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Peer reviewedThompson, Bruce; Cook, Colleen; Heath, Fred – Structural Equation Modeling, 2003
Used confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate the score integrity of LibQUALl+, an instrument to measure perceptions of library service quality. Results for 60,027 graduate and undergraduate students suggest that the model implied by LibQUAL is reasonable and invariant across independent samples and fits all three major subgroups of library users.…
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure, Higher Education
Sutton, Stuart A., Ed.; Guenther, Rebecca; McCallum, Sally; Greenberg, Jane; Tennis, Joseph T.; Jun, Wang – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
This special section of the "Bulletin" includes an introduction and the following articles: "New Metadata Standards for Digital Resources: MODS (Metadata Object and Description Schema) and METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)"; "Metadata Generation: Processes, People and Tools"; "Data Collection for…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Networks
Peer reviewedGill, Suzanne L. – TechTrends, 2003
Describes the use of IMSeries software, a relational database capable of implementing curriculum design, in an elementary school. Topics include Big6 research skills; tracking the scope and sequence of curriculum; tying library skills to curricular disciplines; information literacy; and examples of a lesson unit and assessment strategy. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedDoncevic, John – Catholic Library World, 2003
Discussion of the need for library administration to change from traditional methods based on power and competition focuses on the concept of servant-leadership. Explains characteristics of a servant-leader, including being authentic, being present, being vulnerable and choosing appropriate responses, being accepting, and being useful. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Change Strategies, Competition, Interprofessional Relationship
Peer reviewedSchmiesing, Ann; Hollis, Deborah R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Analyzes the pedagogical rationale and learning outcomes for incorporating a special collections department in teaching humanities undergraduate and graduate courses. Presents a case study that highlights an innovative collaboration between a University of Colorado German professor and the special collections librarian and staff. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, German, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMundell, Jacqueline; Celene-Martel, Coryl; Braziunas, Tom – Information Technology and Libraries, 2003
Describes the Instructional and Information Support Services (IISS) division at North Seattle Community College, which brings together the college's library, media services, and distance learning units as well as the Teaching and Learning center to support instruction campus-wide. Discusses the campus technological infrastructure, online courses,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Media
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 reviewedShreeves, Sarah L.; Kaczmarek, Joanne S.; Cole, Timothy W. – Library Hi Tech, 2003
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign undertook a project to test the efficacy of using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting to construct a search and discovery service focused on information resources in the domain of cultural heritage. Provides an overview of the Illinois project, with quantitative data about…
Descriptors: Archives, Culture, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries
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
Buch, Kim – Library Administration and Management, 1997
Offers suggestions and strategies designed to enhance skills for planning, motivating, and implementing organizational change for librarians assuming the role of change agent. Highlights include the human side of change, including fear and anxiety; and a process model of change that includes three stages: endings, transitions, and new beginnings.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Librarians
Canepi, Kitti – Rural Libraries, 1997
To compile a list of recommended electronic databases for rural libraries, public library patron questions received by the Arizona State Reference Center were searched on ten databases. The results indicated Books in Print, Magazine Database, ABI/INFORM, Public Affairs Information System (PAIS), and Government Printing Office (GPO) Publications…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation
Barlow, Cara – School Library Journal, 1997
"Born to Read," has attempted to build a partnership between public librarians and health care providers to help new and expectant at-risk parents. Describes the experiences of projects in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Provo (Utah), and Houston (Texas). Discusses literacy and learning theory, ethnic needs, and resources for infant/toddler…
Descriptors: Books, Early Childhood Education, Learning Theories, Librarians
Peer reviewedNuttall, Harry D.; McAbee, Sonja L. – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1997
Discusses problems in OPAC (online public access catalog) searching, describes the value and styles of pathfinders that are used as subject guides, and illustrates how to include them in a NOTIS system. Future possibilities are considered, and examples of NOTIS screen displays for pathfinders are appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Problems
Ebbinghouse, Carol – Searcher, 1997
Explains listservs and describes how to locate listservs relating to the law. Topics include how to use listservs as current awareness tools; how to locate listserv archives; and how to use listservs as databases of information. Sidebars provide pertinent Web site addresses. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Databases, Electronic Mail, Information Sources
Peer reviewedByerley, Suzanne L.; Chambers, Mary Beth – Library Hi Tech, 2002
Examined the accessibility of two Web-based abstracting and indexing services by blind users using screen-reading programs based on guidelines from the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines by the WWW Consortium. Suggests Web developers need to conduct usability testing and librarians need to be aware of accessibility…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Blindness, Computer Software
