Publication Patterns of US Academic Librarians and Libraries from 2003 to 2012
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Authors
Blecic, Deborah D.
Wiberley, Stephen E.
De Groote, Sandra L.
Cullars, John
Shultz, Mary
Chan, Vivian
Issue Date
2017
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Article
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en_US
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This study investigated contributions to the peer-reviewed library and information science (LIS) journal literature by U.S. academic librarian (USAL) authors over a ten-year period (2003-2012). The results were compared to those of two previous five-year studies that covered the time periods of 1993-1997 and 1998-2002 to examine longitudinal trends. For USAL authors as a group, publication productivity, the proportion of peer-reviewed articles contributed to the LIS literature, and sole-authorship declined. Among USALs who did publish, productivity patterns remained similar over twenty years, with a slight increase in the percentage of USAL authors who published three or more articles in five years. The top twenty high-publication libraries from 2003 to 2012 were from public research universities, unlike two earlier studies that found private university libraries among the top twenty.
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Blecic, D. D., Wiberley Jr., S. E., De Groote, S. L., Cullars, J., Shultz, M., & Chan, V. (2017). Publication Patterns of U.S. Academic Librarians and Libraries from 2003 to 2012. College & Research Libraries, 78(4), 442. doi:10.5860/crl.78.4.442
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College and Research Libraries
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0010-0870