A five-year department-based electronic usage data analysis on electronic journal access, library training courses, and scholarly publications
ISSN: 0264-0473
Article publication date: 14 September 2023
Issue publication date: 10 January 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a digital medical library, including department-based electronic journal access, library training course participation and scholarly publications.
Design/methodology/approach
The data on full-text electronic journal access, participants of library training courses and scholarly publications were exported from a digital medical library database during 2017–2021. In addition, electronic journal access and library training courses were divided into high-level and low-level groups, while scholarly publications were divided into physician and non-physician groups.
Findings
The scholarly publications had a positive correlation to library training courses and electronic journal access. Furthermore, scholarly publications showed a significant difference between the high-level and low-level electronic journal access groups but not between the high-level and low-level library training course groups. Scholarly publications and electronic journal access had positive correlations for both the physician and non-physician groups. Scholarly publications and library training courses, and electronic journal access and library training courses had positive correlations only in the non-physician group.
Practical implications
The importance of electronic journal access for scholarly publications is suggested based on the findings of the present study. The training courses held by the medical library had a positive effect on scholarly publications for the non-physician group.
Originality/value
The current study provides insights relevant to the electronic journal access of library-supported scholarly publications among medical departments. These results can serve as a reference for medical library development planning and decision-making in the future.
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Acknowledgements
The authors wound like to warmly thank the colleagues, who lead by Ms. Xiao Jingru, at the medical library of Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
Since acceptance of this article, the following authors have updated their affiliations: Chia-Chang Huang, Jen-Feng Liang and Ying-Ying Yang are at the Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
This work was funded by Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Grant numbers: V112C-018, V112C-030, VTA112-A-3-3 and V112EA-009) and Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) (Grant number: NSTC 112-2314-B-A4-043-MY3, MOST-110–2634-F-A49-005, MOST-109-2314-B-010–032-MY3, and MOST-110-2511-H-A491-504-MY3 and MOST-111-2410-H-075–001).
Citation
Huang, C.-C., Chung, C.-J., Wu, Y.-T., Hsu, P.-T., Liang, J.-F., Yang, Y.-Y. and Yang, J.C. (2024), "A five-year department-based electronic usage data analysis on electronic journal access, library training courses, and scholarly publications", The Electronic Library, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-03-2023-0056
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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