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Library Journal, 2010
The self-service industry is thriving in the economic downturn. It is meeting increased acceptance by librarians and the public alike, and a new wave of innovations is close behind, according to an informal survey of some leading vendors. Whether the technology creates new points of service outside of the library--like a kiosk--or enhances what…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Library Services, Vendors, Librarians
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Singh, Neeraj Kumar; Mahajan, Preeti – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to give a brief description of some chemistry portals available worldwide, followed by a description of the chemistry portal developed for Panjab University Library, Chandigarh (India). Design/methodology/approach: A well-structured chemistry portal was designed for chemistry and its allied departments at Panjab University…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Academic Libraries, Web Sites, Library Services
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Guder, Christopher, Ed. – Public Services Quarterly, 2010
At a recent conference on technology and education, the theory of connectivism was a hot topic. Proponents of this educational theory argue that technology has changed so substantially in the past several decades that they must review previous learning theories to ensure that they accommodate new processes that technology makes possible.…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Learning Theories, Academic Libraries, Technology
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Covone, Nicole; Lamm, Mia – Public Services Quarterly, 2010
As learners and information users are changing, so must library services. Meeting user needs and expectations is a priority within the academic library experience. Embracing a proactive approach to library service is necessary in order to be successful and relevant in the academic environment. Breaking out of the stereotypical librarian mold, this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Librarians, Outreach Programs
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Avery, Beth Fuseler; Batman, Cindy – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2014
Far from being dusty old relics who are guardians of the book, embedded librarians need to be proactively leading students through the digital maze of the virtual library. Working with students more than 7,000 miles away changed perceptions of how to teach and learn, and how people interact online. We will share how as embedded librarians we…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Electronic Learning, Electronic Libraries, Library Services
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Wishart, Elsemieke – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2012
This research article explores the concept that libraries as communication centres in sub-Saharan Africa can play a vital role in bringing poverty relief by providing greater access to information through modern technology. It discusses the patrons who can benefit from community information centres and explores their particular needs. I have…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Role, Access to Information, Poverty
Guder, Christopher S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore how faculty and students responded to the Information Control section of the LibQUAL+® survey at two libraries with different Carnegie Classifications. As one of the institutions being studied was considering a shift from a research institution to one more focused on teaching and learning, this study used…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, User Satisfaction (Information), Users (Information)
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Bogel, Gayle – Knowledge Quest, 2012
Effective school libraries provide services that are based on meeting each individual's need for information. Information needs arise from both immediate and global communities--from the school building to the "flat world" of online connections. The strategy for successfully engaging individuals as lifelong learners begins with acknowledging the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, School Libraries
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Gee, James Paul – Knowledge Quest, 2012
People live in the midst of high-risk complex systems like global warming, a global economy, and global conflicts among civilizations and religions. The pace of change is faster than it has ever been. To succeed in this world children need 21st-century skills. Reading is most certainly one of these. But today reading keeps new company as it sits…
Descriptors: Computers, Popular Culture, Access to Computers, School Libraries
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Mallon, Melissa, Ed. – Public Services Quarterly, 2012
In their Top Trends of 2012, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) named data curation as one of the issues to watch in academic libraries in the near future (ACRL, 2012, p. 312). Data curation can be summarized as "the active and ongoing management of data through its life cycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Library Services, Librarians
Northam, Sarah H. – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Reference librarians are constantly balancing their reference duties against other duties, for example, collection development and departmental liaison. The author works as a reference librarian at Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries in Commerce, Texas. The university has approximately 11,000 students, a large number of whom are…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Library Services, Librarians, Library Administration
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Gilton, Donna L. – Knowledge Quest, 2012
Multicultural and ethnic literature is essential to people of all backgrounds and ages. It enables individuals from minority cultures to "learn, know, celebrate, and promote their own cultures," and it enables people from mainstream cultures to better understand diverse people. Almost one-third of Americans (30.6 percent) were people of color in…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Adolescent Literature, Multicultural Education, Trend Analysis
Hardin, Rebecca M. – School Library Monthly, 2012
The word "evaluation" often strikes fear in people, but the author is different. She has always been a person who thought of evaluation, in any form, as a way to make her better and help her strive for excellence. So naturally when her library supervisor announced at a meeting that they were going to do the American Association of School…
Descriptors: Library Services, Program Evaluation, School Libraries, Librarians
Breitbach, William – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Competition in the virtual reference market got really hot this past summer. Recent developments in virtual reference offerings suggest the market is much more dynamic than most people would have imagined a short time ago. With Google's acquisition of Meebo and its subsequent decision to shut down the chat widget service, many libraries scrambled…
Descriptors: Library Services, Reference Services, Library Development, Online Systems
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Jiang, Qian; Zhang, Yonghong – International Education Studies, 2011
From many aspects such as the resource construction, the talent group, and the mechanism and system, main factors to restrain the development of college library are analyzed, and corresponding countermeasures are proposed in this article.
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Barriers, Library Administration, Library Personnel
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