Librarians and Faculty Members: Coping with Pressures to Publish

Boice, Robert; Scepanski, Jordan M.; Wilson, Wayne

doi:10.5860/crl_48_06_494

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“…Another observed that, unlike most productive scholars, he was ineffec tive when he tried to do research or write for just a few minutes at a time. 11 When he took administrative assignments, as he did frequently, he always negotiated for one weekday off for research. By devot ing ten or more hours on that day and on Saturday to research, he was able to ad vance his scholarship.…”

Section: Interviewees' Time and Use Of Electronic Information Technolmentioning

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Time and Technology: A Decade-Long Look at Humanists’ Use of Electronic Information Technology

Wiberley

Jones

2000

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A ten-year study of a group of humanists reveals that temporal factors had a significant impact on their adoption of electronic information tech nology. This article identifies and describes four types of time that influ ence humanists' behavior. Three are types of time spent: anticipated start up time, actual start-up time, and use time; the fourth is time of life, that is, the stage of a scholar's project or career. Because the content of elec tronic resources is closely related to use of time, this article also dis cusses how content affects whether a scholar adopts an electronic re source. Librarians who are sensitive to humanists' temporal considerations can better help them utilize technology.nline catalogs, word process ing, electronic mail, biblio graphic databases, statistical software, and spreadsheets all date from the 1970s. Electronic mailing lists appeared in the 1980s, and the World Wide Web began in the 1990s. 1In 1987, when the authors first interviewed a group of eleven humanists about their use of libraries, in formation, and technology, all had used online catalogs and seven did word pro cessing, but only two used e-mail. None had searched a bibliographic database, used statistical software, constructed a spreadsheet, or subscribed to an electronic mailing list. And, of course, none had used the Web. The careers of these eleven coin cide with the revolution in electronic in formation technology, so all the innova tions it has brought have been available to them, some for many years. What they have chosen to utilize and how they have done so helps librarians better understand one of their largest user groups.Conversations with humanists reveal several perspectives on electronic informa tion technology. A recurring theme is the way that temporal factors affect what scholars do. Earlier research also has found time to be an important influence on the adoption of electronic information technol ogy. This article addresses the question: How do temporal considerations influence the use of electronic information technol ogy by humanists? It explains four differ ent conceptions of time that librarians can use to understand how humanists inter act with electronic information technology.

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Section: Interviewees' Time and Use Of Electronic Information Technolmentioning

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Time and Technology: A Decade-Long Look at Humanists’ Use of Electronic Information Technology

Wiberley

Jones

2000

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“…7 The purpose of the present study is to examine the publishing activity of this group. Other efforts at this kind of analysis have been made in the recent past; this paper is intended to be an extension of and expansion upon those studies.…”

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Characteristics of Journal Authorship by Academic Librarians

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Seavey²

1990

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“…1 A rigid work schedule, insufficient research training, and the lack of research support and funding have been among the most frequently cited rea sons. 2 A review of the literature revealed two contrasting views among academic librar ians regarding the relationship between a librarian's research and his or her library service. One is the separative view, which "separates professional practice from scholarship and service, and splinters what is designed to be a cohesive and complementary process."…”

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Integrating Library Research and Service: The Case of Internet Training for Small Business Executives

Ren

2001

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Library research and service have the potential to be complementary. This paper reports on how the desire to better serve small business users for their government information needs led to a research survey of small business executives in New Jersey and how the research findings provided further motivation, guidance, and input to a successful Internet training program. The authors’ experiences show that academic librarians could improve effectiveness in both library research and service if they seek to integrate these two aspects of their career.

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Librarians and Faculty Members: Coping with Pressures to Publish

Cited by 26 publications

References 8 publications

Time and Technology: A Decade-Long Look at Humanists’ Use of Electronic Information Technology

Time and Technology: A Decade-Long Look at Humanists’ Use of Electronic Information Technology

Characteristics of Journal Authorship by Academic Librarians

Integrating Library Research and Service: The Case of Internet Training for Small Business Executives

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