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Xiaohua Awa Zhu; Erin E. Whitaker; Moonhee Cho; Mei Zhang – College & Research Libraries, 2025
The concept of "student engagement" is widely discussed in academic libraries, but has not been thoroughly examined from a conceptual and theoretical perspective by scholars in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research project on student engagement in academic libraries.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Libraries, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
Steel, Kathryn M.; Thompson, Helen; Wright, Wendy – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
New opportunities for research collaborations within universities are explored through reflection on a recent collaboration between an academic researcher, the library and the eResearch Centre at a regional Australian university. Such opportunities arise from significant changes to the research landscape, including increased emphasis on open…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Cooperation, Universities
Farrell, Shannon L.; Kelly, Julia Ann – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2018
Describing, preserving, and providing access to data is now the purview of many science librarians, although the emphasis has been on data in electronic format. Data in paper or analog format might be found in many places around our campuses. At the University of Minnesota we conducted a preliminary investigation of analog data through discussions…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Data, Archives
Hamzeh, Joshua; Kaur, Navdeep; Bush, Paula; Hudon, Catherine; Schuster, Tibor; Vedel, Isabelle; Hong, Quan Nha; Pluye, Pierre – Education for Information, 2019
The questionnaires' origin (sources from which elements of the questionnaire are derived) and initial development (process of making a questionnaire from elements) should be assessed before their measurement properties. There is no Critical Appraisal Tool (CAT) that comprehensively assesses the origin and initial development of questionnaires…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Information Services, Users (Information), Academic Libraries
Wang, Minglu – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how the authors gained a better understanding of the variety of library users' data needs, and how gradually some new data services were established based on current capabilities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a case study of the new data services at the John Cotton Dana Library, at…
Descriptors: Library Services, Data, User Needs (Information), Academic Libraries
Krishnamurthy, M.; Kemparaju, T. D. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on a study of the institutional repositories (IRs) in use in Indian universities and research institutes. Design/methodology/approach: Repositories in various institutions in India were accessed and described in a standardised way. Findings: The 20 repositories studied covered collections of diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Pymm, Bob; Hider, Philip – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2008
Two factors identified as contributing to the lack of communication between researchers and practitioners, terminology and relevance, are the focus of this paper. A questionnaire distributed to senior staff in academic libraries asked participants to assess abstracts from articles in top ranked LIS journals. Results indicated a relatively high…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Research, Librarians, Library Science

Ocholla, Dennis N. – International Information & Library Review, 1999
Examines the information-seeking behavior of academics in South Africa, presenting a survey conducted at the University of Zululand. Presents results in 9 tables in terms of: rank and position; information resources used; how knowledge of existence of information sources is gained; generation of professional ideas; why academics seek information;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Access to Information, College Faculty
Albright, Michael J. – 1988
This paper, which presents a model for Integrated Instructional Technology Services (IITS) that is somewhat different from the existing published models for instructional technology services at the postsecondary level, begins by providing background information on the development and implementation of instructional technology services at the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Resources
Bennett, Terrence B.; Nicholson, Shawn W. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
The use of numeric data has historical significance in the research of many academic disciplines, but today it is burgeoning. Responses from academic business librarians to a 33-item questionnaire are the basis for this study that investigates the interactions between academic business libraries and other local units supplying numeric data…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business Communication, Technology Transfer, Research and Development Centers

Schrader, Alvin M. – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1993
Discusses the role of research in graduate education for library and information studies from the perspectives of students, practitioners, and researchers. Results from two studies are examined that explored (1) research activities by academic librarians, and (2) practitioner and student attitudes about research and required research methods…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Higher Education

Lundu, Maurice C. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Analyzes and applies Bettman's information processing theory of consumer choice to information processing, evaluation, and utilization by academic libraries in Zambia to support research and development activities. Certain Zambian cultural and sociopsychological aspects and attitudes that could affect the evaluation and utilization of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Environmental Influences, Futures (of Society)

Allen, Bryce L.; Sutton, Brett – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Examines the challenges for academic libraries in providing library services for interdisciplinary research institutes. A technique for analyzing data gathered from interviews with scholars, citation analysis, and patterns of use of an article copy service is explained. Results are shown to be useful in planning library services. (Contains eight…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Citation Analysis, Departments

Henderson, Albert – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Compares constant dollar spending on research with constant dollar spending on libraries 1960-1995. Evaluation of the indirect cost policy by which library costs are reimbursed as a function of science grant management suggests it has failed to promote cost-effective research. Evaluation of the impact of various information technologies finds…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Aid
Cleveland, Gary – 1991
The development of information technologies such as public access catalogs and online databases has greatly enhanced access to information. The lack of automation in the area of document delivery, however, has created a large disparity between the speed with which citations are found and the provision of primary documents. This imbalance can…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design