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UIC Library Faculty Profile: Deborah Blecic, Professor Emerita: Publications

Peer Reviewed Research Articles

Blecic, Deborah D., Stephen E. Wiberley Jr., Sandra L. De Groote, John Cullars, Mary Shultz, and Vivian Chan.  "Publication Patterns of U.S. Academic Librarians and Libraries from 2003-2012", College & Research Libraries, 78(4):442-458, May 2017. 

DeGroote, Sandra L, Mary Shultz, and Deborah D. Blecic.  “Information-seeking behavior and the Use of Online Resources: a Snapshot of Current Health Sciences Faculty”, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 102(3): 169 – 176, July 2014.


DeGroote, Sandra L., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kristin E. Martin.  “Measures of Health Sciences Journal Use: A Comparison of Vendor, Link-resolver, and Local Citation Statistics”, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 101(2): 110-119, April 2013. 

Blecic, Deborah D., Stephen E. Wiberley, Jr., Joan Fiscella, Sara Bahnmaier-Blaszczak, and Rebecca Lowery.  "Deal or No Deal? : Evaluating Big Deals and Their Journals", College & Research Libraries, 74(2):178-194, March 2013

Blecic, Deborah D., Joan B. Fiscella, and Stephen E. Wiberley, Jr.  "Measurement of Use of Electronic Resources: Advances in Use Statistics and Innovations in Resource Functionality", College & Research Libraries, 68(1): 26-44, January 2007.

Brennan, Martin J., Julie M. Hurd, Deborah D. Blecic, and Ann C. Weller.  “A Snapshot of Early Adopters of E-Journals: Challenges to the Library”, College & Research Libraries, 63(6): 515-526, November 2002. 

Hurd, Julie M., Deborah D. Blecic, and Ann E. Robinson. “Performance Measures for Electronic Journals: a User-Centered Approach”, Science & Technology Libraries, 20(2/3): 57-71, 2001.

Blecic, Deborah D., Joan B. Fiscella, and Stephen E. Wiberley, Jr.  “ The Measurement of Use of  Web-Based Information Resources: An Early Look at Vendor-supplied Data”, College & Research Libraries, 62(5): 434-453, September 2001.  

Blecic, Deborah D.  “Monograph Use in an Academic Health Sciences Library: the First Three Years of Shelf Life”, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88(2): 145-151, April 2000.

Blecic, Deborah D. and Ann E. Robinson.  “Use of Print Journals in an Intra-Campus Exchange Program: Implications for Service and Electronic Journal Subscriptions”, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88(1): 75-77, January 2000.

Blecic, Deborah D., Josephine L. Dorsch, Melissa H. Koenig, and Nirmala S. Bangalore.  “A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of OPAC Screen Changes on Searching Behavior and Searcher Success”, College & Research Libraries, 60(6): 515-530, November 1999

Blecic, Deborah D., Sue Hollander, and Don Lanier.  “Collection Development and Outsourcing in Academic Health Sciences Libraries: a Survey of Current Practices”, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 87(2): 178-186, April 1999.       

Hurd, Julie M., Deborah D. Blecic, and Rama Vishwanatham.  “Information Use by Molecular Biologists: Implications for Library Collections and Services”, College & Research Libraries, 60(1): 31-43, January 1999.

Blecic, Deborah D.  "Measurements of Journal Use: an Analysis of the Correlations Between Three Methods", Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 87(1): 20-25, January 1999.

Blecic, Deborah D., Nirmala S. Bangalore, Josephine L. Dorsch,  Cynthia L. Henderson, Melissa H. Koenig, and Ann C. Weller.  "Using Transaction Log Analysis to Improve OPAC Retrieval Results", College & Research Libraries, 59(1): 39-50, January 1998.

Blecic, Deborah D. "Comparison of Fixed-Fee Grateful Med Database Use and Searching Success Rates Given the Continued Availability of MEDLINE in Other Formats", Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 84(4): 507 - 512, October 1996. 

Selected Additional Publications

Newman, Kathleen A., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kimberly L. Armstrong.  Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives: SPEC Kit 299, Association of Research Libraries, 2007.  

Blecic, Deborah D.  “Methods of Measurement of Journal Use”, in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, v. 70 (supplement 33), 2002, 294-306.