OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Library Trends is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond Information Literacy: Exploring AI's Impact on Labor in Academic Libraries	6
Reading for Pleasure: Public Library Dementia-Friendly Book Groups, a Proposal for a Qualitative Linguistic and Thematic Analysis	5
Reexamining Knowledge Management Education in Higher Institutions of Learning in Africa: A South African Perspective	5
Veritable Miracle: Situating Black Women Librarian Networks within a Feminist Historical Paradigm	4
Reading: A Nonpharmacological Intervention for Dementia?	4
Foreword: Mapping the Domain of Indigenous Librarianship in North America	4
Attributes of Genre: A Cross-Domain Analysis	3
Introduction	3
Genres, Forms, Types, and Somewhere in Between: Exploring the Category of "Musical Genre" for Organizing Bibliographic Music Collections	3
"The Teaching of Reference Must Keep Pace": Teaching Sources and Searching in an Evolving Reference Environment	3
Finding Amy Jones: An Amiable Network of Early Twentieth-Century Internationalism	2
Newcomer: Best Practices on Community Librarianship in Europe	2
Implementing Indigenous Approaches to Knowledge and Knowing at the John Hay Library: A Pueblo Reflection	2
The Impact of Generative AI on the LIS Ecosystem: Threats and Opportunities	2
Seventy Years of Library Trends and Beyond: Influencing Diversity, Technology Use, and Interdisciplinarity	2
Exploration of the Construction and Digitization of the Yellow River Governance Landscape Special Collection	2
Data Curation as Data Literacy Education: Grad’s Declassified Data Survival Guide	2
Enhancing Stewardship of Indigenous Peoples' Data, Information, and Knowledges in Libraries and Archives through Indigenous Data Governance	2
Fiction Genre: From the Academy to the Library	2
When Is It Genre? Complicating the Categorization of Fan-Generated Metadata	2
Consensus: Using AI to Analyze Scientific Literature	2
Toward Generative AI–Driven Metadata Modeling: A Human–Large Language Model Collaborative Approach	1
Knowledge Management Education and Training in the Middle East	1
Curating for Convergence: Data Stewardship for Interdisciplinary Inquiry	1
Public Libraries: Current and Future Trends with Reflections over Seventy Years	1

Introduction	1
Fostering Civic Data Literacy in Libraries: The Civic Switchboard Project	1
Use of Generative AI in Aiding Daily Professional Tasks: A Survey of Librarians’ Experiences	1
A New Data-Mining Method for the Digital Great Wall Exemplified by Statistical Evaluation and Analysis of the Ming Great Wall Archery Windows	1
Leadership for Social Change: Clara Whitehill Hunt and the Evolution of Children's Librarianship	1
A Library-Based "Tech Club" for Older Adults Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Codesigned Pilot Project	1
A Review of Knowledge Management Education in China	1
LIS Accreditation: Why and What Next?	1
Holistic Epistemology and Prospects for Design in the Philosophy of Information	1
Introduction	1
Libraries, Community Empowerment, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Symbiotic Transformation	1
A Concept Analysis of Community Data Literacy	1
Film Genre Prediction and Analysis Using Multimodal Embeddings from Large Models: The Case of Noir	1
Navigating Food Insecurity, Many Data Points at a Time: A Case Study of Georgia State University Library’s Public Interest Data Literacy Learning Lab Course	1
The Burning Spirit: The Encyclopedic Vision, Wikipedia, and Librarianship	1
Teaching Data Literacy in a Distrustful Environment: The Role of Critical Data Studies	1
Research Impact Assessment in Africa and the Evolving Role of Academic Libraries	1
Not Another Boot Camp: Toward an Inclusive Computational Pedagogy	1
A Statistical Essay on Diversity in the Library Professions Compared to Other Occupations in the United States	1
A Reconsideration of Metatheories of Library and Information Science: A Chinese Information Philosophy Perspective	1
Huluniixsuwaakan: The Role of the Library in Munsee Delaware Language Revitalization and the Development of Community Relationships on Lenape Land	1
The Fate of the Document in Library and Information Science	1
Research on Digital Application of the Bronze Carriage in Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum: Development of an Immersive Virtual Assembly System	0
Re-Visiting the Revised Knowledge Pyramid	0
Introduction to Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II	0
Construction of a Knowledge-Based Database for the Intangible Cultural Heritage Shui Script: A Perspective from Oral Histories with Shui Script Masters	0
Research on the Quality Control Method of Cultural Heritage Digital Information Service: A Case Study of the Digital Cultural Relics Library Platform of the Palace Museum in Beijing	0
Generative AI and Open Access Publishing: A New Economic Paradigm	0
Students' Perceptions and Uses of ChatGPT: Implications for Teaching AI Literacy	0
AI and Library and Information Science Publishing: A Survey of Journal Editors	0
Closing the Loop: Bridging Machine Learning (ML) Research and Library Systems	0
From Decimal to Dynamic: A Systematic Review of Genrefication in School Libraries	0
Examining Courses on Older Adult and Dementia-Friendly Services in North American MLIS Curricula	0
Digital Reconstruction and Interpretation of Great Sites: Case of Severely Damaged Yingtianmen in Luoyang	0
Swedish Library Policy and Community Librarianship	0
Oknoma Nikan Tinemih : Improving Inclusive Access to the Indigenous Studies Collections at the Newberry Library	0
Understanding Knowledge Management Education within the North American Higher Education System	0
Introduction: Cultural Heritage and Digital Scholarship in China	0
The Bias Is Inside Us: Supporting AI Literacy and Fighting Algorithmic Bias	0
Introduction: Design in the Philosophy of Information	0
Knowledge Management Status in Russian Higher Education	0
Appendix	0
The Construction and Open Sharing of Ancient Books Resources in the National Library of China	0
Knowledge Organization Initiative for Digital Resources of Ancient Chinese Stele Inscriptions	0
"Something that Belongs to All of Us": Beda Cornwall and the Las Vegas Public Library Campaign	0
Modeling of Serials	0
Reading Well for Dementia: A User-Led Approach to Increasing Accessibility of Health Information Resources for People Affected by Dementia	0
"A Start Must Be Made": An Evaluation of the Published History of Women in Australian Libraries	0
Beyond "If We Use It Wisely": Character Ethics, the Virtue of Wisdom, and GenAI in Libraries	0
Research on the Digitization of Yunnan Pu'er Tea Processing Technology	0

Generative AI and the Reinforcement of Information Privilege: Implications for Information Literacy Instruction	0
Disciplinary Responses to Generative AI: Implications for Academic Librarians	0
Chatting with the Decolonized Digital Library	0
Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library	0
Linda C. Smith: Fifty Years of Library and Information Science Education by Design	0
Erratum Note	0
Truth and Agency: Rethinking the Definition of Information	0
Fostering AI Literacy in Undergraduates: A ChatGPT Workshop Case Study	0
Care Ethics for French Twenty-First-Century Librarians: Examining Ecologie Documentaire and an Ethics of Care for the Environment	0
Research on Digital Resources of Kizil Grottoes Art and MOOC Teaching	0
Mapping the Knowledge Management Education and Professional Landscape in Brazil	0
The Library in the Life of the Community: Twenty Years of OCLC Research	0
From Tradition to Fast Pacing 4IR and Society 5.0, to Embracing Community Librarianship: An Evolutionary Approach on How to Prepare Students	0
Introduction	0
The Renaissance Scholar of Library and Information Science: Professor Linda C. Smith	0
Native Students in Library and Information Science Education, 1990–2019: Past Trends and Implications for Future Advancement	0
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: The Future Is Faceted	0
Claude AI and Literature Reviews: An Experiment in Utility and Ethical Use	0
Empowering Immigrant Library Users Through Personal Data Literacy Programming in Public Libraries	0
Testing Genre and Form Term Mapping between the Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Automatic Metadata Enhancement	0
Genres of Digital Humanities Scholarship: Are We There Yet?	0
Webtoon Romance Reading and New Ways to Look at Genre Reading	0
Studying Community Librarianship through Historical Writings on Public Library Programming Activities: American, British, and Anglo-Scandinavian Perspectives	0
Case Study of AI Application in Scholarly Communication—ScienceON	0
Enhancing Library Communities through Field-Based Projects	0
Mary Niles Maack: Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, and Friend	0
Digital Storytelling: A New Opportunity for the Archival Documentary Heritage of Suzhou Silk	0
Critical Information Literacy as a Compass: Using Generative AI in Academic Research and Writing	0
The Colonial Adventures of Confiscated Arabic Texts: Ibn Battuta's Rihla Manuscript from North Africa to the French National Library	0
Facing the Questions Together: Faculty and Student Perspectives on Integrating Generative AI in LIS Education	0
The Carter G. Woodson Regional (Chicago) Public Library: Building Connections for a Dementia-Friendly Community	0
AI on the Shoulders of Giants: Using Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process to Improve AI Support for Information-Seeking	0
Rethinking Reminiscence Activities in Libraries	0
Continuity and Change in West African Librarianship: Revisiting Mary Niles Maack's Research in Senegal and the Region	0
International Contexts and U.S. Trends in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Libraries	0
The Emergence of New Disciplines and the Transformation of the Library and Information Science Profession	0
AI and the Material Conditions of Instruction	0
Transcending Binaries of Agency through Librarians’ Discursive Constructions of AI	0
Knowledge Management Education in Europe	0
Fostering Data Literacy by Bridging Interdisciplinary Divides: Three Perspectives on Data Literacy Support at the University Level	0
Genres as Shape: Forms, Norms, and Connoisseurship	0
Evolving Landscape of Data Education in Library and Information Science Programs: A Content Analysis of American Library Association–Accredited Curricula	0
An Exploration of Faculty and Student Perceptions of Generative AI	0
The Path Taken and the Promising Road: Libraries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)	0
Centering Indigenous Perspectives in Library Collections: A Lesson in Cultural Humility	0
Concentric Learning Communities: Educating Rural Library Staff in Principles of Collaborative Family Learning	0
International Cooperation in the Digital Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes	0
Miranda's Quest	0
Introduction: International Perspectives on Knowledge Management Education	0
Librarianship and Participatory Practices: Something Old, Something Borrowed, and Something New	0
Don't Call It Apprenticeships: Teaching Libraries in Library Science Education	0
Navigating the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act in an Education and Library Environment	0
Bridging the Digital Divide: Librarians' Role in Empowering Nigerian Communities through Digital Competencies and Advocacy	0
Are Knowledge Management Courses in South Asia Designed Well? A Content Analysis of Syllabi and a Case Study	0
Using Generative AI for Qualitative Coding	0
Introduction	0
AI and Open Science: Implications and Library Practice Recommendations	0
Researching the Personal Life: Mary Niles Maack's Early Writing on Feminist Biography	0
Knowledge Management: Educational Activities Supported by the Profession in the Australasian Region	0
Trends in Latin America: Libraries’ Challenges Magnified by the COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Introduction to Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part I	0
Introduction: The Imperative Connections among LIS Education, Libraries, and Communities	0
Introduction to Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality	0
Unpacking Predominant Narratives about Generative AI and Education: A Starting Point for Teaching Critical AI Literacy and Imagining Better Futures	0
The Value of Data Literacy: Insights from Community College Students	0
La Visionnaire : An Intellectual Biography of Mary Niles Maack	0
Trends of LIS Education and Practice in Asia and Oceania: A Bibliometric Analysis	0