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Faculty use of open and affordable course materials over time: Rethinking value and impact 随着时间的推移，教师使用开放和负担得起的课程材料：重新思考价值和影响

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103155

Lily Todorinova , Zara Wilkinson

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Digital services as catalysts for lifelong learning in Thai higher education institutions 数字服务是泰国高等教育机构终身学习的催化剂

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103152

Lan Thi Nguyen, Kulthida Tuamsuk

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E-book vendors as platform intermediaries for academic libraries and scholarly publishers: a critical discourse analysis of e-book vendors' webpages 电子书销售商作为学术图书馆和学术出版商的平台中介：对电子书销售商网页的批评性话语分析

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103147

Mei Zhang , Darshai Hollie

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“It's not scary”: A university-high school collaboration to rethink approaches to information literacy “这并不可怕”：一所大学和高中合作，重新思考信息素养的方法

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103146

Janet Hyunju Clarke, Chris Kretz, Christine Fena

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“The library is my everything”: Mapping the meaning of university library spaces in Uganda “图书馆是我的一切”：描绘乌干达大学图书馆空间的意义

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103145

Caroline Ilako , Joyce M. Bukirwa , Elena Maceviciute

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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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