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Reshaping Perspectives on Flexible Work: The Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Library Management
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Hosoi, Mihoko; Reiter, Lauren; Zabel, Diane – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
During COVID-19, academic library employees pivoted to predominantly remote work. Associate deans, associate university librarians, and equivalent managers at the top 50 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions were interviewed about benefits, challenges, pre-pandemic norms, necessary conditions, and the future of flexible work…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Work Environment, COVID-19, Pandemics
The Treason of the Learned: The Real Agenda of Those Who Would Destroy Libraries and Books.
Gorman, Michael – Library Journal, 1994
Discusses forces working against traditional academic libraries, including bureaucrats who do not understand libraries and want to save money and people who think technology will be able to provide better access to information without any guidance. Topics addressed include money and power; the economics of the publishing industry; and funding for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Appropriate Technology, Economic Factors
Information Intermediation: A Fancy Name for Reference Work.
White, Herbert S. – Library Journal, 1995
Discusses the role of librarians as information intermediaries and suggests that this role be emphasized instead of encouraging enduser searching that relegates librarians to the role of advisor or consultant. Highlights include librarians' roles in public education; reference services; academic librarians; and the appropriate use of technology.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Appropriate Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
What Is the Hybrid Library?
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Oppenheim, Charles; Smithson, Daniel – Journal of Information Science, 1999
Discusses hybrid libraries in higher education based on the influence of eLib (Electronic Libraries Programme) in the United Kingdom and on interviews with staff involved in hybrid libraries. Topics include cultural shift; considerations about libraries of the future, including use of electronic resources and costs; and a proposed model of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Appropriate Technology, Costs, Electronic Libraries
Distance Education Students Speak to the Library: Here's How You Can Help Even More.
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Kazmer, Michelle M. – Electronic Library, 2002
Reports on a study of distance learning students in library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that investigated what they need and want from library services. Highlights include library materials; librarians and staff; training and support; appropriate technology use; library role; and working with the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Appropriate Technology, Distance Education, Graduate Students
User Instruction Issues for Databases in the Humanities.
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Saule, Mara R. – Library Trends, 1992
Analyzes the attitudes that humanistic students and scholars typically display toward information technology and discusses the effect they have on bibliographic instruction. Highlights include information needs versus available technology; needs assessment; necessary concepts and skills; search strategies; searching skills; and instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Appropriate Technology, Databases, Higher Education