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Staley, David J.; Seaman, Scott; Theodore-Shusta, Eileen – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2012
A critical component of strategic planning is creating a shared-awareness among library staff of the potential societal, political, economic and technological changes that will influence how future users will create and consume scholarly materials, what will be expected of library services, and how facilities will be used. The ACRL Futuring…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Strategic Planning, Library Administration, Futures (of Society)
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Fry, Amy; Rich, Linda – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
In early 2010, library staff at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio designed and conducted a usability study of key parts of the library web site, focusing on the web pages generated by the library's electronic resources management system (ERM) that list and describe the library's databases. The goal was to discover how users find and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Databases, Web Sites
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Saines, Sherri – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
The Ohio University Libraries has been a part of the university's Freshman Year Experience (FYE) classes almost since their inception. Over the past ten years, we have tried many variations on the "library day" lesson plan, with various (low) success rates. For fall of 2010, the FYE coordinator asked for an extremely simple plan: just…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Film Study, Research Libraries, Library Services
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Black, Elizabeth L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2008
As use of learning management systems (LMS) increases, it is essential that librarians are there. Ohio State University Libraries took a toolkit approach to integrate library content in the LMS to facilitate creative and flexible interactions between librarians, students and faculty in Ohio State University's large and decentralized academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, State Universities, Librarians, Library Materials
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Burhanna, Kenneth J.; Seeholzer, Jamie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
This study explores Web 2.0 technologies in an academic library through focus groups with undergraduates at Kent State University. Results reveal that students, despite being heavy users, are less sophisticated and expressive in their use of Web 2.0 than presumed. Students set clear boundaries between educational and social spaces on the Web, and…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students
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Schneider, Tina M. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2002
Discusses the need for academic libraries to examine memberships in regional library systems given the presence of other networks and recent advances in communication. Describes results of a survey of academic libraries and regional systems in Ohio which found that continuing education and strong local connections were the main reasons for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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Gatten, Jeffrey N. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004
What is the impact of an academic library consortium on the perceptions of library services experienced by users of the member institutions' libraries? What is the impact of an academic library consortium on the perceptions of library services experienced by users of the member institutions libraries? In 2002 and 2003, OhioLINK (Ohio's consortium…
Descriptors: Consortia, Library Services, Academic Libraries, Benchmarking