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Lance Day; Jaroslaw Szurek – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
This article builds on a 2018 study and reports on a survey conducted in 2022 to examine the value of advanced subject degrees in addition to the Master of Library Science for academic librarians. This study explores the impact of advanced subject degrees on scholarly contributions, compensation, teaching roles, and tenure status in academic…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Schools, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs
Williams, David J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Digital initiatives have become increasingly common in academic libraries, but inconsistent definitions, standards, and expectations limit and, in some cases, negatively impact the effectiveness of practitioners. This article explores the discourse surrounding professional titles and responsibilities in digital initiatives within North American…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Occupational Information, Training
James Miller – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
User experience (UX) internships generate ideas for usability projects, improve the design of existing and new services, investigate users' motivations and behavior, and build transferable skills for interns. This case study proposes a micro-internship model, grounded in the design cycle, that institutions can adapt to address their libraries and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Internship Programs, Undergraduate Students, Academic Libraries
Gammons, Rachel W.; Wilson, Suzanne; Carpenter, Lindsay Inge; Shaw, Benjamin – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries quickly switched to online teaching and learning. This disruption created a chance for innovation, allowing the UMD Libraries to scale back nonessential functions and focus on improving mission-critical work. The authors present the teaching program at UMD…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Learning, Library Instruction, COVID-19
Smith, Aida Marissa; Cook, Beth R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
This case study discusses the implementation of formal organizational learning activities at the Richard G. Trefry Library, which serves the American Public University System, an accredited, for-profit, asynchronous institution of higher education. Discussed are the challenges and solutions throughout the implementation processes along with the…
Descriptors: Organizational Learning, Electronic Libraries, Labor Force, Academic Libraries
Ilett, Darren – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
This review offers a critical analysis of the library and information science (LIS) literature on first-generation students (FGS) from the last 40 years. This literature demonstrates an interest in understanding the needs of FGS to serve them better, but it is often grounded in a deficit model of education that focuses on what first-generation…
Descriptors: Library Science, First Generation College Students, Information Science Education, Users (Information)
Benson, Sara R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
The results of this study illustrate that one-shot training sessions are effective in aiding librarians in academic libraries to engage with fair use. This study used testing both before and after an expert-led three-hour training session on fair use for academic librarians to measure their confidence and comprehension. The results, though limited…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes, Self Efficacy
Ferguson, Jennifer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Since the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) first published its terminal degree statement in 1975, the topic of librarians and advanced subject degrees has been controversial, and research on the topic has remained limited. Based on data gathered from two major online job sites as well as library and information science programs…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Education, Masters Degrees
Smith, Paula M. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2008
This article addresses workplace culture in academic libraries as an aspect of organizational success in achieving on-the-job diversity. It introduces a conceptual framework in the form of selected indicators as measurements of cultural integration in the workplace. Characteristics of organizational cultural health are also identified in order to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Centers, Higher Education, Diversity (Institutional)
Johnson, Corey M.; Lindsay, Elizabeth Blakesley – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2006
Public services librarians perform an increasingly diverse set of duties, and this study explores which job components are most important to librarians. The researchers surveyed public services librarians at ARL libraries to gather data on both intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence how public services librarians spend their time. The…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Services, Academic Libraries, Librarians

Askey, Dale – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2001
Discusses problems encountered in conducting research in German academic libraries. Highlights include a lack of trained librarians with subject expertise who focus on helping users; numerous library catalogs rather than one integrated catalog; and an emphasis on collection preservation that includes closed stacks and restricted circulation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation