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Download full textRobert M. Cermak – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2023
This article examines the structural disparities between the archives at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and Michigan State University (MSU). While Nigerian archivists work to preserve their institutions' local content, they must contend with cultural and infrastructural constraints foreign to their American counterparts. To elucidate these…
Descriptors: Archives, Universities, Foreign Countries, Inquiry
Direct linkFelichism Kabo; Annaliese Paulson; Doreen Bradley; Ken Varnum; Stephanie Teasley – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Seeking to better understand the longitudinal association between online usage of library-licensed content and short- and long-term student performance, we linked EZproxy logs to institutional university data to study how library usage impacts semester and cumulative GPAs. Panel linear mixed effects regression models indicate online library usage…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Contracts, Bibliographic Databases
Behr, Michele; LaDell-Thomas, Julie – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2014
A significant number of distance students report they "stray" from their home universities by using local libraries, despite the fact that distance education librarians work hard to provide customized resources and services tailored to their programs and needs. Are public libraries and special libraries able to meet the research needs of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, College Students, Public Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2010
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a bimonthly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) Strategies for Opening Up Content: Laying the Groundwork for an Open…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Higher Education, Electronic Libraries, Access to Information
Utter, Timothy; Holley, Robert P. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2009
The growth of open access publishing, the development of institutional repositories, and the availability of millions of digitized monographs and journals are rapidly changing scholarly communication. This case study looks at the current and possible uses of these tools by Michigan's three largest universities: Michigan State University, the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Communication (Thought Transfer), Case Studies, State Universities
Johnson, Wendell G. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2008
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, is the world's largest social science data archive. The data sets in the ICPRS database give the social sciences librarian/subject specialist an opportunity of providing value-added bibliographic…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Political Science, Databases, Consortia
Whang, Michael; Ring, Donna M. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2007
Three sources indicated the need for designing a usability study of the Western Michigan University Libraries' Web site: the results of the 2004 LibQUAL+ survey; the completion of the library's new strategic planning document; and suggestions by library customers and library staff. LibQUAL+ findings and customer comments suggested customers…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Library Services, Academic Libraries, Web Sites
Brenneise, Harvey R. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
The Michigan Community Health Electronic Library (MCHEL) serves the public health and other community health workers in Michigan. It is committed to desktop delivery of the best health information to its primary clientele, with as much as possible in digital full-text form. It collaborates with other libraries in the state to make this possible.…
Descriptors: Public Health, Electronic Libraries, Library Networks, Library Automation
Carlson, Scott; Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
Five of the world's largest libraries have joined Google in a herculean effort to digitize millions of books and make every sentence searchable. The project involves libraries at Harvard and Stanford Universities, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Oxford, in England, as well as the New York Public Library. It could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Research Libraries, Public Libraries
