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Martha Bongiorno – Knowledge Quest, 2024
In the author's decade-long journey as a school library media specialist, they have witnessed an evolution in the role of education. In today's increasingly interconnected world, going beyond traditional literacy and nurturing informed, empathetic global citizens is becoming a fundamental aspect of our teaching and learning. The United Nations'…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, School Libraries, Global Approach, Library Role
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Socol, Ira – Knowledge Quest, 2014
In this article Ira Socol explores the pros and cons of Paul Tough's "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character." As Tough told Valerie Strauss, "The book is about two things: first, an emerging body of research that shows the importance of so-called non-cognitive skills in children's…
Descriptors: Library Services, Criticism, Misconceptions, Educational Research
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Menchaca, Frank – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
In the last two decades, fundamental changes in information distribution, in the general economy, and in the behaviors of faculty, students, and library staff have problematized the question of an academic library's value and how it can be measured. This article reviews those changes and, drawing on research linked to the Collegiate Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Academic Achievement
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Ryan, Jenna; Porter, Marjorie; Miller, Rebecca – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
Current literature on libraries is abundant with articles about the uses and the potential of new interactive communication technology, including Web 2.0 tools. Recently, the advent and use of virtual worlds have received top billing in these works. Many library institutions are exploring these virtual environments; this exploration and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Virtual Classrooms, Social Environment, Library Automation
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Muir, Gordon; Heller-Ross, Holly – Public Services Quarterly, 2010
Embedded librarians, connected with students and faculty inside the classroom, lab and studio, have new opportunities for preparing students for research and for collaborating with faculty on course-integrated information literacy, research assignment design, teaching, assignment interpretation, and timely student assistance. What makes embedded…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Academic Libraries
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Baughman, M. Sue – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2008
Teams play an important role in the University of Maryland (UM) Libraries. Since 1998, teams and collaborative teamwork have become the way librarians address the myriad of issues affecting the needs of UM's faculty, students, and staff. There has been much change in the UM Libraries over the past nine years, and the development is ongoing.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Librarians, Library Services
Pnevmatikos, Demetres – 1993
Educational technology tends to be characterized by a lack of targets; therefore, it is time for education to define its targets in aspiring to the school of the future and consider the option of calling in experts from other fields to help in problem solving. This paper predicts that while classroom design may not change too much, classrooms will…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Objectives, Cultural Pluralism
Dalton, Phyllis I. – 1979
Based on the author's observation of the activities of this pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services and a synthesis of the reactions of the conference delegates, this evaluation assesses the extent to which this conference, held in Juneau on March 8-9, 1979, met its own objectives. A discussion of library and information…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Conferences, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Dalton, Phyllis I. – 1979
The adequacy of the Village Library Project, headquartered in Nome, Alaska, to meet the library service needs and desires of the people in 18 villages on Seward Peninsula, St. Lawrence Island, and Diomede is evaluated in this report. Sections are devoted to the goals of the evaluation, evaluation procedure, goals and objectives of the project,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Library Cooperation, Library Extension
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Murfin, Marjorie E. – Reference Librarian, 1995
The history of user evaluation of reference service is traced and related to other methods of reference evaluation, including librarian self-reports of success, behavioral guidelines, and observation. The advantages and disadvantages of user-report methodology are considered. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, History
Tait, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This publication consists of a set of case studies of quality assurance practices in distance teaching universities. The case studies are particularly relevant at a time when universities in many parts of the world, both new and established distance teaching universities, are placing great emphasis on reviewing and revising what they do in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Popov, Vladimir – 1979
The adoption of a multilateral international convention on the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) is the best possible guarantee for the practical implementation of the decisions and recommendations of the UNESCO UAP conference to be held in 1981-82. This convention should declare the principle of UAP and should determine the basic…
Descriptors: Conferences, Copyrights, Information Services, Interlibrary Loans
Brandys, Barbara; Daghita, Joan; Whitmore, Susan – 2002
This paper reports on a program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library that was instituted to train library technicians to work at the Information Desk as Reference Assistants; the objectives of the program were to train library technicians to become reference assistants, to free up librarians' time for new work assignments, and to…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Job Training, Library Services, Library Technicians
Barber, Peggy – American Libraries, 1997
The Communications Director of the American Library Association (ALA) offers five reasons librarians should claim literacy as their top professional mission: the "America Reads Challenge" to ensure that all 8-year-olds can read by the year 2000; the ALA's experience in literacy programs; the issue's universality; the success of past…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Needs, Computers, Educational Objectives
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Powers, Janet E. – Library Trends, 1995
Special libraries developed in response to a need for quick access to specific information. Integrated marketing in special libraries focuses the library toward strategic planning and offers the opportunity to develop more effective library services. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Environmental Scanning, Information Needs, Information Technology
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