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{"title":"Considerations and challenges for collecting digital games in academic libraries","authors":"Colin Post,&nbsp;Jerry Reed,&nbsp;Chloe Lanham","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102931","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Academic libraries face a serious obstacle that will inhibit their ability to continue growing robust video game collections. The gaming industry is increasingly moving toward the digital distribution of games, making games available as digital downloads licensed to single end-user consumers from online storefronts rather than releasing games on physical media like discs or cartridges. Libraries have adapted to similar shifts in the distribution of books and audiovisual materials largely by licensing content from ebook and digital video vendors, but there are currently no such vendors or platforms set up to license digital games to libraries in ways comparable to these other kinds of electronic resources. This paper reports on findings from interviews with librarians at 13 academic libraries in the US who are beginning to explore digital game collecting efforts, presenting some of the key considerations for how libraries might approach digital game licenses as well as the major challenges, issues, and factors that will influence digital game collecting. While digital game collecting will require engagement with game publishers and other stakeholders, this research seeks to establish a shared understanding among academic librarians of their own needs and priorities for this emerging collecting area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102931"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141954429","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":"Navigating projects in academic libraries: A scoping review of project management applications","authors":"Eric Prosser","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite the prevalence of project-based work in academic libraries, there is a notable variance among academic libraries in their application of formal project management methods. This scoping review examines peer-reviewed academic literature to uncover examples of formal project management methods, techniques, and tools being utilized in academic libraries in order to identify broader trends about the methodologies used, the settings in which they are applied, and the successes or challenges the libraries have experienced. The study concludes with recommendations for future research and a call for a more rigorous integration of project management training in library science education, to better prepare librarians for the increasingly project-oriented nature of library work.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102929"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728639","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":"How do university libraries contribute to the research process?","authors":"Soledad Alfaro Jimenez ,&nbsp;Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent ,&nbsp;Rocío de la Torre","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study uncovers how university libraries contribute to research processes conducted at universities. To do so, a bibliometric and systematic analysis of the literature is presented. The review shows that the line of research on university libraries and their contribution to research is a fragmented field in constant development, with a marked tendency toward the use of qualitative methods and case studies. The original value of this work lies in the creation of a thematic map and a thematic-temporal evolutionary scheme that allows us to understand the main perspectives from which the role of libraries in supporting research activities has been approached. Three time periods that reflect different terms in the conceptualisation of the library are characterised. The study concludes with recommendations, including indications for future research that should consider larger and more diverse samples, involve researchers as the object of study and consider applying quantitative or mixed methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102930"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728640","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":"Building a community of practice for instruction librarians: Programmatic elements and strategies for implementation","authors":"Sarah F. Sahn,&nbsp;Karleigh Riesen","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A community of practice for instruction librarians is essential to ongoing development of pedagogical knowledge, fostering community, and cultivating meaningful teaching practices. This article describes the development of a community of practice for new and experienced instruction librarians to help them grow in their teaching practice. Elements explored throughout this article include collaborative peer mentorship, developing a reflective practice, and support for the coordinator of instruction leading these efforts. A replicable model for effective implementation at other institutions is detailed throughout the article.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102928"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141636732","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 drives the adoption of data analytics at Australian university libraries in the perspective of UTAUT2?","authors":"Prodip Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102927","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102927","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the adoption of data analytics in Australian university libraries from the UTAUT2 perspective, focusing on the factors that influence library professionals' acceptance of analytics. As technology advances, data has become a valuable resource, and the emergence of analytics is often considered a recent development driven by accessible computing power. However, there is a lack of comprehensive research on adopting analytics in Australian university libraries, highlighting the need for a deeper understanding of the factors that influence university library professionals’' perceptions of adopting analytics. This research addresses the main question: What factors drive the adoption of data analytics in Australian university libraries? This qualitative study employs a single case study approach with multiple sites involving 16 university libraries and 25 participants. Data collection methods included document analysis and semi-structured interviews with university librarians and analytics experts. The results show that all UTAUT2 constructs - performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, price value, and habit - influence librarians' attitudes and motivations towards adopting analytics applications. Additionally, this study reveals additional factors beyond the original UTAUT2 model, including the absence of data analytics in LIS education curriculums, algorithm training, and data privacy concerns. The study identifies various benefits of analytics adoption in university libraries, such as enhanced collection development planning, insights into user behaviour, improved financial management, and demonstrating library value. However, challenges like skill shortages, complex IT configurations, and privacy legislation must be addressed to effectively implement data analytics. The findings contribute to our understanding of user acceptance of analytics in university libraries, providing valuable insights for library administrators and analytics vendors. By applying the UTAUT2 model, this research enriches our knowledge of technology adoption in the context of university libraries' analytics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102927"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133324000880/pdfft?md5=b5faf0f6d733606d0f8864c90156263e&pid=1-s2.0-S0099133324000880-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141630070","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":"Unveiling the feed: Academic libraries' instagram unpacked","authors":"Ioannis Drivas,&nbsp;Eftichia Vraimaki","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102924","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the ever-evolving social media landscape, Instagram has transcended from a mere image-sharing platform to a dynamic space for academic libraries to engage with their communities. Following the increased utilization of this platform, several studies have tried to unravel the interplay between nuanced content aspects and follower engagement, but the results are cursory and contradicting. Aiming to address these shortcomings, we conducted an in-depth analysis of 1681 posts from 120 academic libraries' Instagram profiles worldwide to explore the following: content volume and posting frequency; qualitative content aspects such as post categories, characters length, hashtags usage, emojis frequency, and post types; and possible correlations between these content aspects and follower post interaction rates. Our findings uncovered notable disparities in interaction rates among 14 distinct post categories, with content structure characteristics showing minimal influence on these rates. By shedding light on the association between aspects of content structure and follower interaction, the study contributes to the development and optimization of academic libraries' social media strategy, policy redefinition, staff knowledge and practical skills improvement to manage social media, while also opening new research avenues in Instagram utilization in the academic library context.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102924"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141583062","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":"University students' knowledge of potentially predatory journals: A focus group analysis","authors":"H. Rainer Schira ,&nbsp;Chris Hurst","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In our previous study on potentially predatory journal (PPJ) use by undergraduate students, we found that 0.34 % of their journal citations were from PPJ. We could not determine where students found them, or if they knew they used them, and no similar study has been published. In three focus groups we asked twelve students about their research habits, how they choose articles for their papers, and their knowledge about peer review, Open Access (OA), and PPJ. An analysis of their bibliographies showed that none of them used PPJ in their assignments. Using a mixed methods approach and classical content analysis, we found that they search library-linked databases and Google Scholar, use critical thinking skills to choose articles, place importance on peer review, know little about OA and less about PPJ, and expect quality control for information accessed through the library.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102926"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133324000879/pdfft?md5=ff1ce32ce5f921f1ba48f3f07d30f37a&pid=1-s2.0-S0099133324000879-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141540664","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":"Humor in the academic library classroom: A synthesis of scholarship & new implications for librarians","authors":"Jessica Swaringen,&nbsp;Kevin J. Reagan","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102923","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While humor's use in the higher education classroom has been widely studied, research on the use, implications, and impact of humor rarely include instruction librarians. In addition to the already subjective nature of humor, factors such as gender and library anxiety complicate the ways in which students might perceive a librarian's humor. Accordingly, opportunities for further research on librarians' use of humor are abundant. By synthesizing and contextualizing existing instructional humor research, this article seeks to highlight research opportunities on the use of humor among instruction librarians.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102923"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141540670","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":"Will you still need me, will you still read me…? Patron-driven acquisition books' circulation advantage long-term and post-pilot","authors":"David C. Tyler,&nbsp;Signe O. Boudreau","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102919","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Use-driven and needs-driven acquisitions methods, such as Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA) programs for print materials, have become widely established in academic libraries. Though largely favorable, much of the relevant published research has, of necessity, reported the results of pilot and recently adopted programs. These studies have reported that patron-requested and -accessed materials tend to produce more usage than materials acquired via traditional methods, but recent research has suggested that some output measures may equalize with traditionally acquired materials' results over time. To address this potential issue, the current study will explore whether the circulation advantage of one academic library's PDA books has persisted over the long term when compared to the performances of subject-matched samples of librarians' firm orders and of approval plan selections. Additionally, the study will test whether the higher circulation performance of PDA books persists after a pilot interval. Finally, to address colleagues' objections that early circulation counts offer an inadequate measure for patron use over the longer term, especially for books in the arts and humanities, this study will repeat its analyses for circulations plus renewals. To obtain a clearer understanding of the potential effects of books' acquisition modes, this study will include books' broad disciplines, prices paid for the books, and time spent as part of the collection as control variables.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102919"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141540669","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":"Investigating applications of internet of things in medical libraries of Pakistan: An empirical study","authors":"Muhammad Asim ,&nbsp;Muhammad Arif ,&nbsp;Muhammad Rafiq ,&nbsp;Muhammad Asad Nawaz ,&nbsp;Rafiq Ahmad","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102925","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research aims to explore Internet of Things (IoT) applications in medical libraries of Pakistan. Employing an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach, the study unfolds in two phases. Initially, quantitative data was gathered from 63 medical librarians throughout Pakistan. Subsequently, in the second phase, 10 medical librarians were purposefully selected for in-depth interviews. The findings reveal that medical libraries in Pakistan utilize a limited range of IoT-based appliances and services, including smart air conditioners, automatic fire alarms, intelligent hand sanitizer dispensers, automated notifications for circulation desk activities, and smart gates to track people. Pakistani medical librarians acknowledge several advantages of IoT applications, such as cost savings, remote access to library resources, and enhanced monitoring and security of library premises. Moreover, the study sheds light on challenges faced by medical libraries in Pakistan, encompassing the expenses associated with IoT applications, data security and privacy issues, the necessity for a highly integrated environment, and a shortage of skilled personnel. The study promises to be the first comprehensive survey of IoT applications in Pakistani medical libraries. The research findings will assist medical libraries and administrators in integrating IoT applications in medical libraries not just in Pakistan, but also in other developing nations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"50 5","pages":"Article 102925"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141540663","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}