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Beagle, Donald; Kenney, Anne R.; McGovern, Nancy Y.; Martinez, Ida T.; Heidig, Lance J.; Bonthron, Karen; Urquhart, Christine; Thomas, Rhian; Ellis, David; Everitt, Jean; Lonsdale, Ray; McDermott, Elizabeth; Morris, Helen; Phillips, Rebecca; Spink, Sian; Yeoman, Alison; Armstrong, Chris; Fenton, Roger; Paskin, Norman; Miller, Paul; Dawson, David; Perkins, John – D-Lib Magazine, 2003
Includes five articles that discusses c-space as a visualization schema related to keyword distribution in information retrieval; academic librarians and alternative information providers, such as Google and eBay; electronic journal use in higher education in the United Kingdom; digital object identifiers; and international audiences for digital…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWu, Mei-Mei; Liu, Ying-Hsang – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Explores how intermediaries seek information from patrons by analyzing intermediaries' elicitation utterances through three dimensions: linguistic forms, utterance purposes, and communicative functions. Reports on results of questionnaires given to patrons and intermediaries in academic and research libraries in Taiwan and investigates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedMacWhinnie, Laurie A. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Some academic libraries have adopted the idea of the information commons, a central location providing computers, information resources in various formats, and staff assistance. An overview of several information commons in the United States and Canada is presented, and missions, features, strengths and weaknesses are explored. A table identifies…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Peer reviewedMach, Michelle; Oling, Lori – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2002
One hundred twenty-three Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Web sites were examined for the presence of a virtual tour. Over half offered at least one. Each main or undergraduate library tour was reviewed for the use of standard Web conventions, features, content and navigation using a checklist of 32 items. Emerging trends and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Design Preferences, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKramer, Eileen H. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1996
Research at a library at Utica College (New York) revealed that "roving" reference librarians provided more sophisticated and thorough service than "stationary" ones, improving student search strategies and prompting twice as much work with electronic resources as conventional service. Roving also boosted librarian-client…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Higher Education, Librarians
Peer reviewedFrazer, Stuart L.; And Others – Journal of Government Information, 1997
To consolidate library public service points and reallocate staff resources, Old Dominion University Library (Virginia) transferred responsibility for government documents reference service to the library's main reference desk. A team-based approach was used to manage aspects of the merge, including training of reference desk staff and production…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Higher Education
Peer reviewedIrving, Suzanne; Senglup, Karen – Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 1997
Presents a case study of Empire Express, a resource sharing network among the libraries of the State University of New York (SUNY) University Centers at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook, along with Syracuse University. The network involves an expedited interlibrary loan service. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Consortia, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Elizabeth H.; Olszak, Lydia – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1997
Discusses how main and departmental art libraries handle mutilated art books based on experiences at East Carolina University (North Carolina). Highlights include a survey of academic libraries which are members of ARL (Association of Research Libraries); costs; importance of the work; amount of mutilation; and availability of photocopiers to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Costs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDecroos, Francis; And Others – Information Processing & Management, 1997
Describes an investigation that was conducted to show the feasibility of spectral methods in information science, particularly for analyzing academic library circulation data. Signal analysis methods were used to detect periodicity, and spectral methods show promise for analyzing time series and other signals in information science. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMcCutcheon, Camille; Lambert, Nancy M. – Research Strategies, 2001
Examines the relationship between bibliographic instruction and reference services in academic libraries. Highlights include historical definitions for the two services; results of a survey of academic librarians that investigated how they are connecting the two services; and recommendations for improving the teaching of information literacy at…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedDesai, Christina M. – Electronic Library, 2003
Compares a digital reference service that uses instant messaging with traditional, face-to-face reference based on experiences at the Southern Illinois University library. Addresses differences in reference questions asked, changes in the reference transaction, student expectations, bibliographic instruction, and librarian attitudes and procedures…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOswald, Tina A.; Turnage, Marthea – Research Strategies, 2000
Discusses the issues involved with setting the tone for a library instruction session and emphasizes the importance of the first five minutes of the class. Topics include adequate planning; making contact with students; student attitudes and library anxiety; librarians' anxiety; and setting the tone for lifelong learning. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Librarian Attitudes
Peer reviewedFagan, Jody Condit – Research Strategies, 2001
Discusses bibliographic instruction evaluation and the need for objectives and proposes a framework for developing well-defined objectives by reviewing evaluative materials based on those objectives. Describes experiences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale that analyzed question weight, question content, and question type. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Content Analysis, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
Peer reviewedDugan, Robert E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2002
Discusses yearly information technology costs for academic libraries. Topics include transformation and modernization activities that affect prices and budgeting; a cost model for information technologies; life cycle costs, including initial costs and recurring costs; cost benchmarks; and examples of pressures concerning cost accountability. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Benchmarking, Budgeting
Cross-Cultural Communication: Implications for Effective Information Services in Academic Libraries.
Peer reviewedWang, Jian; Frank, Donald G. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Discusses international students on campuses in the United States and examines cultural differences with a focus on communication processes and styles, and recommends ways to accommodate cross-cultural differences in information services in academic libraries. Includes a survey of relevant literature and draws on the results of focus groups.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cultural Differences, Focus Groups, Foreign Students
