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Capitalizing on New Forms of Academic Library's Intellectual Assets: A New Library Mobile Application Proposition
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Sant-Geronikolou, Stavroula; Kouis, Dimitris; Koulouris, Alexandros – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Library and information science experts around the globe are currently exploring ways of capitalizing student workflow data within library walls. Within this realm, the researchers designed and pilot-tested a user-driven lightweight application that envisions library as a crucial contributor of co-curricular data to learner profiles' contextual…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries
Library Space Redesign and Student Computing
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Teleha, John C.; Sims, Iyanna; Spruill, Octavious; Bowen, Arneice; Russell, Tiffany; Exner, Nina – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
Academic libraries are spending considerable time and study on redesigning spaces. The use of technology is often an important part of these redesigned spaces. The space redesign goals at F. D. Bluford Library focus on creating open, activity-promoting, colorful spaces that are designed to be attractive to students. The goals also focus on…
Descriptors: Library Development, Library Automation, Space Utilization, Interior Design
Tablets: A Survey of Circulation Policies at Academic Libraries
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Derr, Janice; Tolppanen, Bradley P. – Journal of Access Services, 2015
This article presents the results of a Web-based survey regarding the circulation of tablets in academic libraries. The survey, which was completed by 61 respondents, identifies the most common circulation policies and procedures used. These results will help other academic institutions develop their own policy or update existing ones. Areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Research, Library Services, Handheld Devices
A Comparison of E-Book and Print Book Discovery, Preferences, and Usage by Science and Engineering Faculty and Graduate Students at the University of Kansas
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Waters, Julie; Roach, Jennifer; Emde, Judith; McEathron, Scott; Russell, Keith – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
The availability of science and technology e-books through the University of Kansas Libraries is growing rapidly through approval plans, e-book packages, and electronic demand-driven acquisitions. Based on informal conversations with faculty, questions still lingered as to the acceptance of books in the electronic format by faculty and graduate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Students, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Publishing
Rapid Prototyping a Collections-Based Mobile Wayfinding Application
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Hahn, Jim; Morales, Alaina – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This research presents the results of a project that investigated how students use a library developed mobile app to locate books in the library. The study employed a methodology of formative evaluation so that the development of the mobile app would be informed by user preferences for next generation wayfinding systems. A key finding is the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, Handheld Devices
Library on the Go: A Focus Group Study of the Mobile Web and the Academic Library
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Seeholzer, Jamie; Salem, Joseph A., Jr. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
This study explores student use of the mobile Web in general and expectations for an academic library's mobile Web site in particular through focus groups with students at Kent State University. Participants expressed more interest in using their mobile Web device to interact with library resources and services than anticipated. Results showed an…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Web Sites, Academic Libraries, Internet
Project iPad: Investigating Tablet Integration in Learning and Libraries at Ryerson University
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Eichenlaub, Naomi; Gabel, Laine; Jakubek, Dan; McCarthy, Graham; Wang, Weina – Computers in Libraries, 2011
The year 2010 saw a major revolution in tablet technology with the introduction of the Apple iPad. Curious about the potential of this new technology for libraries, a group of librarians at Ryerson University in Toronto seized an opportunity to investigate the emerging role of the tablet in the daily academic lives of students. The group found…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Technology Integration, Academic Libraries, Technology Uses in Education