdahl","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2137975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2137975","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The subject of this study is an embedded librarian approach to a capstone course within a College of Business Administration (CoBA) at a large California public university. Discussed are how the new tenure track Business and Economics Librarian approached a long standing embedded collaboration. The implementation of feedback forms provided a method to identify instructional gaps resulting in discussions informing future semesters. Continued collaborations have benefited from use of reflective practice informing adjustments for improved pedagogy and modifications to embedded approaches. Facilitation of such an embedded approach has required partnership and collaboration with faculty to realize a shared vision for research, synthesis, and application of knowledge to make a strategic diagnosis of a business problem. This study adds to the knowledge of benefits and challenges to an embedded librarian approach and implementation in a business capstone course. Discussed are plans for assessment of student perceived value of embedded librarian practices, and approaches to collecting data leading to future improvement of embedded practices.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"48 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49496756","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}
Margaret E. Phillips, Heather Howard, Garrett Brewster
{"title":"Examining business students’ workplace information use during internships and co-ops","authors":"Margaret E. Phillips, Heather Howard, Garrett Brewster","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2137973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2137973","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Information literacy is essential for business students as they prepare for the workplace they will enter after leaving the university. Prior to graduation, students must also prepare for the information needs they will experience during internships and co-ops. To optimize instruction and teach students the information literacy skills they will need on-the-job, librarians need to understand what information sources employers require students to use during internship/co-op experiences and in what ways. In this study we surveyed business students and alumni at a large Midwestern university who had completed an internship or co-op regarding their information use during these workplace experiences.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"28 1","pages":"36 - 47"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45268871","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}
{"title":"Review of Data Axle","authors":"Janet M. Reid, P. Sobczak","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2138014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2138014","url":null,"abstract":"Data Axle is a business and consumer research database. In 2020, ReferenceUSA was renamed Data Axle, providing information on 77 million both private and public businesses and 295 million consumers. This database can also be used to conduct job searches, develop marketing plans, find healthcare providers, search white pages and find homeowners. Academic researchers are always seeking resources that provide granular data on private businesses, at a local level.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"27 1","pages":"310 - 313"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44880758","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}
{"title":"COVID-19 data representation in business databases","authors":"A. Vaaler, Lauren Reiter","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2129276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2129276","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The presence of COVID-19 data in business databases is reflected by some providers making changes in how they collect, organize, share, and maintain data. These changes have implications for those who rely on business information for their decision-making or research. In this study, the authors sought to provide an overarching summary of ways business data providers are presenting COVID-19 data. Findings include the features used in business databases to address the impact of COVID-19 and considerations for librarians who work with business data.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"27 1","pages":"233 - 249"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48434667","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}
{"title":"A citation analysis of MBA bibliographies: A case study","authors":"Esther L. Gil","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2129275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2129275","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research was initiated to identify the type of sources that online MBA students in a required marketing class cited in their final papers. It also sought to discover whether they included any of the Libraries’ subscription databases in their bibliographies, especially IBISWorld and ReferenceUSA, which were the focus of two asynchronous video tutorials that were created for this course. The author used citation analysis to do this. Results showed that students overwhelmingly used Company websites. Then citations dropped to four other categories, Trade, Consumer, Government, and News. Some database subscriptions were cited, including the two covered in the tutorials. Video play data for each of these increased each quarter. There have been a few articles focusing on citation analysis and business information literacy. This study adds to the literature and provides some areas for further research.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"27 1","pages":"283 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49347597","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}
{"title":"Learning research skills: Business students’ instructional preferences and the impact of the pandemic","authors":"Melissa Bauer","doi":"10.1080/08963568.2022.2120075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2120075","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study will capture a snapshot of the instructional preferences of business students and the behavioral and personal characteristics that affect their choice. A survey was distributed to upper division (junior and senior level) undergraduate business students, to gather information about students’ instructional preferences, assessment of research skills, and personal/behavioral characteristics that affect their choice. The study found both in 2020 and 2021 that business students prefer to learn new research skills in a one-on-one appointment in-person rather than a classroom setting or on their own through web guides or videos. Students in both years rated themselves as having good to excellent research skills and cited work and family responsibilities as the top reasons that prevented them from seeking research instruction. This study highlights the instructional modality preferences of upper division undergraduate business students and the factors that prevent students from receiving research assistance.","PeriodicalId":44062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship","volume":"27 1","pages":"250 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47139838","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}