Selected Research Publications

 Kendra Albright, Ph.D., Kent State University - YouTube 

 Edgar, W.B., & Albright, K. (2020). Human Knowledge Problems, Knowledge Activities, and the Activities’ Effects. International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), December 3-5, 2020, Durham, North Carolina.

Albright, K. S. (2018). Leadership Skills for Today’s Global Information Landscape. In Hirsh, S. (Ed.), An Introduction to Today’s Information Services. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.

Liu, J., Albright, K., & Zamir, H. (2016, March). The role of the unconscious in information retrieval: What user perception tells us. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (pp. 289-292).

Brown, R. & Albright, K. S. (2013). The Google Online Marketing Challenge and Distributed Learning. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 54(1), 22-36. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/43686930

Albright, K. S.  (2004). Environmental Scanning: Radar for Organizational Success. Information Management Journal, 38(3), 38-45. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239970846_Environmental_Scanning_Radar_for_Success

Edgar, W.B., Albright, K. (2023). “Knowledge Management Activities: Conceptual Foundations and Research Issues.” Journal of Information Science, 49(6), 1656-1676. https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515211069538 This paper identifies key categories of KM activities upon knowledge and the causes for these categories.

Edgar, W.B., Albright, K., Krymskaya, A. (2022) “Knowledge as a Theoretical Object: Implications for Knowledge Management.” Journal of Information Science, Online First, Published August 29, 2022, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515221116555 This paper generalizes the extensive specifics of KM into a framework in which knowledge can provide the basis for KM theory.

Edgar, W. B., & Lockwood, C. A. (2021). Corporate Core Competencies’ Essence, Contexts, Discovery, and Future: A Call to Action for Executives and Researchers. SAGE Open, 11(1_suppl). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211051789

Edgar, W. B, & Lockwood, C. A. (2012). Understanding, finding, and conceptualizing core competence depth: A framework, guide, and generalization for corporate managers and research professionals. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 11(2), 63-93.  https://www.abacademies.org/articles/asmjvol11no22012.pdf

Edgar, W. B. (2019). From industrialization to postmodernism: An Ozarks epilogue. In P. Durham & T. Peters (Eds.), TechnOzarks: Essays in technology, regional economy, and culture. ISBN: 978-1732122222

 Yu, L. and Zhang, Y.* (2023), "In search of a coherent theoretical foundation for LIS ethical principles: an appraisal of Floridi's Information Ethics", Journal of Documentation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2023-0133

Liu, H., Zhang, Y.*, Li, Y., and Albright, K. (2023). "Better interaction performance attracts more chronic patients? Evidence from an online health platform." Information Processing and Management, 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103413.

Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Li, Y., Lin, Z*., Li, X., Tu, X., Zhou, Y., Qian, D. & Liu, H. (2022). The Utilization of Mobile Phones in Health Information Seeking in Rural China. Libri, 72(3), 297-315. https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2021-0137

Li, X., Luo, X., Cox, A., Zhang, Y. and Lu, Y*. (2022), "The mental health information needs of Chinese university students and their use of online resources: a holistic model", Journal of Documentation. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-12-2021-0249

Lin, Z., Zhang, Y.*, Matteson, M., Li, X., Tu, X., Zhou, Y., & Wang, J. (2021). Older adults’ eHealth literacy and the role libraries can play. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 53(3), 489-499. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000620962847

Zhang, Y.*, Li, X., Qiao, S., Zhou, Y., & Shen, Z. (2020). Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)-related Knowledge Seeking among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in China: Role of Information & Communication Technology (ICT), International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 70(3), 197-211. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2019-0144

Zhang, Y.*, Li, X., Qiao, S., Zhou, Y., & Shen, Z. (2019). The role of ICT in antiretroviral therapy-related knowledge seeking among older Chinese living with HIV. Innovation in Aging, 3(Suppl 1), S413. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1539 (Abstract)

Zhang, Y., Lin, Z*., Li, X., Tu, X., Zhou, Y., & Zhou, X. (2019). Factors affecting ICT use in health communication among elder population in Jiangsu, China. International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 69(2), 41-53.

Qiao, S., Zhang Y*, Li X, & Menon JA. (2018). Facilitators and barriers for HIV-testing in Zambia: A systematic review of multi-level factors. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192327. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192327

Zhang, Y*., Li. X, Qiao, S., Zhou, Y., & Shen, Z. (2018) Information Communication Technology (ICT) use among PLHIV in China: A promising but underutilized venue for HIV prevention and care. International Journal of Information Management, 38(1), 27-33.

Zhang, Y*., & Li, X. (2017). Uses of information and communication technologies in HIV self-management: A systematic review of global literature. International Journal of Information Management, 37(2), 75-83.