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Archival Research: Using Modern Techniques to Reveal the Past. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Maureen Wangard – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
In 2014, I began dissertation research examining the leadership of Father Paul Reinert, S.J., former president and chancellor at Saint Louis University. Father Reinert was an influential figure within the field of Catholic higher education at the local, national, and international levels; however, despite his significant contributions to higher…
Descriptors: Archives, Higher Education, Catholic Schools, Leadership Styles
From Mary Virginia Gaver to the CLASS Research Summit: A Journey toward Causality and Student Success
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Soulen, Rita R. – Knowledge Quest, 2016
Mary Virginia Gaver conducted the first correlational research in the field of school libraries. Many in the field trace the beginning of the search for proof that effective school libraries impact student learning to her study published just over fifty years ago. While conducting her study she developed measures of the effectiveness of school…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Role, Electronic Libraries
Journal Usage at Department and Research Group Level
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McCullough, Ian – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
Journal usage in the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron from 2006 to 2011 was determined by counting citations within faculty-supervised dissertations and faculty publications. Ranked title lists were created and correlations between journal usage in faculty publications and faculty-supervised dissertations were measured…
Descriptors: Faculty Publishing, Doctoral Dissertations, Correlation, Citation Analysis
Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries. OCLC Research Position Paper
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Padilla, Thomas – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2019
Responsible Operations is intended to help chart library community engagement with data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) and was developed in partnership with an advisory group and a landscape group comprised of more than 70 librarians and professionals from universities, libraries, museums, archives, and other…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology
Documenting the Conversation: A Systematic Review of Library Discovery Layers
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Bossaller, Jenny S.; Sandy, Heather Moulaison – College & Research Libraries, 2017
This article describes the results of a systematic review of peer-reviewed, published research articles about "discovery layers," user-friendly interfaces or systems that provide single-search box access to library content. Focusing on articles in LISTA published 2009-2013, a set of 80 articles was coded for community of users, journal…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Online Searching
Organizational Influences in Technology Adoption Decisions: A Case Study of Digital Libraries
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Oguz, Fatih – College & Research Libraries, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand the organizational level decision factors in technology adoption in the context of digital libraries. A qualitative case study approach was used to investigate the adoption of a specific technology, XML-based Web services, in digital libraries. Rogers' diffusion of innovations and Wenger's communities of…
Descriptors: Organizational Climate, Case Studies, Electronic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas)