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Social network analysis: A methodological approach for understanding public libraries and their communities
Library & Information Science Research ( IF 3.209 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2020.101029
Deborah Hicks , Mary F. Cavanagh , Amy VanScoy

Abstract Social network analysis (SNA) as theoretical framework and quantitatively oriented methodology offers public libraries and public library researchers an as-yet-unexplored way into their big data stories based on these library connections with their community. SNA offers library and information science researchers a methodology, and suggests a new research agenda, to better envision the relationships public libraries have with their communities both in-person and online by exploring the kinds of ties they have, how these ties lead to relationships, and how these relationships can be characterized. The quantitative orientation of SNA combined with its methods of data analysis in the forms of networks and hubs could give libraries the “hard” data they are so often in need of to demonstrate their value to their political leaders, and could uncover new directions in library use and library relationships.

中文翻译:

社交网络分析:一种理解公共图书馆及其社区的方法论

摘要 社会网络分析 (SNA) 作为理论框架和定量导向方法,为公共图书馆和公共图书馆研究人员提供了一种基于图书馆与社区联系的大数据故事的尚未探索的方式。SNA 为图书馆和信息科学研究人员提供了一种方法论,并提出了一个新的研究议程,通过探索公共图书馆与社区的面对面和在线关系,探索他们拥有的联系类型,这些联系如何导致关系,以及如何表征这些关系。SNA 的定量定位与其以网络和中心形式进行的数据分析方法相结合,可以为图书馆提供他们经常需要的“硬”数据,以向其政治领导人展示其价值,
更新日期:2020-07-01
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