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Direct linkAneta Laskowska – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
This article uses bibliometric tools to analyze the peer-reviewed publications of academic librarians from 32 accredited higher education institutions in Norway--10 university libraries and 22 college libraries--associate members of Universities Norway (UHR). The period 2016-2020 was chosen to enable us to better understand publication patterns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries
Sanja Gidakovic – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2024
This exploratory study examines trends in librarian teaching support for open science (OS) practices in higher education. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with academic librarians and a survey that was distributed through academic librarian interest groups. The results indicate that academic librarians have varied…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Higher Education
Fancher, Sarah E.; Mabee, Sarah H. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
Reference services in academic libraries often focus on user education and giving students the skills to perform their own searches. This article describes a new Research Concierge Service established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) in southwest Missouri. The service entails library staff curating a…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Library Services, Academic Libraries, COVID-19
Amber Sewell – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Models of open peer review are being explored in multiple disciplines as academia seeks a more feminist, care-based approach to scholarship. One model of open peer review that aligns well with the work of information professionals, particularly those with information literacy instruction duties, is an open peer review podcast. This type of…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Scholarship, Access to Information, Academic Libraries
Graves, Stephanie J.; German, Elizabeth – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
Libraries are called to serve users with diverse needs and a wide range of abilities and disabilities. The library literature includes much about services to persons with disabilities but says little about programmatic efforts in library instruction and accessibility design at an organizational level. This study looks for visible evidence of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Library Instruction, Inclusion, Access to Information
Download full textDalal, Heather A.; Charles, Leslin H.; Dempsey, Megan; Berg, Cara; Bushby, Rebecca D.; Dalrymple, Joan – Journal of Information Literacy, 2022
As part of a research study to examine first-year college students' preparation for college-level research, students at six U.S. institutions of higher education were surveyed in the spring semester of 2021. The pandemic continued to affect the delivery of information literacy (IL) instruction and library services across the United States…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Information Literacy, Skill Development, Academic Libraries
Chidi Nuel-Jean, Okoye; Okoye, Michael Onuchukwu – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2020
This study investigated the relevance of libraries and librarians in distance education programs of Nigerian universities. Investigation was carried out in Federal Universities in the South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria using a descriptive survey research design. Five research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. 138 librarians…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Distance Education
Faulk, Nick; Crist, Emily – College & Research Libraries, 2020
To better understand, articulate, and improve the academic library's impact on online populations, this two-phase mixed-method study examines library communication with online students and faculty. In phase I, online focus group participants responded to vignettes illustrating library communication scenarios. Results from phase I informed the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed.; Jones, Sarah, Ed.; Meneely, Becky, Ed.; Young, Natasha, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
Ten scholarly papers and twelve abstracts comprise the content of the twenty-first annual Brick & Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The twenty-first Brick & Click Libraries Conference was held virtually. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Conferences (Gatherings), Library Services
Sterling, Lorelei; McKay, Jennifer; Ericson, Christine – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2017
In states with limited road accessibility, rural students can feel isolated from library services. This article explores the creation, implementation, and results of an on-going longitudinal study assessing the library service needs of rural students in eLearning courses. To align with current practices in online pedagogies, including the…
Descriptors: Library Services, Rural Education, Longitudinal Studies, Electronic Learning
Behr, Michele D.; Hayward, Julie L. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2016
Are services that were once intended to be exclusively available to the distance learning population now typically available for all users in a university community? This article seeks to investigate this question using two different methods. First, an unobtrusive study of 100 library Websites was conducted to determine whether these libraries…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Library Services, Academic Libraries, Web Sites
Saunders, Laura – Communications in Information Literacy, 2017
Libraries have a long, though not uncomplicated, history with social justice and social advocacy. The new ACRL "Framework for Information Literacy," which is more conceptual and flexible than the original Standards, offers an opportunity for librarians to approach teaching and learning from a social justice perspective. Indeed, the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Social Justice, Social Change, Advocacy
Erb, Rachel A.; Erb, Brian – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2014
This case study offers an alternative use of LibGuides beyond its intended purpose to offer course and subject guides. LibGuides have become an integral part of the virtual instruction landscape at Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries. We discovered that the LibGuides platform can also be effectively harnessed to provide support for…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Access to Information, Case Studies
Slavin, Laura C. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
In this article, a librarian at Lincoln Memorial University creates library services for an MBA program offered entirely online that is in the early stages of development. The library services include a subject guide and 4 tutorials that will be added to the MBA online orientation. Other services include offering online office hours and…
Descriptors: Library Services, Business Administration Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Library Development
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
Nineteen scholarly papers and seventeen abstracts comprise the content of the fifteenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Library Instruction, Information Literacy
