{"title":"“Lady can talk forever…”: Exploring caring discourse in bilingual librarianship","authors":"Julie Marie Frye , Maria Hasler-Barker","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101301","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Care theory and critical discourse analysis were utilized to examine bilingual reference interactions extracted from 20 h of observations in a U.S.-Mexico border town public library. The researchers identified three types of caring discourse, including commiseration, soothing, and expressions of condolence. They also associated five conversation devices with caring discourse: humor, idiomatic expressions, interjections, lexical intensifiers, and whispering. Notably, librarians' infrequent production of elements of care were primarily in English regardless of community members' language choice. Further analysis revealed that linguistic expressions of care frequently masked unintentional, deficit-based perceptions about community members. Other salient themes that emerged include camouflaged community members' needs, clashes between intersectional and shared identity(ies), and librarians' dismissal of community members. Ultimately, bilingual caring discourse in this setting was often an interpersonal and institutional illusion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101301"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140807142","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 products and multi-disciplinarity of data-centric tasks: Influences on data searchers' behaviors and cognition","authors":"Ping Wang , Jingyu Wang , Chunfeng Liu , Qiao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101302","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The product type and multi-disciplinarity level of tasks may be associated with the behaviors of data searchers and their utilization of cognitive System 1 and System 2. To test these associations, a user experiment was conducted. Findings suggest that due to differences in the uncertainty of data needs and the difficulty of data evaluation, when executing tasks with intellectual products, users devote more effort to data evaluation rather than query optimization and rely more on System 2. Moreover, due to differences in knowledge complexity and the availability of data resources, when performing multi-discipline tasks, users devote more effort to query optimization and data evaluation but gain lower search performance. When performing intellectual-multi-discipline tasks, data searchers use System 1 and System 2 in a complementary way to support systematic and efficient evaluation. A task classification has been developed, offering a framework to identify behavioral and cognitive patterns linked to specific tasks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101302"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140807894","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}
Vanessa Irvin , Michelle L. Rogers , Aniya DeRiggs
{"title":"Footed in the information deep: Research frameworks for (re)claiming and (re)storing heritage-based knowledge competencies in information professionals","authors":"Vanessa Irvin , Michelle L. Rogers , Aniya DeRiggs","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101300","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A vital aspect of the library and information science (LIS) professional's identity involves an ongoing reflective, inquiry-based research praxis that can be considered “the information deep,” where the LIS skillset is enacted as a means of sociocultural restorative justice. In the American context, with the LIS profession's demographics comprised of over 80% white women, professional practices can be problematic when librarians lack an inquiry-based positionality while serving a diverse reading public. <em>Footed</em> is a methodology that advocates for reclaiming and restoring heritage-based knowledge to actualize a justice-based identity and praxis for LIS professionals. An autoethnographic case study from the authors' heritage-based research process is presented to examine how <em>Footed'</em>s process informs information-seeking behavior for praxis. Librarians and information professionals can use the <em>Footed</em> method to guide their own heritage-based research to build self-knowledge as a foundation for exacting meaningful, culturally competent information services.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101300"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140816455","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":"From hierarchies of exclusion to participant-led inclusion: A qualitative research agenda for health information literacy","authors":"Alison Hicks , Vicky Grant , Catherine Jenkins","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101295","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Health information literacy links people to the information sources and ways of knowing that they need to make informed decisions about wellbeing. Qualitative research methods provide a powerful way to centre how people use information to learn about health as well as the conditions and social structures that enable and constrain information practice. This approach challenges health information literacy's more traditional focus on the measurement of normative, approved skills. Collaborative enquiry analysis of three recent studies into critical health literacy and children, chronic illness (irritable bowel syndrome) and vaccine hesitancy establishes a research agenda for qualitative health information literacy research. Producing four themes, including positioning information settings as health literate organisations, literacies for life, scaling up infrastructure and empowerment, the research agenda outlines directions for future theoretical, practical, and methodological health information literacy research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101295"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140818746","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":"Influence of cognitive and emotional frames on Weibo users' information dissemination behavior in natural disaster emergencies: The moderating effect of psychological distance","authors":"Yanxia Lu , Jiangnan Qiu","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the context of sudden natural disasters, people are easily influenced by message frames, resulting in irrational dissemination behaviors. A theoretical model was built based on framing theory, and a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (lasso) regression model was adopted to conduct empirical research on the impact of cognitive and emotional frames on user dissemination behaviors. Results show that (1) cognitive frame has a significant positive effect on users' content creation behavior; (2) emotional frame contained has a significant positive effect on users' content integration behavior; and (3) psychological distance weakened the influence of primary cognition and positive and negative emotions on dissemination behavior but strengthened the influence of secondary cognition on dissemination behavior. The findings enrich framing theory in natural disaster emergencies from the psychological language perspective and have important practical implications for authorities and microblogging platforms to guide users more effectively during emergencies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101298"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140647589","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 predictors of academics' online information searching strategies: A structural model integrating cognitive absorption and digital literacy","authors":"Betul Tok Kose , Omer Kocak","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101299","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Searching for information on online environments is a crucial part of today's academics' work. However, no published research has been identified that comprehensively focuses on academics' online information searching patterns. This study aimed to determine the predictor variables of academics' online information searching strategies. A structural model which seeks to explain the relationship between online information searching strategies and predictor variables was constructed. Data was collected with four different data collection instruments: “Personal Information Form”, “Online Information Searching Strategies Scales”, “Cognitive Absorption Scale”, and “Digital Literacy Scale”, which were collected from 501 academics from 18 different universities. SEM analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the data. Twenty-four hypotheses were tested through SEM analysis. The results of the analysis found that academics' online information search strategies can be predicted by digital literacy. Daily internet usage time has a significant effect on cognitive absorption. In addition, digital literacy has a mediating role between online information searching strategies and cognitive absorption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101299"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140644433","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":"Exploring older adults' motivation to use public libraries in South Korea using the attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction (ARCS) motivation model","authors":"Kyoungsik Na , Yongsun Jeong , Jisu Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101296","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Public libraries serve as important hubs for lifelong learning for older adults. Nevertheless, if library visits are perceived as discouraging and frustrating, they can be burdensome for this demographic. The perceptions of motivations influencing public library use among older adults was explored through 37 semi-structured interviews. Employing the ARCS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction) motivation model, a qualitative approach was adopted. The analysis aims to shed light on the motivations and perceptions of elderly library users. The significance lies in being the pioneer in applying the ARCS motivation model to library use among older adults within the framework of public libraries, highlighting profound implications for library services catering to this demographic. The findings will contribute to new methodologies in library user research, increase knowledge and interest in public library use among older adults, and provide concrete suggestions for library administrators and policymakers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 2","pages":"Article 101296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140647588","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}
Stacy R. Stanifer , Kathy Rademacher , Whitney Beckett , King Simpson , Mary Kay Rayens , Amanda Thaxton-Wiggins , Ellen J. Hahn
{"title":"Public library lending programs increase radon testing in rural communities","authors":"Stacy R. Stanifer , Kathy Rademacher , Whitney Beckett , King Simpson , Mary Kay Rayens , Amanda Thaxton-Wiggins , Ellen J. Hahn","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101283","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer, yet few Americans test their homes for radon, particularly in rural areas. The academic team and community partners engaged the public library systems in four rural counties to offer digital radon detectors for check-out as a means of increasing the public's access to free radon testing. The check-out procedures and instructional materials were created through an iterative process, and library personnel were educated on radon and home radon testing prior to launching the lending program. Library patrons reported high usability, feasibility, and acceptability of the program. Library patron-staff interactions mainly included discussions about the logistics of radon testing. Given that public libraries are invested in making communities thrive and promoting health, providing library lending programs for radon detectors is a novel, feasible, and acceptable way to reduce the risk of lung cancer in the community.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 1","pages":"Article 101283"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740818824000045/pdfft?md5=415f380bf48add5dfabfac4ff6c67584&pid=1-s2.0-S0740818824000045-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139719230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coding for play: Identifying and categorizing educator-designed group playful learning experiences in libraries and other informal learning environments","authors":"Jacqueline Kociubuk , Kathleen Campana","doi":"10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2024.101280","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While children's play has been theorized and examined by scholars across disciplines, limited attention has been focused on the presentation and inclusion of multi-age group play in informal learning environments such as public libraries. With increased recognition of the value and connection of play to learning for children in these spaces and the resources and services they offer, there is a need to understand more about how to identify and theorize group play in practitioner-led child and family programming - a common feature of many libraries and other informal learning environments. Expanding on previous play and playful learning literature, a coding scheme and criteria for identifying and categorizing playful learning in educator-designed group programming in informal learning environments is presented. This coding scheme is then applied to previous video-recordings of storytime programs in a public library, museum, and zoo environment. Future implications for the LIS field are presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47618,"journal":{"name":"Library & Information Science Research","volume":"46 1","pages":"Article 101280"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074081882400001X/pdfft?md5=20e6eb6d36d07f104354608c15d3888a&pid=1-s2.0-S074081882400001X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139674867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}