scholarly journals Librarians Are Interested in Finding Research Collaborators

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kaari
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Common Strategy ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Motivating Factor

A Review of: Tran, N. Y., & Chan, E. K. (2020). Seeking and finding research collaborators: An exploratory study of librarian motivations, strategies, and success rates. College & Research Libraries, 81(7), 1095. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.81.7.1095 Abstract Objective – To explore research collaboration among librarians, including librarians’ motivations for collaboration, methods for finding collaborators, and how they perceive the success of these methods. Design – Online survey questionnaire. Setting – N/A Subjects – A total of 412 librarians took the survey, and 277 respondents completed the entire survey.  Methods – The researchers developed a survey using Qualtrics, including questions focused on whether respondents had sought research collaboration, factors that motivated them to collaborate, methods they used for finding collaborators, and success rates of these methods. Demographic questions were also included.  Main Results – The survey results indicated that librarians are very interested in research collaboration, with 91.8% of respondents answering that they had sought collaborators, were currently collaborating, or were interested in seeking collaborators in the future. The top motivating factor for seeking collaboration was to gain expertise that the respondent lacked. The most common strategy for finding collaborators was through a respondent’s current or past place of employment, and this method was rated as extremely successful by more than 50% of respondents. Demographically, 70.1% of respondents worked in academic libraries.  Conclusion – The results of this study indicate that research collaboration is of interest to librarians at a higher rate than previously observed. These results can help inform initiatives to support and promote collaboration in library and information science research, as well as provide a groundwork for further research in this area.

scholarly journals A Pilot Study Examining the Information Seeking of Fiction Writers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arielle VanderSchans
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Early Step ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Fiction Writers

This paper explores the information-seeking behaviours of fiction writers through a pilot study using an online survey. The information-seeking behaviour of fiction writers has been understudied, with the focus in Library and Information Science research falling predominantly on readership and publishing. This study represents an early step in exploring creativity and serendipity’s role in the information-seeking habits of storytellers.

scholarly journals Fostering Research and Publication in Academic Libraries

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Sassen ◽  
Diane Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Faculty Status ◽  
Over Time

This study concerns administrative support provided to encourage the research and publishing activities of academic librarians working in Association of Research Libraries member libraries. Deans and directors of these libraries were asked to respond to an online survey concerning the support measures that their libraries provide, as well as their thoughts on support measures that academic libraries should provide. When compared to earlier studies, the survey results indicate that most support measures have grown over time. Results also suggest increases in the requirements for publication in academic libraries, as well as in the number of libraries at which librarians have faculty status.

Insight into the brain metastasis journey: Initial survey results from patients and caregivers.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 2069-2069
Author(s):  
Nicole Willmarth ◽  
Scott Elder ◽  
Avery Fine ◽  
Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia ◽  
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Treatment Success ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Tumor Association ◽  
Initial Survey ◽  
The Impact

2069 Background: Brain metastases (BM) are the most common central nervous system tumors in the US. Though the exact incidence is unknown, BM are estimated to occur in up to 10-20% of all cancers. Despite the high frequency, there is little systematic knowledge about how BM are typically diagnosed and treated. The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) seeks to understand the BM journey: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and end of life, through a survey of BM patients and caregivers. Methods: Two surveys were developed by the ABTA with vendor, PSB Research, after careful literature review. The surveys were reviewed by a panel of clinicians who treat BM patients. Online survey research was conducted between 8/13-9/16/18, with one survey for adults with BM (N = 237) and another for caregivers (N = 211). Respondents came from PSB’s panels and ABTA collaborators: LUNGevity, Melanoma Research Foundation and the Kidney Cancer Association. Results: Ninety percent of patients, and a similar number of caregivers, were surprised by the diagnosis, with only 20% of patients knowing about BM before diagnosis. Most caregivers were the adult child of a patient. The impact of the diagnosis was primarily emotional. Top concerns after diagnosis, for both patients and caregivers, were likelihood of treatment success and impact on quality of life. Although a majority of patients were happy with the quality of information given, they stated a need to receive a greater quantity of information about treatment success and options. Only 30% of patients were referred to a patient advocacy organization. When referred, information on treatment success rates and options was most sought. Conclusions: Direct patient and caregiver feedback provides valuable insight towards understanding the BM journey and resources needed to support patients and caregivers. A subsequent survey among oncologists and other clinicians, planned for spring of 2019, will add to these findings.

Demands, challenges and solutions for Irandoc to improve and expand activities of academic and research libraries (ARLs)

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Rajabali Beglou
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Information Updating ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Institutional Mapping ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (Irandoc) undertaken activities to improve and expand Academic and Research Libraries (ARLs). However, it is necessary to identify demands, challenges and solutions for Irandoc to improve and extend activities of these libraries.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, documents of Science & Technology Information System (STIS) commission analyzed in order to investigate the most important steps taken by Irandoc. The results of this part of research used to conduct interviews with administrators and experts in four groups including thirteen ARL managers, four middle and upper level managers at Irandoc, two deputies in Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT), and four experts in this field. Therefore, the present study was qualitative with content analysis approach. The credibility of the research findings promoted by a peer debriefing and member checking methods.FindingsThe results showed that strengthening of STIS commission, reinforced Irandoc's authoritative duties in MSRT, establishing a network of ARLs, promoting Irandoc's relationship with ARLs, institutional mapping among organizations in the field of libraries and information, updating of Irandoc's policies and statutes regarding ARLs, completing library statistics and information, standardizing, monitoring and evaluating ARLs, developing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programs, and future study of ARLs were among the most important operational and executive strategies for improving and expanding ARLs' activities.Originality/valueOrganizational structure of the relationship among MSRT, Irandoc, ARLs and the types of services and resources ARLs provide in six levels, as well as conceptual model of Irandoc's position in this field presented.

Mapping collaboration and impact of library and information science research in sub-Saharan Africa, from 1995 to 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 349-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Citation Indexes ◽  
Sub Saharan

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to map and visualise collaboration patterns and citation impact of the library and information science research in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2016. Design/methodology/approach Data were extracted from the Thomson Reuters’ citation indexes using the name of the country in an advanced search platform. The search was limited to documents designated as articles. Data were analysed using the VosViewer software to obtain network maps and frequencies of occurrence. Findings The findings reveal that publication and citation impact of LIS research in sub-Saharan Africa has continued to grow since 1995; foreign countries have immensely contributed to the evolution and development of LIS research in the region; research collaboration occurs both regionally and internationally, with the latter being the most prominent; South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are the most active participants in LIS research collaboration in the region; and that on average, international collaboration in LIS research in sub-Saharan Africa attracts more citations than other types of collaboration. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to the data indexed in the Web of Science citation indexes and focused on sub-Saharan African countries only. Practical implications Collaboration is said to lead to increased research output and impact, hence the need for sub-Saharan African researchers and institutions to initiate strategies that will create conducive environments for research collaboration. There is need for collaborative ventures between LIS practitioners and educators as well as increased cooperation among LIS schools within and outside of sub-Saharan African countries. Partnerships involving students and programmes such as research fellowship, post-doctoral researchers as well as visiting researchers may complement any existing strategies that can be pursued to increase collaborative research in LIS in the region. Originality/value The paper, while drawing lessons from previous papers, adopted a variety of techniques to examine collaboration patterns and impact of LIS research over a longer period of publication time, i.e. 1995 to 2016, and a larger geographic scope.

Citizen Satisfaction Survey Data

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchel N. Herian ◽  
Alan J. Tomkins
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Satisfaction Survey ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Phone Survey ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Cost

The purpose of this article is to provide evidence regarding the comparability of results provided by two survey methods—a random phone survey and a nonrandom online survey—using the derived importance–performance approach to examine service satisfaction data at the local level. Specifically, we measure whether nonprobability opt-in online survey results produce results that are convergent or divergent to random phone survey results. The findings show that the phone and online survey techniques yield divergent results when simple univariate statistical techniques are employed but produce similar results when the data are analyzed using the more advanced derived importance approach. Though preliminary, the findings suggest that recent advances in the analysis of satisfaction survey data might have the possibility to offset the methodological drawbacks of nonrandom survey techniques such as opt-in online questionnaires. Because of the cost and resource implications of the use of each survey technique, the results hold potentially important lessons for researchers and administrators interested in understanding the costs and benefits of using various survey methods to assess satisfaction with municipal services.

scholarly journals Improvement Research Priorities: USA Survey and Expert Consensus

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen R. Stevens ◽  
John Ovretveit
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Improvement Science ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Quality Improvement Research ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Survey Results

The purpose of this study was to identify stakeholder views about national priorities for improvement science and build agreement for action in a national improvement and implementation research network in the USA. This was accomplished using three stages of identification and consensus. (1) Topics were identified through a multipronged environmental scan of the literature and initiatives. (2) Based on this scan, a survey was developed, and stakeholders (n=2,777) were invited to rate the resulting 33-topic, 9-category list, via an online survey. Data from 560 respondents (20% response) were analyzed. (3) An expert panel used survey results to further refine the research priorities through a Rand Delphi process. Priorities identified were within four categories: care coordination and transitions, high-performing clinical systems and microsystems improvement approaches, implementation of evidence-based improvements and best practices, and culture of quality and safety. The priorities identified were adopted by the improvement science research network as the research agenda to guide strategy. The process and conclusions may be of value to quality improvement research funding agencies, governments, and research units seeking to concentrate their resources on improvement topics where research is capable of yielding timely and actionable answers as well as contributing to the knowledge base for improvement.

Review of the Delphi method in library and information science research

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brady D. Lund
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Science Research ◽  
General Information ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Delphi Studies

PurposeThis article presents an introduction to the Delphi method and review of Delphi studies published in the literature of library and information science (LIS).Design/methodology/approachA review of Delphi studies published between the years of 1971 and 2019 is performed, using studies retrieved from the Library and Information Science Source database. A total of 122 articles were retrieved and evaluated based on the population studied, means of identifying experts, number of participants for each study round, type of Delphi, and type of findings.FindingsGeneral librarians (any type), academic librarians, and information science researchers are the most common populations in LIS Delphi studies. On average (middle 50 percent of studies), 14–36 experts are used in the first round of LIS Delphi studies (median n = 23). Employment in a specific role and publications in scholarly journals are the most common means of identifying experts. Variants of the e-Delphi (online survey/email) method are increasingly common, particularly in LIS Delphi studies that focus on general information science, rather than library, topics. Though LIS Delphi studies are relatively few in number, they have a consistent record of being published in some of the most prestigious LIS journals.Originality/valueThis paper provides an introduction to the Delphi method for LIS research and presents an overview of existing literature in LIS that utilizes the research method. No overview of this extent exists in the LIS literature, and, thus, this paper may serve as an important information source about the method for LIS researchers.

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