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ICKM 2024: International Conference on Knowledge Management 2024
No full textImagine a world where librarians are not just keepers of books but also dynamic connectors within a vast web of knowledge. This study dives into the intricate networks that librarians weave to share insights and solve everyday challenges. By listening to the experiences of 280 librarians, author uncover the unique hurdles they face in accessing and recognizing expertise within their circles. The stories reveal how they navigate these obstacles, emphasizing the need for supportive environments that nurture diverse and inclusive networks. This research sheds light on the hidden threads that bind the librarian community, making their collective wisdom more accessible and impactful
Connecting the dots: Making sense of sociograms
Full text linkThis chapter provides a practical approach to understanding the history, terminology, and methods used to create sociograms, which are graph-based visualizations that showcase social connections. Data collection processes, privacy implications, and ties to DEI initiatives are explored as they relate to responsibly interpreting, evaluating, and creating this type of visualization. Examples of data visualization in social network analysis (SNA) as it has been used by the fields of social psychology, human resources, and education are included to demonstrate the breadth and practicality of the approach.PublishedYes - Ope
No Librarian Is an Island: A Network Analysis of Career Motivation and Progression in U.S. Librarians
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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
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ICKM 2024: International Conference on Knowledge Management 2024
No full textThis study explores how librarians share knowledge and activate social networks to solve job-related problems. An online survey of 280 librarians in 2019 identifies barriers and coping strategies. Findings, to be published in 2025, will highlight demographic differences and provide insights for better institutional support of professional networks
It Takes a Village: Incorporating Intentionality Into Network Development
Full text linkDo you have problems connecting with colleagues that can answer your questions? Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you aren’t sure who can address a particular knowledge gap? Do you expect network development activities to occur organically? Have you ever wondered what a sociogram is or how to create one? If you answered yes to any of these questions, come discover the process of social network analysis (SNA) and how you can use it to more intentionally develop the network of individuals that support you in carrying out your daily job responsibilities
The Personal Touch: A Qualitative Dive into the Knowledge Networks of Librarian
Full text linkGoal: This work-in-progress conference presentation seeks to understand how librarians share knowledge and activate their social networks to solve job-related problems. Cross and Parker’s (2004) latent network view of access and awareness challenges serves as the foundation for surfacing both barriers and coping strategies.
Methodology: Five open-ended responses were collected as part of an online survey of 280 professional librarians in 2019. Inductive coding is being used to identify and categorize lower-level concepts into overarching themes and a cohesive storyline (Corbin & Strauss, 2008). Data will be queried to identify themes that may be more relevant for individuals sharing certain demographic attributes (i.e., gender, ethnicity, age).
Results: Findings will be submitted to a top library science journal in 2025 and communicated via narrative description, diagram, and cross-tabulation
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
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
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