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Gustafson, Julia Chance; Meese, Brenda L. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
This article will highlight key points in the process of collaboration, creation, and assessment of a digital collection intended to be used initially as a classroom tool, in addition to being a model of digital scholarship that can be used for research from anywhere in the world. This project originated from a class assignment for a course in…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Females, Physical Education, Womens Athletics
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Davis, Jinnie Y.; Adams, Mignon; Hardesty, Larry – College & Research Libraries, 2011
For-profit schools constitute the fastest-growing sector of higher education institutions in the United States. Yet accompanying the phenomenal growth of these proprietary colleges and universities has been considerable controversy over the role that the profit motive should play in higher education. The literature of higher education contains…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Educational History
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Connell, Tschera Harkness – College & Research Libraries, 2011
In this paper the author compares the use of digital materials that have been deposited in The Ohio State University (OSU) Knowledge Bank (KB). Comparisons are made for content considered in scope of the university archives and those considered out of scope, for materials originating from different campus sources, and for different types of…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Library Services
Kupfer, Shannon – Computers in Libraries, 2010
In 2009, after a year of planning and preparation, the second generation of Ohio Memory was launched. A collaborative effort of the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) and the State Library of Ohio, Ohio Memory is a repository for more than 75,000 digital items, including photographs, journals, and other manuscript materials, as well as print documents…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Cultural Background, Library Automation, Library Development
Brodie, Carolyn S.; Byerly, Greg; Tepe, Ann E. – School Library Journal, 2006
When parents help kids with their homework or get involved in an assignment, they're doing more than showing an interest in their children's education--they're helping them succeed. And since everyone knows that well-equipped school libraries make a huge difference in student achievement, there's a real need to make parents aware of the media…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, School Libraries, Library Services
Oye, Karen – Computers in Libraries, 2007
Over the last decade, many of Kelvin Smith Library's (KSL) content delivery services have gone digital, and some, such as enhanced course reserves products, are new to the market. The best digital library services have given KSL options and integrated solutions that allow it to do more than it thought possible just a few years ago. As with many…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Computer Software, Library Services, Academic Libraries
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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
Mansfield, Meribah – Library Journal, 1997
Examines the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) which provides access to the state's public library resources; federal, state, and regional information resources; and other electronic information resources. Describes OPLIN's role in Ohio, hardware and services provided, mission, origin, funding, staff training, databases, future plans…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Libraries
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Fatzer, Jill B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Explores the cases of two states, Louisiana and Ohio, which found budget problems to be the occasion for concerted statewide efforts to improve academic library services. Both states ultimately established statewide multipurpose resource-sharing academic library consortia, supported by electronic library networks, as the solutions to their very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Case Studies, Change Agents