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Direct linkKerr-Campbell, Maureen; Salmon, Frances – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2013
The incorporation of visual resources in academia is becoming increasingly popular. The Cousins Hereward Postcard Collection comprises 212 postcards that depict social, historical, cultural, and economic activities in Jamaica during the period 1900-1912. Illustrations include social conditions of the working class and peasantry, natural history…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Heritage Education, Local History
Dahl, David – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
In September 2008, the Albert S. Cook Library at Towson University implemented an intranet to support the various functions of the library's Reference Department. This intranet is called the RefPortal. After exploring open source options and other Web 2.0 tools, the department (under the guidance of the library technology coordinator) chose…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Library Services, Database Management Systems, Information Management
Etches-Johnson, Amanda; Baird, Catherine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
The days of top-down communication and controlled internal messages at a library organization are--or should be--behind us. Modern libraries must be fluid and flexible organizations with equally nimble internal communication infrastructures in place to keep up with the fast-paced environments that have been created in these organizations. As is…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Internet, Knowledge Management, Database Management Systems
Power, June L. – Journal of Access Services, 2007
In 2004, Sampson-Livermore Library at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, began circulating laptops to its patrons. After a small pilot project, full-scale implementation occurred and the service proved to be very popular. Policies and procedures were adjusted at several steps along the way to accommodate lessons learned from the…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Library Equipment, Academic Libraries, Library Automation
Johnson, Wendell; Burke, Adam – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2003
In response to the changing educational landscape of the community college, reference librarians must adapt their service to fit the information needs of their patrons. One such update is synchronous digital reference, which applies instant messaging technology to library service. Todd Library at Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove, Illinois)…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Reference Services, Library Services, Synchronous Communication
Poe, Jodi; McAbee, Sonja – Journal of Access Services, 2007
Jacksonville State University's (JSU) Houston Cole (HCL) Library has always provided access to required course readings through a reserve circulation system. Prior to 2002, this services was "print based," requiring students to photocopy materials held physically at the reserve desk in the library. In 2002, the library integrated the…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Development
