An Analysis of Academic Library 3D Printing LibGuides

Horton, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/10875301.2017.1375059

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“…19 Recent studies, concerned more with the specific books included in the content of LibGuides, have reported positive correlations between patron views of book assets in LibGuides compared to the library's circulations statistics. 20 While not all cross-institutional studies focusing on content report on specific book resources, book citation variables are a significant focus of recent studies of LibGuides targeting sub-disciplinary topics (mechatronics; 21 non-engineering aviation; 22 and wine, enology, and viticulture 23 ) and new service areas (3D printing in libraries 24 and data visualization research support services 25 ).…”

Section: Books Promoted In Library Guidesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Orth-Alfie,

Wolfe

2024

ITAL

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To study library guides, as published on Springshare’s LibGuides platform, new approaches are needed to expand the scope of the research, ensure comprehensiveness of data collection, and reduce bias for content analysis. Computational methods can be utilized to conduct a nuanced and thorough evaluation that critically assesses the resources promoted in library guides. Web-based library guides are curated by librarians to provide easy access to high-quality information and resources in a variety of formats to support the research needs of their users. Recent scholarship considers library guides as valuable resources and as de facto publications, highlighting the need for critical study. In this article, the authors present a novel model for comprehensively gathering data about a specific genre of books from individual LibGuide pages and applying computational methods to explore the resultant data. Beginning with a pre-selected list of 159 books, we programmatically queried the titles using the LibGuides Community search engine. After cleaning and filtering the resultant data, we compiled a list of 20,484 book references (of which 6,212 are unique) on 1,529 LibGuide pages. By testing against inclusion and exclusion criteria to ensure relevancy, we identified a total of 281 titles relevant to our topic. To gain insights for future study, citation analysis metrics are presented to reveal patterns of frequency, co-occurrence, and bibliographic coupling of books promoted in LibGuides. This proof-of-concept could be adopted for a variety of applications, including assessment of collections, public services, critical librarianship, and other complex questions to enable a richer and more thorough understanding of the information landscape of LibGuides.

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Section: Books Promoted In Library Guidesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Orth-Alfie,

Wolfe

2024

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“…Of these studies-looking at guides in theater (Furay, 2018), theology (Van Dyk, 2015, electrical engineering (Osorio, 2014), geology (Dougherty, 2013), physics (McCormick, 2020 and nursing (Stankus and Parker, 2012)-anywhere from 37 to 100 guides have been examined at a time, often from a sample taken from a larger collection of relevant guides. Along similar lines, common resources have been compiled from topical guides devoted to 3D printing (Horton, 2017) and those aimed at physician assistants (Johnson and Johnson, 2017). Many of these studies break resources down by format, reporting on the most common databases, books, ebook collections, journals, and websites that were listed on the subject guides.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking count: A computational analysis of data resources on academic LibGuides

Hennesy

Kubas

McBurney

2023

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The LibGuides platform is a ubiquitous tool in academic libraries and is commonly used by librarians to compile and share lists of recommended social science numerical data resources with users. This study leverages the machine-accessible nature of the LibGuides platform to collect links to data and statistical resources from over 10,000 LibGuide pages at 123 R1 research institutions. After substantial data cleaning and normalization, an analysis of the most common resources on those guides provides a unique window into the data repositories, libraries, archives, statistical data platforms, and other machine-readable data sources that are most popular on academic library guides. Results show that freely available resources from U.S. government agencies are among the most common to be included on data and statistical resources guides across institutions. Resources requiring paid licenses or memberships for full access, such as Statistical Insight (ProQuest), Social Explorer, and ICPSR are linked to most frequently overall, regardless of the percentage of institutions that include them. Findings also suggest that libraries are more likely to share traditional licensed statistical resources (e.g., Cambridge’s Historical Statistics of the United States) and collections of simple charts and graphs (e.g., Statista) than more robust and complex microdata resources (e.g., IPUMS).

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“…Online research guides are ubiquitous in academic libraries (Almeida and Tidal, 2017; Jackson and Stacy-Bates, 2016; Linares and Johnson, 2016). Although most often used in a disciplinary context to orient users to a field’s key resources, guides to non-discipline-specific topics, such as citation searching, three-dimensional printing and research metrics, have become increasingly common (Dagenais Brown, 2014; Horton, 2017; Suiter and Moulaison, 2015).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Desperately seeking funding: library guides to student funding

Lundy

Curran

2020

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Purpose This study aims to examine online research guides as a measure of academic library support for students seeking educational funding opportunities. Design/methodology/approach The library websites of 38 members of a regional academic library consortium were examined for guides that address funding for educational purposes. The guide content was manually reviewed. Information regarding institutional characteristics was gathered from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Findings Despite relatively few reports of educational funding support in the library literature, online guides exist at 42% of studied institutions. However, few guides are comprehensive and many lack features that promote discoverability. Instructional content – guidance, advice or information beyond resource descriptions – and in-person funding support rarely appear in the studied guides, presenting opportunities for academic libraries to contribute to student retention and success. Practical implications This paper provides information on and examples of online guides to educational funding useful to academic libraries looking to support students facing affordability concerns. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature on non-disciplinary uses of online research guides and is the first to survey academic library guides on educational funding opportunities.

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An Analysis of Academic Library 3D Printing LibGuides

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References 18 publications

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Taking count: A computational analysis of data resources on academic LibGuides

Desperately seeking funding: library guides to student funding

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