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Demeter, Michelle – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
In March 2010, the first floor of the main library at The Florida State University was renovated as a learning commons. With this change in design, all tutoring that existed throughout the library was moved into the commons. The crown jewel of these programs is the library's in-house, late-night peer tutoring program that has seen incredible…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
Thomas, Lisa Carlucci – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
In this article, the author discusses Connecticut Library Consortium's (CLC) recently held fifth annual Trendspotting symposium, "E-books: Collections at the Crossroads." She was pleased to work with CLC to develop a cutting-edge program of dynamic, thought-provoking speakers and presentations, including an outstanding keynote by Eli Neiburger on…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Libraries, Internet, Librarians
Chen, Yen-Ting; Chou, Tsung-Yu – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This paper applied Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) to Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to identify service improvement techniques for an academic library. First, reader needs and their importance, and satisfaction degrees were examined via questionnaires. Second, the service improvement techniques for satisfying the reader needs were developed by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Improvement, User Needs (Information)
Appleton, Leo; Abernethy, Paul – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
This article discusses the UK higher education environment and how increasing student expectations have led to students engaging with their academic institutions as partners. The differences between consumerist and partnership models of engagement are discussed and the article includes a UK-based case study which illustrates how effective student…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Academic Support Services, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Student Participation
Kaplan, Tali Balas; Giffard, Sue; Still-Schiff, Jennifer; Dolloff, Andrea K. – Knowledge Quest, 2013
This article is presented by four librarians who have come together as a creative team at Ethical Culture School in New York City. As elementary school librarians, their goal is to develop and support curriculum where children's developmental needs are given central importance. By putting the thinking, interests, information needs, and the…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Classification, Childrens Literature, School Libraries
Ray, Mark – Knowledge Quest, 2013
The exponential influx of digital content and mobile devices into schools begs for school librarians to engage in discussions and decision making about the selection, classification, management, and distribution of content ranging from e-books to open educational resources. As information professionals, school librarians should channel their inner…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, User Needs (Information), Library Materials
Addison, Colleen; Meyers, Eric – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Information literacy, 40 years since the term was coined, remains a conceptually contested aspect of library and information science research. This paper uses a review of the literature related to the concept of information literacy to identify three different perspectives, their historical origins, and connection to library and information…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Concept Formation, Information Science Education, Educational Research
Vista, Alvin – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2013
This paper aims to present an alternative and simple method to improve the filtering of search results so as to increase the efficiency of literature searches, particularly for individual researchers who have limited logistical resources. The method proposed here is scope restriction using an impact-based filter, made possible by the emergence of…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Online Searching, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Bankole, Olubanke M. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the extent and level of internet access and use among scientists at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Nigeria, its impact on their academic activities and the constraints faced in internet use. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire survey with all the 125 scientists in the Faculty of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, College Faculty, Internet
Waldman, Amy – Public Services Quarterly, 2013
Community and technical colleges have a long-established tradition of instructing students in library use with the goal of increasing information literacy and life-long learning (Branch & Gilchrist, 1996). This article will briefly summarize that history and discuss the impact the information age has had in altering the ways in which that…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Technical Institutes, College Environment, Library Instruction
Jamil, Mubashrah; Tariq, Riaz-ul-Haq; Jamil, Shaziah – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2013
Aim of this study was to investigate the availability and utilizations of existing resources of the libraries of those universities and GCETs [Government College for Elementary Teachers] where ADE [Associate Degree in Education] and B.Ed. (Hons) elementary programs were launched during the year 2010-2011. Total 70% GCETs and 80% universities were…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Users (Information), Academic Libraries
Lea, Mark Keith – ProQuest LLC, 2013
During this period of radical change in the field of information technology there is evidence of confusion about the role of school library media specialists in the implementation, and the administration of emerging information technologies in Wisconsin public schools. This study sought to answer the question what is the role of the school library…
Descriptors: Role, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Librarians
Hoffmann, Kristin; Doucette, Lise – College & Research Libraries, 2012
While there is a considerable body of literature that presents the results of citation analysis studies, most researchers do not provide enough detail in their methodology to reproduce the study, nor do they provide rationale for methodological decisions. In this paper, we review the methodologies used in 34 recent articles that present a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citation Analysis, Library Materials, Library Services
Bottorff, Tim; Todd, Andrew – College & Research Libraries, 2012
Statistical reporting of library instruction (LI) activities has historically focused on measures relevant to face-to-face (F2F) settings. However, newer forms of LI conducted in the online realm may be difficult to count in traditional ways, leading to inaccurate reporting to both internal and external stakeholders. A thorough literature review…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Surveys, Librarians
Irvin Morris, Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation is about a group of African American inner-city public librarians who, over the course of 16 months, read the literary genre Street Lit in an inquiry-based book club for the purpose of professional development. I explore their literary responses to Street Literature to learn what it means to be an educated, African American…
Descriptors: Librarians, Public Libraries, Urban Areas, African Americans