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Inefuku, Harrison W.; Franz, Nancy K. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Over the past 20 years, university libraries have developed and manage institutional repositories--digital libraries that provide free, public access to the research, scholarship, and publications of their university's faculty, staff, and students. Although underused by Extension professionals, institutional repositories are powerful tools that…
Descriptors: Extension Education, College Libraries, Library Materials, Electronic Libraries
Carriuolo, Nancy; Reis, Tovah – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2015
An increasing number of institutions are freeing up shelf space in their libraries and moving in student services as well as a coffee shop and other lures such as flexible seating arrangements. Librarians are taking down the silence signs in all but the quiet study room and urging members of the academic community to meet, talk, research and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Library Role, Library Services
Calvert, Kristin – College & Research Libraries, 2015
Despite the prevalence of academic libraries adopting web-scale discovery tools, few studies have quantified their effect on the use of library collections. This study measures the impact that EBSCO Discovery Service has had on use of library resources through circulation statistics, use of electronic resources, and interlibrary loan requests.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Library Materials, Electronic Publishing
Lippincott, Joan K. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
The trajectory of U.S. higher education in the next 20 years is portrayed by some as an arc of potential disaster and by others as a slightly upwardly inclined plane that may have some dips along the way. Generally these scenarios focus on the teaching and learning program of higher education institutions and give very little attention to the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Libraries
Elliott, Colin; Fabbro, Elaine – Open Praxis, 2015
To address challenges that learners, course creators, librarians and academics involved with OER and MOOCs are facing when looking for scholarly materials, Athabasca University Library has initiated the development of "the Open Library at AU." This open library is a full library website that provides easy access to open and free…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Web Sites, Library Services
Mune, Christina – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, have recently emerged as a disruptive pedagogy gaining rapid momentum in higher education. In some states, proposed legislations would accredit MOOCs to provide college-credit courses in the name of cost saving, efficiency and access. While debates rage regarding the place of MOOCs in higher education, some…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Distance Education, Librarians
Wang, Yu-Hsiu; Baker, Megan – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2013
This paper describes the automated copyright clearance process for electronic reserves materials by the electronic reserves staff at the Information and Library Services (ILS), at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Besides the standard practice to handle and post required course readings in digital format for UMUC's distance…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Electronic Libraries, College Libraries, Library Services
Esty, Anna – Computers in Libraries, 2012
In this article, the author discusses how the Berklee College of Music preserves its past and learns for the future. Though the library has received support from the college administration for the creation of an archive, it has been difficult for the interest in preserving the college's history to compete with more urgent needs, such as being able…
Descriptors: Music Education, Archives, Electronic Libraries, College Libraries
Fu, Shunkai; Zhang, Yao; Seinminn – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
Libraries are important to universities, and they have two primary features: readers as well as collections are highly professional. In this study, based on the experimental study with five millions of users' borrowing records, our discussion covers: (1) the necessity of recommender system for university libraries; (2) collaborative filtering (CF)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Automation, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2013
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This issue includes the following articles: (1) Special at the Core: Aligning, Integrating, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Materials, Library Development, History
Polanka, Sue, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2012
With their explosive sales and widespread availability over the past few years, e-books have definitively proven that they're here to stay. In this sequel to her best-selling book of the same title, expert Polanka dives even deeper into the world of digital distribution. Contributors from across the e-book world offer their perspectives on what's…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, School Libraries, Public Libraries, College Libraries
Finch, Jannette L. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
Measuring quality of service in academic libraries traditionally includes quantifiable data such as collection size, staff counts, circulation numbers, reference service statistics, qualitative analyses of customer satisfaction, shelving accuracy, and building comfort. In the libraries of the third millennium, virtual worlds, Web content and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Reference Services
Vasileiou, Magdalini; Rowley, Jennifer; Hartley, Richard – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2012
This article reports research into the perceptions and predictions of academic librarians regarding the future role and development of e-books, and e-book collections and services. A number of recent studies reported in the literature review indicate increasing interest in e-books. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Stakeholders, Library Services, Semi Structured Interviews
Butkovich, Nancy J. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2010
In 2002, plans to merge Penn State's Physical Sciences Library and Mathematics Library provoked a controversy in the Eberly College of Science over the size of the library needed to support its departments. The College contended that a physical collection no more than 5 years old was adequate. A study of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics,…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Sciences, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval
Edem, Nkoyo; Ani, Okon; Ocheibi, Jonathan A. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study was conducted on students' perceived effectiveness in the use of library resources in some selected Nigerian Universities. Questionnaire was the main instrument for collecting data. 600 copies of questionnaires were distributed, 530 were returned. The overall response was 88.3%. The responses showed that, majority of the users source…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Student Attitudes, College Students
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