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Learning from digital disorientations: Navigating virtual and physical spaces in library and information science research during lockdowns and beyond

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101340

Travis L. Wagner , Kaitlin Montague , Vanessa L. Kitzie , Marie Radford , Bradley Wade Bishop

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Using a serial multiple-mediator SEM model to demonstrate the effect of program preparation, professional development opportunities, and comfort with technology on retention of BIPOC librarians

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101342

Kawanna Bright , Sunha Kim , Mónica Colón-Aguirre , Amy VanScoy , Ayiana Crabtree

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A longitudinal study of user continuance intention to use public digital cultural services 关于用户继续使用公共数字文化服务意愿的纵向研究

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101343

Jiajing Liu , Honglei Lia Sun , Li Kuang , Jianming Zheng

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Decoding virtual chats: NLP insights into academic library services.

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101344

Jiebei Luo, Alyssa Brissett

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Assessing social efficiency of libraries from a dynamic perspective: The Peruvian municipal library system

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101341

María José del Barrio-Tellado, Angela Milagros Reyes-Gutierrez

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The user experience of university library: A text mining analysis of a Q&A platform in China 大学图书馆的用户体验：中国问答平台的文本挖掘分析

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101326

Yan Li , E. Erjiang , Xin Tian

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A systematic review of library services platforms research and research agenda 图书馆服务平台研究和研究议程系统回顾

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101325

Ze Liu , Bo Shao

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How to bridge the gap? Information asymmetry in Tibetan-Chinese bilingual search behavior

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101329

Shutian Zhang , Dan Wu

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ChatGPT for chatting and searching: Repurposing search behavior

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101331

Marcelo Tibau , Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira , Bernardo Pereira Nunes

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Data literacy in flux: Perspectives of community college librarians on evolving educational demands and library capacities 变化中的数据素养：社区大学图书馆员对不断变化的教育需求和图书馆能力的看法

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Library & Information Science Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101327

Jeonghyun Kim, Sarah Evans, Lingzi Hong, Erin Rice-Oyler, Lydia Ogbadu-Oladapo

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