My research explores the interaction between technology and information professionals in library e-resource market at the organizational and industrial levels, and particularly focusing on examining the organizational decision processes in scholarly publishing industry. Methodologically, my work takes an empirical approach, mainly through interviews and qualitative content analysis, to capture and analyze how technologies have changed stakeholders’ perceptions of library e-resource market, and then to trace the impact of stakeholders’ perceptions on their actual practices when making decisions on purchasing/ disseminating digital recourses.

Contact information: mzhang@syr.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mei-zhang-01528898