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Boyd, K. C. – Knowledge Quest, 2021
K.C. Boyd discusses how school librarians can advocate for school libraries and school library services. She details how to turn frustration into strategic advocacy efforts by highlighting the school librarian's role as an essential literacy partner in students' academic achievement.
Descriptors: School Libraries, Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Rights
Tricia George – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Informal learning constantly happens all around us. Informal learning approaches often stand in stark contrast to school practices and standards, receive little attention in the formal study of education, and present a great deal of untapped opportunity to support learners. Mendoso Community Library (MCL) is a particularly interesting illustration…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Public Libraries, Users (Information), Young Adults
Busch, Tammie; Campbell, Debbie; Howell, Susan M.; Konkel, Mary S.; Krieb, Dennis; Li, Mingyan; Mayer, Cathy; Taft, Ross – College & Research Libraries, 2023
Academic libraries are increasingly asked to articulate connections between the work of library staff and student success. This article discusses how a team of librarians participating in CARLI Counts, an immersive professional development program funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant through the Institute of Museum and Library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Catalogs, Cataloging
Williams, David J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Digital initiatives have become increasingly common in academic libraries, but inconsistent definitions, standards, and expectations limit and, in some cases, negatively impact the effectiveness of practitioners. This article explores the discourse surrounding professional titles and responsibilities in digital initiatives within North American…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Occupational Information, Training
Hammons, Jane – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This article considers the role of teaching and learning departments within academic libraries and how they may differ from reference and instruction departments. The author used website analysis to profile and compare the two types of departments across multiple institutions. Initial findings indicate that the two have several roles in common,…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Learning, Library Instruction, Departments
Misra, Pankaj; Chopra, Gaurav; Bhaskar, Preeti – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This research work aims to study the continuous usage intention of students for digital library systems in higher learning institutions (HLI). Additionally, keeping in mind the lack of focus on academic involvement of students in existing studies, this research work attempts to examine the moderating role of academic involvement in making…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Academic Libraries, User Satisfaction (Information)
Robinson, Blake; Wilson, Daniel Earl – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2023
As participants in the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Distance and Online Learning Section (DOLS) Mentoring Program, two librarians collaborated to deploy a pilot library video tutorial program at the mentee librarian's small liberal arts college in the Southeastern United States. Drawing on the mentoring librarian's…
Descriptors: Library Services, Online Systems, Librarians, Academic Libraries
Withorn, T.; Willenborg, A. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2020
This qualitative study explores how online learning is defined at academic libraries in the U.S. and examines the current roles and challenges of online learning librarians. Findings from in-depth interviews reveal that approaches to online learning in academic libraries vary in terms of audience and instructional strategies, and that online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Role, Electronic Learning
Peters, Timothy; Dickinson, Thad E. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2020
The Distance Library Services Conference was founded in 1982 by the librarians of the Off-Campus Library Services department at Central Michigan University. From its inception through its 18th conference in 2018, Central Michigan University planned and administered this conference for the benefit of librarians serving distance learners and faculty…
Descriptors: Library Services, Conferences (Gatherings), Distance Education, Academic Libraries
Lavoie, Brian; Dempsey, Lorcan; Malpas, Constance – College & Research Libraries, 2020
Collective collections are multiple local collections described and/or managed as a single collection. Constructing, understanding, and operationalizing collective collections is an increasingly important aspect of collection management for many libraries. This article presents some general insights about collective collections, drawn from a…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Institutional Cooperation, Libraries, Library Services
Wharton, Lindsey; Pritchard, Michael – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2020
As Florida State University transitioned to Canvas in 2017, the Distance Library Services team planned and implemented Springshare LTI, subject-specific Library Tools within the Learning Management System. These tools present invaluable teaching and learning opportunities for the libraries within digital classrooms and offer options for connecting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, State Universities, Library Services, Integrated Learning Systems
Matthew Goldberg – Journal of Access Services, 2024
For the last decade or more, circulation numbers of physical materials have declined in academic libraries across the United States. In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically altered society and daily life, not to mention library functions. In particular, fears of contagion via physical surfaces and transmission by contact led many…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Libraries, Library Services
Cazembe Kennedy; Zach Johnson – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
In this chapter, we explore the organizational units, projects, and support that exist for digital literacy within the Vanderbilt University Library system. We frame the chapter chronologically, starting with the efforts of the past, then moving toward the present efforts, and concluding with where future efforts are going.
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Digital Literacy, Library Administration, Library Automation
Niki Chatzipanagiotou; Anita Mirijamdotter; Christina Mörtberg – Learning Organization, 2025
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on academic library managers' learning practices in the context of cooperative work supported by computational artefacts. Academic library managers' everyday work is mainly cooperative. Their cooperation is supported predominantly by computational artefacts. Learning how to use the computational artefacts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Librarians, Cooperative Planning
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 have collaborated on the…
Descriptors: Student College Relationship, Community College Students, Community Colleges, Student Personnel Services