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Direct linkBowker, Lynne – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2018
Purpose: Using a descriptive case study approach, this paper aims to validate academic librarians' perceptions that they are marginalized by faculty during academic program reviews, and recommends ways for the two groups to collaborate more effectively to make program reviews more meaningful. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes a case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Libraries, Library Role, College Programs
Melançon, Jérôme; Goebel, Nancy – College & Research Libraries, 2016
The Personal Librarian for Aboriginal Students (PLAS) program at the University of Alberta (UofA) is a creative outgrowth of the growing Personal Librarian programs in academic libraries, in which a student is partnered with an individual librarian for the academic year. In the case of the UofA's PLAS program, first-year undergraduate students who…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Cultural Relevance, Librarians, College Freshmen
Tynan, Mark; McCarney, Eoin – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
University College Dublin became the first library in the Republic of Ireland to trial patron-driven acquisition (PDA) as a collection development tool in 2013. A total of 42% of UCD Library's book budget was allocated to the project, which included both electronic and print books. This article describes the twelve month project from the tender…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Library Materials, Users (Information)
Helgesen, Oyvind; Nesset, Erik – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find out whether LibQUAL+[TM]can account for student loyalty to the library of an institution of higher education. LibQUAL+[TM] is a marketing tool that is used to measure perceived service quality of libraries, and the present analysis aims at validating this service quality instrument within a more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Libraries, Structural Equation Models
Peer reviewedCurrie, Margaret; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Describes a study which measured students' ability to perform several library tasks using students from two different colleges. The results indicate that a program of library instruction will improve the library skills of undergraduate students. Five references are included. (CHC)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Oberhauser, O. – 1983
In order to evaluate its library instruction program, a postal survey was conducted of students who participated in library orientation courses at the Technische Universitaet Wien (Technical University of Vienna) in Austria during the winter term of 1982/83. The orientation courses consisted of a 1-hour lecture on use of the library and a library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Oberhauser, O.; Wurzl, R. – 1982
This report describes the library instruction program at the Technische Universitaet Wien (Technical University of Vienna) in Austria and proposes various program improvements, which are based in part on the results of a 1979 survey of over 2,600 faculty and students. An overview of the present state-of-the-art of library user education and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Adey, David, Comp.; And Others – 1987
Fifteen papers from the University of South Africa's Conference on Distance Education are presented on media and technology. They include: "Video Education: What Went Wrong and Why It Is Tomorrow's Teacher If Used Correctly" (William M. Smith); "Formative Evaluation of ETV Programmes" (Aliza Duby); "Distance Education for…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiotape Cassettes, College Libraries, Cooperative Programs
Franklin Coll., Lugano (Switzerland). – 1978
The findings of an on-going self-evaluation process conducted at Franklin College during 1975-1978 are presented in seven sections. Chapter I deals with the academic program in terms of the curriculum, academic travel, and co-curricular programs. Chapter II focuses on the students. It outlines trends in admission standards and selectivity,…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, College Administration, College Admission, College Curriculum
Download full textFrazier, Benjamin W.; Betts, Gilbert L.; Greenleaf, Walter J.; Waples, Douglas; Dearborn, Ned H.; Carney, Mabel; Alexander, Thomas – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1935
The Seventy-first Congress authorized a survey of the education of teachers on a Nation-wide scope, conducted during the last 3 years. After the work of the survey was organized it was apparent that only a limited number of studies could be undertaken with the time and funds available. It was decided, therefore, to cooperate whenever possible with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics
