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Varvel, Virgil E., Jr.; Shen, Yi – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
As research data complexity and quantity grows and funding agency requirements for data management are articulated, there is a growing need for data management services (DMS). Within these services, one important role emerging is that of data management consultant (DMC). Roles were analyzed that these professionals play through case study analysis…
Descriptors: Consultants, Case Studies, Staff Role, Information Management
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Holton, Barbara; Hardesty, Laura; O'Shea, Patricia – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report presents tabulations for the 2006 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences. An academic library is defined as an entity in a postsecondary institution that provides all of the following: An…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Needs, Academic Libraries, Surveys
Latta, Gail F., Comp. – 1992
To gather more information on the role of the liaison in research libraries, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Office of Management Services conducted a survey in 1992 of its academic library members. Completed surveys were returned by 49 libraries. Liaisons in both technical and public services were reported by 59 percent, while 31…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Burnheim, Robert; Floyd, Anne – 1992
This report documents the findings from 13 workshops designed to help teachers and librarians work together to identify library services required to support the delivery of competency-training curricula. Two hundred and twenty-eight staff attended the workshops, which were held in Queensland (Australia) between March and July 1992. About 80…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Definitions
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1982
Intended for use by librarians and library administrators, this document presents information derived from the 1981 Annual Report/System Membership Applications submitted by public libraries in Texas. Statistics are included on library populations served; library holdings; library circulation; library services; interlibrary loan transactions;…
Descriptors: Definitions, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation, Library Collections
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Fafeita, Jenny – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
This paper presents the findings of a research project about Australian TAFE librarians' information literacy practices. The project addressed two research questions: What are the practices that TAFE librarians use to teach and foster information literacy? What changes have occurred since the last TAFE information literacy survey in 2001? During…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Foreign Countries, Librarian Attitudes, Educational Practices