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Stephen J Bensman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the impact factor its place in garfield s thought in science evaluation and in Library Collection Management
    Scientometrics, 2012
    Co-Authors: Stephen J Bensman
    Abstract:

    This paper is a response to that of Vanclay, who proposes, that since the impact factor (IF) is so seriously flawed, Thomson Reuters should either correct the measure or--preferably--no longer publish it and restrict itself to journal certification. It is argued here that Vanclay's analysis is itself seriously flawed, because he appears totally ignorant of the thought structure of Eugene Garfield, IF's creator. As a result, Vanclay appears unaware of the importance of total cites and the close connection of IF with review journals, where the paradigms of science are defined. This paper's author agrees that IF is a defective measure, analyzing its defects from the perspective of the frequency theory of probability, on which modern inferential statistics is based. However, he asserts that abandoning it would be counterproductive because of its demonstrated ability--even with its defects--to identify small important journals like review journals, giving it an important role in science evaluation and Library Collection Management.

Thomas E Nisonger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the benefits and drawbacks of impact factor for journal Collection Management in libraries
    Serials Librarian, 2004
    Co-Authors: Thomas E Nisonger
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    Abstract An overview and analysis of the Journal Citation Reports'impact factor is provided here. The historical development, calculation of, and alternatives to impact factor are briefly described. Nine general uses of impact factor, including Library Collection Management decisions, journal rankings, journal decision models, and full-text database evaluation, are discussed. Ten benefits, such as its well-established authority, are listed. Finally, more than a dozen criticisms of citation data in general (e.g., self-citations are counted) and impact factor specifically (e.g., problems with the formula for its calculation) are analyzed. The author concludes that impact factor, if used appropriately and in combination with other criteria, is a valid tool that can assist journal Collection Management decisions in research libraries.

  • electronic journal Collection Management issues
    Collection Building, 1997
    Co-Authors: Thomas E Nisonger
    Abstract:

    Introduces and analyzes basic Library Collection Management issues regarding electronic journals, including selection, budgeting, policy making, Collection evaluation, and preservation/archiving. Argues that staffing and budgeting for electronic journals can be organized on subject‐based or format‐based approaches, or some combination of both. Electronic journals are selected through the same three‐stage process used for print journals: identification, evaluation, and selection. Most of the traditional criteria for print journals are also applicable to electronic journals, but additional criteria are superimposed on them. The cancellation and weeding of electronic journals have not been addressed by the profession, but will assume more significance in the future. There is a need for new client‐centered evaluation methodologies that focus on availability and accessibility rather than ownership.

Sunae Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a study on the Collection use of an academic Library focused on the analysis of circulation statistics of the a academic Library users
    Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science, 2013
    Co-Authors: Sunae Kim
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    ABSTRACT The goal of this study is to analyze use patterns of Library co llections using circulation statistics of academic Library user’s. For this purpose, the 264,804 circu lation-related data of A-academic Library which were occurred between March 2012 and February 201 3 were collected and used. Five patterns of common user group (undergraduate, graduate stu dents, professors, staffs, the others users) are identified for this study. Gross circulation statistics was analyzed and compared for different users groups and for different subjects. And base d on these analysis results, author understood degree of Collection use by subject, degree of colle ction use by user groups, latest materials preference in Collection use by subject, latest mater ials preference in Collection use by user groups. 키워드: 대출기록, 장서평가, 이용요인, 대학도서관, 장서관리Circulation Records, Evaluation of Library Collection, Use Fact or, Academic Library, Collection Management *** 본 연구는 2013년도 경성대학교 학술연구비 지원으로 연구되었음 .경성대학교 문헌정보학과 부교수(kimsa@ks.ac.kr)논문접수일자 : 2013년 11월 23일 논문심사일자 : 2013년 11월 26일 게재확정일자 : 2013년 12월 11일한국비블리아학회지, 24(4): 115-131, 2013. [http ://dx.doi.org/10. 14699/kbiblia.2013.24.4.115]

Jim Agee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Thompson Sarah - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Opening up the Library: Transforming our Structures, Policies and Practices
    2019
    Co-Authors: Ball Joanna, Stone Graham, Thompson Sarah
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    Libraries have played an important role in facilitating the transition to open scholarship within their institutions: providing advocacy, advice and support for Funder Open Access policies, and developing research data Management and open scholarship services. However, much of this support has focussed on subscription publishing and the transition to OA journals. indeed, in a recent report to the Knowledge Exchange a survey respondent evidenced a concern that business models for OA monographs in particular were “predicated on those developed for journal articles“. Furthermore, the tipping point for journals regarding a transition to electronic has long since passed. Monographs are still predicated by print, the tipping point to ‘e’ is a long way off and may never happen. Therefore, open e-books are less well developed, and this is never truer than in the Library supply chain. Open is not embedded into the culture, workflows and practices that are used as part of the book acquisition process. As part of a landscape study on New University Presses and Scholar led publishing, Rupert Gatti (Open Book Publishers) explains that this is an issue for many open access book publishers and that it would be helpful to have a service that “looks at how to bring academic content into the catalogues and the digital learning environments of the universities and to allow universities to also relate back to the publisher, so that there is a flow of information going back both ways”. One of the recommendations at a follow up workshop looking at OA monographs discovery in the Library supply chain, was to look at the culture of libraries towards the acquisition of open content. The workshop suggested that less attention is paid to open book content as it is ‘free’ and so perceived as less valuable. If we were to redesign our libraries around the premise of open rather than closed content, what would that look like? And how do we drive our own ‘transition’ of culture, processes and services so that they’re built around Open? This paper will build on discussions held in 2019 within the UK research Library community at both strategic (RLUK) and practitioner (NAG) levels, and enable delegates to take away strategic and practical ideas to effect change within their own libraries. For example, to: • Redesign the Library supply chain to support open content • Rethink how to demonstrate value for money for resources invested in open • Support academic staff to select Open Educational Resources and Open Textbooks for teaching • Include open content in Library Collection Management and development policies so open content is selected and acquired in the same way as purchased or subscribed, or event that the discovery of open material is prioritised over purchased. Finally, the paper will identify what kind of strategic approach is required as a sector at a European level, and what role there might be for sector organisations such as LIBER to support this. Paper presented at the 48th LIBER Annual Conference, "Research Libraries for Society" held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 26-28 June 201