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Factors influencing career advancement and tenure in academic librarianship 影响高校图书馆职业发展和任期的因素

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103104

Russell Michalak, Devon Ellixson

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Factors influencing higher education students' information processing: Implications for academic libraries 高等教育学生信息处理的影响因素：对高校图书馆的启示

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103106

Juliëtte Heleen Bogchelman , Josien Boetje , Pedro De Bruyckere

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Evidence-based shared agendas for scholarship on teaching with primary sources: Reflections on a bibliometric analysis 以文献计量学分析为基础的教学学术的循证共享议程

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103101

Jen Hoyer , Anne Bahde

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Resource sharing practices in academic research libraries – cancellations and tools 学术研究型图书馆的资源共享实践——取消和工具

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103105

Kelly Blessinger

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Perspectives of librarians on the integration of metaverse into the future information services in higher education institutions 高校图书馆馆员对未来高校信息服务整合元宇宙的看法

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103103

Bolaji David Oladokun , Diana Atuase , Yusuf Ayodeji Ajani , Gloria Tachie-Donkor , Rexwhite Tega Enakrire

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A study of data-focused roles in leading North American university libraries 北美主要大学图书馆中以数据为中心的角色研究

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103102

Ahmad R. Pratama

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Information privilege and ethical use of information: A study of undergraduate students from an information literacy perspective 信息特权与信息伦理使用：基于信息素养视角的大学生研究

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103095

Helmi Sasongko Adi , Heriyanto , Mohamad Noorman Masrek , Fajrul Falah

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Beyond the traditional metrics: Understanding student success from the perspective of undergraduate students 超越传统指标：从本科生的角度理解学生的成功

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103097

María Evelia Emerson

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Understanding first-year university student information seeking through the theory of planned behaviour: A transnational perspective 从计划行为理论理解大一学生的信息寻求：一个跨国视角

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103096

Laura Dee Barber , Philip J. Anderson

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Meeting the digital literacy education needs of college students: A two-stage study in China 满足大学生数字素养教育需求：中国的两阶段研究

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103084

Meng Wang , Chuanliang Zeng , Lei Xu , Honglei Sun

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