Open AccessPublication Patterns of U.S. Academic Librarians from 1993 to 1997
Author(s) -
Ann C. Weller,
Julie M. Hurd,
Stephen E. Wiberley
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
college and research libraries/college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl.60.4.352
Subject(s) - library science , higher education , productivity , academic library , period (music) , sociology , political science , medical education , psychology , computer science , medicine , physics , acoustics , law , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined the contribution to the peer-reviewed literature of library and information science by practicing academic librarians in the United States. Data on authors were obtained from articles published from 1993 to 1997 in thirty-two journals. Of 3,624 peer-reviewed articles in these journals, 1,579 (43.6%) were authored by at least one practicing academic librarian. These librarians represented 386 institutions of higher education. This study provides benchmark data for publication productivity of academic librarians and identifies a core list of peer-reviewed journals for them. Approximately six percent of these librarians wrote three or more articles in the five-year period. In nineteen journals one-third or more of the articles were authored by academic librarians. Libraries from Research I universities that were members of the Association for Research Libraries were the most productive. The contribution of practicing academic librarians to the literature of their field is significant.