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Exploring attitudinal dimensions of electronic resource management in academic libraries 高校图书馆电子资源管理的态度维度探讨

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103144

Winifred Bentil

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Library science literature, 2019–2025: An exploration using critical bibliometric methods 图书馆学文献，2019-2025：关键文献计量学方法的探索

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103142

Nick Szydlowski

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When the library closes: Assessing the academic impact on engagement, citation practices, and performance in first-year students 图书馆何时关闭：评估对一年级学生参与、引用实践和表现的学术影响

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103143

Narelle J. Coetzee , Kerrie Stevens

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Disciplinary differences in the online dissemination of doctoral theses: Evidence from France's theses.fr repository 博士论文在线传播的学科差异：来自法国these.fr知识库的证据

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103136

Matthieu Cisel, Pauline Antognelli

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Revisiting the relationship between information literacy and academic writing: Evidence from a self-assessment scale 重新审视信息素养与学术写作之间的关系：来自自我评估量表的证据

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103138

Chengyuan Yu

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The impact of academic library location on occupational efficiency: A comparison of the university's campus design 高校图书馆选址对职业效率的影响——以高校校园设计为例

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103137

Binyad Maruf Abdulkadir Khaznadar , Lana Abubakr Ali

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Research data management in Universities in Kenya: Critical analysis of the legal and policy frameworks 肯尼亚大学的研究数据管理：法律和政策框架的批判性分析

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103139

Joel Nakitare , Salome Mathangani , Grace Kamau

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A dynamic perspective-based study on constructing an evaluation model for smart knowledge service quality in academic libraries 基于动态视角的高校图书馆智慧知识服务质量评价模型构建研究

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103128

Jingfeng Cui , Dejun Zheng , Wei Cheng , Jianghan Shi

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The question of textbooks in academic libraries: To purchase or not? A scoping review 高校图书馆教科书的问题：买还是不买？范围审查

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103127

Jeanette Aprile , Danielle Aloia , Deborah A. Crooke , Marie T. Ascher

{"title":"The question of textbooks in academic libraries: To purchase or not? A scoping review","authors":"Jeanette Aprile , Danielle Aloia , Deborah A. Crooke , Marie T. Ascher","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The objective of this scoping review is to assist libraries in developing a collection policy for course-required textbooks informed by themes and outcomes recognized in the existing body of research.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The scoping review was conducted using Arksey and O'Malley's framework and the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. The team did an environmental scan, constructed a comprehensive search strategy in six databases, and conducted hand and cited-reference searching. Included papers were quantitative or qualitative studies with outcomes described and mapped to prevailing themes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Nine hundred twenty-three records were identified via database and cited reference searching. After deduplication, 760 records were screened, and 675 records were excluded. 85 full-text records were retrieved and after review, 29 records were further excluded. Fifty-six studies were included for review, most of which were case studies. Thirteen recurring themes were identified and grouped.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Libraries are increasingly enlisted in wider academic strategies to make education more affordable for students. Course reserves programs are often initiated or expanded at the request of student groups, sometimes motivating financial support from administration. Published studies have focused primarily on undergraduate settings. The scoping review provides recommendations for the development and management of textbook collections.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 5","pages":"Article 103127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144932218","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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Academic librarians in research competitions: A network analysis of resource provision and collaborative dynamics 学术图书馆研究竞赛：资源供给与合作动态的网络分析

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103100

Rende Li , Sumin Feng

{"title":"Academic librarians in research competitions: A network analysis of resource provision and collaborative dynamics","authors":"Rende Li , Sumin Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As an important carrier for cultivating innovative talents and improving the teamwork ability of college students, more and more scholars have paid attention to university research competitions, but most of the previous studies have focused on how the design of scientific research competitions can better improve the effect of talent training, while ignoring what academic resources students are eager to obtain in scientific research competitions from the perspective of students, and what effective support can be provided by instructors such as librarians and professors in scientific research competitions. This study examines how academic librarians’ and professors’ resources and abilities influence scientific research competition collaboration, and explores AI tools’ supporting role. Three scientific research competition cooperation networks involving 40 consultants and 318 students between 2022 and 2024 were analyzed using exponential random graph models (ERGM). We found that students prefer librarians with strong information retrieval skills, literature resources, and library facilities, while valuing professors’ teaching experience, framework guidance, and progress control abilities, while librarians’ research experience, data resources, and professors’ ask disassembly and subject knowledge depth were not the characteristics that were considered in scientific research competition collaboration. Students with complementary competition skills tend to select the same advisors, with disciplinary homophily observed in advisor selection. For AI tools, reading/writing capabilities, code logic, conversational fluency, and translation features were most valued. The difference is that we found that the picture generation capabilities does not play an obvious role in the research competition. The findings demonstrate the distinct roles of librarians and professors in competitions and highlight the importance of skill complementarity in team formation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 5","pages":"Article 103100"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145046124","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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