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Hughes, Michael; Lacy, C. Jeff – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Gamification, the application of game elements to nongame contexts, was recently a subject of great interest in the library literature, inspiring a number of articles. That interest tapered off in tandem with gamification's wider decline, but signs point to its reemergence. Anticipating renewed interest in gamification, the authors reviewed the…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Games, Change Strategies, Educational History
Hufford, Jon R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
Assessment in United States higher education has become very important in recent years. Virtually all colleges and universities are now striving to prove through empirical evidence that they are committed to improving student learning. Created in late 2005, the US Department of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education was charged…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Library Services

Sapp, Gregg; Gilmour, Ron – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
This article employs a citation-tracking method for gathering and reviewing literature of academic librarianship. Each work discussed either cites the work of F.W. Lancaster, an early predictor and enthusiast of "paperless information systems," or another that cites it. The aim is to provide an analytical overview on how academic librarians saw…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Citation Analysis, Futures (of Society)

Raschke, Gregory K. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Academic libraries need to change their recruiting and hiring procedures to stay competitive in today's changing marketplace. To be more competitive and effective in their recruitment and hiring processes, academic libraries must foster manageable internal solutions, look to other professions for effective hiring techniques and models, and employ…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Employment Practices, Higher Education

Weiner, Sharon Gray – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Libraries are affected by discontinuous change caused by the type and rapidity of technological innovations. By examining the theories of structuration, diffusion of innovation, and contingency, change in libraries can be better understood, thus easing its adoption and assimilation. There is a need to reconceptualize libraries. (Author)
Descriptors: Change, Communication Research, Information Technology, Information Theory