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Matthew Goldberg – Journal of Access Services, 2024
For the last decade or more, circulation numbers of physical materials have declined in academic libraries across the United States. In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically altered society and daily life, not to mention library functions. In particular, fears of contagion via physical surfaces and transmission by contact led many…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Zhao, Shuzhen; Luo, Rong; Sabina, Christine; Pillon, Karen – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This study assessed the influence of information literacy training on graduate students' self-rated ability to search using academic databases and the internet to find information, as well as their objective information literacy skills through a survey in 2017 at the University of Windsor. After controlling for a comprehensive set of covariates,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Information Literacy, Training, Library Materials
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Moon Kim; Angel Diaz; Betsaida M. Reyes; Florence N. Mugambi; Paolo P. Gujilde – College & Research Libraries, 2025
This study explores how acquisitions practices and infrastructure influence building diverse distinctive collections within Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions. Through a survey of the existing acquisitions practices within ARL institutions, this study interrogates the collections-based methodologies that are utilized to…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Diversity, Library Services, Research Libraries
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Doll, Christopher M. – Public Services Quarterly, 2021
This study sought to (1) Determine how international students conduct research. (2) Determine whether international students conduct research in the way they perceive that they do. (3) Determine whether international students are efficient in conducting research. This study collected data from 67 international students who attend the University of…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, Student Research, Library Research
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Garnett, Johanna – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
Academic libraries have been subjected to disruptive events throughout history. Academic literature primarily provides case study examples of incidents, guidance on developing an emergency management plan or advice on recovering or restoring items, particularly related to Special Collections, which require specific handling expertise.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Resilience (Psychology), Emotional Intelligence, Staff Development
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Emilee Mathews – College & Research Libraries, 2025
A limited number of interlocking institutions provide career opportunities within contemporary visual art, which affects both who is seen and written about. This paper compares the proportions of recent art exhibition reviews and catalogs to artists' race and gender, and how that is reflected in library collections. Overall, publications covered…
Descriptors: Publications, Exhibits, Library Materials, Academic Libraries
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Janet Calderon – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2024
A diversity audit of the natural resources monographs took place in the spring and summer of 2022 at the California Polytechnic University, Humboldt Library. The goals of the audit were to construct a diversity audit that could be undertaken with very limited time and personnel availability. The findings have provided the library with important…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Materials, Library Development, Librarians
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O'Neill, Brittany; LeBlanc, Allen – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
This study explored the language preferences of instructors at Louisiana State University for library resources and whether library terminology influenced those choices. Participants were presented with both screen captures and definitions of electronic library resources and were asked to identify them in their own words. Faculty did not use…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Research Libraries, Library Materials, Language Attitudes
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Diane Mizrachi; Michal Bus?ek – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This is the story of six books looted by Nazis from the Jewish Religious Community Library in Prague (JRCLP) that were discovered recently in the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Library. No scholarly literature describing similar experiences of North American academic libraries was found, nor were any professional guidelines for…
Descriptors: Books, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Antisocial Behavior
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Lambert, Joshua – Journal of Access Services, 2022
The Missouri State University Libraries Access Services implemented an evidence-based process to move many books and shelves. That process included measuring the collection, performing quality control checks, creating a plan, and defining regular waypoints to keep the shift from deviating from the plan. This article describes the move, the ideas…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Services, Library Materials, Library Administration
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Alexandra Kohn; Dawn McKinnon – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Many libraries and archives have recently released statements about harmful material in their collections and the descriptions of these collections. However, these types of statements are not required for any professional accreditation or membership, nor are there specific guidelines to follow. This study collected and analyzed statements from…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Materials, Guidelines, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Thomas L. Walker II – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Public institutions of higher education have seen mandatory state budget cuts for more than 20years, with each year's cut being larger than the previous. These statewide education cuts have affected academic libraries in a major way, resulting in purchasing cutbacks, decreased subscription renewals and cancellations. These drastic cuts in library…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Research Libraries, Budgeting
Brian Lavoie; Dennis Massie; Chela Scott Weber – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2023
As art libraries face challenges from an evolving environment, repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic, and static or diminishing resources, finding sustainable pathways forward becomes an increasing priority. An important option for art research collections in achieving long-term sustainability is collaboration. This report explores…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Art, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries
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Iguehi Joy Ikenwe; Afebuameh James Aiyebelehin – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2024
Although many Nigerian universities are making efforts to provide access to digital library resources, the level of utilization of these resources have not been encouraging due to several factors. Information literacy has been identified as a major factor when considering the factors that enhance use of digital resources. In view of this, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Library Materials
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Antonia Mocatta; Ryan Stoker; Lisa McIntosh – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
This paper examines the University of Sydney Library's development and piloting of a methodology to survey its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural collections, to enhance catalogue metadata and allow culturally sensitive material to be identified and protected. The research falls broadly within the interpretivist epistemology and draws…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Services
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