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Handfield, Amy E. – Journal of Access Services, 2017
This article addresses the development of electronic reserves within academic libraries. Libraries have been offering electronic reserve services on separate platforms since the 1990s (Austin, 2013). However, since the integration of campus-wide content management systems (CMSs), the need for a library reserves platform that is independent from an…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Archives, Case Studies, Academic Libraries
New York State Education Department, 2016
In April 2010, the New York State Board of Regents challenged the library community to rethink the State's vast array of library services to ensure that they are aligned with modern expectations and the expanded functions needed in today's society, operate with improved efficiency, and are prepared for the future as an essential and vibrant part…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Administration, Library Development, Strategic Planning
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Kaplan, Tali Balas; Giffard, Sue; Still-Schiff, Jennifer; Dolloff, Andrea K. – Knowledge Quest, 2013
This article is presented by four librarians who have come together as a creative team at Ethical Culture School in New York City. As elementary school librarians, their goal is to develop and support curriculum where children's developmental needs are given central importance. By putting the thinking, interests, information needs, and the…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Classification, Childrens Literature, School Libraries
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Jankowski, Janiece – Journal of Access Services, 2013
In fall of 2011 the University at Buffalo Libraries circulation department undertook Six Sigma training for the purpose of overhauling its student scheduling process. The department was able to mitigate significant staffing budgetary reductions and resource reallocations and to overcome the unique challenges of scheduling student labor for a…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Scheduling, Library Services, Academic Libraries
Giles, David; Estima, Jeanette; Francois, Noelle – Center for an Urban Future, 2014
Nearly two years ago, the Center for an Urban Future published "Branches of Opportunity," a report documenting that New York City's public libraries have become more vital than ever, and are serving more New Yorkers in more ways than ever before. This new report provides an exhaustive analysis of the libraries' capital needs and offers a…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Investment, Library Research, Facility Improvement
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Willmott, Kristen E.; Wall, Andrew F. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2012
This case explores various entrepreneurial initiatives introduced by Dr. Ron Dow, dean of libraries, at a private, research-extensive institution in the northeastern United States. The case serves as an example of how entrepreneurial ideas can be applied within educational contexts, specifically, the academic support context of the university…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Research Libraries, Library Administration, Educational Innovation
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Rupp, Eric; Sweetman, Kimberly; Perry, David – Journal of Access Services, 2010
In 2007, New York University's Bobst Library assembled a group of staff charged with suggesting improvements to circulation policy. As a result of these efforts many changes were implemented at the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic year, including extended loan periods and the elimination of routine daily overdue fines. The changes were…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Administration, Library Policy, Library Development
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Ganster, Ligaya; Schumacher, Bridget – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
This article demonstrates how Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, provides libraries with the opportunity to develop an outreach presence and information portal within an online community. While much of the recent literature examines Facebook and defines its potential use within libraries, this article focuses on the use of Facebook's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Library Automation
Rockfield, Gary – School Library Journal, 1998
Describes the Tall Tree Initiative for Library Services, sponsored by the Reader's Digest Foundation and administered by the public and school library systems of Westchester County, New York. The initiative focuses on improving services offered children in the 21st century, and demands a new level of school-public library cooperation. (AEF)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Futures (of Society), Improvement
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Bolan, Kimberly; Wemett, Lisa C. – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1999
Presents tips from a project that made modest but significant improvements to the young adult areas and services of 11 rural libraries in the Pioneer Library System in upstate New York. Discusses floor plans, layout and location; furniture and fixtures; collections and displays; technology; and staff. Illustrates changes with before-and-after…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Libraries, Improvement, Information Technology
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1993
This document, like its predecessor, will serve as a blueprint for and a means of communication about statewide library automation. The original plan introduced the concept of the electronic doorway library as a way to explain the changes occurring in the delivery of library services. Through 14 assumptions, 32 recommendations, and implementation…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Information Technology, Integrated Library Systems