TY - GEN
T1 - Social network analysis
T2 - 15th International Conference on Sustainable Digital Communities, iConference 2020
AU - Hicks, Deborah
AU - Cavanagh, Mary M.
AU - VanScoy, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper argues for applying social network analysis (SNA) theoretically and methodologically to study information organizations, specifically the contemporary public library and its network relations with its communities. A brief review of SNA’s origins, theoretical underpinnings, and key concepts is followed by a discussion of why and how public library research could benefit from taking this perspective, and the multiple options available for defining the library-user relational tie as the unit of analysis. Constraints affecting data collection and analysis are also noted.
AB - This paper argues for applying social network analysis (SNA) theoretically and methodologically to study information organizations, specifically the contemporary public library and its network relations with its communities. A brief review of SNA’s origins, theoretical underpinnings, and key concepts is followed by a discussion of why and how public library research could benefit from taking this perspective, and the multiple options available for defining the library-user relational tie as the unit of analysis. Constraints affecting data collection and analysis are also noted.
KW - Community
KW - Information organizations
KW - Social network analysis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85084182937
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_74
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_74
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85084182937
SN - 9783030436865
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 884
EP - 891
BT - Sustainable Digital Communities - 15th International Conference, iConference 2020, Proceedings
A2 - Sundqvist, Anneli
A2 - Berget, Gerd
A2 - Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar
A2 - Nolin, Jan
PB - Springer
Y2 - 23 March 2020 through 26 March 2020
ER -