Chen Luo , Han Zheng , Xiaoya Yang , Yimeng Xu , Yifei He
{"title":"From search to share: Exploring the relationships between seeking health information from diverse online sources and health misinformation sharing","authors":"Chen Luo , Han Zheng , Xiaoya Yang , Yimeng Xu , Yifei He","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101370","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101370","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>People increasingly turn to online sources for health-related queries in today's digital landscape. This trend's hidden drawbacks, particularly the rise of health misinformation, attract scholarly attention. Drawing upon the Stressor-Strain-Outcome framework and cognitive load theory, a psychological mechanism that explains what drives health information seekers to share health misinformation in cyberspace was formulated. Results based on an online survey revealed two key findings. First, reliance on search engines and online news media was positively tied to health information overload, which, in turn, was positively associated with health information fatigue. Second, while overload did not significantly relate to misperceptions, greater fatigue was linked to increased misperceptions, and they both contributed to health misinformation sharing. This study sheds light on the transition from information seeking to misinformation sharing and discloses the relationships among information processing capacity, motivation, and beliefs. Relevant findings inform viable strategies to mitigate the spread of online health misinformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"Article 101370"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding information practices through video-based research: Opportunities and challenges of collecting researcher-generated and participant-generated video data","authors":"Soo Hyeon Kim , Gi Woong Choi","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101366","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101366","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multiple types of video data can help understand children's everyday information practices as children often struggle to share their perspectives through traditional research methods. This methodological case study investigates the opportunities and challenges of collecting multiple types of video data, one generated by the research team and the other by participants, to expand the understanding of information practices. A collective case study of elementary-aged children's information practices at a summer camp, an afterschool program, and a library engineering program demonstrates that multiple types of video data captured participants' different patterns of information practices and depicted evolving transition of information practices that were mediated by both tangible and intangible tools in the environment. Video-based interaction analysis offers information science researchers a way to advance and refine theories on information practices. Involving participants in data collection and augmenting traditional methods with video may enrich the depth of research on information practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"Article 101366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144572752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiaying Lizzy Liu , Sierrah Bessler , Yan Zhang , Midori McKay Komi , Annie T. Chen
{"title":"Changes of information needs and emotions during COVID-19: A longitudinal view","authors":"Jiaying Lizzy Liu , Sierrah Bessler , Yan Zhang , Midori McKay Komi , Annie T. Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101367","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101367","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how information-seeking behaviors evolved during the first year of COVID-19, addressing gaps in understanding longitudinal information and emotional needs during extended health crises. Eight hundred seventy-two U.S. adults were surveyed during Dec 2020-May 2021 using open-ended questions about information sought at pandemic onset versus survey time. Responses were analyzed using thematic analysis and the Social-Ecological Framework. Three key transitions in information needs emerged: from pandemic-specific to everyday life information, from individual to societal concerns, and from immediate to long-term considerations. Different patterns of emotional changes paralleled these informational shifts were identified. Contributing factors of these changes occurred at multiple ecological levels, individual, interpersonal, and societal, highlighting the complex, multilayered nature of influences on information-seeking behavior during crisis. These findings can inform how libraries and health communicators can better structure information services during extended health emergencies. Future research should explore affective influences on health information-seeking behaviors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"Article 101367"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144579805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends in library STEM education projects: A review of publicly funded projects from the institute of museum and library services","authors":"Soo Hyeon Kim, Ayoung Yoon, Jaihyun Park","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101368","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101368","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Considering the growing national investment in informal STEM education and libraries' emerging role within that landscape, it is timely to systematically review library-based STEM education projects to understand how libraries have contributed to STEM education over time in the US. This study conducts a systematic review of grant-funded projects related to STEM education from 2012 to 2022 from the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS). One hundred and twenty-eight library STEM education projects were analyzed to understand trends in growth and focus of IMLS-funded library STEM education projects. Based on the content analysis of project abstracts and Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) topic modeling method, library STEM education projects contribute to diversification at multiple levels, such as participant populations, program structures, STEM disciplinary focus, funding scale and distribution, and network of collaboration were demonstrated. Findings highlight the unique role libraries have played in broadening the landscape of informal STEM learning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"Article 101368"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144632230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The career pathways of academic librarians: A kaleidoscope career model analysis of faculty identity and institutional engagement","authors":"James A. Wiser","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101371","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101371","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how career origin, whether librarianship constitutes a first or second career, shapes academic librarians' engagement with faculty status, tenure processes, and institutional loyalty. Using the Kaleidoscope Career Model (KCM) as a theoretical framework, the research analyzed how librarians navigate the framework's phases across different career pathways, offering possible new understandings to which librarians care more about librarian faculty status than others and why. Through semi-structured interviews at two comparable institutions, the study reveals that first-career librarians often view faculty status as an expected component of their professional identity and demonstrate stronger institutional loyalty, while second-career librarians approach faculty status more pragmatically, drawing on previous experiences to maintain work-life boundaries and evaluate institutional alignment with personal values. The findings suggest that career origin influences how librarians navigate tenure expectations, and recommends mentorship programs, hybrid faculty models, and dual career ladders that recognize diverse professional backgrounds to support both groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"Article 101371"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144678790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dong Joon Lee , Besiki Stvilia , Nehaal Hegde , Sai Narasimha Rao Malneedi
{"title":"Exploring doctoral student researchers' use and adoption of research information management systems","authors":"Dong Joon Lee , Besiki Stvilia , Nehaal Hegde , Sai Narasimha Rao Malneedi","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101369","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101369","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Doctoral student researchers' adoption and utilization of research information management systems (RIMS) were examined through a survey of 231 doctoral students at U.S. universities classified as having very high research activity. Doctoral student researchers primarily use RIMS to discover papers, including obtaining papers, finding papers, obtaining citations, and verifying citations. They also use RIMS to network and advance their professional career and engage in scholarly discourse. This study highlights significant differences in how RIMS are perceived and utilized based on the students' level of extraversion, publication count, and RIMS usage frequency. The findings suggest that introverted doctoral students with fewer publications perceive greater benefits from RIMS, particularly for tasks like networking and engaging with their academic communities. Extraverted students with more publications tend to engage less frequently with RIMS and perceive fewer advantages, raising important questions about whether current RIMS designs adequately support different doctoral student groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"Article 101369"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144579365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yiming Zhao , He Huang , Qian Li , Yuxiang (Chris) Zhao
{"title":"How user information search patterns impact learning outcomes across different stages of learning-related search tasks","authors":"Yiming Zhao , He Huang , Qian Li , Yuxiang (Chris) Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101354","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101354","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As information search increasingly becomes a means of knowledge acquisition, improving user learning outcomes has become critical for users and search engines. To identify search patterns that lead to high learning outcomes, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was used to analyze data collected from a lab experiment. Six search patterns that optimize learning were proposed: active engagement, time-intensive exploration, sophisticated and efficient, simple and efficient, extensive querying, and comprehensive browsing. Users dynamically adopt these search patterns depending on their task cognitive level (receptive and critical) and search stage (early, middle, and late). By examining how interactions among variables affect learning outcomes, the limitations of traditional variance- and regression-based methods that examine the independent effects of single factors were overcome. This research pioneers the use of fsQCA in search as learning (SAL) studies, provides novel insights into the interplay of search behaviors and uncovers multiple configurational pathways to learning success.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 2","pages":"Article 101354"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna-Maija Multas , Anna Suorsa , Teija Keränen , Heidi Enwald
{"title":"From collaboration to co-creation: Investigating information creation as mediated action in a research group workshop","authors":"Anna-Maija Multas , Anna Suorsa , Teija Keränen , Heidi Enwald","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101355","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101355","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Investigating information creation as mediated action offers a novel perspective to study information co-creation in groups and communities. This perspective considers all action to occur at the intersection of social practices and mediational means, the semiotic and material tools used. By employing nexus analysis as the methodological framework, the information creation practices, and mediational means used were investigated in a research group workshop. The primary data consists of video observation data from three teams. The findings show how information co-creation is shaped not only by immediate workshop interactions but also by long-term social and institutional structures. The materially mediated information creation practices involved rapid negotiation and adaptation to different semiotic and material tools. Specifically, previous experiences and hierarchical structures influenced how and by whom information was created. Practical implications underscore the importance of developing working conditions considering diverse backgrounds and complex leadership dynamics alongside the challenges posed by using varied material tools for information co-creation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 2","pages":"Article 101355"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender differences in research topic and method convergence among collaborating scholars in library and information science","authors":"Chengzhi Zhang, Linlei Xie, Siqi Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101353","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101353","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gender differences in research topic choice and methodology among collaborating scholars were explored. Previous studies have focused on gender differences in research topics or methods at the individual level of scholars, without considering collaborating groups. Employing the Top2Vec method for topic identification and the CogFT model for research method classification, collaborative scholarship in library and information science was studied. A total of 25,204 papers published between 1990 and 2022 were systematically analyzed to investigate gender differences in the convergence of research topics and method choices among collaborating scholars in this field. Results of the study found that female scholars showed lower convergence in their research methods and topic choices compared to male scholars. Findings may serve as a reference for other disciplines and research questions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 2","pages":"Article 101353"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernando Sánchez-Pita PhD, Álvaro Cabezas-Clavijo PhD
{"title":"Who cares about rural libraries? Tracking a neglected research topic in library and information science","authors":"Fernando Sánchez-Pita PhD, Álvaro Cabezas-Clavijo PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101356","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101356","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rural libraries have historically received minimal attention from the academic community despite their critical role in providing access to information, education, and recreational resources in rural areas. The state of research on rural libraries was examined. Drawing on a corpus of 159 publications from the Web of Science database covering the period from 1970 to 2023, research on rural libraries remains limited in both volume and influence. The field demonstrates low interconnectivity with other disciplines, with approximately 70 % of publications appearing in Library and Information Science (LIS) journals. Additionally, the visibility of this research is low, with merely 8.6 % of articles published in top-tier journals based on their impact factor.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"47 2","pages":"Article 101356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}