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Tolppanen, Bradley P. – Journal of Access Services, 2021
This article presents the results of an online survey of access services departments at academic libraries on the responses implemented during the initial stage of COVID-19 in March-May 2020. The 33-question survey was completed by 121 respondents. The article identifies policies and procedures adopted by access services departments during the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Poole, Karen – Journal of Information Literacy, 2021
This project report describes the rationale for moving a one-shot library teaching session on advanced searching for systematic reviews to a flipped classroom approach (e-learning ahead of face-to-face teaching) and the process this took. It examines the e-learning and active learning elements designed to support learners engage with challenging…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Search Strategies, Literature Reviews, Active Learning
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Teasdale, Rebecca M. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: Evaluation of public library makerspaces traditionally examines achievement of library goals, which reflect leaders' and funders' values. Understanding makers' experiences and perspectives may help evaluators frame their inquiry to reflect community values, test assumptions about makers and support democratic and equity-focused aims. This…
Descriptors: Females, Public Libraries, Adults, Information Technology
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Mallon, Melissa – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
The Internet Resources column is designed to be a clearinghouse for free, online websites or apps; each column focuses on a theme relevant to current issues and trends in academic libraries and features resources selected to make the lives of public services librarians easier. While academic library budget woes may not be quite as drastic as they…
Descriptors: Grantsmanship, Grants, Librarians, Library Services
Olorunfemi, Temidayo – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Veterans constitute a significant group in society, and reports have shown that the number of disabled veterans keeps increasing. More than 50,000 United States troops have been injured since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began and the numbers will increase until the troops are withdrawn (Geiling, Rosen, & Edwards, 2012). Consequently,…
Descriptors: Veterans, Disabilities, Library Services, Users (Information)
Chelsea McCracken; Ruby MacDougall – ITHAKA S+R, 2025
Research data services--support offerings which enable and improve data-intensive research--have garnered sustained attention from library research support service providers for nearly two decades. Libraries have played a leading role in developing research data services, and on most university campuses they provide the largest and most diverse…
Descriptors: Researchers, Data Analysis, Research Methodology, Universities
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Leung, Lok-Man; Chiu, Dickson; Lo, Patrick – School Library Research, 2020
The purpose of the research was to explore the collaboration between public libraries and schools in Hong Kong from the perspective of school librarians. Three school librarians were interviewed (semi-structured), and their responses were thematically analyzed. Collaboration between public libraries and the three schools was well received and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Libraries, Librarians, Institutional Cooperation
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Litsey, Ryan; Allen, Chisholm; Cassidy, Ryan; DeVet, Katherine E.; McEniry, Matthew – Journal of Access Services, 2020
3D printers represent a significant financial investment for academic libraries. The development of makerspaces and other library provided services centered around this technology is a testament to the role these technologies can play in offering new resources to students. However, given the investment it behooves the academic library to work to…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, Printing, Instructional Materials
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Keba, Michelle; Fairall, Elizabeth – Communications in Information Literacy, 2020
Information literacy is the primary instructional focus of many librarians. With the development of a core set of information literacy threshold concepts, librarians often strive to impart these concepts to undergraduate students during their years of study. However, when students come to school, they are not blank slates. They arrive with…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Misconceptions, First Year Seminars, College Freshmen
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Passehl-Stoddart, Erin; Snipes, Genifer – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
The University of Oregon (UO) Libraries recently launched the campus's first ideation room, the Innovation, Design, Education, and Aspire (IDEA) Space. The IDEA Space differentiates from other creative spaces such as makerspaces, digital humanities labs, and media centres by its focus on the intellectual aspects of the design thinking process --…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Cooperation, Design
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Cheng, James; Hoffman, Starr – College & Research Libraries, 2020
This study surveyed librarians, researchers, administrators, and others engaged in research on the impact of academic libraries on student success. This study, sponsored by an ACRL Impact Grant, specifically sought to expand the ACRL "Academic Library Impact" report, which defined strategic directions for library impact research, largely…
Descriptors: Librarians, Administrators, Academic Libraries, Academic Achievement
Takeuchi, Lori; Sobel, Kiley – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2020
The aim of the Families Learning Across Boundaries Project (FamLAB) is to create an ecosystem that can enable and encourage young children's interest-driven learning across settings. With this in mind, the authors surveyed 407 professionals working in libraries--including librarians, media specialists, circulation managers, directors, and outreach…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Role, Student Interests, Childhood Interests
Hughes-Hassell, Sandra – ALA Editions, 2020
With a renewed emphasis on facilitating learning, supporting multiple literacies, and advancing equity and inclusion, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this trusted text provides models and tools that will enable library staff who serve youth to create and maintain collections that provide equitable access to all youth. And as…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Librarians, Access to Information
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Munson, Kurt; Thompson, Hilary H. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
Using the 2011 and 2015 survey by the Reference and User Services Association Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (RUSA STARS) of international interlibrary loans (ILL), the authors explore barriers to this method of meeting patrons' information needs. They evaluate international ILL in the context of developments in the…
Descriptors: Library Services, Users (Information), Barriers, Library Materials
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Miller, Shannon McClintock; Ray, Mark – Knowledge Quest, 2018
As part of the national Future Ready Librarians initiative at the Alliance for Excellent Education, Mark Ray and Shannon McClintock Miller serve as national advocates for school library programs and librarians. Mark and Shannon began their library advocacy careers in school libraries. For eight years, Shannon was the district librarian in Van…
Descriptors: Librarians, Advocacy, Library Services, School Libraries
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