Title Harnessing Folksonomies for Resource Classification Author Arkaitz Zubiaga Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia Madrid Source via arXiv Abstract In our daily lives, organizing resources into a set of categories is a common task. Categorization becomes more useful as the collection of resources increases. Large collections of books, movies, and web pages, for instance, [...]
Research Article (Preprint): Trends in Image Use by Historians and the Implications for Librarians and Archivists
Filed by on April 26, 2012
Title Trends in Image Use by Historians and the Implications for Librarians and Archivists Authors Valerie Harris University of Illinois, Chicago Peter Hepburn University of Illinois, Chicago Source C&RL News Anticipated Publication March 2013 Abstract For years libraries have offered reproduction services to users, with historians being the core audience. More recently, archives and special [...]
Research Article: Citation Analysis: “Edited Volumes, Monographs, and Book Chapters in the Book Citation Index (BCI) and Science Citation Index (SCI, SoSCI, A&HCI)”
Filed by on April 18, 2012
Title: Edited Volumes, Monographs, and Book Chapters in the Book Citation Index (BCI) and Science Citation Index (SCI, SoSCI, A&HCI) Source via arXiv Authors Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam Ulrike Felt Department of Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna Abstract In 2011, Thomson-Reuters introduced the Book Citation Index [...]
Business Research: How Open is Company Data in Open Government Partnership Countries? (New Report)
Filed by on April 16, 2012
From the Open Corporates Blog: OpenCorporates is publishing a major new report into access to company data in OGP countries, and the picture is not good. Out of a total of a possible 100 points, the average score was just 21, with several major countries (including Spain, Greece and Brazil) scoring zero. A score of 100 [...]
New Article: “Trends in Research Librarianship Literature: A Social Network Analysis of Articles”
Filed by on April 16, 2012
Title Trends in Research Librarianship Literature: A Social Network Analysis of Articles Authors Umut Al Department of Information Management Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey İrem Soydal Department of Information Management Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Gülten Alir Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies Aksaray University Aksaray, Turkey Source LIBER (Journal of European Research Libraries) Vol. 21 [...]
Citation Analysis: Thomson Reuters Releases Rankings of the Hottest Research Papers of 2011
Filed by on April 12, 2012
Thomson Reuters is the publisher of the Web of Knowledge/Web of Science database. From Highlights/News Release (via TR News Release) This year’s group of 15 Hottest Researchers each contributed to at least 10 Hot Papers, covering key areas such as genetics, cardiology, epidemiology and cancer research. Eric S. Lander of The Eli and Edythe L. [...]
Informational Brief: Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement
Filed by on February 25, 2012
From a Report Summary via METRO: The New York Comprehensive Center (NYCC)/RMC Research Corporation, in consultation with the New York State Education Department, the New York State Library and the New York Library Association has produced a new publication entitled, Informational Brief: Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement. This comprehensive brief provides a current and rigorous [...]
