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Wang, Jianrong; Gao, Vera – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004
This study examines sixty academic libraries' Web sites and finds that 80 percent of them do not have a technical services' homepage. Data reveal that institution's status might be a factor in whether a library has such a page. Further content analysis suggests there is an appropriate and useful public service role that technical services…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Public Service, Content Analysis, Academic Libraries
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O'Hanlon, Nancy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
This article describes a role for the academic library in the campus outcomes assessment process and reports on a study to determine the impact of the Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries' instructional program on several required general education courses. Although university curriculum documents prescribe research-related learning objectives…
Descriptors: Library Research, Program Effectiveness, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction
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Schumacher, Mark – RQ, 1986
Educational research textbooks often portray online computer searching as available only from distant database producers, or as something students can do for themselves without assistance from a reference librarian/search intermediary. User education may be needed in this area to correct users' misconceptions. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Content Analysis, Educational Research, Graduate Study
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Naylor, Alice Phoebe – Library Trends, 1987
Examines changes in the perceptions of public library children's services by library professionals through a content analysis of entries in "Library Literature" since 1958 which refer to children's library services and populations served. The opinions of current library administrators are compared to those of 100 years ago. (EM)
Descriptors: Children, Content Analysis, History, Indexes