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Barriers to Cochlear Implant Uptake in Adults: A Scoping Review.

Cochlear implants (CIs) provide access to sound and help mitigate the negative effects of hearing loss. As a field, we are successfully implanting more adults with greater amounts of residual hearing than ever before. Despite this, utilization remains low, which is thought to arise from barriers that are both intrinsic and extrinsic. A considerable body of literature has been published in the last 5 years on barriers to adult CI uptake, and understanding these barriers is critical to improving access and utilization. This scoping review aims to summarize the existing literature and provide a guide to understanding barriers to adult CI uptake. Inclusion criteria were limited to peer-reviewed articles involving adults, written in English, and accessible with a university library subscription. A cutoff of 20 years was used to limit the search. Barriers uncovered in this review were categorized into an ecological framework. The initial search revealed 2,315 items after duplicates were removed. One hundred thirty-one articles were reviewed under full-text, and 68 articles met the inclusion criteria. Race, ethnicity, and reimbursement are policy and structural barriers. Public awareness and education are societal barriers. Referral and geographical challenges are forms of organizational barriers. Living context and professional support are interpersonal barriers. At the individual level, sound quality, uncertainty of outcome, surgery, loss of residual hearing, and irreversibility are all barriers to CI uptake. By organizing barriers into an ecological framework, targeted interventions can be used to overcome such barriers.

Open access and COUNTER usage: Hybrid OA impact on a Private Liberal Arts College

The popularity of open access (OA) publications has increased in recent years. This situation leads to several pertinent questions for academic libraries: Is the rapid expansion of OA availability negatively affecting their COUNTER usage reports? And, as a consequence, is the increasing accessibility of OA publications prompting academic libraries to reconsider their subscriptions to traditional, subscription-based resources? The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of hybrid OA growth on Denison University’s subscribed e-resource usage and to illuminate the potential effects of OA on academic library subscriptions.

Implementation of Electronic Resource Management System: A case study of Central Library, IIT Delhi

The share of electronic resources in library subscriptions has been increasing over a period of time. Academic institutions worldwide spend significant amounts on electronic resources, including e-journals, databases, and eBooks. Global research indicates that the management of electronic resources is very complex, and the workflows associated with them differ from the workflow of print resources. Although electronic resources have been around for almost two decades, librarians are still trying to figure out the most effective way to handle them. The study suggests that many non-compatible stand-alone systems are used to manage electronic resources. Library management systems (LMS) and library services platforms (LSPs) cannot manage electronic resource workflow. Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) can be used to manage electronic resource workflow. However, cost is an important factor in not using commercial ERMS. This study examines the implementation of open-source ERMS CORAL in the Central Library, IIT Delhi. It discusses the steps involved in the implementation stages and the problems faced while implementing the system. It also discusses the features of CORAL. This study also finds improvements in electronic resource management after the implementation of ERMS CORAL. This study will be beneficial for those institutes that are looking for the implementation of CORAL.

Becoming the First Open Access Journal in the Macromolecular Journals Family

Becoming the First Open Access Journal in the <i>Macromolecular</i> Journals Family

News from the Field

2023 I Love My Librarian Award recipients New from ACRL—Undergraduate Research &amp;amp; the Academic Librarian, Volume 2 JSTOR, university press partners announce Path to Open Books pilot Bloomsbury premiers opera collections New from ACRL—Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: Identity, Advocacy, and Pathways MIT Press adds monographs to D2O Kanopy launches academic library subscription model ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office names senior policy advisors

Do I Need to Ask Permission? Applying Fair Use to Educational Activities.

Do I Need to Ask Permission? Applying Fair Use to Educational Activities.

Evaluating Professional Behavior Analysts' Literature Searches.

The first section of the new Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (BACB, 2020) includes the expectation that behavior analysts will maintain competence by reading relevant literature. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate to what extent professional behavior analysts search for and access the behavior analytic literature. A survey invitation was sent through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and social media outlets at the end of 2020; 180 professionals responded. Roughly 80% of participants searched for research at least once per month. The top three online resources used were academic web search (72.7%), a university library subscription (65.6%), and the BACB research resource (65.6%). Forty-five percent of all participants indicated satisfaction with the research resources available to them. A series of independent samples t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were conducted to determine group differences. Participants with doctorates searched more frequently and reported higher satisfaction and confidence across all tested domains. Participants using a university library reported more frequent literature searches, a higher skill level in conducting searches, more confidence in their ability to conduct a meaningful literature search, more satisfaction with the research resources available to them, and were more likely to report that the identified research would inform their practice.

Testing a proposed ROI for academic libraries

PurposeThe main purpose of this study is to test and verify return on investment (ROI) model proposed for academic libraries in Arab countries. The study assessed the value of AAU digital library resources and identified the value of the digital library in supporting the funded research projects.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed ROI model is based on two phases and two different data. In Phase I, the authors calculated ROI based on the total downloads of full text to determine the total financial returns of the database subscription costs for the academic year 2019–2020. In Phase II, the authors examined the citations drawn from the Scopus database on a sample of 30 funded research projects for the College of Engineering during the year 2019.FindingsAlthough the application of the proposed model has some challenges, it is relevant in measuring the ROI of academic libraries in Arab countries. The results of the study in Phase 1 revealed that the AAU gained $0.95 for every $1 spent on subscriptions to online databases. For Phase 2, the findings indicated a negative ROI of $−0.70 for every $1 spent on library subscriptions to the IEEE database.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a case study based on data collected from Al Ain University, United Arab Emirate (UAE). Therefore, the findings of the study may not be generalized, and other studies may find different results if more samples and data are used.Originality/valueAlthough the proposed model has been cited by research papers indexed in the Scopus database, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Crossref and ResearchGate, none of these papers tested or verified the suggested ROI model. This study could be the first study testing the suggested model. The findings of the study may contribute to the application of the ROI model in the Arab countries, and particularly the academic libraries in the Arab world.

Transforming Transformative Agreements

Abstract Springer Nature (as Springer) signed its first transformative read and publish agreement in 2015. This Springer compact agreement with VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands) was the first agreement of its kind to combine reading and publishing fees with the aim of transitioning traditional library subscription payments into central funding to support open access (OA) publishing. It has proved to be a pivotal moment in the transition to OA. Since then, Springer Nature has agreed many such national agreements all around the world, including the world’s largest with Projekt DEAL in Germany. Through a series of case studies, this article will examine the role these agreements have played in facilitating the transition to OA – to bring centralized funding for OA – and analyse how their nature and characteristics have evolved and adapted to reflect the differing needs of individual customers, as well as changing views. The paper will also consider the challenges faced by publishers, institutions, and funders in agreeing transformative agreements, consider how these ‘blockers’ can be overcome, and evaluate the future role of transformative agreements as a critical precursor to achieving open science.

Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note Wendy Pfeffer, Editor-in-Chief Tenso’s recent history has been remarkably filled with optimism, given its resources and audience. I want to thank the authors of articles, op-eds, reviews, necrologies, and our regular contributors who do the research for our annual bibliographies and discography, and our loyal readers, whether they choose hard copy or the e-version available through a library subscription to ProjectMuse. The journal receives submissions from all over the world; these are carefully vetted, and, whether accepted or not, these are returned to authors with useful blind criticism, as is our practice. Not all journals follow that important practice. This issue of Tenso carries an underlying theme of translation, seen in various iterations: the passage of a genre from Occitan to Italian discussed by Kevin Keane; the movement of scholarship in La Curne de Sainte Palaye’s circle as studied by Laure-Anne Caraty; James Thomas’s op-ed describing his publication of Occitan materials in English; the detailed effort by Walter Meliga to carry older scholarship forward to younger scholars in a self-translated essay whose English retains its Italian flavor (the editorial team chose to use a very light hand in its emendations). The Editor’s Note for Tenso 36 evoked some of the realities of COVID and its resultant pandemic; sadly, one year later, things are only slightly improved — many scholars are still not able to access primary or secondary sources. COVID made it into Catherine Parayre’s bibliography this year (see her item 317). Some libraries are still closed; travel is still complicated, especially international travel. It’s a challenging time to be a scholar and researcher, a time when I can hope Tenso offers comfort and scholarship to help us continue our investigations of Occitan language, literature, and culture. One victim of COVID was the in-person triennial gathering of the Association internationale d’études occitanes, originally scheduled for Coni, Italy in July 2020. Though I had my doubts about what the conference organizers had planned to replace the [End Page iv] 2020 meeting, I was pleasantly surprised by what they pulled off — a week of virtual activities during July 2021, specifically the plenary lectures and round tables on important topics for our discipline. A volume of acts is promised, which will allow scholars who could not actively participate in the virtual event still to see their research published. As compromises go, it has been a good one. The Société Guilhem IX organized a small conference in honor of the editor-in-chief of Tenso, celebrating her years of service to our discipline. Hosted by Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, the hybrid gathering allowed Occitan scholars in the US, the UK, and Europe to meet, exchange ideas, and renew friendships. It was a heady moment for the honoree. If the only compromise Occitan scholars have to make is to accept a virtual appearance in lieu of being “présentiel,” a French word I am convinced came into currency with the pandemic,1 we must not be doing too badly. Footnotes 1. I cannot find it online in the TLFi (<https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/presentiel>); that dictionary reports that it stopped updates in 1994, roughly when “présentiel” began to come into usage. The word appears in Wiktionnaire.org, with a citation from 1994 and then several from 2020–2021, <https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/présentiel>. WORKS CITED TLFi, Trésor de la langue française informatisé <http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm>, accessed 5 August 2021. Wiktionnaire. <https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionnaire:Page_d%E2%80%99accueil>, accessed 5 August 2021. Copyright © 2022 Société Guilhem IX

Expanding Nature: Product line and brand extensions of a scientific journal

AbstractAcademic publishers now market their most prestigious journals as commercial brands. This paper investigates this trend in the scholarly publishing market, by analyzing how the successive owners of the journal Nature have capitalized on its reputation to generate additional profits to those already accumulated through university library subscriptions. Two branding strategies of the journal Nature are analyzed: the first one, product line extension, consists in extending the Nature brand in the same product category, by creating an ever‐increasing number of derived Nature journals; the second one, brand extension, consists in extending the Nature brand to other categories of products and services, such as academic rankings, sponsored supplements, feature advertisements, or webinars and trainings. The Nature brand leveraging strategy has been imitated by many other journal publishers. These branded products and services are well suited to the particular dynamics of the scientific field, which is based on the continuous quest for recognition. They are thus sold at all stages of the research cycle, from writing grants to popularizing research results, to scientists and academic institutions competing to accumulate symbolic capital. In this respect, academic publishers that engage in scholarly journal branding contribute to the transformation of the scientific ‘community’ into a scientific market.

Founding Limnology &amp; Oceanography Letters: The challenges, risks, and rewards of launching a new scientific journal

Founding <i>Limnology &amp; Oceanography Letters</i>: The challenges, risks, and rewards of launching a new scientific journal

Is our Collection Enough or Underutilized?: A Citation Analysis of Master’s Theses

Objective. The quality of library collection depends on how the librarians select materials for purchasing based on existing collection development policy. In the absence of approved policy, working guidelines take effect so there would be a selection guidelines criteria. The use of available selection tools, online book reviews, faculty recommendations, and standard lists will help the collection building. This paper aims to provide an overview of the type of materials Kazakh students utilize to complete their master’s thesis. Specifically, it will have the following objectives: 1) to categorize the types of sources graduate students use in their thesis; 2) to compare the actual count of e-journal titles available in our collection versus the number of e-journal titles used in the reference list; 3) to identify the common journal titles used by the students and its overall journal ranking credibility based on prestige; 4) To further develop the e-resources collection based on the citation analysis. Methods. In 2019, 20 e-theses were uploaded in the repository coming from one school (may also be called college or faculty). It was decided to select from one school only to determine the relevance of the collection coming from one discipline. A sample of 10 theses (50%) was analyzed in this study. Citation analysis was used to measure which materials are currently available in the library. It will also give an impression of whether the material is being used or not. Collection of data was done in an organized manner. A table was created to list the number of referenced items found per thesis. The researchers identified the number of print books, e-journals, conference proceedings, theses and other types of materials. To determine the specific journal titles, they were carefully extracted. Duplicate titles were combined and were counted as one unique entry. Using the SJR online, the researchers identified the quartiles of each title and determined the impact of the journals based on the ranking. Journal titles were searched and availability was verified using the online journal finder A-Z journal title list provided by the EBSCOHost. Non-quartile journal titles were also verified using Scopus. Results. An average of 59 references was listed by a graduate student in his/her master’s thesis. Each student may have used 17.6 print books to cite in their thesis and 32.4 journal articles in which some of them may have referenced a suspected predatory journal. There are 199 unique journal titles cited in 10 master’s theses. 19.6% of which is unavailable in the subscription but needs to be verified if they are indexed in leading citation databases. At least 50% of the theses had more journal titles categorized as Q1 journals. Another 50% the theses included more Q2 journals than Q1. One thesis cited more journal publications with no quartile but was able to reference 68% of journal titles coming from Q1-Q4 journals. In terms of journal availability, the library holds 80% of the journal titles cited in the reference list that are available whether by subscription or Open Access. Conclusions. It is apparent that master’s students from the graduate school of education will likely cite more journal articles than books. At least 50% of the students get their references from Q1-ranked journals based from the SJR ranking. The library has a promising and huge collection of e-journal titles as it has almost 80% of the titles available in the library subscription. The sample revealed that the library is capable of providing a good quality of journal collection that can be used by the students and faculty members as well. We can proudly say that our collection is above the average. We need to still dig deeper how much of our collection is used extensively by the other members of the academic community.

An Introduction to the Canadian Association of Learned Journals Readership Analytics Project’s Compiled Online Journal Usage Software

Background: This technical paper contains written versions of the texts that accompany a set of five slide-based movies that provide instruction and reviews the compiled analysis generated by the software developed by the Canadian Association of Learned Journals Readership Analytics Project.&#x0D; Analysis: First come usage instructions. Next are the second and third movies that walk the listener/reader through a case study-based summary of the Standard and Premium Reports. Fourth is a multi-year analysis of the case-study data. Fifth are some observations and insights.&#x0D; Observations and insights: The data provide a foundation for a detailed understanding journal usage. At a second level, the data point to ongoing growth in usage at less than five cents per full text article view by users in an environment in which lowering acquisition costs and declining library subscriptions predominate. The data also show widespread use throughout the collection of articles that the journal has brought forward over its 40-plus years of operation. Finally, the data suggest a number of article profiles that may assist in understanding usage.&#x0D; Keywords&#x0D; Journal metrics; Online journal usage; Journal publishing; Open access; Data visualization; Scholarly Communication.

Factors underlying frequently cited journal articles: A retrospective commentary

ABSTRACTCitation counts can be used as an indicator of research quality. The question addressed herein was can we identify any variables that are associated with or could even be used to foretell whether a manuscript will become well cited or be a high impact journal article? To answer this question, a review was conducted of papers that cited a published article that, according to Google Scholar, had been cited 23 times. Ten of these articles, written in English, were located using available library resources (e.g. library subscriptions, interlibrary loan). Upon reviewing these articles and noting how the targeted article had been used within each, three categories emerged that likely exerted some influence on whether the paper was cited. These categories were labeled paper attributes, journal attributes, and author attributes. These attributes are discussed and suggestions are provided for increasing citation counts.

Editorial

Editorial

Cultural Processes of “Time of Perestroika and Glasnost”

This article analyses artistic phenomena in the period of «perestroika and glasnost» (1985–1999) and reveals the question of the main problems in that historical period. In the period of «perestroika and glasnost» in the cultural industry, the process of «information saturation» acquired the character of filling in «white spots». The forbidden and forgotten works, «works from the box», start mass-publishing, «films from the shelf» come to film distribution, numerous «books from a special fund» return to library subscriptions. Works that previously appeared only in samizdat are reprinted, phenomena recognized by the Soviet regime as «undesirable», «alien», or even «hostile» are returned to art – from both the ideological and purely artistic sides. The fall of the Iron Curtain played a major role in the rapid disintegration of the official quasi-communist ideology. Information - the most devastating weapon - destroyed the «wall», which passed through the feelings and opinions of people. Information on the real state of things outside the USSR «leaked out» through various channels. Previously blocked truthful information gushed out in full flow both from external and internal sources quickly acquiring the size of the «critical mass», starting an uncontrollable «chain reaction», which led to «information explosion». This «explosion» transformed - not to say deformed - the public consciousness, people acquired the opportunity to know everything about themselves and their history, and the process of «information saturation» began in the culture and art industry.

Editorial

Editorial

Need for a change in scientific publishing

Outsourcing of scientific publishing to scientific journals is problematic, both economically and academically. It is expensive, slow, non-transparent, unbalanced and excluding. Academic library subscriptions contribute substantially to the publishing companies’ 30-40% profit. There is general consensus that scientific reports should be openly accessible on the Internet. This is generally not the case with articles published in the traditional scientific journals. Open access journals are multiplying fast, but many are of questionable quality. Although open access publishing is less expensive than journal subscription, the article processing charges (APC) of open access journals are still high (up to 5,000 USD) and should be reduced. Science is expensive, scientific publishing should not be expensive.The impression the present system, with its editors and anonymous reviewers, conveys of quality and objectivity, is partly an illusion. The basis for decision on manuscripts is too thin and the balance of power is too uneven.Instead of a complicated fallible system, a simple fallible system is suggested: web-based, indexed and searchable repositories funded and organized by accountable and non-profit institutions/organizations where researchers may upload reports that have been thoroughly reviewed by and are supported by one or more competent, impartial, unbiased and named expert peers chosen by the authors themselves. After publication, reports may be further openly evaluated and commented online by named researchers in the field. Article processing charges should be moderate. Such a system would be simple, reasonable, fast, transparent, balanced, including, efficient, and adequately quality secured.

2251 Assessing research impact: It takes a team

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Dissemination of research findings through the published literature is a complex but critical part of the scholarly communication process. Additionally, this time point on the translational spectrum is a key objective of the National Clinical Association for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Tracking the dissemination of research outputs can be difficult to identify and evaluate. The purpose of this case study was 2-fold: (1) identify tools and resources available freely to the public and through university subscriptions used to assess research output; and (2) compare the effectiveness of these tools oat tracking output at different levels of granularity. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The authors, Spectrum staff (D.A.) and School of Medicine librarian (M.B.), attended webinars hosted by other Academic Medical Center libraries conducting work on impact tracking and learned from vendor product managers about available tools and resources during on-site campus visits. Publications from Stanford’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) were used to track the diffusion of research outputs (e.g., number of citations, document types, research areas, relative citation ratio, CTSAs collaboration) via library subscription services (e.g., Web of Science and Scopus) and freely available tools (e.g., iCite and PubMed). RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The authors found certain tools were more inclusive in retrieving grant funded research outputs. For example, in the case of UL1 grant (UL1TR001085, UL1TR000093, UL1RR025744), on a grant-level output, there were discrepancies in the number of publications retrieved: (1) PubMed found 644 outputs; (2) Web of Science found 497 outputs; and (3) Scopus found 190 outputs. After de-duplication, the search across Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and PubMed yielded 899 publications. In total, 389 outputs were unique to PubMed; 165 were unique to WoS; and 90 were unique to Scopus. Future analysis will be conducted to identify the source of unique outputs from each database (e.g., conference proceeding, specific journals). Additional analysis based on other units of research outputs (e.g., author-level outputs and article-level outputs) are expected to yield similar discrepancies. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Citation analysis is a valuable method of assessing research output and, to a larger extent, research impact in a given field. It can help investigators illustrate qualifications for undertaking new projects, highlight collaborations across schools and departments, justify a grant renewal, and/or highlight accomplishments for promotion. However, systematic and comprehensive evaluations are needed in tandem with citation analysis/bibliometric analysis to assess the translation and uptake of research outputs and activities that result in research impact. Furthermore, both investigators and staff need adequate time and training to process research outputs/activities and to effectively organize them in easily understood visualizations.