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Information behaviors in an online smoking cessation forum
(2007-12)Smoking is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality today, and a focus of attention by primary care practitioners and public health. Few studies take into account the role of community-based information transactions, ... -
AAU library directors prefer collaborative decision making with senior administrative team members
(University of Alberta, 2017-06-29)Objective – To understand academic library leaders’ decision making methods, priorities, and support of succession planning, as well as to understand the nature, extent, and drivers of organizational change. -
Exploring virtual librarianship: Second Life Library 2.0
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-10)In April 2006, Alliance Library System and Online Programming for All Libraries partnered to start the Second Life Library 2.0 in the online world Second Life and in August 2006 purchased an island on the Teen grid of Teen ... -
Credit due: Multiple author attribution for interdisciplinary informatics research groups
(Medical Library Association Research Section, 2018)Objective: To understand issues related to multiple authorship in interdisciplinary working groups, and to identify best practices for authorship attribution for a multidisciplinary group. -
Prison library services in Croatia need improvement to meet international standards of universal rights to access
(University of Alberta, 2016-09-26)A Review of: Šimunić, Z., Tanacković, S.F., & Badurina, B. (2016). Library services for incarcerated persons: A survey of recent trends and challenges in prison libraries in Croatia. Journal of Librarianship and Information ... -
Differences between library instruction conference attendees and their institutional affiliations in the United States and Canada are discernible
(University of Alberta Library, 2006)A review of: Willingham, Patricia, Linda Carder, and Christopher Millson-Martula. “Does a Border Make a Difference? Library Instruction in the United States and Canada.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 32.1 (Jan. ... -
Does a social network based model of journal metrics improve ranking?
(University of Alberta, 2007)A Review of: Bollen, J., Van de Sompel, H., Smith, J.A., & Luce, R. (2005). Toward alternative metrics of journal impact: A comparison of download and citation data. Information Processing and Management, 41:1419-1440. -
Tracking theory building and use trends in selected LIS journals: More research is needed
(University of Alberta, 2007)Objective - The authors measure theory incidents occurring in four LIS journals between 1984-2003 in order to examine their number and quality and to analyze them by topic. A third objective, only identified later in the ... -
The information practices of physical science librarians differ from those of the scientific community: More research is needed to characterize specific information seeking and use
(University of Alberta, 2008)A Review of: Brown, Cecilia M. and Ortega, Lina. “Information-Seeking Behavior of Physical Science Librarians: Does Research Inform Practice?” College & Research Libraries (2005). 66:231-47. -
Further study is needed to define and measure the use of reflective practice in library and information science
(University of Alberta, 2008)A review of: Grant, Maria J. “The Role of Reflection in the Library and Information Sector: A Systematic Review.” Health Information and Libraries Journal (2007) 24: 155-166. -
Thematic categorization and analysis of peer reviewed articles in the LISA database, 2004-2005
(University of Alberta, 2009)A Review of: Gonzalez-Alcaide, Gregorio, Lourdes Castello-Cogolles, Carolina Navarro-Molina, et al. “Library and Information Science Research Areas: Analysis of Journal Articles in LISA.” Journal of the American Society ... -
For non-expert clinical searches, Google Scholar results are older with higher impact, while PubMed results offer more breadth
(University of Alberta Library, 2013)Objectives – To compare PubMed and Google Scholar results for content relevance and article quality -
Evidence-based Librarianship: TLA Pre-conference workshop
(Texas Woman's University, 2013-04-23)Slides and handout for half-day preconference workshop. This 4 hour hands on interactive session introduced evidence-based practice to multi-type librarians, primarily focused on question building and critical evaluation ... -
Finding our foundation: Analysis of the LISA database for research retrievability
(e-LIS, 2006)Objective: The primary objective of this study is to examine the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database to determine if research literature can consistently be retrieved by using keywords identifying ... -
The Sense-making Practices of Hospital Librarians
(he University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2011)Similar to librarians in other environments, baby-boomer medical librarians are reaching retirement age in record numbers (American Library Association, 2004). In contrast to hopeful predictions that medical libraries will ... -
Medicus Deus: A review of factors affecting hospital library services to patients between 1790-1950
(2006-07)QUESTION: What are some of the historical societal, medical, and public health trends leading to today's provision of hospital library services to patients?
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