{"id":578,"date":"2025-11-01T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2025-12-26T20:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:23:11","slug":"mei-zhang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/people\/mei-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Mei Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SLIS_horiz_white_PMS-e1766111514584.jpg\" alt=\"Simmons University School of Library and Information Science\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/people\/mei-zhang\">Mei Zhang<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>(Click the name above to access the faculty page.)<\/p>\n<p>Last edited: November 19, 2025<\/p>\n<h3>Libraries and Users<\/h3>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Zhu, X., Whitaker, E., Cho, M., &amp; Zhang, M. (2025). Student engagement in academic libraries: A conceptual framework. <i>College and Research Libraries. 86<\/i> (2): 275- 293.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5860\/crl.86.2.275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5860\/crl.86.2.275<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zhang, M. (2020). Decision-making processes in academic libraries: how did academic librarians purchase e-book product?. <i>The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 46 <\/i>(6): 101018\/1-9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.acalib.2020.102252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.acalib.2020.102252<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zhang, M. (2020). Rational actions or institutional actions: A study on the rationality in academic librarians\u2019 decision-making processes when purchasing e-book products. <i>Library and Information Science Research. 42<\/i> (2): 102252\/1-9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lisr.2020.101018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lisr.2020.101018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Talks<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Zhang, M. (2024). E-book selection in academic libraries: rational vs. institutional actions. Cornell University Library. Ithaca, NY, January 12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Scholarly Communication and Open Access<\/h3>\n<h4>Current Projects<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Case study on e-book vendors&#8217; digital platform governance strategies.\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0[Ongoing] Historical study on the chosen e-book vendor&#8217;s strategies used to manage its relationship with libraries (as customers) and publishers (as content providers) in the past 15 years.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0[Next step] Examine the chosen e-book vendor&#8217;s current platform governance strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Zhang, M. &amp; Hollie, D. (2025). E-book vendors as platform intermediaries for academic libraries and scholarly publishers: a critical discourse analysis of e-book vendors\u2019 webpages. <i>The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 51<\/i>(6).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.acalib.2025.103147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.acalib.2025.103147<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, M., &amp; Eschenfelder, K. (2023). The relationship between university presses, e-book vendors, and academic libraries: A platform theory analysis. <i>Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 35(<\/i>2): 209-218.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09610006231185883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09610006231185883<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zhang, M. (2022). University press selection of e-book vendors for US academic libraries: Why work with X but not Y?. <i>Learned Publishing. 35<\/i>(2): 209-218.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/leap.1447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/leap.1447<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Zhang, M., &amp; Wei, X. (2021). What can \u201cmarriage announcements\u201d tell us? A content analysis of news articles on library-press collaboration. <i>College and Research Libraries. 82<\/i> (7): 959-976.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/Zhang, M., &amp; Wei, X*. What can \u201cmarriage announcements\u201d tell us? A content analysis of news articles on library-press collaboration. College and Research Libraries. 82 (7): 959-976. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5860\/crl.82.7.959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5860\/crl.82.7.959<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Artificial Intelligence in LIS<\/h3>\n<h4>Current Project<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Using scholarly works to train AI models: how it affects scholarly publishing\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0[Ongoing] Scoping reviews on prior studies\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>[Revise &amp; resubmit] Charbonneau, D. &amp; Zhang, M. Artificial intelligence (AI) guidance for authors, peer reviewers, and editors: A content analysis of journal policies.<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, M., &amp; Charbonneau, D.. (2024). Artificial intelligence and scholarly publishing ethics: A content analysis of journals&#8217; policies. [Poster]. <i>Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)<\/i>. Portland, OR, October 14-17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mei Zhang (Click the name above to access the faculty page.) Last edited: November 19, 2025 Libraries and Users Publications Zhu, X., Whitaker, E., Cho, M., &amp; Zhang, M. (2025). Student engagement in academic libraries: A conceptual framework. College and Research Libraries. 86 (2): 275- 293.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5860\/crl.86.2.275 Zhang, M. (2020). 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