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Data for advocacy: A Survey of data practices in African library systems Open

Renee Lynch, Chris Jowaisas, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Jason Young, Joel Sam , et al. · 2021

African libraries are drivers of development in their countries. However, many of these libraries struggle to use data for self-advocacy in order to gain wider support from government bodies, development organizations, and other stakeholde…

E-rate Funding and Libraries: Preliminary Analysis of Trends Post-Modernization Open

Chris Jowaisas, Bree Norlander · 2021

Political science Business Economics

Libraries in the United States have access to discounts on internet and telecommunications services through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Schools and Libraries Program, also known as E-rate. While the academic literature on…

Data for Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress Open

Carole L. Palmer, Nicholas Weber, Kaitlin Throgmorton, Bree Norlander · 2021

Business Computer science Philosophy

Data referenced in the Library Journal article "Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress".

Data for Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress Open

Carole L. Palmer, Nicholas Weber, Kaitlin Throgmorton, Bree Norlander · 2021

Business Political science Computer science

Data referenced in the Library Journal article "Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress".

Data for Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress Open

Carole L. Palmer, Nicholas Weber, Kaitlin Throgmorton, Bree Norlander · 2021

Business Political science Computer science

Data referenced in the Library Journal article "Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress".

Benefits of crowdsourcing for libraries: A case study from Africa Open

Renee Lynch, Jason C. Young, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Chris Jowaisas, Joel Sam , et al. · 2020

Business Computer science Political science

Many libraries in the Global South do not collect comprehensive data about themselves, which creates challenges in terms of local and international visibility. Crowdsourcing is an effective tool that engages the public to collect missing d…

Using Open Data to Inform Public Library Branch Services Open

Karalyn Rose Ostler, Bree Norlander, Nicholas Weber · 2020

Computer science Geography Political science

This article describes the curation and use of open demographic data to inform public library services. A case study of census data curated for the Seattle Public Library (SPL) system is described. To understand the information needs of li…

Volunteer geographic information in the Global South: barriers to local implementation of mapping projects across Africa Open

Jason C. Young, Renee Lynch, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Chris Jowaisas, Joel Sam , et al. · 2020

Political science Geography Sociology

The world is awash in data—by 2020 it is expected that there will be approximately 40 trillion gigabytes of data in existence, with that number doubling every 2 to 3 years. However, data production is not equal in all places—the global dat…

Advancing Library Visibility in Africa (ALVA) Open

Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young, Bree Norlander, Joel Sam, Stanley Boakye-Achampong , et al. · 2019

Geography Political science

Data related to public and community libraries is limited in many countries within Africa. This hampers the development of the public and community library sector in those countries while also limiting the opportunities for partnership wit…

Estimating article influence scores for open access journals Open

Bree Norlander, Peter Li, Jevin D. West · 2018

Computer science Political science Business

Motivated by a desire to curb "predatory" publishing, we created FlourishOA, a one-stop shop for authors, publishers, funders, librarians, and policy makers to find high-quality, cost-effective Open Access (OA) journals. FlourishOA provide…

Estimating article influence scores for open access journals Open

Bree Norlander, Peter Li, Jevin D. West · 2018

Computer science Political science Business

Motivated by a desire to curb "predatory" publishing, we created FlourishOA, a one-stop shop for authors, publishers, funders, librarians, and policy makers to find high-quality, cost-effective Open Access (OA) journals. FlourishOA provide…

The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles Open

Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem, Vincent Larivière, Juan Pablo Alperín, Lisa Matthias , et al. · 2018

Computer science Medicine Political science

Despite growing interest in Open Access (OA) to scholarly literature, there is an unmet need for large-scale, up-to-date, and reproducible studies assessing the prevalence and characteristics of OA. We address this need using oaDOI, an ope…

Spraying Beta: Information Behavior in the Small World of Rock Climbing Open

Bree Norlander · 2017

Geology Computer science Geography

Observations at an indoor rock climbing gym reveal Elfreda Chatman’s use of the small world concept in action. The behaviors of the “legitimized others,” (Chatman, 1999) or what I will call the core community of climbers can be analyzed th…

Spraying Beta: Information Behavior in the Small World of Rock Climbing Open

Bree Norlander · 2017

Sociology Psychology History

Observations at an indoor rock climbing gym reveal Elfreda Chatman’s use of the small world concept in action. The behaviors of the “legitimized others,” (Chatman, 1999) or what I will call the core community of climbers can be analyzed th…

FlourishOA Capstone Poster Open

Ashley Farley, Bree Norlander · 2017

Computer science Business Political science

Open Access (OA) publications allow for anyone to access research information free of charge. It is difficult for researchers to discover which OA publications exist, and the price to publish. We designed and implemented a data-driven web …

The State of OA: A large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles Open