Abstract

Demands for data from business faculty are both increasing and increasingly challenging for libraries to meet. Acquiring and providing access to data, particularly proprietary data resources from commercial vendors, can be costly and complex. Libraries need more information to evaluate their investments and strategies in data collections and services. In this study, the author reviews scholarly articles published by researchers at Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) institutions from 2014 to 2019 to identify the commercial data resources used and if the library facilitated access to these resources. Findings show to what extent commercial data resources are being used in academic business research, what resources are being used, and how libraries are supporting data-based research.

摘要

商业图书馆对数据的需求不断增长，图书馆要满足这些挑战也越来越严峻。从商业供应商那里获取并提供对数据（尤其是专有数据资源）的访问可能既昂贵又复杂。图书馆需要更多信息来评估其在数据收集和服务方面的投资和策略。在这项研究中，作者回顾了2014到2019年由十大学术联盟（BTAA）机构的研究人员发表的学术文章，以确定所使用的商业数据资源以及图书馆是否促进了对这些资源的访问。研究结果表明，商业数据资源在学术商业研究中的使用程度，使用的资源以及图书馆如何支持基于数据的研究。