Paper Info
Title
Green library as a subject of research - a quantitative and qualitative perspective
Abstract
Purpose The objective of the article is to determine the numerical increase in publications on green libraries and the dynamics of its development as well as to determine the thematic structure of the scientific literature in the field of green libraries and its changes as a representation of research in this area. Design/methodology/approach The research material consisted of publications on green libraries published between 1991 and 2020, indexed in the Web of Science database. The bibliometric method was used to determine the numerical increase in publications on green libraries and the dynamics of its development. In order to characterize the thematic structure of publications representing research in this area, content analysis was performed. Findings Quantitative analysis of the literature on green libraries has shown that this is a new area of research not explored with constant intensity. The time of publishing materials on green libraries can be divided into two periods: the so-called period of first publications between 1991 and 2006, and the period between 2007 and 2020, when the number of publications increased relatively systematically. The content analysis confirmed the hypothesis that the most frequent theme is the issue of a green building and its management. It showed that the period after 2010 is the time of building a theoretical framework for a new research field, i.e. green libraries. Originality/value The main value of the article is the performance of a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the scientific literature indexed in the Web of Science devoted to green libraries, from the moment of the first publications to the present day. The codebook developed for the needs of content analysis can constitute the basis for the development of criteria for the evaluation of green libraries and guidelines for their organization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1108/JD-08-2021-0156
JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Green library, Sustainable library, Library science, Librarianship, Libraries, Bibliometrics, Content analysis
Journal
78
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0022-0418
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Malgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska100.34