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Library Collection Development and Digital Resources

Library Collection Development and Digital Resources is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the usage and impact of e-books, digital textbooks, and other electronic reading materials in academic settings. It covers topics such as reading behavior, user attitudes, learning experiences, and the comparison between print and digital formats. The cluster also delves into the role of academic libraries in managing e-book collections and the implications for educational technology.

  • E-Books
  • Digital Textbooks
  • Reading Behavior
  • Academic Libraries
  • Reading Comprehension
  • User Attitudes
  • Learning Experience
  • Print vs. Digital
  • Library Collections
  • Educational Technology
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-27%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Library Collection Development and Digital Resources

Which countries lead Library Collection Development and Digital Resources research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (392 and 169 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 392 works
  2. 2 India 169 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 60 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 49 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 39 works
  6. 6 China 36 works
  7. 7 Canada 32 works
  8. 8 Germany 27 works
  9. 9 Ghana 25 works
  10. 10 Russia 24 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 46.0%India: 19.8%Nigeria: 7.0%Indonesia: 5.7%6 others listed: 21.4%46%largest
United States392 · 46.0%India169 · 19.8%Nigeria60 · 7.0%Indonesia49 · 5.7%6 others listed183 · 21.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Library Collection Development and Digital Resources research?

By volume in 2022-now, African Library and Information Associations and Institutions publishes the most Library Collection Development and Digital Resources research, followed by Association of Research Libraries and American Society of Genealogists.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 African Library and Information Associations and InstitutionsGhana 17 works
  2. 2 Association of Research LibrariesUnited States 10 works
  3. 3 American Society of GenealogistsUnited States 7 works
  4. 4 Fordham UniversityUnited States 6 works
  5. 5 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 6 works
  6. 6 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 6 works
  8. 8 Sanskriti Samvardhan MandalIndia 5 works
  9. 9 Indiana UniversityUnited States 5 works
  10. 10 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Library Collection Development and Digital Resources?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Library Collection Development and Digital Resources include Kewal Krishan, Bruce Thompson and Walter W. Powell.

  1. 1 Kewal Krishan India 138k citations
  2. 2 Bruce Thompson United States 120k citations
  3. 3 Walter W. Powell United States 116k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Library Collection Development and Digital Resources?

The most cited paper in Library Collection Development and Digital Resources is "The Measurement of End-User Computing Satisfaction" (William J. Doll, Gholamreza Torkzadeh, 1988), with 2,426 citations. Next come "Free online availability substantially increases a paper's impact" (812) and "Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension" (643).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Measurement of End-User Computing Satisfaction William J. Doll, Gholamreza Torkzadeh · MIS Quarterly Jun 1988 2,426
2 Free online availability substantially increases a paper's impact Steve Lawrence · Nature Open access 31 May 2001 812
3 Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension Pablo Delgado, Cristina Vargas, Rakefet Ackerman et al. · Educational Research Review ReviewOpen access 15 Sep 2018 643
4 Reading from paper versus screens: a critical review of the empirical literature Andrew P. Dillon · Ergonomics Open access Oct 1992 526
5 Information Literacy: Essential Skills for the Information Age Michael B. Eisenberg · DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology Open access Mar 2008 504
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Library Collection Development and Digital Resources research done?

The largest centres of Library Collection Development and Digital Resources research in 2022-now are Accra (Ghana), New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Accra.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AccraGhana 21 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 21 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 19 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 12 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 11 works
  7. 7 ChicagoUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 AtlantaUnited States 9 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 8 works
  10. 10 SharonUnited States 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AccraGH · 21.3 works36×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Library Collection Development and Digital Resources than the world average.

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Is Library Collection Development and Digital Resources research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Library Collection Development and Digital Resources as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Library Collection Development and Digital Resources over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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