{"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":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"578\" class=\"elementor elementor-578\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-636980c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"636980c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47590a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47590a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SLIS_horiz_white_PMS-e1766111514584.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1754\" alt=\"Simmons University School of Library and Information Science\" style=\"width:100%;height:23.31%;max-width:429px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ff698 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8ff698\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46eccaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-custom_html\" data-id=\"46eccaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-custom_html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><nav style=\"align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;color:white;width:100%;padding:10px 0;flex-wrap:wrap\">\r\n  \r\n  <div style=\"text-align:left;line-height:1.5\">\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:25px;font-weight:bold\">IS&amp;T Lab<\/div>\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:18px;margin-top:2px\">Information Science &amp; 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(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><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><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><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f6c952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f6c952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Talks<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd8f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dd8f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Zhang, M. (2024). E-book selection in academic libraries: rational vs. institutional actions. Cornell University Library. Ithaca, NY, January 12.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfefd8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bfefd8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96bcf86 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"96bcf86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b88291 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b88291\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6712836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6712836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"SCOA-MZ\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3648096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3648096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scholarly Communication and Open Access<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ad839 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34ad839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Current Projects<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4fa8fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4fa8fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Case study on e-book vendors&#8217; digital platform governance strategies.<ul><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><li>\u00a0[Next step] Examine the chosen e-book vendor&#8217;s current platform governance strategies.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5511f30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5511f30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df2240d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df2240d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><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><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><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><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><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d74d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c4d74d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9b31b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1b9b31b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdba795 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fdba795\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c995d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"0c995d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"AI-MZ\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34656d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34656d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artificial Intelligence in LIS<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d79be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0d79be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Current Project<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b147dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b147dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Using scholarly works to train AI models: how it affects scholarly publishing<ul><li>\u00a0[Ongoing] Scoping reviews on prior studies\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64b3d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64b3d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225398b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"225398b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>[Revise &amp; resubmit] Charbonneau, D. &amp; Zhang, M. 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