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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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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