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Rempel, Jennifer – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2019
Offering students synchronous research and reference help can be a challenge for libraries that offer services at a distance. Virtual office hours can be a means of overcoming this challenge, allowing patrons the opportunity to seek timely point-of-need assistance. The author implemented a librarian-led virtual office hours pilot project at her…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Niqresh, Mohammad – International Education Studies, 2019
The study aims at identifying the concept of digital library, it also tries to shed the light on the most significant intellectual issues by presenting its definition, development, functions (selection and acquisition of information resources from the web, sources indexing, communication and management of intellectual property rights, production…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Electronic Libraries, Information Sources
Campana, Kathleen; Mills, J. Elizabeth; Kociubuk, Jacqueline; Martin, Michelle H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
This article details the findings from Project LOCAL (Library Outreach as a Community Anchor in Learning), a mixed-methods study that explored how public libraries contribute to educational equity by going into community locations to reach and serve families and children in underserved communities who cannot come into the library due to a variety…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Role, Library Services, Equal Education
Ullah, Hazir; Shoaib, Muhammad; Ali, Nusrat; Ullah, Raza – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2022
This article attempted to evaluate digital research support services in the context of higher education institutions in Pakistan during COVID-19. Researchers opted quantitative study design to conduct an online survey. A well-structured questionnaire was sent to 6200 university students through an email address. A total of 3122 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
Sandi, Satagaliyeva; Olga, Kalegina; Nadezhda, Yashina; Zhetibayev, Zhanture; Nurmaganbetov, Znumarsa – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2022
The purpose of this research is to get university students' views on a promising library and information education model. This study was designed in the phenomenological pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consists of 80 students studying at various universities in Kazakhstan in the 2021-2022…
Descriptors: Models, Library Science, Information Science, College Students
Cooper, Danielle Miriam; Ruediger, Dylan; Skinner, Makala – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
In 2021, Ithaka S+R conducted a survey designed to provide insight into the streaming media strategies libraries are adopting and the challenges they are facing. The survey tracked the vendors libraries are most commonly working with, acquisition models and licensing agreements, current and projected budgets for streaming, and the digitization of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Internet, Library Services, Academic Libraries
Katie Racki; Jessica Peppard; Rachel Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This mixed-method study explored teachers' perceptions of the Living Libraries (LL) professional development program. The study investigated the program's perceived effectiveness and impact on students' reading skills. Additionally, the researchers sought to understand how LL trained teachers perceived the program as aiding their reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Professional Development, Library Skills
Tamara Cox – Knowledge Quest, 2023
The high-quality instruction offered in the school library and in collaboration with classroom teachers helps students understand and practice the content standards. School librarians should begin by collaborating within their school building and then thoughtfully expand those connections to neighboring schools, community organizations, and state…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Cooperation, School Personnel, Educational Quality
Yong Ju Jung; Soo Hyeon Kim; Gi Woong Choi – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to revisit previous design principles and guidelines for online makerspaces in public libraries (Kim et al., 2020) and expand the design principles with more updated implications and examples from the literature published during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The authors reviewed…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Electronic Libraries, Cooperative Learning
Monica Vimbai Chatikobo; Notice Pasipamire – Cogent Education, 2024
The rapid developments in technology and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) have prompted a need for librarians to revamp their information literacy services. This article evaluates the potential for integrating AI into information literacy (IL) instruction at Bindura University of Science Education Library (BUSEL) by employing the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Erin Morgan Tweedel Kizziar – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School librarians are in a time of great change. Their positions, across the United States of America, have been cut in recent years. School librarians must find a way to gain the support of school library stakeholders in order to survive library attrition. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore school library…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Role, School Libraries, Stakeholders
Rose, Rebecca; Nesbitt, Teresa; Galloup, Allison – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
A commuter campus library hosted an art exhibit in November 2019 to increase engagement levels of local high school and university students and to involve them in scholarly activities. The exhibit displayed student, faculty, and staff submissions on campus. The library space on campus features comfortable seating and desktop computers, with a…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, Art Products, Exhibits, High School Students
Smith-Yoshimura, Karen – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2020
The OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group, first established in 1993, is one of the longest-standing groups within the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP), a transnational network of research libraries. The Focus Group provides a forum for administrators responsible for creating and managing metadata in their…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Management, Library Services, Data
Smith-Yoshimura, Karen – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2020
This annotated bibliography provides more details on the "Hanging Together" posts referred to in "Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata" (see ED617919), primarily summaries of discussions by the OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group in 2015-2020. The order of the sections matches that in the…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Management, Library Services, Data
Smith, Aida Marissa; Cook, Beth R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
This case study discusses the implementation of formal organizational learning activities at the Richard G. Trefry Library, which serves the American Public University System, an accredited, for-profit, asynchronous institution of higher education. Discussed are the challenges and solutions throughout the implementation processes along with the…
Descriptors: Organizational Learning, Electronic Libraries, Labor Force, Academic Libraries