Index

Current Issues in Libraries, Information Science and Related Fields

ISBN: 978-1-78441-638-6, eISBN: 978-1-78441-637-9

ISSN: 0065-2830

Publication date: 12 June 2015

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(2015), "Index", Current Issues in Libraries, Information Science and Related Fields (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 39), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 269-279. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020150000039018

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INDEX

Academia.edu
, 189–90

case study
, 185, 193–208

number of times used
, 200

users
, 197–200

graduate students
, 197

identifying selves on
, 28

uses of site
, 201–6

connecting with other researchers
, 204–6

posting/reading research articles/papers
, 202–4

staying abreast of news/developments
, 206

updating profile information
, 201, 202

see also academic social networking sites

Academic Bill of Rights (ABOR)
, 8

academic freedom
, 3–32

blogs/blogging see blogs/blogging

Canadian legislation
, 8–9

collective agreements see collective agreements

defining, for librarians
, 6–8

disclaimers, use of
, 16–17, 26, 28–9

faculty associations
, 6, 14–17, 30, 32

legal costs of academic staff
, 30–1

freedom of expression/speech
, 6, 7, 8–9, 12, 13–14

critical expressions
, 18–19, 29–30

defamation see defamation

fear of legal action
, 21, 29–30

fear of repercussions
, 19

new communication technologies
, 5, 19–27

student comments
, 22

history of academic librarianship and
, 9–11

institutional autonomy
, 7, 16

intellectual freedom and
, 6, 8, 11–14

as a privilege
, 16

religious restrictions
, 16

social media/social networking
, 17, 20–7

blogs/blogging see blogs/blogging

collective agreements
, 22

disclaimers
, 23–4, 26, 28–9

expressing critical views
, 29–30

fear of legal action
, 21, 29–30

freedom of expression/speech
, 19–27

identifying self on
, 28

legal liability
, 24

mixed personal/professional postings
, 21, 23

policies and guidelines
, 22–7, 28

professional concerns
, 27–31

student comments
, 22

survey
, 17–19, 27–31

tenure and
, 6, 7, 14, 21

academic librarians

blogs/blogging see blogs/blogging

collective agreements see collective agreements

evaluation of materials
, 4–5

faculty associations
, 6, 14–17, 30, 32

history of academic librarianship and academic freedom
, 9–11

intellectual freedom
, 6, 8, 11–14

in postsecondary education
, 10–11

academic social networking sites (ASN sites)

case study see Academia.edu

challenges in studying
, 190–3

Mendeley
, 189

ResearchGate
, 189

user perceptions of impact of
, 207–8

Whitley’s theory
, 185, 190–3, 195–6

degree of mutual dependence
, 191, 195–6, 199–200, 203, 207

degree of task uncertainty
, 191–2, 195–6, 203, 207

see also scholarly communication; social media/social networking

Allen County Public Library
, 262

Amazon.com
, 254

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
, 6–7, 9, 10, 26, 27

American Journal of Medicine, The
, 121

American Journal of Psychiatry, The
, 121

American Library Association (ALA)
, 9

accreditation standards
, 48–9

code of ethics
, 48

Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries
, 13

Ann Arbor Public Library
, 255

Arapahoe Public Library
, 263

as-is
, 123

Askey, Dale
, 33–5, 26, 27

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)
, 52, 5454–5, 56

Association of American Colleges
, 9

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
, 9

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
, 9, 10, 11–12, 13

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
, 7

Athabasca University
, 16

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)
, 115, 116, 129–31, 138

Bancroft et al. v. Governing Council of the University of Toronto (1986)
, 8

Beall, Jeffrey
, 4, 5, 30

Behavioral Ecology
, 122

Bibliocommons
, 262–3

Biology Direct
, 138

Bishop’s University
, 16

BlipTV
, 242

blogs/blogging

defamation lawsuits
, 4, 21, 24, 25–6

disclaimers
, 23–4, 26, 28–9

freedom of expression/speech
, 20

fear of legal action
, 21, 29–30

generally
, 20, 21, 28

legal liability
, 24, 25–6

library blogs
, 262

mixed personal/professional postings
, 21, 23, 31

policies and guidelines
, 22–7, 28

political genre
, 21

see also microblogs/microblogging; social media/social networking

BMJ Rapid responses
, 138

Boopsie
, 262

Brain and Behavioral Science (BBS)
, 125–6

British Columbia Library Association (BCLA)
, 13

broadband contract design
, 99

business ethics education see ethics education

Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL)
, 13, 14

Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)
, 14

Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
, 13–14

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
, 4, 14, 27, 31

Collective Agreement database
, 15, 22

defining academic freedom
, 6–7

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 22

Canadian Library Association (CLA)
, 13

Canton Public Library
, 255

Carleton University
, 24

Carter, Franklin
, 25–6

chat reference
, 262

Chicago Public Library
, 253, 255, 262

Cleveland Public Library
, 262

collective agreements

academic freedom
, 9, 14–17, 18, 20

disclaimer of personal/individual viewpoints
, 16–17

legal restrictions
, 16

new communication technologies
, 22

religious restrictions
, 16

social media/social networking
, 22

Columbus Metropolitan Library
, 262

Communications Decency Act
, 26

community collection building
, 97–8

community seed library
, 101–2

competencies see professional competencies

crowdsourcing
, 253, 254, 255

collection development
, 100–1

Current Anthropology
, 124, 126

cyberbullying
, 251, 252

Dalhousie University
, 10

Danish Agency for Libraries and Media
, 88–9

defamation

burden of proof
, 25–6

lawsuits
, 3–5, 7, 25–6

legal costs of academic staff
, 27, 30–1

legal liability
, 24, 25–6

SLAPP lawsuits
, 4, 5

social media/social networking

blogs/blogging
, 4, 21, 24, 25–6

fear of legal action
, 21, 29–30

Delicious
, 242

Denver Public Library
, 253, 257

digital curation
, 246

Digital Humanities (DH) spaces
, 229, 233

Diigo
, 242, 253

e-mail reference services
, 262

Edwin Mellen Press
, 3–4, 7, 27

electronic communication technologies

freedom of speech and
, 5, 19–27

policies and guidelines
, 22–7

see also social media/social networking

Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (ETAI)
, 115, 116, 126–9, 138

ethics education
, 47–76

academic scope
, 60–7

ALA code of ethics
, 48

business ethics coursework
, 52–3

capstone course
, 72–4

college experience
, 52–3, 57

employer expectations
, 53–4, 57

ethical disposition
, 71–2

ethical information culture
, 51

ethics codes
, 48, 50–1

enforcement mechanisms
, 48, 50

influence on behaviour
, 51–2

organizational culture and
, 51

ethics coursework
, 52–3, 63–4

goals of business ethics education
, 63–5

information field
, 48–50

learning objectives
, 73

learning outcomes
, 55, 66–7

literature review
, 50–4

management programs
, 54–6

organizational culture
, 49, 50, 51, 65

personal scope
, 51, 62–3, 68–70

home and religion
, 68–9

individual nature
, 70

outside influences
, 69–70

professor’s role, skill and ability
, 67

research project
, 57

data analysis
, 59–60

data collection
, 58–9

results
, 60–72

schedule of interview questions
, 79

subjects
, 57–8

specific cases and experiences
, 65–6

stand-alone ethics courses
, 74–5

working experience
, 52

workplace influences
, 50–1

Facebook
, 190, 205, 241, 255, 256, 257

academic librarians, use by
, 20, 28

academic libraries
, 243, 260, 261

age of users
, 248

cocreation of content
, 253

disclaimers
, 29

freedom of expression
, 22, 23, 24–5

identifying self on
, 28

management tools
, 258

monitoring
, 249

outreach strategies
, 252, 253

pastoral care
, 251

photo postings
, 246

popularity/use
, 242, 244, 260, 261

profile page
, 247, 249

promoting information resources and services on
, 243, 244, 245, 246

public libraries
, 243, 244

social care
, 250

video postings
, 246

see also social media/social networking

Faculty of 1000 (F1000)
, 115, 116, 131–6, 138

F1000 Prime
, 132–4

F1000 Prime Reports
, 134

R1000 Research
, 134–6

faculty associations

academic freedom
, 6, 14–17, 30, 32

collective agreements see collective agreements

legal costs of academic staff
, 30–1

Family Medicine Online Database (FMOD)
, 148–9

Fayetteville Free Library
, 262

First Amendment Project (FAP)
, 5

First Amendment to the United States Constitution
, 7, 8, 19–20

Fish, Stanley
, 138

Flickr
, 23, 242, 245, 246, 252, 253, 254, 260

Florida State University (FSU)

Scholars’ Commons
, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227–8, 231, 233

food trucks

real time updating
, 255

Foursquare
, 242, 252, 254, 255, 258, 260

freedom of expression/speech see academic freedom

George Mason University
, 221, 233–4

Goodreads
, 242, 253, 254

Google + 
, 198, 244, 260

Google
, 147, 154, 204

Google Glass
, 263

graduate commons see Scholars’ Commons

hate speech laws
, 22

health information retrieval

data analysis
, 160–1

comprehension analysis
, 167–71

document characteristics analysis
, 161–3

medical accuracy analysis
, 171–5

motivational analysis
, 175–7

precision analysis
, 163–7

effect of terminology
, 145–80

Family Medicine Online Database (FMOD)
, 148

generally
, 145, 146–7

Google
, 147, 154

Health Information Query Assistant (HIQuA)
, 149, 150

health literacy
, 150, 177–8, 180

assessment
, 150, 155

definition
, 150

iMed
, 148

medical accuracy

analysis
, 171–5

assessment
, 156

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
, 148

medico-scientific terminologies
, 147–50

MedlinePlus
, 147

MedSearch
, 148

methodology

context features
, 157, 158–9

health literacy assessment
, 155

information needs and queries
, 153–4

medical accuracy assessment
, 156

readability assessment
, 156–7

research questions
, 152

retrieval systems
, 154

search procedure
, 154–5

tasks
, 154

topic familiarity assessment
, 155–6

users
, 157

personalized query suggestion system
, 178–9

query suggestion systems
, 145, 148, 179, 180

personalized
, 178, 179

readability
, 150, 152, 180

assessment
, 156–7, 161–2

topic familiarity
, 145, 178, 179, 180

assessment
, 155–6

influence of
, 150–2

query formation and
, 151

Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
, 147, 149

Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
, 154

Homelands Securities Act
, 8

iMed
, 148

Indiana University
, 222

Indiegogo
, 254

Information Commons
, 216, 217, 221

see also Scholars’ Commons

information society
, 89–90

knowledge society distinguished
, 90

informational world cities
, 89

Instagram
, 241, 242, 251, 258, 261, 262

popularity/use
, 244, 245, 246, 248

intellectual capital assets
, 81, 90

definition
, 82–3

explicit knowledge
, 83

human capital
, 82, 83

individuals
, 83

knowledge facilitation
, 85, 92–3

librarians as knowledge citizens
, 98–105

libraries as knowledge organizations
, 94–8

libraries
, 83

organizations
, 82–3

professional competencies
, 81, 85–7, 106

behavioral competencies
, 85, 86, 106

functional competencies
, 85, 86

local knowledge
, 107

not covered by professional associations
, 86, 87

systems thinking
, 106

relational capital
, 82, 83

structural capital
, 82, 83

see also knowledge cities; knowledge economy; knowledge society; library science education

intellectual freedom

academic freedom and
, 6, 8, 11–14

defining
, 6, 11, 12

mission statements
, 12–13

privacy and
, 8

International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
, 20

Internet
, 88

health information see health information retrieval

open peer review
, 115, 116, 125–6, 137

scholarly communication
, 187–8

see also academic social networking

see also social media/social networking

invisible college
, 186–7

Journal of Clinical Investigation, The
, 120

Journal of Medical Internet Research
, 138

Kansas State University
, 4, 26

Keyishian v. Board of Regents
, 1967 7

knowledge cities
, 88, 90–105

definition
, 91

knowledge facilitation
, 92–3

knowledge transactions
, 91, 92, 93

librarians as knowledge citizens
, 98

advising on broadband contract design
, 99

community seed library
, 101–2

crowd-sourced collection development
, 100–1

future scenarios
, 99–105

knowledge transfers among rural academic libraries
, 104–5

rural community knowledge elicitation
, 102–4

state prison environment
, 99–100

libraries as knowledge organisations
, 94

community collection building
, 97–8

future scenarios
, 94–8

program planning
, 96–7

reference exchange
, 94–5

technical services exchange
, 95–6

knowledge economy
, 81, 82

defining
, 82

intellectual capital assets see intellectual capital assets

knowledge transactions
, 91, 92, 93

transition from industrial economy
, 81, 82–7

knowledge moments
, 92, 104, 107

knowledge society

Bedford’s five-faceted model
, 90–1

future scenarios
, 81

information society distinguished
, 89–90

informational world cities
, 89

intellectual capital assets see intellectual capital assets

librarians’ role in
, 81–108

local knowledge
, 107

management culture
, 107

nature of
, 81

science cities
, 87–8, 91

technopolies
, 87, 88, 91

transformation to
, 87–90

transition from industrial society
, 81, 82–7

Lancet, The
, 121

Laval University
, 10

Learning Commons
, 216, 217

see also Scholars’ Commons

libel see defamation

Library of Congress
, 246

library and information studies

definition
, 48–9

library science education
, 83, 85, 108

nontraditional sources of learning
, 106

professional competencies see professional competencies

LibraryThing
, 242, 254

LinkedIn
, 23, 28, 189, 205, 241, 244, 258

McGill University
, 10, 15–16

Mckinney v. University of Guelph (1990)
, 8

McMaster University
, 3, 4, 15, 16, 26, 27, 233

Makerspaces/Fab Labs
, 262

Manchester City Library, New Hampshire
, 245

medico-scientific terminologies
, 147–50

see also health information retrieval

MedlinePlus
, 147

MedSearch
, 148

Mendeley
, 189

Miami Dade Public Library
, 245, 253, 262

microblogs/microblogging
, 242, 244–5

academic librarians
, 20, 21, 28

freedom of expression/speech
, 20

mixed personal/professional postings
, 21

see also blogs/blogging; social media/social networking

MySpace
, 190, 242, 257, 261

Nashville Public Library
, 255, 262

Nature
, 133

Naylor, David
, 7

New England Journal of Medicine, The
, 121

New York Public Library
, 253

New York University (NYU)

Scholars’ Commons
, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227–8, 229, 232–3

New Zealand public libraries
, 89

Nowviskie, Bethany
, 233

Oakland Public Library
, 254

Oakville Public Library
, 255

Occulus Rift
, 263

Ohio libraries
, 257

partnerships

Scholars’ Commons
, 225–6, 230–2

pastoral care
, 250–2

peer review

bias
, 115, 116, 122–3, 136

alphabetical discrimination
, 122–3

female authors
, 122

low-status institutions
, 123

editors
, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121

generally
, 115–16

history of
, 116–19

impartiality
, 122

information overload
, 119–20, 136

medical practice
, 117–18

modern peer review
, 120–3

open peer review
, 115, 123–4

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)
, 115, 116, 129–31, 138

Brain and Behavioral Science (BBS)
, 125–6

Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (ETAI)
, 115, 116, 126–9, 138

Faculty of 1000 (F1000)
, 115, 116, 131–6, 138

Internet, impact of
, 115, 116, 125–6, 137

post-peer review
, 130, 131, 138

Psycoloquy
, 125

Sol Tax
, 124

post-peer review
, 130, 131, 138

publish or perish syndrome
, 122

scientific journals
, 116–19, 121, 129

secrecy
, 115, 116, 123, 136

tenure and
, 122, 123

PeerIndex
, 258

Philosophical Transactions, The
, 116–17

Pinterest
, 241, 242, 255, 258, 260, 261

co-creation of content
, 253–4

freedom of expression
, 25

popularity/use
, 244, 246

profile page
, 247

Pridgen v. University of Calgary
, 22

privacy

intellectual freedom and
, 8

social media use and
, 252, 259–60

professional competencies
, 81, 85–7, 106

behavioral competencies
, 85, 86, 106

functional competencies
, 85, 86

local knowledge
, 107

not covered by professional associations
, 86, 87

systems thinking
, 106

see also library science education

professional ethics
, 48

program planning
, 96–7

Psycoloquy
, 125

publish or perish syndrome
, 122

qualitative research
, 57, 72

Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
, 9

Queen’s University
, 10, 16

reference exchange
, 94–5

ResearchGate
, 189

Richardson, Herbert
, 4

Rogers, Brian MacLeod
, 26

Royal Society

The Philosophical Transactions
, 116–17

RSS feeds
, 262

rural academic libraries

knowledge transfers among
, 104–5

rural community knowledge elicitation
, 102–4

Ryerson University
, 24–5

St. Michael’s University
, 16

scholarly communication

changing nature of
, 188–9

generally
, 185–8, 217

informal communication
, 186–7, 188

invisible college
, 186–7

scientific journals
, 186

social networking see academic social networking sites

Scholars’ Commons
, 215–36

benefits of
, 220–1

characteristics
, 223

Digital Humanities (DH) spaces
, 229, 233

future research
, 233–4

leadership
, 232–3

literature review
, 217–20

new organizational structures
, 226–8, 232–3

new use of space
, 222, 224, 229

partnerships
, 225–6, 230–2

segmented services
, 224–5, 230

staffing issues
, 226–8

Science Citation Index (SCI)
, 123

science cities
, 87–8, 91

scientific journals

peer review
, 116–19, 121, 129

scholarly communication
, 186

scientific revolutions
, 118

Shelfari
, 242, 254

Simon Fraser University

Faculty Association (SFUFA)

collective agreement
, 15

Framework Agreement (2007)
, 12

social media guidelines
, 23–4

Skoblow, Jerry
, 138

SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation)
, 4, 5

smartphones
, 244, 262

Snapchat
, 248

social media/social networking

academic freedom
, 17, 20–7

blogs/blogging see blogs/blogging

collective agreements
, 22

disclaimers
, 23–4, 26, 28–9

expressing critical views
, 29–30

fear of legal action
, 21, 29–30

freedom of expression/speech
, 19–27

identifying self
, 28

legal liability
, 24

mixed personal/professional postings
, 21, 23

policies and guidelines
, 22–7, 28

professional concerns
, 27–31

student comments
, 22

academic sites see academic social networking sites

in libraries
, 241–63

age of users
, 244–5, 248–9

cocreation of content
, 253–4

crowdfunding
, 254–5

crowdsourcing
, 100–1, 253, 254, 255

cyberbullying etc
, 251, 252

digital curation
, 246

engaging with users
, 250

gamification
, 255

impact assessment
, 257

management tools
, 258

measuring/assessing results of activities
, 256–9, 261–2

monitoring
, 249–50, 252

most popular sites
, 244

motivating users
, 255–6

outreach
, 252–3

participation and engagement
, 247–9

pastoral care
, 250–2

photo sharing
, 245–6

policies
, 259–60

privacy
, 252, 259–60

profile/profile page
, 247–9, 252

promoting information resources and services
, 243–6

real time updating
, 255

resolving user issues
, 250

selecting sites
, 244–6

social care
, 249–50

social tagging
, 255

teen advisory boards (TABs)
, 252

number of users
, 241–2

policies
, 248–9

smartphones
, 244, 262

SocialBro
, 258

state prison environment
, 99–100

StumbleUpon
, 242, 258

Sweezy v. New Hampshire
, 1957, 7

Tax, Sol
, 124

technical services exchange
, 95–6

technopolies
, 87, 88, 91

tenure

academic freedom and
, 6, 7, 14, 21

peer review and
, 122, 123

text messaging
, 262

Topeka Shawnee County Public Library
, 253

Tripadvisor
, 242, 252, 254, 258

Trzeciak, Jeff
, 15, 233

Tumblr
, 242, 248, 249, 260, 262

age of users
, 244–5, 248

Tweet Reach
, 258

Twitter
, 241, 242, 243, 255, 256, 257, 262

academic librarians, use by
, 20, 21, 28

academic libraries
, 260

age of users
, 245, 248

cocreation of content
, 253

freedom of expression
, 23, 24, 25

management tools
, 258

monitoring
, 249

outreach strategies
, 252, 253

pastoral care
, 251

popularity/use
, 244, 260

profile page
, 247, 249

promoting information resources and services on
, 244, 245, 246

public libraries
, 244

real time updating
, 255

social care
, 249

video postings
, 246

web links
, 246

see also blogs/blogging; microblogs/microblogging; social media/social networking

Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
, 147, 149

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1949)
, 9, 11, 12, 20

University of Alberta
, 16

University of British Columbia
, 24

University of Calgary
, 21–2

University of Colorado, Denver
, 4

University of Guelph
, 8, 23

University of Kansas
, 26

University of Massachusetts Amherst
, 221

University of Northern British Columbia
, 15

University of Toronto
, 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17

University of Virginia
, 233

University of Washington (UW)

Scholars’ Commons
, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227–8, 230, 233

University of Waterloo
, 15, 16

University of Western Ontario
, 16, 17

Vancouver Public Library (VPL)
, 244, 256

Vimeo
, 242, 245, 253, 260

Vine
, 253

weblogs see blogs/blogging

Westport Public Library
, 262

Wilson v. University of Calgary
, 22

Yahoo! Answers
, 153

Yelp
, 242, 252, 254, 258

York University
, 16, 17, 27

YOUmedia
, 253, 262

YouTube
, 23, 24, 28, 242, 245, 252, 253, 260