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Chapter 2. Bibliometric Tools for Academia
No full textChapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 8), “Bibliometric Tools for Academia,” provides an overview of the current bibliometric tools available for academia
Evidence-Based Acquisition at Hacettepe University Libraries
No full textTo determine the most suitable acquisition model, or to decide whether or not the model they have already chosen is functioning efficiently and economically, librarians must carry out relevant evaluations of their current or potential acquisition models. In this study, an evaluation of the Cambridge evidence-based acquisition (EBA), was carried out at Hacettepe University Libraries between December 16, 2019, and December 31, 2020. Within the scope of the EBA, the number of e-books opened for access was 35,624, the number of unique books used was 2,462 and the number of the books purchased at the end of the model was 168. In total, the books were used 36,934 times. Ninety-three percent of the books were never used during the EBA model implementation term. While 52 percent of the books opened for access consisted of “books for research,” 47 percent of the number of unique books used consisted of “coursebooks.” Usage cost per unit was calculated as 0.82 USD, and the average book cost was calculated at 180 USD. Purchasing the books based on their list price was a reason for the high average book cost; nevertheless, one should consider that the entire collection of books was open for access for a year-long period of evaluation. In addition, one should not forget that further usage of e-books from the entire collection would decrease the unit cost of the books in the final purchase. During the implementation term, we observed that the Cambridge EBA Model was a suitable option for Hacettepe University Libraries.
Editorial: A New Beginning
No full textWhen I wrote the October column, I truly thought it would be my last column. This time, it really is my final column! A search is in progress for the next LRTS Editor. A change in leadership is a good thing while Core is maturing. A new editor will bring a different perspective and experience, and I am confident the journal will flourish under this individual. LRTS Book Review Editor Elyssa Gould, who began working with me in 2014, will also complete her term. Rather than a Book Review Editor, there will be an Assistant Editor, who also handles book reviews. This model is consistent with Core’s other two peer-reviewed scholarly journals
Book Review: The Complete Guide to Institutional Repositories
No full textThis edited volume by Stephen Craig Finlay on institutional repositories (IRs) involves mostly-United States-based academic library author contributors. These contributions share different project perspectives from scholarly communication and institutional repository librarians, but also share project perspectives from library personnel in the areas of reference, assessment, and special collections. The book is divided into many chapters on planning and implementation of an IR, followed by several case studies and experiences from various libraries and institutions. Most chapters are followed with an extensive list of references and notes for further reading
Chapter 5. Additional Resources
No full textChapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 2), “Additional Resources,” provides a list of additional resources and related articles
Chapter 5. Accessing Data
No full textChapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 4), “Accessing Data,” summarizes a number of methods for accessing the census, with a primary focus on the Census Bureau’s data.census.gov web portal and application programming interface (API) for requesting data through code or scripts
Transformative Magic: Considering Zetta Elliott’s Dragons in a Bag
No full textI saw a social media post recently in which librarians were asked to share their favorite recommendations for read aloud books for early elementary students. Nearly all the responders suggested books by white authors, until a commenter noticed and pointed it out. A conversation ensued about how we, as librarians, need to change the way we recommend books. If we want to serve all children and all families, we must pay close attention to what stories we highlight, to whom, and why. American institutions have been dominated by white culture since their inception, and librarianship is no exception. As librarians, we must actively and continuously strive to change the way we select, purchase, consume, and recommend books. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas writes, “Since troubling discourses of colonialism and supremacy are transmitted via childhood stories, it is absolutely critical that these functions of children’s literature are revealed, historicized, and interrogated.” We can use the theory of critical multiculturalism to critique the way we practice librarianship, in addition to the way we analyze texts. As Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabakow Rudman write, “critical multicultural analysis . . . is literary study as social change.
Documents Without Borders: Who Sets the Standard?
No full textThe world is no stranger to tragedies. But acts of terror, natural disasters, and massive infrastructure failures occur with enough frequency that major events often dominate global news reports. For my inaugural “Documents without Borders” column, which examines the intersection of international and US domestic government documents, I want to look at how we work to prevent some of these tragedies through regulatory safety standards
This Is Who We Were
No full textThis Is Who We Were is a fourteen-volume series documenting what life was like throughout American history. The first volume, This Is Who We Were: A Companion to the 1940 Census was published in 2012, and covers life in the 1930s, leading up to the 1940 Census. The most recent volume, This Is Who We Were: In the 2010s, was published in 2020. Each volume follows a similar outline: personal profiles; historical snapshots; economy of the time; “All Around Us—What We Saw, Wrote, Read Listened To”; and Census summary and comparison data. After the first volume, which was essentially “in the 1930s,” the series takes on primarily a decade-by-decade format, with subsequent volumes covering 1880-1889, the 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. The two remaining volumes broke from the single decade format, with one covering the 1900s and the other Colonial America (1492–1775)
Operation Lady Justice: Federal Government Resources on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP), Part 1—Congressional Publications, Executive Orders, Proclamations, and Public Laws, and Task Forces and Initiatives, 2015–2022
No full textSadly, the victimization of Native Americans is not new. At a House hearing in 2019, Tamra “Tami” Nagle and Sarah Deer testified on the historical mistreatment of Native people, which has included abduction, assault, and murder. Both spoke of their hope that recent attention on the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons (MMIP) would bring needed change.The “recent attention” they mentioned began in the US government in 2015. While not focused on MMIP, a Senate hearing addressed the needs of victims of crime in Indian country. This hearing highlighted the high rates of violent crime victimization, inadequacies of current criminal justice systems, and difficulties faced by Native Americans