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Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

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Shaping The Future Of Information Literacy Research By Health Sciences Librarians: A Bibliometric Study, Alexandria Quesenberry, Lin Wu Oct 2019

Shaping The Future Of Information Literacy Research By Health Sciences Librarians: A Bibliometric Study, Alexandria Quesenberry, Lin Wu

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objectives: Information literacy (IL) publications have been examined in many disciplines, but there is limited published literature to assess health sciences librarians’ productivity on IL research. This study aimed to examine the status and characteristics of IL research authored by health sciences librarians over the period of 2008 to 2018.

Methods: Bibliometrics, the statistical analysis of publications, was used to assess the indicators of productivity, collaboration, and visibility on IL research by health sciences librarians. Data was collected from Scopus and Web of Science. EndNote software was used to remove duplicates and Rayyan was used to systematically screen search results …