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VOLUME 56, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2006
International Journal of Libraries and Information Services
Vol 56 (2006), No 3, pages 133-199
ISSN 0024-2667 

Table of Contents 

Winner of LIBRI Best Student Paper Award 2006
Combining Quantitative Methods and Grounded Theory for Researching E-Reverse Auctions <http://www.librijournal.org/subs/2006-3pp133-144.pdf> 
ANDREA LÖSCH 

Abstract. Even though many authors claim that e-reverse auctions (e-RAs) are detrimental to the effective building and management of buyer-supplier relationships (Emiliani and Stec 2004), not much is known about how specific characteristics of e-RAs may contribute to such negative effects on buyer-seller relations (Jap 2003). This study sets out not only to provide a first investigation of context, participants' information behaviour, and buyer-supplier relationships in e-RAs, but also to illustrate new methods for theory building in the e-RA and information systems domain. Following a grounded-theory approach, a comprehensive online questionnaire was developed (Lösch and Lambert 2006) based on the critical review of the literature and the results of a preceding exploratory study (Lösch 2005). Usable responses were received from 89 buyers and 54 suppliers, including both users and non-users of e-RAs. The data were analyzed using a novel approach to quantitative analysis based on suggestions by Glaser (1994). The re sults indicate that e-RAs have fewer negative effects on buyer-supplier relationships than currently assumed. They also show how context and the participants' information behaviour correlate with buyer-supplier relationships, thus providing first suggestions for a better management of e-RAs. The paper also thus provides a first illustration of how quantitative methodology might be use fully applied to information systems research, an area which is dominated by the use of qualitative methodology. 

The Effect of Open Access on Citation Impact: A Comparison Study Based on Web Citation Analysis <http://www.librijournal.org/subs/2006-3pp145-156.pdf> 
YANJUN ZHANG 

Abstract. The academic impact advantage of Open Access (OA) is a prominent topic of debate in the library and publishing communities. Web citations have been proposed as comparable to, even replacements for, bibliographic citations in assessing the academic impact of journals. In our study, we compare Web citations to articles in an OA journal, the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC), and a traditional access journal, New Media & Society (NMS), in the communication discipline. Web citation counts for JCMC are significantly higher than those for NMS. Furthermore, JCMC receives significantly higher Web citations from the formal scholarly publications posted on the Web than NMS does. The types of Web citations for journal articles were also examined. In the Web context, the impact of a journal can be assessed using more than one type of source: citations from scholarly articles, teaching materials and non-authoritative documents. The OA journal has higher percentages of citations from the third type, which suggests that, in addition to the research community, the impact advantage of open access is also detectable among ordinary users participating in Web-based academic communication. Moreover, our study also proves that the OA journal has impact advantage in developing countries. Compared with NMS, JCMC has more Web citations from developing countries. 

 

 

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