The Faculty Subculture, the Librarian Subculture, and Librarians’ Scholarly Productivity

Walters, William H.

doi:10.1353/pla.2016.0054

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“…A majority of respondents reported having produced or intending to produce research post-tenure. Walters (2016) investigated the influence of four institutional variables (university-wide research activity, eligibility for sabbaticals, university control, and enrollment) on the scholarly productivity of librarians at research universities in the United States. He found that librarians' research productivity was influenced by university-wide research activity and faculty status.…”

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Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity for Academic Librarians

Hoffmann¹,

Berg²,

Koufogiannakis³

2017

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Objective -This project identifies the factors that contribute to the success of librarians as active researchers. Research success is generally aligned with productivity and output, and the authors are therefore interested in understanding the factors that encourage research productivity. This fills a gap in the literature on librarians as researchers, which has tended to focus on barriers rather than enablers.Methods -For this quantitative study, we distributed an online survey to 1,653 potential participants across Canada and received 453 usable responses for a 27% response rate. The Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2017, 12.4 103 survey asked participants to report their research outputs and to answer questions that addressed three categories of factors: Individual Attributes, Peers and Community, and Institutional Structures and Supports. We then statistically analyzed participant responses in order to identify relationships between the research output variables (weighted output score and number of peer-reviewed articles) and the three categories, the factors within those categories, and the constituent components.Results -Participants' research output consisted largely of presentations, non-peer-reviewed articles, peer-reviewed articles, and posters. All three categories of factors were significantly related to research output, both for a calculated weighted output score and for number of peerreviewed articles. All of the factors identified within those categories were also significant when tested against weighted output score, but Intrinsic Motivations was not a significant factor when tested against number of peer-reviewed articles. Several components of factors were also not significant for number of peer-reviewed articles. Age was the only significant component of Demographics. Three components of Education and Experience were significant: whether participants had received research training after completing their MLIS, whether they were working on an advanced degree, and the institution where they had obtained their MLIS.Conclusions -Research productivity is significantly impacted by all three categories: Individual Attributes, Peers and Community, and Institutional Structures and Supports. Fostering an environment that focuses on all of these areas will be most likely to promote research output for librarians. At the same time, this study's findings point to particular aspects that warrant further investigation, such as the nature and effect of institutional support and librarians' motivations for doing research.

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“…While some librarians have excelled in this aspect of their responsibilities, others have struggled (Walters, 2016;O'Brien & Cronin, 2016). There have been numerous approaches to supporting librarians in their efforts to be productive researchers; however, the impact of these supports has not been well studied.…”

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Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity for Academic Librarians

Hoffmann¹,

Berg²,

Koufogiannakis³

2017

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“…The benefits of librarians engaging in research are numerous. At the individual level, academic librarians enjoy a sense of accomplishment by contributing to the profession; increase their understanding of and ability to participate in the research of the faculty and students they serve; advance their careers; and enjoy greater awareness of the latest library research (Finlay, Ni, Tsou, & Sugimoto, 2013;Hall & McBain, 2014;Kennedy & Brancolini, 2012;Luo, 2011;Pickton, 2016;Walters, 2016). At an organizational level, librarians' research can help justify staffing, space, and budget; apply best practices to services for patrons; and raise the library's profile among the campus community (Kennedy & Brancolini, 2012;Luo, 2011;Pickton, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Research Forum: Creating and Sustaining an Intra-library Venue to Share Library Faculty Research

Thielen

Spunaugle

Swanberg

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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“…Studies on promoting productivity in library and information science (LIS) have grown exponentially in recent years. Human resources, as the main asset of libraries, also deserves attention from an organizational strategies perspective (Walters, 2016).…”

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“…In all, 9 items were devoted to productivity, 12 to KM, 5 to EI, 6 to JM and 6 to JF (Table2). To design the items, the paper byHersey and Goldsmith (1980) was studied for productivity; the papers by KaffashanKakhki et al (2021) andUgwu (2019) were studied for KM; the papers byBaron (1997) andKhan et al (2017) were studied for EI; and the papers byBock et al (2005),Walters (2016) andXue et al (2011) were studied for JM. JF items were designed based on studies by…”

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Productivity story of Iranian librarians: assessing the impact of knowledge management and emotional intelligence

Sarhadi

Kakhki

Behzadi

2021

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Purpose This study aims to assess the effect of knowledge management (KM) development and emotional intelligence (EI) on the productivity of librarians regarding the mediating role of job motivation (JM) and job feedback (JF). Design/methodology/approach This study was carried out in two phases. First, the variables affecting the productivity of librarians were identified and selected through an explorative study and by surveying their opinions. Then, the theoretically designed model was administered to 312 librarians at Iranian public libraries. A questionnaire was used to collect data, and the structural equation modelling technique was used to analyse data. Findings The results of this study showed that KM and EI, mediated by JM and JF, had a positive and significant effect on developing the librarians’ productivity. The results also revealed that JF had a positive effect on JM and that JF was more effective on productivity than JM. This study marginally proved the direct effect of KM and EI on productivity where KM was more effective than EI on productivity. Knowing the effects of organizational and individual factors on the higher productivity of librarians in public libraries will help library managers make more efficient use of those factors in developing the capabilities of librarians and enhancing productivity. Originality/value This study is one of the few studies of its kind that facilitates the perception of the concept of productivity in public libraries and also the assessment of the effects of organizational and individual factors on the librarians’ productivity.

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The Faculty Subculture, the Librarian Subculture, and Librarians’ Scholarly Productivity

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity for Academic Librarians

Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity for Academic Librarians

Research Forum: Creating and Sustaining an Intra-library Venue to Share Library Faculty Research

Productivity story of Iranian librarians: assessing the impact of knowledge management and emotional intelligence

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