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Libri

International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies

ISSN: 1865-8423

Editors-in-chief: Kendra S. Albright, Theo J.D. Bothma

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As part of De Gruyter‘s Subscribe to Open program, we plan to transform LIBRI to Gold Open Access in 2024. For details on S2O, please see here.

LIBRI was established in 1950 and is a leading international scholarly journal which investigates the aspects of library and information studies from both a historical and present-day perspective and analyses the role of information and knowledge in cultural, organizational, national and international developments.

LIBRI reports on current trends in library and information studies worldwide and describes their resulting transformation from the introduction of new information and communication technologies, multidisciplinary approaches, changing practices, and evolving methods. Background information and the latest research findings in library and information studies are made accessible to academics, practitioners, and a broader public. Topics that are covered include, but are not limited to:

Libraries (national, public, academic, school, special, etc.) and other information environments
Information and knowledge management
Information behaviour
Information needs, seeking, searching and use
Information retrieval
Emerging technologies, including AI, AR, VR etc., from an Information Science perspective
Information for development (developing and industrialized countries)
Indigenous knowledge
Literacy (media, information, etc.)
Data science, data analytics, big data and their impact on organisations (e.g., customer related data; social science perspective
Digital libraries and repositories
Data science, data management, data curation and virtual research environments (VREs)
Information ethics, policy and law
Scholarly communication
Open science, open access and related topics
Health information
Information science
Information services
Information in society
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Information organization and representation
Freedom of access to information and freedom of expression
Archives & preservation
Cultural heritage
Book and publishing theory and history
LIS education
International and comparative LIS research
Research methodologies in LIS
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(We do not publish articles on scientometrics, bibliometrics, webometrics, altmetrics etc., as there are a number of specialist journals that does so.)

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Now in free access - Editors' choice 2020: Rongqian Ma, Translational Challenges in Cross-Cultural Digitization Ethics: The Case of Chinese Marriage Documents, 1909–1997, LIBRI 70/4.

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Volume 73 Issue 4

December 2023

Publicly Available December 1, 2023

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Best Student Research Paper Award

November 3, 2023

Judaica Librarianship: Back to the Future

Anthony Catanese

Page range: 275-282

Abstract

The Library of Congress Classification system was designed during the age of colonialism, and as such, poorly represents the information-seeking behavior of present-day users. Students of Judaica are especially hindered by the limited scope of the B class (Philosophy and Religion) of the Library of Congress Classification system, which extensively classifies Christian material, but limits the thematic classification of Judaic subjects. Qualitative data collected on students of Jewish thought via a proposed questionnaire is anticipated to shed light on the specialized information-seeking behavior of Judaic students. The thematic coding and analysis of such data would assist in selecting an appropriate classification system that will complement Judaica scholarship or facilitate the creation of a novel classification system. More inclusively, such an endeavor may contribute to the understanding of specialized efforts in librarianship.

Open Access November 2, 2023

What’s the News About Bad News? A Review of Bad News Games as a Tool to Teach Media Literacy

Rebecca Barabas

Page range: 283-292

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This paper examines the Bad News series of games, created by the Cambridge University Social Decision Making Lab and DROG Group, as an educational tool. More specifically, it considers Bad News as a persuasive game, within the umbrella of gamification. After considering the history and context of the game, the educational, motivational, and informational theoretical frameworks of the games, research, and criticisms, this paper concludes that the games are not, in themselves, transformative.

November 27, 2023

Memes to an End: Why Internet Memes Matter to Information Research

Bonnie J. Tulloch

Page range: 293-305

Abstract

This theoretical paper explores the significance of Internet memes to the field of information research. Adopting a constructivist framework, it conceptualizes memes as documents that undermine popular assumptions about people’s engagements with information. In particular, it argues that Internet memes are conceptual tools through which people can negotiate different representations of reality and the logics that underlie them. Through a close reading of several memetic examples, I propose that memes are a means through which Internet users document and test their values against those of others, thereby allowing them to explore the different courses of action associated with situations they encounter. Memetic communication is thus presented as an important new information literacy practice that has critical implications for the following research areas: education, freedom of expression, ethics and policy, and the preservation of cultural heritage.

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Open Access September 1, 2023

Information Scientists’ Motivations for Research Data Sharing and Reuse

Aliaksandra Shutsko, Wolfgang G. Stock

Page range: 307-320

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What are the motivations and sought gratifications leading information science researchers to share and to reuse research data? Research data are both datasets and supplementary materials such as interview guides or questionnaires. The theoretical backgrounds of this study are the Lasswell Formula of Communication, the Uses and Gratifications Theory, and the Self-determination Theory, which formed the basis for the construction of an interview guide and the interpretation of the interview transcripts. We performed 11 in-depth interviews with German information scientists, all with experiences with data. The results demonstrate that research data sharing is not a rare practice among information scientists. Due to problems with different information horizons of the sharing and the reusing researchers, the reusing of data sets is much rarer than the reuse of supplementary materials.

November 6, 2023

Elucidating the Adoption of Electronic Information Resources: A Case Study of Kuwait University Library

Abdulaziz Alrashidi, Suha AlAwadhi

Page range: 321-334

Abstract

Kuwait University Library has invested in electronic information resources (EIR) to facilitate users’ access to library materials. However, this has been insufficiently investigated to identify the factors that influence the use of EIR. Therefore, this study aims to explore the factors influencing the use of EIR by faculty members at Kuwait University, as the study further aims to enhance library services. Specifically, the study uses a modified technology acceptance model (TAM) to investigate whether the perceived ease-of-use, the perceived usefulness, and prior experience of using EIR affect their adoption. The EIR adoption, consequently, impacts the faculty’s academic performance. A mixed-method approach was adopted using the questionnaire and interview tools sequentially to collect primary data from faculty members at the College of Social Science, Kuwait University. Out of 116 questionnaires sent to participants, 48 were returned, yielding a 41 % response rate, which was supplemented with ten semi-structured interviews. The quantitative results, which were supported by the qualitative findings, indicate that the perceived ease-of-use, the perceived usefulness, and prior experience significantly influenced the adoption of EIR, and that adoption significantly impacted the academic performance. Moreover, the qualitative findings revealed the challenges that EIR users encountered. Recommendations and future research are also discussed.

November 1, 2023

Julius Petzholdt and the North American Library World: Transatlantic Circulation of Bibliothecal Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century

Catherine J. Minter

Page range: 335-344

Abstract

Despite his many contributions to bibliography and librarianship, the importance of the German librarian Julius Petzholdt (1812–91) has rarely been recognized. This article argues that Petzholdt’s significance becomes clearer when viewed from a transcultural, and specifically transatlantic, perspective. The first part of the article highlights the part played by Petzholdt’s long-lived bibliographical periodical, the Anzeiger für Bibliographie und Bibliothekswissenschaft , in disseminating knowledge of North American libraries and librarianship to a broad scholarly audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. Conversely, the second section of the article illustrates how Arnim Graesel’s 1890 and 1902 editions of Petzholdt’s seminal work on library economy, the Katechismus der Bibliothekenlehre (1856), serve to illuminate bibliothecal themes from Western Europe that were adopted, adapted, and perpetuated by North American librarians during the same period. Overall, the article emphasizes that Petzholdt and his contributions played a key role in the transatlantic circulation of bibliothecal knowledge during a critical period in the evolution of librarianship as a profession.

November 1, 2023

Public Library Programming and Events for Overcoming Social Divisions

Tomoya Igarashi, Masanori Koizumi, Jamie Johnston

Page range: 345-354

Abstract

Increasing and persistent social divisions are a global challenge that threaten the stability of our societies and soundness of our democracies. Public libraries can potentially play an ameliorative role in reducing these divisions. Qualitative data analysis of Oslo’s public library system’s (Deichman) programming and events is used to understand how libraries are addressing social divisions in their communities. The findings suggest that a variety of events organized by Deichman directly contribute to overcoming social divisions, especially those related to economic inequalities, sociocultural factors, and the unequal access to digital technologies. Deichman also appears to contribute to overcoming social divisions indirectly through its programing and events related to more traditional library services. The study concludes that Deichman may be a significant player in addressing social divisions. Lastly, the study provides important insights into the role of libraries as social arenas and their ability to foster community resilience, tolerance, and democracy.

November 1, 2023

Effect of Information Literacy on Academic Performance of Business Students in Pakistan

Shahzeb Mughari, Muhammad Asif Naveed, Ghulam Murtaza Rafique

Page range: 355-368

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The present research investigated the effect of information literacy on the academic performance of business students enrolled at the top seven business education institutions from urban Sindh, Pakistan. A quantitative research approach using a cross-sectional survey was used to conduct this investigation. The data were collected from 385 business students enrolled in different degree programs using a questionnaire. The recruitment of the participants was done through proportionate stratified simple random and systematic sampling techniques, with the results indicating that business students are information literate. In addition, the information literacy of business students appeared as a positive predictor of their academic performance. These results may inform policy and practice to improve business education and might be useful for business educators, policymakers, librarians, and business accrediting bodies (e.g., National Business Education Accreditation Council and Higher Education Commission) in designing a needs-based information literacy instruction program and curriculum for business students of all levels for better human-information interaction. This study contributed to the existing literature on the effectiveness of information literacy in academia, particularly on business students’ academic performance, as no such research was available in the existing literature at the time of writing this article, specifically from the South-Asian region.

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November 23, 2023

Libri Best Student Research Paper Award 2024

Page range: 369-370

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Journal Impact Factor	1.0	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	1.2	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
Journal Citation Indicator	0.28	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
CiteScore	1.4	2022, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2023)
SCImago Journal Rank	0.298	2022, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2023; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.775	2022, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2023; Data Source: Scopus)

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Editors

Kendra S. Albright, Kent, Ohio, USA
Theo J. D. Bothma, Pretoria, South Africa

Advisory Board

Arsey Aydinoglu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Syeda Hina Batool, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Dania Bilal, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US
Albert Boekhorst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Jacumã-Conde, PB, Brasil
Jenny Bossaller, University of Missouri, MO, US
Jenny Bronstein, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hanadi Buarki, College of Basic Education, Ardiya, Kuwait
Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Elias Sanz Casado, Charles III University of Madrid, Getafe, Spain
Michèle Cloonan, Simmons College, Boston, MA, US
Renata Curty, State University of Londrina, Brazil
Dan Dorner, Ottawa, Canada
Tina Du, Adeleide, Australia
Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Turku, Finland
Kasey Garrison, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia
John Gathegi, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
Anne Goulding, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Isto Huvila, Uppsala University, Sweden
Carl Gustav Johannsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dick Kawooya, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, US
Jinmook Kim, Kangnam University, Yongin, South Korea
Sung Un Kim, Washington, DC, USA
Albina Krymskaya, Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia
Guoqiu Li, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Irene Lopatovska, Pratt University,New York City, NY, US
Peter Lor, Pretoria, South Africa
Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano, University Center for Library Science Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Suvodeep Mazumdar, Sheffield, UK
Maria Musoke, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Tony Olden, University of West London, London, UK
Hermann Roesch, TH Köln Technology, Arts, Sciences, Cologne, Germany
Abebe Rorissa, University at Albany, Albany, NY, US
Diljit Singh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ana Maria Talavera-Ibarra, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), San Miguel, Peru
Anna Maria Tammaro, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Irina Trushina, Russian Library Association, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Ana Vasconcelos, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Michael Widdersheim, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, US
Hassan Zamir, River Forest, Illinois, US
Yao Zhang, Tianjin, China
Yin Zhang, Kent State University, Kent, OH, US
Lihong Zhou, Wuhan University, China
Sandy Zinn, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

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Online ISSN: 1865-8423
Print ISSN: 0024-2667
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
First published: January 1, 1950
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year