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Winifred Bentil; Chern Li Liew – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2024
This study investigates staffing competencies and collaboration for electronic resource management (ERM) in public and private university libraries in Ghana. Interviews were conducted with twenty-four library staff from two public and two private universities and three consortium executives. The findings revealed similarities and differences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel, Electronic Libraries
Mallon, Melissa – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
This issue's column focuses on online tools and resources available for leadership development of academic, public services staff. The resources are not targeted solely to professional librarians, but rather to all levels of library staff engaged with the public. In addition to inspirational and coaching videos, reviewers recommend resource guides…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Library Services, Library Development, Staff Development
Tuck, Kathy D.; Holmes, Dwight R. – National Education Association, 2016
This study analyzes data collected between 2000 and 2013 from the annual National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey; the NCES Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS); and the U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Survey (SAIPE). The findings…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Media Specialists, Learning Resources Centers, School Libraries
Tuck, Kathy D.; Holmes, Dwight R. – National Education Association, 2016
At the request of New Business Item: 89 (NBI: 89) adopted at the 2015 NEA Representative Assembly, this study examines the extent to which students have access to public school library/media centers with qualified staff and up-to-date resources. The study explores trends in library/media center openings and closings as well as staffing patterns…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Media Specialists, Learning Resources Centers, School Libraries
Bhalla, Nicole, Ed.; Barrett, Jaia, Ed.; Wetzel, Karen A., Ed. – 2002
The 133rd meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on strategies for confronting critical challenges associated with the digital era and for fostering understanding from university leaders and supporters regarding the resources needed to perform successfully in this print plus digital environment. Program Session I,…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Legislation, Library Development, Library Personnel
Broidy, Ellen; And Others – 1996
Working in a cooperative team environment across libraries and job classifications, librarians and support staff at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) have mounted several successful web projects, including two versions of the Libraries' home page, a virtual reference collection, and Science Library "ANTswer Machine." UCI's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Internet, Library Cooperation
Laughlin, Sara, Ed. – 2000
This book describes the issues that multitype library networks need to know in order to succeed in the new decade, including electronic information, restructuring, distance education, buying clubs and cooperatives, skilled workers, diversifying funding, collaboration, one-stop shopping, accountability, and extraordinary service. The book contains…
Descriptors: Consortia, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Akeroyd, John – 2000
Libraries are in a process of fundamental change brought about by radical changes in technology. This paper charts the changes that have taken place over the years and makes some assumptions as to how the future will look. Barriers to increased use of technology are analyzed and detailed, including: lack of uniformity in search systems; the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)

Young, Arthur P.; Peters, Thomas A. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Discusses the emergence of electronic text and examines the interrelationships between the evolving electronic environment and the library's collection, organizational structure, personnel, budget, and external relationships. A figure showing the convergence of complex science, management, and the electronic word is appended. (AEF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Change Agents, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Text
Roitbert, Nurit – 2000
This paper discusses the reorganization of libraries in order to adopt new techniques and to incorporate the electronic library, focusing on the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The first section addresses manpower and the electronic library, including processing electronic journals, justification for the traditional library organization…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Centralization, Decentralization, Electronic Libraries
Asamoah-Hassan, Helena Rebecca – 1998
This paper discusses changes at the University of Science and Technology Library (Ghana). The first section provides historical background and summarizes current services, including the collection, the facility, the university's network of faculty/school/institute/center libraries, main library departments, staff, and automation. The next section…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries

Engle, Michael – Library Hi Tech, 1998
Describes the development of an electronic text center in the Cornell University (New York) library. Discusses effects of spanning traditionally separate areas of the library, such as collection development, reference and instruction, information technology and support, and stack maintenance; staff skills needed; and the importance of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperation

Barnes, Susan J.; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1994
Discusses the development of electronic libraries at Cornell University's (New York) Mann Library and elsewhere and presents an overview of changes in services and staff responsibilities needed to address user needs. Sidebar articles discuss Internet access to government information; changing staff roles; geographic information systems; the Mann…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Databases

Millson-Martula, Christopher; Pathak, Susanna Bartmann; Pfeiffer, Carol – Library Philosophy and Practice, 2000
Offers a descriptive account and critical analysis of three cooperative collection development projects undertaken by the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), a consortium of Virginia academic libraries. Reviews cooperative collection development processes and explains objectives that included cost effectiveness, improved access to information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness

Summerhill, Craig A. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Discusses the impact of internetworking on academic research libraries with special emphasis given to collection development and resource sharing in an electronically networked environment. Topics addressed include a brief history of the Internet, NSF-Net, and NREN (National Research and Education Network); and future trends in the development of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
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