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Facilitating a City-wide Professional Development Program: Edmonton Information Literacy Teaching Triangles
No full textEdmonton Information Literacy Teaching Triangles [EILTT] is a new information literacy professional development initiative hosted by MacEwan University Library. This opportunity is open to all librarians or library staff in or around Edmonton who teach information literacy sessions, either face-to-face or online, and first ran throughout the Fall 2016 academic term
Canadian Perspectives : A Content Analysis of Selected English Language LIS Research
No full textTo support evidence based decision making, for updating and enhancing authentic Library and Information Studies (LIS) curriculum, or supporting services, programs, and other evaluative practices within various library settings, this exploratory quantitative content analysis examined the scope of Canadian LIS research. In total, 4354 peer reviewed research articles from 25 LIS journals published between 2015-2022, were coded for Canadian content, author affiliation, and sector representation. Percentages of Canadian content and authorship from this point in time analysis align with previous studies, showing that Canadian content and authors are less prevalent compared to those from the USA, with a strong emphasis on academic libraries and academic affiliated authors. A shortlist of key academic journals with significant Canadian representation was also compiled and shared to aid in gathering evidence about Canadian libraries.Pour soutenir la prise de décision basée sur des preuves, pour mettre à jour et améliorer le programme authentique des études en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l’information (LIS), ou pour soutenir les services, programmes et autres pratiques évaluatives au sein de divers environnements de bibliothèques, cette analyse exploratoire quantitative de contenu a examiné la portée de la recherche canadienne en LIS. Au total, 4354 articles de recherche évalués par des pairs provenant de 25 revues LIS publiées entre 2015 et 2022 ont été codés pour le contenu canadien, l’affiliation des auteurs et la représentation sectorielle. Les pourcentages de contenu et d’auteurs canadiens de cette analyse ponctuelle s’alignent avec les études précédentes, montrant que le contenu et les auteurs canadiens sont moins présents par rapport à ceux des États-Unis, avec un fort accent sur les bibliothèques académiques et les auteurs affiliés à des institutions académiques. Une liste restreinte de revues académiques clés avec une représentation canadienne significative a également été compilée et partagée pour aider à recueillir des preuves sur les bibliothèques canadiennes
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Crisis Leadership Characteristics Necessary for Public Library Personnel During Natural Disaster Situations Include Emotional Control, Empathy, Collaborative Coordination, and Community Advocacy
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Tu-Keefner, F., Hobbs, A., & Lyons, D. (2025). Libraries on the front lines: The imperative for disaster-ready information professionals. Journal of Library Administration, 65(1), 79–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2432230
Objective – To determine critical leadership characteristics necessary for library staff in times of crisis and disaster.
Design – Thematic analysis of previous case studies that employed focus groups and interviews.
Setting – Specific public libraries in South Carolina, Texas, California, and Kentucky (USA) that experienced natural disaster events between 2015-2024.
Subjects – Library administrators, librarians, and staff members involved in library services during crisis situations.
Methods – Transcripts from focus groups and interviews, conducted during site visits and online meetings, were thematically analyzed using Boin et al.’s (2005) five critical tasks of crisis leaders and Goleman’s (1998, 2004) five components of emotional intelligence at work.
Main Results – The authors’ qualitative analysis reveals evidence of five effective crisis leadership characteristics that include: 1) self-awareness and initiative in times of crisis that result in community-first engagement initiatives; 2) the ability to maintain emotional control and empathy in order to prioritize staff and community needs; 3) goal oriented and collaborative decision making and coordination of services; 4) provision of clear and credible communication of information; and 5) learning and growing from experiences in order to make decisions in the moment but also to plan and train for future situations.
Conclusion – Based on their analysis, the authors present and prioritize ten key recommendations for crisis and disaster management aimed at enhancing community engagement. The authors also recommend that LIS education programs incorporate instruction on key crisis leadership characteristics and emphasize the importance of continuing education and professional development. They highlight the need for collaborative planning efforts during non-crisis periods to ensure libraries are adequately prepared for future emergencies.
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Professional Development on a Budget: Facilitating Learning Opportunities for Information Literacy Instructors
No full textHow do you stay on top of evolving trends and changes to information literacy delivery, especially while coping with shrinking professional development allocations? This article details various in-house, professional development opportunities created for MacEwan University’s library staff. Low-cost, practical ideas are given to help jump-start a library's information literacy professional development offerings. Included are details about organizing an Information Literacy Community, internal Library Professional Development Days and an information literacy event open to local library professionals
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