...Abbas Doulani; Masoumeh Hossaini Purpose This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the motivation of graduate students of information science in scientific and research activities and science production. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of type...

... understanding on how or why ASNs are formed or motivated and influence their research collaboration. Design/methodology/approach This study first reviews the open data sets in Taiwan, which is ranked as the first state in Global Open Data Index published by Open Knowledge Foundation to select the data sets...

...Yucheng Zhang; Yenchun Jim Wu; Mark Goh; Xinhong Liu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw on social capital theory to develop a model to explain the determinants of a supply chain management scholar’s academic research impact. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from a database of 450...

...Tobias Blanke; Michael Bryant; Reto Speck Purpose – In 2010 the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) was funded to support research into the Holocaust. The project follows on from significant efforts in the past to develop and record the collections of the Holocaust in several...

...Travis Weller; Amalia Monroe-Gulick Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to better understand the data practices, influences and needs of researchers at a major public research institution. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the results of a pre-tested, web-based survey...

... personalization features, persuasive technology, and student research. Design/methodology/approach The paper compares personalization features in popular academic library databases and a case study of usage in a university system provides a perspective on use in the academic community. Research on student use...

...Michael Seadle Purpose The aim of this paper is to introduce the second part of the theme issue on “user research and technology” and to discuss testing online digital library resources using methods from ethnography and cultural anthropology. Design/methodology/approach This editorial reviews...

...Zouhayr Hayati; Fereshteh Didegah Purpose The paper aims to investigate the rate of Iranian researchers collaboration with their colleagues in other countries in science citation index (SCI). In addition, it seeks to investigate the visibility of publications by Iranian researchers...

...Jake Carlson; Alexis E. Ramsey; J. David Kotterman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the practical implications of using an institutional repository to address researchers' needs at a local‐scale. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports on the process and results...

...Judith Wusteman; Brad Eden; Martin Myhill; Michele Shoebridge; Lee Snook Purpose This paper aims to consider the potential use of Web 2.0 tools as the basis for the creation of a virtual research environment. Specific features of the Web 2.0 world are explored because of their suitability...

...Judith Wusteman; Brad Eden; Stuart Dunn Purpose The aim of this paper is to review the concept of the virtual research environment (VRE) in the light of its development over the past five years, and assess its applicability to the arts and humanities disciplines. Design/methodology/approach...

...Judith Wusteman; Brad Eden; Alexander Voss; Rob Procter Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications of the emergence of virtual research environments (VREs) and related e‐research tools for scholarly work and communications processes. Design/methodology/approach...

...Judith Wusteman; Brad Eden; Alan Masson Purpose The aim of this paper is to look at the changes to library services that arose from the institutional adoption of virtual learning environments and discusses how these may influence the development of user facing information services for researchers...

...Judith Wusteman; Brad Eden; Leonardo Candela; Donatella Castelli; Pasquale Pagano Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss how new technologies for supporting scientific research will possibly influence the librarians' work. Design/methodology/approach The discussion is conducted...

... to library users. Originality/value This paper introduces the theme of this special Library Hi Tech issue. The theme of online accessibility for all, including those with disabilities, gives rise to a multitude of potential research questions: virtually any of the digital resources found...

...Norbert Lossau; Sabine Rahmsdorf; Roswitha Poll; Philip Payne Purpose The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of impact/outcome research in libraries. Design/methodology/approach The paper gives an overview of purposes and methods used in impact research and illustrates...

...Su Cleyle; Denise Koufogiannakis; Ellen Crumley Purpose Attempting to incorporate research into decision making raises several questions about the research that currently exists in librarianship, areas that are most in need of research, obstacles to conducting research, and possible solutions...

...Su Cleyle; Andrew Booth Purpose The paper seeks to provide an overview and update of thinking in relation to the theory and practice of formulation of answerable research questions within evidence based information practice. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the healthcare...

... of this paper is to outline and describe a thorough critical appraisal tool and process that can be applied to library and information research in an evidence based setting. Design/methodology/approach To create a critical appraisal tool for EBL, it was essential to look at other models. Exhaustive searches...

...Yulan He; Siu Cheung Hui Many scientific publications are now available on the World Wide Web for researchers to share research findings. However, they tend to be poorly organised, making the search of relevant publications difficult and time‐consuming. Most existing search engines are ineffective...