A Methodology Based on the Measurement of' the Value Created by Library Institution and the Information Resources in Social Sciences and Humanities: Citation Analysis Findings - II

Year 2013, Volume: 27 Issue: 1, 25 - 51, 01.01.2013

Oya Gürdal Tamdoğan

Abstract

The main focus of the article is to answer the question of how to evaluate the process of information production, which is being dwelled on lately in literature, in relation to nationalrealities more sufficiently through citation analysis. In this respect, within the framework of the limitations of the study, the articles 296 articles, 7.804 citations included in national and international bibliographic databases and the ones not included 191 articles and 4.620 citations because of different reasons in the realities of country are evaluated in two different sets of data 1st and the 2nd set and the acquired findings are presented. Therefore, in the study of citation analysis, 487 of 12.424 articles are analyzed. However, one of the supposed facts which are foreseen at the beginning of the study is revealed that though 60,78% of the articles take place in bibliographic control resources, 39,21 % of the articles do not exist. In other words, 39,21% of the papers, which are qualified as the results of the information production process, is not available in both national and the international level. 1.085 citations archive records, web sites etc. out of 12.424 citations are not evaluated; because such references are not expected to exist in the library collection. In this direction, 11.339 citations are analyzed and investigated by their availability in the printed collections and accessibility in the e-collections of Ankara University libraries. 11.339 citations acquired from the articles of social sciences academic staff at Ankara University revealed the following results: 5.684 50,14% out of' 11.339 citations are found in printed/electronic/ printed+e-collections . 3.333 29,39% of' the citations are available in the printed collections. 2.351 20,73% of the citations are accessible in the e-collections

Keywords

information production, information resources, library institution, citation analysis, bibliometric studies, collection, method, methodology

Sosyal Bilimler ve İnsan Bilimlerinde Bilgi Kaynaklarının ve Kütüphane Kurumunun Yarattığı Değeri Ölçmeye Dayalı Bir Metodoloji: Atıf Analizi Bulguları - II

Abstract

Makalenin odaklandığı ana unsur, literatürde de son zamanlarda üzerinde ağırlıkla durulan atıf analizi yoluyla ulusal bilgi üretimi sürecinin, ulusal gerçeklerde, daha yeterli biçimde nasıl değerlendirilebile­ceği sorusuna mümkün olabildiğince yanıt bulmaktır. Bu doğrultuda araştırmada, çalışma sınırlılıkları çerçevesinde göreli biçimde, ulusal ve uluslararası bibliyografik veritabanlarına giren 296 makale, 7.804 atıf ve ülke gerçeklerinde çeşitli sebeplerle giremeyen makaleler 191 makale ve 4.620 atıf , iki ayrı bilgi kümesinde birinci küme ve ikinci küme olarak analiz edilmiş ve elde edilen bulgular sunulmuştur. Böylece atıf analizi çalışmasında, toplam 487 makalenin 12.424 atıfı değerlendirilmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra araştırmanın başında varsayılan bir gerçek daha ortaya çıkmıştır ki, o da araştırma sınırlılıkları ile birlikte ve buna karşın üretilen makalelerin %60,78’i bibliyografik denetim araçlarında yer alırken; %39,21’i yer almamaktadır. Bir başka deyişle bilimsel bilgi üretimi sürecinin ürünü niteli­ğindeki çıktıların %39,21’i ulusal ve uluslararası düzeyde kolay erişilebilir değildir.12.424 atıftan, kütüphane dermesinde varolması beklenmeyen 1.085 atıf arşiv belgeleri, web siteleri vb. çıkarılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda Ankara Üniversitesi sosyal bilimler alanında tam zamanlı çalı­şan akademik personelin makalelerindeki 11.339 atıfın Ankara Üniversitesi kütüphanelerinin basılı ve elektronik dermesinde erişilebilirlik durumu araştırılmıştır. Atıfların 5.684’ü %50,14 basılı/elektronik/ basılı+elektronik dermede bulunmuştur. Atıfların 3.333’ü %29,39 basılı dermede, 2.351’i %20,73 elektronik dermede erişilebilir durumdadır.

Keywords

bilgi üretimi, bilgi kaynakları, kütüphane kurumu, atıf analizi, bibliyometrik çalışmalar, derme, yöntem, metodoloji

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