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Melissa Stormont; Maria Cahill; Bobbie Sartin Long; Denice Adkins; Alicia K. Long; Derek T. M. Daskalakes; Caroline Gooden; Carol Russell – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Public libraries offer a wide range of developmental support and learning opportunities for young children with and without disabilities. Libraries in many communities function as hubs and places of support for parenting, literacy, education, technology, as well as general local, and health information. A research team recently conducted focus…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Community Information Services, Early Childhood Teachers, Disabilities
Anna Granias; Anne Li – Wilder Research, 2025
In spring 2024, the Multicounty Multitype Library Systems, supported by State Library Services, conducted a census of K-12 public and charter schools in Minnesota to learn about the status of school libraries. A total of 1,528 out of 1,777 eligible schools completed the census. The findings can help legislators, school staff, librarians, and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Legislation
Elmira Jangjou; Melissa Blankstein; jean amaral – ITHAKA S+R, 2025
College fluency can help students successfully engage with and self-advocate within the culture and bureaucracy of higher education institutions to achieve their goals. To further examine and develop effective strategies to foster college fluency, the Borough of Manhattan Community College Library (BMCC) and Ithaka S+R partnered on the College…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student College Relationship, Community Colleges, Student Personnel Services
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Holly Yu; Adele Dobry – College & Research Libraries, 2025
Data-driven assessments in academic libraries, which demonstrate their relevance to student success, have become increasingly crucial. This correlational study aimed to assess whether using online resources and borrowing print materials from the university library contributed to higher grade point averages (GPA) and better retention rates among…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average, School Holding Power
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Moukachar, Merie B.; Santos, Regina Rosa L. dos – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
The present article displays a research designed to investigate the role of the toy library as a research laboratory focusing on plays and educational processes in Pedagogy courses. It is a theme of relevance, as it is necessary to deepen the conception of the toy library as a scientific space for learning, aiming at the improvement of the…
Descriptors: Toys, Libraries, Play, Games
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Cerri Mirasol, Jessica; Walker, Lizzy – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
Escape rooms are used in a myriad of ways by businesses, teachers, and public libraries. They can be a great way to encourage team building, learning, and simply having fun in a non-threatening environment. This case study presents an innovative approach to engaging students, faculty, and community by using and showcasing unique academic library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Special Libraries, Puzzles
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DeLooper, John; Gonsalves, Devika – Journal of Access Services, 2020
During the Fall 2017 semester, staff at the Hudson County Community College (HCCC), Library began to notice that many books listed as available in the catalog were often not being found on the shelves when patrons attempted to retrieve them. This situation puzzled library leadership because HCCC had recently conducted an inventory and removed all…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Accuracy, Library Materials
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Wang, Ya – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2020
J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University launched a web-scale discovery service, branded as OneSearch in 2013. Before that, Leonard library had been using Google Scholar since 2006. This study gathered usage data on OneSearch and Google Scholar from the library OpenURL link resolver, SFX, and the interlibrary loan server, ILLiad,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Online Searching, Use Studies
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Mubofu, Christian; Malekani, Andrew – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to explore the accessibility of library resources and support services by distance learners at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT). The study utilized a survey approach in soliciting information from distance learners. A total of 33 learners from OUT responded to the survey. The study revealed that OUT offered…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Library Materials, Library Services, Distance Education
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Moffett, Paul; Weare, William H., Jr. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
To improve customer service, some academic libraries have used a service philosophy statement to foster a shared understanding of service standards. The authors conducted semistructured interviews with heads of public services at academic libraries to understand how the service philosophy statement was used in practice and its impact on staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, User Satisfaction (Information), Library Services, Institutional Mission
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Sugrim, Sonali – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2022
Electronic resources undergo various changes during their lifecycle from evaluation, to acquisitions, to renewal or cancelation. To keep users abreast of these changes, effective communication is necessary between the electronic resources librarian and the library team. Effective communication is equally important between the electronic resources…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Computer Mediated Communication
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Kumaran, Maha; Maddison, Tasha – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2022
For the most part, information landscapes such as libraries are structured, organized, created, and used by the dominant groups. These spaces may be unfamiliar territory for many students. Humour used in library orientation elicits enjoyment and helps to connect librarians and students. Low and high inference humour used during orientation can…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Library Services, Humor, Orientation
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Kuchi, Triveni – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
In today's digital and distributed information environment, engaging with users is imperative for the success of liaison librarianship in the academy's learning and research environment. Such associations require the liaison's personal approach for connecting and building relationships with clients. This paper addresses the main factors for…
Descriptors: Librarians, Educational Cooperation, Academic Libraries, College Faculty
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Jabaily, Matthew J.; Glazier, Rhonda; Martínez-García, Federico, Jr. – Journal of Access Services, 2022
As the role of print collections in academic libraries moves from monograph storage to a method for engaging users, the browsability and accessibility of print collections are becoming increasingly important. One factor that affects the ability to comfortably browse collections is the height at which the books are stored. This paper examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Space Utilization, Storage
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Alicia Abdul – Knowledge Quest, 2022
In this article, the author explores why a school librarian's value should be wrapped up in books. First, reading is a foundational skill, and memories are built around who people are before and who they are after reading a book. School librarians get to be a part of that transformation. Second, books still make up the heart of a physical library,…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Services, Reading Material Selection
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