More Academic Librarians in Arkansas with Faculty Status and Rights but Decreased Benefits and Increased Responsibility. A Review of: Vix, H. M., & Buckman, K. M. (2011). Academic librarians: Status, privileges, and rights. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(1), 20-25. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.11.004

Mê-Linh Lê

Public Library Users are Challenged by Digital Information Preservation. A Review of: Copeland, A. J. (2011). Analysis of public library users’ digital preservation practices. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(7), 1288-1300. doi: 10.1002/asi.21553

Robin E. Miller

One-shot or Embedded? Assessing Different Delivery Timing for Information Resources Relevant to Assignments

Amy Van Epps,Megan Sapp Nelson

The Evolution of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, Part II: The Broader Professional Purpose of EBLIP

Jonathan D. Eldredge

Impact of the Reading Buddies Program on Reading Level and Attitude Towards Reading

Hayley Dolman,Serena Boyte-Hawryluk

Formality in Chat Reference: Perceptions of 17- to 25-Year-Old University Students

Jennifer Waugh

Ethnographic Methods are Becoming More Popular in LIS Research. A Review of: Khoo, M., Rozaklis, L., & Hall, C. (2012). A survey of the use of ethnographic methods in the study of libraries and library users. Library & Information Science Research, 34(2), 82-91. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2011.07.010

Diana K. Wakimoto

Embedded, Participatory Research: Creating a Grounded Theory with Teenagers

Shannon Crawford Barniskis

Conference Announcement – 4th Information: Interactions and Impact (i3) Conference, 25–28 June 2013

Share Buttons

Editorial Responsibilities

Link Established Between LBGT-Friendly Campus Climate Index Scores and Web-Based Resources of Academic Libraries. A Review of: Ciszek, M. P. (2011). Out on the web: The relationship between campus climate and GLBT-related web-based resources in academic libraries. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37(5), 430-436. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.06.007

Kathleen Reed

Formalized Curiosity: Reflecting on the Librarian Practitioner-Researcher

Virginia Wilson

Pediatric Residents and Interns in an Italian Hospital Perform Improved Bibliographic. A Review of: Gardois, P., Calabrese, R., Colombi, N., Lingua, C., Longo, F., Villanacci, M., Miniero, R., & Piga, A. (2011). Effectiveness of bibliographic searches performed by paediatric residents and interns assisted by librarian. A randomised controlled trial. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(4), 273-284. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00957.x

Mathew Stone

Career Advancement and Writing about Women Librarians: A Literature Review

Kathleen DeLong

Waiting for Evidence (Editorial)

Alison Brettle

EPLIP 7 Conference Update

Research Methods: Altmetrics

Virginia Wilson

Bogus Evidence

R. Laval Hunsucker

There is a Relationship between Resource Expenditures and Reference Transactions in Academic Libraries. A Review of: Dubnjakovic, A. (2012). Electronic resource expenditure and the decline in reference transaction statistics in academic libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(2), 94-100. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.01.001

Annie M. Hughes

Making Life Easier for the Visually Impaired Web Searcher: It Is Now Clearer How This Should and Can Be Done, but Implementation Lags. A Review of: Sahib, N. G., Tombros, A., & Stockman, T. (2012). A comparative analysis of the information-seeking behavior of visually impaired and sighted searchers. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(2), 377–391. doi: 10.1002/asi.21696

R. Laval Hunsucker

Full-Time Faculty View Information Literacy as Important but Are Unlikely to Incorporate it Into Their Teaching. A Review of: Bury, S. (2011). Faculty attitudes, perceptions and experiences of information literacy: A study across multiple disciplines at York University, Canada. Journal of Information Literacy, 5(1). Retrieved from http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/article/view/PRA-V5-I1-2011-1

Eamon C. Tewell

Millennial Generation Students Search the Web Erratically, with Minimal Evaluation of Information Quality. A Review of: Taylor, A. (2012). A study of the information search behaviour of the millennial generation. Information Research, 17(1), paper 508. Retrieved from http://informationr.net/ir/17-1/paper508.html

Dominique Daniel

Analyzing Public Library Service Interactions to Improve Public Library Customer Service and Technology Systems

Holly Arnason,Louise Reimer

Undergraduate Library Instruction in the Humanities Increases the Use of Books Over Journals. A Review of: Cooke, R. & Rosenthal, D. (2011). Students use more books after library instruction: An analysis of undergraduate paper citations. College & Research Libraries, 72(4), 334-343.

Mê-Linh Lê

Digital Images in Teaching and Learning at York University: Are the Libraries Meeting the Needs of Faculty Members in Fine Arts?

Mary Kandiuk,Aaron Lupton

Applying the Narrow Forms of PubMed Methods-based and Topic-based Filters Increases Nephrologists’ Search Efficiency. A Review of: Shariff, S. Z., Sontrop, J. M., Haynes, R. B., Iansavichus, A. V., McKibbon, K. A., Wilczynski, N. L., Weir, M. A., Speechley, M. R., Thind, A. … Garg, A. X. (2012). Impact of PubMed search filters on the retrieval of evidence by physicians. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 184(3), E184-E190. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.101661

Kate Kelly

Looking Forwards and Looking Back (Editorial)

Alison Brettle

Interactions: A Study of Office Reference Statistics

Naomi Lederer,Louise Mort Feldmann

Doctoral Students in New Zealand Have Low Awareness of Institutional Repository Existence, but Positive Attitudes Toward Open Access Publication of Their Work. A Review of: Stanton, K. V., & Liew, C. L. (2012). Open access theses in institutional repositories: An exploratory study of the perceptions of doctoral students. Information Research, 17(1), paper 507. Available from http://InformationR.net/ir/17-1/paper507.html

Theresa S. Arndt

Call for Submissions: Information: Interactions and Impact (i3)

Bridging the Gap: Understanding the Differing Research Expectations of First-Year Students

Meg Raven

Academic Librarians’ Conception and Use of Evidence Sources in Practice

Denise Koufogiannakis

Librarian and LIS Faculty Participation in Self-Archiving Practice Needs Improvement. A Review of: Xia, J., Wilhoite, S. K., & Myers, R. L. (2011). A “librarian-LIS faculty” divide in open access practice. Journal of Documentation, 67(5), 791-805. doi:10.1108/00220411111164673

Annie M. Hughes

Local Public Libraries Serve Important Functions as Meeting Places, but Demographic Variables Appear Significant, Suggesting a Need for Extensive Further Research. A Review of: Aab , S., Audunson, R., & V rheim, A. (2010). How do public libraries function as meeting places? Library & Information Science Research, 32(1), 16-26. doi: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.07.008.

R. Laval Hunsucker

EBLIP and Public Libraries

Pam Ryan

Enhanced Catalogue Records Positively Impact Circulation but Are Not Used to Their Potential in Patron Searching. A Review of: Tosaka, Y., & Weng, C. (2011). Reexamining content-enriched access: Its effect on usage and discovery. College & Research Libraries, 72(5), 412-427.

Cari Merkley

Teams Are Now Used by Many Technical Services Departments in Academic Libraries. A Review of: Zhu, L. (2011). Use of teams in technical services in academic libraries. Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 35, 69-82. doi:10.1016/j.lcats.2011.03.013

Kirsty Thomson

Collection Usage Pre- and Post-Summon Implementation at the University of Manitoba

Lisa O’Hara

Improvements to Evidence Summaries: An Evidence Based Approach (Editorial)

Lorie Kloda

Several Factors of Library Publishing Services Facilitate Scholarly Communication Functions. A Review of: Park, J.-H., & Shim, J. (2011). Exploring how library publishing services facilitate scholarly communication. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 43(1), 76-89. doi: 10.1353/scp.2011.0038

Leslie Bussert

Public Library Clients Prefer Formal Classes for Initial Training on Library’s Online Resources and Informal, On-Demand Assistance for Further Training. A Review of: Ruthven, J. (2010). Training needs and preferences of adult public library clients in the use of online resources. The Australian Library Journal, 59(3), 108-117.

Diana K. Wakimoto

Teenagers’ Public Library Needs are Difficult to Determine. A Review of: Howard, V. (2011). What do young teens think about the public library? The Library Quarterly, 81(3), 321-344. URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/660134

Jason Martin

The Evolution of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, Part I: Defining EBLIP

Jonathan D. Eldredge

Interlibrary Loan Rates for Academic Libraries in the United States of America Have Increased Despite the Availability of Electronic Databases, but Fulfilment Rates Have Decreased. A Review of: Williams, J. A., & Woolwine, D. E. (2011). Interlibrary loan in the United States: An analysis of academic libraries in a digital age. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 21(4), 165-183. doi: 10.1080/1072303X.2011.602945

Kathryn Oxborrow

Email Reference Transactions Reveal Unique Patterns about End-User Information Seeking Behaviour and Librarians’ Responses in Academic and Public Libraries Outside the U.S. and Canada. A Review of: Olszewski, L., & Rumbaugh, P. (2010). An international comparison of virtual reference services. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 49(4), 360-368.

Giovanna Badia

Embedded Academic Librarianship: A Review of the Literature

Stephanie J. Schulte

Editorial Responsibilities

Evidence and Ethics (Editorial)

Alison Brettle

Are We Bridging the Research Practice Gap? (Editorial)

Alison Brettle