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Download full textDrake, Paul B., Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
The 29th Annual Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA) Conference was held November 21 through November 26, 2019 and the primary venue was the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Library, University of Guam in Mangilao, U.S. Territory of Guam. This volume includes a listing of 2018-2019 PIALA Officers and Board…
Descriptors: Publishing Industry, Research, Health, Ownership
Direct linkYang, Sharon Q. – Computers in Libraries, 2012
The study looked into the 307 Koha libraries listed in Breeding's Library Technology Guides. Since all the tag clouds in Koha are user-contributed, their adoption and usage can shed light on the extent to which libraries are supporting user tagging. The research also revealed that public library users are more actively involved in tagging than…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, Indexing, Metadata
Niu, Xi – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Since the adoption of faceted search in a small number of academic libraries in 2006, faceted library catalogs have gained popularity in many academic and public libraries. This dissertation seeks to understand whether faceted search improves the interactions between searchers and library catalogs and to understand ways that facets are used in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Design Requirements, Accuracy
Nesi, Olga – School Library Journal, 2010
Readers' advisory with middle schoolers does not come easily. In an effort to expand students' reading horizons, the author describes how to teach students to speak intelligently and thoughtfully about their book preferences. She cites Joyce Saricks's "Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library" (ALA, 2005), a book that gave her the clarity…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Reading Material Selection, Public Libraries, Librarians
Meyer, Jeffrey – Computers in Libraries, 2009
It seems, at times, that a frantic race persists to ensure that a child, in the crucial learning stages of early elementary education, acquires the appropriate reading level before he or she "gets behind." Though there are obvious issues with branding a book "Grade Level One" or "Reading Level 2.2," it is nevertheless…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Public Libraries, Online Catalogs, Emergent Literacy
Cohen, Arlene, Ed. – Online Submission, 2006
This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from PIALA annual conferences, however, for the first time, two PIALA conferences (PIALA 2004 and PIALA 2005) are published in one volume, containing papers from both events. Both conferences featured papers by local Micronesian and Pacific Islands experts, as well as presenters…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel
