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Mê-Linh Lê; Christine J. Neilson; Janice Winkler – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Systematic reviews, along with other types of knowledge synthesis, are a type of research methodology that attempt to find all available evidence on a topic to help answer specific questions. Librarian involvement in systematic reviews is well established in the health sciences, and in recent years there has been growing awareness of, and…
Descriptors: Librarians, Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences
Jane McGrail – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For members of the dominant culture, libraries produce largely positive affective responses (Farkas). However, researchers and practitioners in the field of library science have identified a need to make library resources more accessible to patrons from marginalized communities who are excluded from library spaces by institutional policies and…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Access to Information, Equal Education
Beth McGuire – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this case study was to discover the perceptions of the role and programs in school libraries that support academic achievement in the school community for educational professionals at National Blue Ribbon Schools in the United States. Perceptions regarding the role of school librarianship surrounding academic achievement were…
Descriptors: Principals, Language Arts, English Teachers, Librarians
Sarah L. Sansbury – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examines how school librarians in Georgia's K-12 public schools foster positive reading cultures. Using qualitative research, it explores how librarians promote reading engagement by creating inviting library spaces, curating diverse collections, developing programs that encourage reading for pleasure and academic growth, and…
Descriptors: Librarians, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
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Palumbo, Laura; Bussmann, Jeffra D.; Kern, Barbara – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Through a survey of more than 200 US academic science librarians, we investigated the perceived value of subject specialization; looked for trends toward or away from science subject specialization; and analyzed predictions about the future of science liaison librarianship. Results showed that science librarians perceive subject specialization…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Specialization, Sciences
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Knoff, Meredith; Hobscheid, Maya – Public Services Quarterly, 2021
Libraries should begin to revise service policies to include cultural competency approaches to ensure they provide students a reliably inclusive experience with our services. Many non-LIS disciplines have established easy to borrow practices that libraries can adapt for these purposes. Revision of policies is not enough, however, and inclusive…
Descriptors: Library Policy, Policy Formation, Inclusion, Student Experience
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Rose, Maegen – Knowledge Quest, 2021
Content expert Maegen Rose details her journey to becoming a school librarian, her struggles in working in an independent school, and how her identity as a Black educator affects her instruction and engagement with her students.
Descriptors: African Americans, Librarians, School Libraries, Private Schools
Kennedy, Mary Lee, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2021
This year has been dominated by discussions of infrastructure--social, technical, and physical. Concerns over the sustainability of scholarly infrastructure are complex and urgent for research library leaders, with issues of openness, inclusivity, and, of course, financing in the forefront of many conversations. Research libraries are engaged in…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Scholarship, Sustainability, Inclusion
Roseanne Marie Perkins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The importance of early literacy to later academic achievement has been well documented, as has the positive impact of high-quality early literacy environments. One stumbling block to achieving improvements in literacy skills for school-aged children appears to be inequities in access to high-quality early literacy environments. Public libraries,…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
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Kerns, Halie; Robertson, Stephanie – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2022
The authors collected data from a sample size of academic library social media accounts from around the U.S., starting with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic until Fall semester 2020, by using measurable attributes for engagement. They report on the findings of that data by highlighting examples of accounts that have successfully taken advantage…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Media
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Angela Jones-Evans – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2025
This paper examines the impact of process mapping on the management of change in an academic library in a UK higher education institution. Book ordering has been highlighted by a group of subject librarians as being time-consuming and inefficient, detracting from their ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities. An action research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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Tim Schlak; Alexis Smith Macklin – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2025
The scholarly communication landscape has experienced significant evolution in the past several years with the advent of transformative agreements. The largest library systems and academic library consortia have made substantial progress in this time by using their scale and publishing output to effect meaningful changes in their access and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communities of Practice, Human Factors Engineering, Access to Information
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Ruizhi Liao; Zhizhen Chen; Ao Zhang – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2025
Contribution: This study examines the impact of student data and behaviors on student evaluations of teaching. It leverages campus data and employs statistical methods to explore the relationships among these indicators. A regression model is developed that integrates teaching evaluation, expected grades, and course participation, aiming to…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Influence
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Roseanne M. Perkins; Brook E. Sawyer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Understanding how to successfully train storytime providers is crucial to the goal of offering high-quality early literacy programs in public library settings. As part of a larger study, nine early-career public library storytime providers were interviewed to learn what contextual factors are important to improve their knowledge, practice, and…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Story Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
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Caterina Reed; Paria Aria; Guinsly Mondésir; Harvey Long – College & Research Libraries, 2025
This research seeks to find the new trends in virtual reference and online learning by looking at the impact of COVID-19 on academic libraries, and by identifying gaps in professional development for academic librarians, particularly in reference and instruction. Responses from the surveyed academic librarians indicate that many services…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Learning, Library Services, Reference Services
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