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Oppong, Michael; Maluleka, Jan Resenga – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
Universities have been spending money on the acquisition of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable online library research support platforms. Such acquisitions can be justified if they are effectively utilized for what they are intended for. A quantitative research approach was employed in the study to investigate the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Technology
Lamothe, Alain R. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a quantitative analysis exploring the interaction and relationship between the online database and electronic journal collections at the J. N. Desmarais Library of Laurentian University. A very strong relationship exists between the number of searches and the size of the online database…
Descriptors: Interaction, Electronic Journals, Databases, Online Searching
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
Eighteen scholarly papers and twelve abstracts comprise the content of the fourteenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, 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, Librarians, Information Technology, Electronic Libraries
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Ury, Connie Jo, Ed.; Park, Sarah G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
Eighteen scholarly papers and eighteen abstracts comprise the content of the 8th "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium," 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. Many of the…
Descriptors: Library Education, Instructional Design, Semantics, Copyrights

Fifarek, Aimee – Online Information Review, 2002
Describes potential situations where patron privacy can be endangered by the presence of information technology and how academic librarians can protect patron information and prepare patrons for safe information seeking in the online world. Discusses the USA PATRIOT Act, search warrants, and acceptable use policy. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Selbert, Daphne – 1990
This examination of the impact of technology on the educational role of small academic libraries focuses on the information access aspect of technology. Librarians at 26 colleges in Illinois with enrollments of under 3,000 students responded to a survey which measured the libraries' access to databases through online searching and the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Databases, Higher Education

Dennis, Nancy; Harrington, Nancy Dodd – Reference Services Review, 1990
Examines library programs for teaching information technologies and argues that many fulfill the wishes of librarians, not faculty and students. Faculty visions for the use of technology in teaching, research, and publishing are discussed. It is concluded that librarians must look at technology from the faculty viewpoint in order to develop…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Riley, Cheryl; Wales, Barbara – 1998
Full-text databases allow Central Missouri State University's clients to access some of the serials that libraries have had to cancel due to escalating subscription costs; EbscoHost, the subject of this study, is one such database. The database is available free to all Missouri residents. A survey was designed consisting of 21 questions intended…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Database Design, Databases
Machovec, George S., Ed. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1997
The International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) announced that Dutch scientific and German special libraries adopted electronic licensing guidelines. Emphasizes consortia and the need for libraries to stick together. Discusses general principles; access and use; storage, formats and integration; services and costs; information and use;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing

Ray, Kathlin L.; Lang, Mary S. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1997
Librarians at the University of Pacific (Stockton, California) designed a replication of an earlier transaction log study. Researchers found it difficult to compare the year-to-year data, primarily due to a continually changing technological environment. Findings did reveal a rise in student use of online periodical databases which subsequently…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Information Seeking

Moholt, Pat; Wilson, Linda J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1989
The first article discusses how recent changes in both the academic library and the computing center have aligned their separate missions and functions. The second examines the roles of the reference librarian and the computing center in providing assistance and instruction in electronic information resources to library users. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Centers, Higher Education, Information Networks

Sun, Ping; Rader, Hannelore B. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Discusses user education in China's academic libraries in light of educational reform and the changing role of academic libraries. Describes information technology developments, objectives of user education, and the emphasis on computerbased searching in the Tsinghua University library. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Stierman, John P. – Illinois Libraries, 1992
Argues that the prevalence of computer searching in the academic library has redefined bibliographic instruction and that hands-on instruction in a computer classroom or laboratory setting addresses student needs better than lecture demonstrations. Calls for librarians to actively seek out hands-on opportunities and to keep communication lines…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning
Evans, John E. – 1994
This research is concerned with the pragmatic performance characteristics of competing information technologies (ITs) and services in the university research center, as measured by user demand and choice. Technologies and services studied include: (1) mediated search service operating at cost recovery, open to all; (2) end-user service collecting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Higher Education
Wang, Chih – 1990
The rapid expansion of online publications has raised some concerns about the use of online databases in comparison with using traditional print publications. To determine the opinions of end users about using Dialog online databases versus their corresponding print versions, three libraries in Atlanta, Georgia--Atlanta-Fulton Public Library,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Comparative Analysis, Databases
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