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Perceived influence of the use of electronic information resources on scholarly work and publication productivity

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  • Pertti Vakkari

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This study explores how the use of electronic information resources has influenced scholars' opinion of their work, and how this is connected to their publication productivity. The data consist of a nationwide Web‐based survey of the end‐users of FinELib, the Finnish Electronic Library, at all universities in Finland. Scholars feel that the use of electronic literature has improved their work considerably in several ways. This influence can be differentiated into two dimensions. The first one is improved accessibility and availability of literature, and the second is more directly related to the content and quality of scholarly work. The perceived improved access is positively associated with the number of international publications produced, among doctoral students in particular. The more direct influence of e‐resource use on the content of scholarly work is, however, not associated with publication productivity. The results seem to imply that investments in academic digital libraries are beneficial for the researchers and for the universities.

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  • Pertti Vakkari, 2008. "Perceived influence of the use of electronic information resources on scholarly work and publication productivity," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 59(4), pages 602-612, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:59:y:2008:i:4:p:602-612
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.20769
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    1. Yong‐Mi Kim, 2010. "The adoption of university library Web site resources: A multigroup analysis," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 61(5), pages 978-993, May.
    2. T. E. Ogunjobi & F. O. Oyewusi, 2016. "Media Resources Availability and Utilisation for Effective Publication Output by Agricultural Researchers in Southwestern Nigeria," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(02), pages 1-20, June.
    3. Okon E. Ani & Patrick Ngulube & Bosire Onyancha, 2015. "Perceived Effect of Accessibility and Utilization of Electronic Resources on Productivity of Academic Staff in Selected Nigerian Universities," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(4), pages 21582440156, October.

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