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{"title":"Supporting early career academic librarians: A scoping review of research literature on early career professional development initiatives","authors":"Sally Smith ,&nbsp;Lindsey Baird ,&nbsp;Karen Burton ,&nbsp;Amanda McLeod ,&nbsp;Shelby Carroll ,&nbsp;Annabelle Holt","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103069","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This scoping review aims to identify how academic libraries in the United States and Canada have supported early career academic librarians through professional development interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>To locate relevant literature, the team utilized bibliographic database searching and grey literature searching procedures. Databases searched include Academic Search Complete (EBSCO), Library Literature and Information Science (LLIS) Full Text (EBSCO), Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO), ERIC (EBSCO), Education Research Complete (EBSCO), PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and ProQuest's Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest). The team also employed hand searching of relevant journals and targeted web searching. Study eligibility was assessed using pre-identified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data extraction was performed via Covidence, and the team utilized qualitative coding to identify major themes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>64 relevant articles, book chapters, posters, and blog posts were included. These articles discuss five types of professional development interventions for early-career librarians: residency programs (<em>n</em> = 26), mentoring (<em>n</em> = 21), workshops (<em>n</em> = 7), conference attendance and networking (<em>n</em> = 1) and on-the-job training (n = 2) A sixth category labeled “Other” (<em>n</em> = 7) was included to reflect evidence that discusses multiple interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Early career academic librarians are involved in professional development activities as participants and organizers of activities. Included evidence illustrates that existing professional development activities are often flexible, incorporating multiple activity types and topics. Definitions of “early career” varied within the included evidence, and identified barriers to professional development activities overwhelmingly point to weaknesses in the overall structure and administration of activities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 4","pages":"Article 103069"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084120","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":"EDI as a core value for librarians","authors":"Lauren Geiger,&nbsp;Carrie P. Mastley","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 4","pages":"Article 103063"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144070754","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":"Faculty opinion of subject librarians survey","authors":"Duane Wilson,&nbsp;Nate Cox,&nbsp;Emily Rodriguez","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103070","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103070","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper reports on a survey of faculty members performed at Brigham Young University. The survey was a follow-up to a qualitative study of faculty members' perceptions of subject librarians (Wilson et al., 2025), and the survey questions were developed based on questions in the literature and findings of the qualitative study. Surveyed faculty members knew who their subject librarian was and appreciated them. They thought of the main duties of subject librarians as helping students and maintaining collections. Despite appreciating what subject librarians did, faculty did not contact them frequently. Faculty members considered library knowledge as the most important subject librarian skill, followed by communication and people skills. Formal requirements such as degree or status were not important to faculty. For subject librarians to be successful, they should focus on the needs and language of faculty members and strive to communicate with them when they need it and in a way that they will understand. The survey results supported and corroborated the results from the qualitative study, providing an additional method for verifying qualitative results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 4","pages":"Article 103070"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144070752","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":"What we need now: leadership skills, strategies, and competencies in today's academic libraries","authors":"Laura Wiegand McBrayer","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103068","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To remain effective, academic library leaders must continually adapt to changes within and outside their organizations. Today's academic library organizations have different expectations, needs, and concerns due to significant workplace disruption caused by recent environmental factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the framework of leadership competencies, this study explored the impacts of these workplace changes on the practice of library leadership, aiming to understand what skills and strategies will be needed in today's environment to be an effective library leader. A series of focus groups were conducted with library staff and faculty both in leadership and not in leadership positions. The results of the study found that the new or differently relevant skills and strategies leaders needed to be effective include creating workplaces that support the whole person, modeling self-care in leadership, creating sustainable workplaces, managing conflict, managing flexibility, building team culture and community, and advocating strategically by creating alignment. Adding these new competencies to existing frameworks can help guide future leadership development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 4","pages":"Article 103068"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144070753","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":"Enhancing library discovery: An approach to understanding user access to electronic resources","authors":"Patricia M. Dragon,&nbsp;Janet L. Mayo,&nbsp;Ann Carol Stocks,&nbsp;Rebecca Tatterson","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The exponential increase in electronic resources in parallel with the development of discovery systems has expanded the research environment for library users well beyond the traditional library catalog. In response, a large public university library grapples with the best ways to deploy research tools to provide access to the many electronic resources it licenses for its users. Library staff seek to direct users most efficiently to needed resources, to save staff time, and to contain costs. The authors used a variety of methods to gather data to support their decision making, including search log analysis, surveys of other institutions, interviews with students, and cross-departmental discussion within the institution. The library made improvements to the website and search tool interfaces as well as developed a new approach to loading MARC records for electronic resources to the library catalog, which resulted in a slimmed down catalog paired with a newly promoted discovery system. This analysis is intended to inspire other libraries to develop a more deliberate approach to providing access to electronic resources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 4","pages":"Article 103064"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935283","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 citation catastrophe: Propagation of AI-generated counterfeit citations in scholarship","authors":"Nathan T. Camp,&nbsp;Jason A. Bengtson,&nbsp;John C. Sandstrom","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Knowledge creation in the academy is built upon the research of previous scholars. This legacy scholarship is tracked in new papers through the use of citations. Citations of prior work in academic papers create a network of related scholarship that serves as a firm foundation for successive work. However, the authors of this paper document examples of “counterfeit citations”, almost certainly created by Large Language Models, which represent academic work which does not actually exist. The authors track the propagation of these example counterfeit citations in the literature and discuss the damage they cause, means of measuring comparative value in affected citation databases, and potential remediation of this problem moving forward.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 4","pages":"Article 103065"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143932192","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":"Assessing the geography of the chat reference service in a post-pandemic university community","authors":"Thomas Gerrish,&nbsp;Yue Shirley Li","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The project assessed the geographic distribution of the chat reference questions in the years following the easing of COVID-19 social distancing. The purpose of this assessment is to determine the geographic footprint of the chat reference service and the suitability of the chat reference operational hours compared to the geographic origin of chat reference questions. In fall 2020, overnight chat reference hours were added to accommodate the sudden increase in distance learning students whose geographic locations meant the chat reference service would be closed during their local daytime working hours. Individual chat reference transactions from 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 were geolocated and analyzed using ArcGIS Online to establish the time and spatial distribution of the chat reference questions. This study found that the overnight chat reference hours added in 2020 were used predominantly by the local community as of fall 2023, though international locations were still represented in the data set. Further, it was found that the geographic distribution of chat reference questions as of fall 2023 had returned to a level similar to pre-pandemic levels, though there were significant differences within the local level. This suggests that chat reference usage has entered a new usage paradigm following the rapid pandemic-induced changes in 2020 and 2021.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 3","pages":"Article 103060"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887821","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":"Application of GIS tools for presenting information about serial publications: The case study of an architectural journal","authors":"Milena Milinković,&nbsp;Omiljena Dželebdžić,&nbsp;Katarina Majhenšek","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of this paper is to indicate, in addition to the already common applications of geographic information systems (GIS) in librarianship, another potential form of its use. The paper emphasizes the integration of GIS tools into library services to improve data visualization and user experience, using one particular architectural journal as an example. GIS technology is employed to link journal data, such as project locations, authorship, and illustrations, with spatial attributes. The approach integrates databases like COBISS and uses basemaps to georeference articles and architectural projects. The study highlights the benefits of GIS, such as better visualization of geospatial data, the capacity to analyse both planned and actual building/urban area maintenance, and improved integration of bibliographic information to facilitate better user access. The methods used and graphic presentations based on GIS technology, as well as the connection between existing information and other databases, aspire to be a universal model that is also applicable for other serial publications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 3","pages":"Article 103061"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891540","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":"Effect of perceived preprint effectiveness and research intensity on posting behaviour","authors":"Pablo Dorta-González ,&nbsp;María Isabel Dorta-González","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Open science is increasingly recognised worldwide, with preprint posting emerging as a key strategy. This study explores the factors influencing researchers' adoption of preprint publication, particularly the perceived effectiveness of this practice and research intensity indicators such as publication and review frequency. Using open data from a comprehensive survey with 5873 valid responses, we conducted regression analyses to control for demographic variables. Researchers' productivity, particularly the number of journal articles and books published, greatly influences the frequency of preprint deposits. The perception of the effectiveness of preprints follows this. Preprints are viewed positively in terms of early access to new research, but negatively in terms of early feedback. Demographic variables, such as gender and the type of organisation conducting the research, do not have a significant impact on the production of preprints when other factors are controlled for. However, the researcher's discipline, years of experience and geographical region generally have a moderate effect on the production of preprints. These findings highlight the motivations and barriers associated with preprint publication and provide insights into how researchers perceive the benefits and challenges of this practice within the broader context of open science.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 3","pages":"Article 103062"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887822","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":"Letter to the Editors - Comment on the article The Chinese Early Warning Journal List: Strengths, weaknesses and solutions in the light of China's global scientific rise (Teixeira da Silva et al., 2024)","authors":"M. Ángeles Oviedo-García","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 3","pages":"Article 103030"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068423","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}