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The impact of library visits on undergraduate student GPA: The vital role of the library as a contributor to student success

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103040

Myra Bloom , Daniel Eller , Mark Hall , Andrew Lang , Angela Sample

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Pre-admission undergraduate students' prior understanding of academic libraries in Sri Lanka

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103029

Dilini Bodhinayaka, Hamid R. Jamali, Philip Hider, Mary Carroll

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University library leaders' technological initiatives for reshaping reading habits in the digital era: A twin cities case study

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103038

Khalid Bashir Mirza , Munazza Jabeen

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Summer of writing: Supporting the research and publishing needs of academic librarians

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103028

Ethel Gamache , Helen Power , Rhiannon Jones

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“Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto”: A qualitative content analysis of AI music in WorldCat

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103026

Adam Eric Berkowitz

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Academic librarian schedules and workspaces

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103027

Katherine Hanz, Dawn McKinnon

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Reviewing academic library policies for DEIAJ elements: Development and application of a policy review tool

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103024

Kawanna M. Bright , Yoko Okunishi

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Barriers to online library instruction in academic libraries: A qualitative study

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103021

Rebeca Peacock

{"title":"Barriers to online library instruction in academic libraries: A qualitative study","authors":"Rebeca Peacock","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Online learning has greatly influenced higher education. In response many academic libraries have expanded their online instruction programs to improve information literacy in multiple learning environments. The barriers that limit the ability of academic librarians to deliver online instruction effectively are examined in this study, using semi-structured interviews with 18 participants who have considerable experience in academic librarianship and instructional design. Barriers are revealed, such as limited institutional support, resource constraints, pervasive negative attitudes toward both online learning as well as library instruction, insufficient student motivation, and inadequate professional preparation. These barriers signify longstanding issues—such as the undervaluation of librarians' educational roles and the lack of pedagogical training in library science curricula. However, changes in the higher education landscape, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, have raised the urgency for planned responses. This research draws attention to the fact that, if the barriers that limit effective delivery of online instruction by academic librarians are going to be reduced, institutional investment has a key role; professional development opportunities need to be increased, and important curriculum in library science programs need to be reformed. Active advocacy that legitimizes and advances online library instruction will be an essential component of academic librarianship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 2","pages":"Article 103021"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143394624","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}

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Estimating the quality of academic books from their descriptions with ChatGPT

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103023

Mike Thelwall, Andrew Cox

{"title":"Estimating the quality of academic books from their descriptions with ChatGPT","authors":"Mike Thelwall, Andrew Cox","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although indicators based on scholarly citations are widely used to support the evaluation of academic journals, alternatives are needed for scholarly book acquisitions. This article assesses the value of research quality scores from ChatGPT 4o-mini for 9830 social sciences, arts, and humanities books from 2019 indexed in Scopus, based on their titles and descriptions but not their full texts. Although most books scored the same (3* on a 1* to 4* scale), the citation rates correlate positively but weakly with ChatGPT 4o-mini research quality scores in both the social sciences and the arts and humanities. Part of the reason for the differences was the inclusion of textbooks, short books, and edited collections, all of which tended to be less cited and lower scoring. Some topics also tend to attract many/few citations and/or high/low ChatGPT scores. Descriptions explicitly mentioning theory and/or some methods also associated with higher scores and more citations. Overall, the results provide some evidence that both ChatGPT scores and citation counts are weak indicators of the research quality of books. Whilst not strong enough to support individual book quality judgements, they may help academic librarians seeking to evaluate new book collections, series, or publishers for potential acquisition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 2","pages":"Article 103023"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143394623","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}

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The business of transformative agreements

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103020

Reece Steinberg

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