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Dole, Wanda V.; Hill, J. B. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
This paper describes one of the ways in which the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) makes a difference in neighborhoods, cities, and regions by extending library privileges to community users. It reports the results of a study of the services that CUMU libraries provide to community users.
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Metropolitan Areas, Neighborhoods, Library Services
Hodges, Janice; Pringle, Lajuan S. – School Library Monthly, 2013
The African American male psyche is a complicated multi-layered mixture of outside media influences, stereotypes, peer pressure, how they see themselves, and how they think others see them. This article describes how school and public librarians can help raise the literacy efforts of young African American males. It cites the need for libraries to…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Libraries, African Americans, Males
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O'Neill, Barbara – Journal of Extension, 2013
The critical incident technique (CIT) is a qualitative research method where subjects are encouraged to tell personal stories that provide descriptive data. Researchers who use the CIT employ a structured methodology to encourage respondents to share their experiences regarding a particular topic. Incidents are considered effective/successful when…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Critical Incidents Method, Qualitative Research
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Murphy, Jennifer – Education Libraries, 2013
An entrepreneurial librarian takes the embedded librarian concept one step further at a completely on-line university and markets the virtual library to students, faculty and administration rather than wait for customers to come to the library. York and Vance (2009) make the observation that "one obstacle to marketing an embedded librarian…
Descriptors: Library Services, Institutional Advancement, Outreach Programs, Information Literacy
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Pendergrass, Devona J. – Knowledge Quest, 2013
"Dewey or don't we?" is the question that hundreds, if not thousands, of school librarians across the country are currently asking themselves. Do they throw out what is old but trusted for new organizational systems, or do they continue using the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system and make changes and adjustments to the…
Descriptors: Classification, Library Development, Library Services, School Libraries
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Carlson, Jake; Stowell-Bracke, Marianne – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
Libraries are actively seeking to identify and respond to the data management and curation needs of researchers. One important perspective often overlooked in acquiring an understanding is that of graduate students. This case study used the Data Curation Profile Toolkit to interview six graduate students working for agronomy researchers at the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Case Studies, Data, Information Management
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Flaherty, Mary Grace – Library Quarterly, 2013
To better understand health information provision in the public library setting, two cooperative library systems that serve primarily rural populations in upstate New York were studied. The central library in one of those systems established a consumer health information center (CHIC) in 1999. In the other system, the central library does not have…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Printed Materials, Library Personnel
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Kovalik, Cindy; Yutzey, Susan; Piazza, Laura – School Library Research, 2013
To better understand how high school students apply their information literacy skills when conducting research and how these students carry out research projects, researchers asked a group of 289 high school seniors to complete an information literacy survey related to the research process. In addition, approximately ten percent of these students…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Technology, High School Seniors, Student Research
Godby, Carol Jean – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
This document describes a proposed alignment between BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) and a model being explored by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) with extensions proposed by the Schema Bib Extend project, a Worldwide Web Consortium sponsored (W3C-sponsored) community group tasked with enhancing Schema.org to the description of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Data Processing, Databases
Lance, Keith Curry; Hofschire, Linda; Daisey, Jamie – Library Research Service, 2011
This report shares the statistical trends for public library use in Colorado before and since the onset of the latest recession. It also includes the voices of librarians from around the state, offering their observations and stories of how public libraries are helping in these difficult times. To determine the impact of the Great Recession on use…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, Economic Climate
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Paulus, Michael J., Jr. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
This paper considers the concept of "the archive" in the digital age and the situation of libraries and archives within the lifecycle of information. After discussing the changing nature of books, records, scholarly communication, and the concept of "the archive," this paper merges book and record lifecycle models into a new archival cycle. To…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Library Services, Figurative Language
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Jia, Peijun – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
Google is currently recognized as the world's most powerful search engine. Google is so powerful and intuitive that one does not need to possess many skills to use it. However, Google is more than just simple search. For those who have special search skills and know Google's superior search features, it becomes an extraordinary tool. To understand…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Reference Services, Library Services, Internet
Kelley, Michael – Library Journal, 2011
Thirty years ago, the only person in a library looking for an electrical outlet was a blue-smocked cleaning person who had to plug in a vacuum cleaner with a very long cord. Now, hordes of patrons outfitted with amp-devouring laptops and cell phones expect and need the library to offer an endless supply of electricity. The overall demand for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Energy
Cox, Marge; Mills, Linda L.; Sutherlin, Leslie – School Library Monthly, 2011
In a perfect world, school libraries would have unlimited budgets with the latest technology. They would be responsible for one building, staffed with a full-time professional school librarian, paraprofessionals, and a district director. The students, staff, and community would understand the breadth and depth of the school librarian's job.…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Academic Achievement, Library Services
Hoppe, Kelly M. – Library Media Connection, 2011
To gain a fresh perspective as a librarian, go back into the classroom for a year. In reality, this is not possible or even desirable for librarians. Library jobs are hard to come by, and no school would hold someone's position while they ventured off into the classroom. However, a year ago, the author found herself in exactly this situation. In…
Descriptors: Librarians, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Experience, School Libraries
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