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Victor Chad Freeze – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is little literature on what community college library deans must do to transform the community college library into an integral part of modern community colleges. Using a qualitative approach, this study examines the roles and responsibilities of an effective leader in a community college library. Semi-structured interviews with six Texas…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Deans, Academic Libraries, Community Colleges
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Katherine E. DeVet – Journal of Access Services, 2024
With resource sharing staff staying an average of 3-5 years, capturing policies and procedures to facilitate onboarding and strengthen institutional memory is key in building consistent workflows. Creating documentation was a multi-stage process executed over several years. Initially, the staff supervisor wrote office policies and assigned staff…
Descriptors: Documentation, Shared Resources and Services, Library Personnel, Library Policy
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Hwang, Soo-Yeon; Elkins, Susan; Hanson, Michael; Shotwell, Trent; Thompson, Molly – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
Promoting an institutional repository (IR) to both faculty and end-users can be challenging. We surveyed academic libraries with an IR in Texas, and asked both library administrators and IR managers about their efforts to promote and grow their IR in both size and downloads. In addition, we studied the websites of Association of Research Libraries…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, College Faculty, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel
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Litsey, Ryan; Harris, Rea; London, Jessie – Journal of Access Services, 2018
Library workflows are an area where repetitive stress can potentially reduce staff efficiency. Day to day activities that require a repetitive motion can bring about physical and psychological fatigue. For library managers, it is important to seek ways in which this type of repetitive stress can be alleviated while having the added benefit of…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Staff Development, Library Services, Computer Games
Kenan, Sharon K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technological innovations have transformed all areas of community college libraries. Automated library systems, office software, and Internet access have altered work processes for library personnel and have changed research methodologies for students and faculty. The purpose of this bounded multiple case study was to explore how the adoption of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Libraries, Influence of Technology, Library Personnel
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Oakleaf, Megan; Millet, Michelle S.; Kraus, Leah – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
Trinity University has established effective strategies for engaging faculty, administrators, and staff in information literacy instruction and assessment. Succeeding in an area in which many libraries struggle, the Coates Library at Trinity University offers a model for libraries seeking to actively engage their campuses through 1) establishing a…
Descriptors: Libraries, Information Literacy, College Faculty, Administrators
Ury, Connie Jo, Ed.; Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Park, Sarah G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
Twenty-one scholarly papers and fourteen abstracts comprise the content of the ninth annual "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium," held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Software Evaluation, Student Employment
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008
This guide is based on findings of a year-long study undertaken by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to evaluate Institute-sponsored programs for youth aged 9-19 between 1998 and 2003, and discussion with the IMLS Youth Action Committee and practitioners about the kind of information needed for planning and implementing effective…
Descriptors: Community Development, Youth Programs, Informal Education, Museums
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1990
The result of a joint effort of the Texas State Library and the Statistics Committee of the Texas Council of State University Librarians, this publication provides a comprehensive source of statistical data on academic libraries in the state. The report contains a directory of the 150 participating institutions (33 four-year public schools, 32…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Circulation
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Texas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1995
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1994 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains only local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statistics book are contained…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
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Texas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1996
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1995 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statistics book are contained in…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
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Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 2000
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1999 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Section I, Summary Statistics, contains data on statewide public library statistics, summary…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities, Library Funding
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1991
The statistical data on Texas academic libraries presented in this report were extracted from the 1988 national Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) database, which was obtained from the U.S. Department of Education. The statistics supersede those previously published in "Texas Academic Library Statistics, 1988." The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Circulation
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Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1994
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1993 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains only local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statbook are contained in…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1988
Information presented in this report is taken from the 1986 Annual Report/System Membership Applications submitted by public libraries in Texas. The report is divided into five sections which contain: (1) general information, including listings of the Texas State Library governing or advisory committees; the Texas State Library Administrative…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Financial Support, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
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