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Handfield, Amy E. – Journal of Access Services, 2017
This article addresses the development of electronic reserves within academic libraries. Libraries have been offering electronic reserve services on separate platforms since the 1990s (Austin, 2013). However, since the integration of campus-wide content management systems (CMSs), the need for a library reserves platform that is independent from an…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Archives, Case Studies, Academic Libraries
New York State Education Department, 2016
In April 2010, the New York State Board of Regents challenged the library community to rethink the State's vast array of library services to ensure that they are aligned with modern expectations and the expanded functions needed in today's society, operate with improved efficiency, and are prepared for the future as an essential and vibrant part…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Administration, Library Development, Strategic Planning
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Farrell, Robert – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
This article puts forward an "assessment/action research/publication" cycle that integrates aspects of the assessment, research, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) processes to provide academic librarians with a systematic approach for balancing competing workplace demands and give library managers a roadmap for creating a…
Descriptors: Action Research, Academic Libraries, Library Research, Critical Path Method
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Jankowski, Janiece – Journal of Access Services, 2013
In fall of 2011 the University at Buffalo Libraries circulation department undertook Six Sigma training for the purpose of overhauling its student scheduling process. The department was able to mitigate significant staffing budgetary reductions and resource reallocations and to overcome the unique challenges of scheduling student labor for a…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Scheduling, Library Services, Academic Libraries
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McKay, Devin – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
This article describes a library renovation project in a community college that involved using existing space and reorganizing it to support the way students learn both individually and collaboratively. The article also looks at the importance of the academic library as place.
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Higher Education
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Rupp, Eric; Sweetman, Kimberly; Perry, David – Journal of Access Services, 2010
In 2007, New York University's Bobst Library assembled a group of staff charged with suggesting improvements to circulation policy. As a result of these efforts many changes were implemented at the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic year, including extended loan periods and the elimination of routine daily overdue fines. The changes were…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Administration, Library Policy, Library Development
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Ganster, Ligaya; Schumacher, Bridget – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
This article demonstrates how Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, provides libraries with the opportunity to develop an outreach presence and information portal within an online community. While much of the recent literature examines Facebook and defines its potential use within libraries, this article focuses on the use of Facebook's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Library Automation
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Srivastava, Sandhya D.; Harpelburke, Pamela – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
This article documents the process used by the Hofstra University's Library and Faculty Senate to evaluate current serials title lists for different academic departments. The library has found that initiating this effort through the auspices of the Faculty Senate Library Subcommittee (FSLS) allows it to create an environment of legitimate concern…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Biology, College Governing Councils