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Carter, Sunshine; Traill, Stacie – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
Electronic resource access troubleshooting is familiar work in most libraries. The added complexity introduced when a library implements a web-scale discovery service, however, creates a strong need for well-organized, rigorous training to enable troubleshooting staff to provide the best service possible. This article outlines strategies, tools,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Troubleshooting, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing
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Ippoliti, Cinthya; Baeza, Victor D. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
A growing trend at universities is to use digital badges (micro-credentialing) for capturing the "soft skills" students gain outside of the classroom. Libraries can use this opportunity to become campus leaders in digital badges, using the system to not only promote their information literacy activities but to coordinate workshop…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Credentials, Electronic Publishing, Information Literacy
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Wiberley, Stephen E., Jr. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Books are the most important medium of communication in the humanities, a major medium in the social sciences, and a central component of academic library collections. This study examined humanities and social sciences books that won prizes from ten leading United States disciplinary associations between 2000 and 2009. The study extends earlier…
Descriptors: Humanities, Social Sciences, Professional Associations, Intellectual Disciplines
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VandeBurgt, Melissa Minds; Rivera, Kaleena – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2016
Effective communication is one of the most important resources for successful outreach efforts. This article addresses the benefits that can emerge from successful communication as well as the negative effects that may stem from ineffective communication. A case study of Florida Gulf Coast University Archives, Special Collections, & Digital…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries
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Guajardo, Richard; Brett, Kelsey; Young, Frederick – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
For the past several years academic libraries have been adopting discovery systems to provide a search experience that reflects user expectations and improves access to electronic resources. University of Houston Libraries has kept pace with this evolving trend by pursuing various discovery options; these include an open-source tool, a federated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing
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Gilbert, Julie; Fister, Barbara – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This study investigates the perceived impact of future e-book collections on student research and recreational reading habits at our institution through three questions: how students currently use library print collections, how students use e-books, and how these factors impact student perception of the effects of future library e-books on their…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Student Research
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Anderson, Craig; Pham, Jeanie – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2013
The increasing availability and prominence of e-books has led to a perception in some quarters that the requirement for physical books is decreasing, as most, or all scholarly material is openly available in digital form. Some academic administrators and librarians have suggested that it may be possible or desirable to have a solely, or…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Periodicals, Printed Materials
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Comp. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2015
The contributions in this volume represent a decade of OCLC's user behavior research findings that articulate the need for the design of future library services to be all about the user. Highlights include: (1) People associate the library with books and do not consider the library in relation to online resources or reference services; (2) People…
Descriptors: Library Services, User Needs (Information), User Satisfaction (Information), Library Research
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Mahmood, Khalid; Richardson, John V., Jr. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to survey the web sites of the academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) regarding the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach: The websites of 100 member academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) were surveyed. Findings: All libraries were found to be…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
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Houk, Kathryn M.; Thornhill, Kate – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library created a Facebook page and a corresponding managing committee in March 2010. Facebook Page Insights data collected from the library's Facebook page were statistically analyzed to investigate patterns of user engagement. The committee hoped to improve posting practices and increase user engagement…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Health Sciences, Web 2.0 Technologies, Web Sites
Cornish, Graham P. – 1991
This document examines the impact of new information technologies on the various roles of national libraries. Seventy-two national libraries responded to a questionnaire designed to assist in determining how such institutions worldwide are responding to recent technological innovations. The first of six chapters identifies three basic…
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographic Records, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
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Allen, Robert S. – Special Libraries, 1995
An analysis of the occurrence of conference proceedings in physics journals indicates that libraries may be spending a significant portion of their serials budget for conference proceedings that they may not have chosen to buy as separate monographs. It is suggested that conference proceedings should be published as monographs or in an electronic…
Descriptors: Budgets, Conference Proceedings, Electronic Publishing, Library Collection Development
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Zhao, Taian; Eng, Sidney – Journal of Access Services, 2004
The digitization of library materials has had a tremendous impact on libraries. By using the Internet, readers can access digital library materials from any place in the world. The BMCC Library started several programs to provide more digital materials to its patrons in the forms of electronic books, periodicals, full-text materials, and webpage…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Student Surveys, Electronic Libraries, Library Services
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Leighton, H. Vernon – Government Publications Review, 1992
Discusses requirements of an electronic file for exchanging information about availability of materials withdrawn from selective depository libraries. A prototype network in New Jersey is described, and results of a survey of 57 depository libraries in Pennsylvania regarding electronic access are reported. The survey questions and a brief glossary…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Government Publications, Library Automation
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Snyder, Fritz – Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1986
Reviews some of the materials in the LEXIS and WESTLAW databases and the findings of a survey on the impact of technology on information publication, and discusses the possibility of using online databases as substitutes for the acquisition of new law library materials. (CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Publishing, Information Technology, Law Libraries
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