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Alexandra Kohn; Dawn McKinnon – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Many libraries and archives have recently released statements about harmful material in their collections and the descriptions of these collections. However, these types of statements are not required for any professional accreditation or membership, nor are there specific guidelines to follow. This study collected and analyzed statements from…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Materials, Guidelines, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Iguehi Joy Ikenwe; Afebuameh James Aiyebelehin – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2024
Although many Nigerian universities are making efforts to provide access to digital library resources, the level of utilization of these resources have not been encouraging due to several factors. Information literacy has been identified as a major factor when considering the factors that enhance use of digital resources. In view of this, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Library Materials
Brian Lavoie; Dennis Massie; Chela Scott Weber – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2023
As art libraries face challenges from an evolving environment, repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic, and static or diminishing resources, finding sustainable pathways forward becomes an increasing priority. An important option for art research collections in achieving long-term sustainability is collaboration. This report explores…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Art, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries
Antonia Mocatta; Ryan Stoker; Lisa McIntosh – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
This paper examines the University of Sydney Library's development and piloting of a methodology to survey its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural collections, to enhance catalogue metadata and allow culturally sensitive material to be identified and protected. The research falls broadly within the interpretivist epistemology and draws…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Services
Ghalib Khan; Rubina Bhatti; Rahim Jan; Amjid Khan – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
Acquisition management is the kind of strategy that university libraries adopt to assist the information needs of the client population. This study attempted to understand the acquisition management in the university libraries in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. The study adopted a survey method and included all those well-established…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Library Services, Library Personnel
Baxter, Guy; Beard, Lorraine; Beattie, Gavin; Blake, Michelle; Greenhall, Matthew; Lingstadt, Kirsty; Nixon, William J.; Reimer, Torsten – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
Research Libraries UK is a consortium of 37 of the UK and Ireland's largest research libraries with the purpose of convening its members around the key issues that affect them, to represent their collective voice, to support them as they face shared challenges, and to be an effective advocate on their behalf. In fulfilment of these roles, RLUK…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Research Libraries, Consortia
White, Bruce – College & Research Libraries, 2017
Studies of data-driven deselection overwhelmingly emphasise the importance of circulation counts and date-of-last-use in the weeding process. When applied to research collections, however, this approach fails to take account of highly influential and significant titles that have not been of interest to large numbers of borrowers but that have been…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Publications, Correlation, Library Services
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2017
While not a new topic, many conversations are occurring about the roles of library staff and the changing nature of their work in support of research, teaching, and learning. Boundaries between specific functions or departments within the library continue to change as library employees grapple with issues of their roles in new service models.…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Models, Holistic Approach
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2017
This issue of "Research Library Issues" ("RLI") highlights the value of professional failure. The idea to explore this theme emerged from conversations with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Innovation Lab Advisory Group earlier this year. It is the hope this issue highlights the value of failure--both its necessary…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Failure, Risk, Entrepreneurship
Attar, K. E. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2013
Recent years have seen a growing emphasis on modern special collections (in themselves no new phenomenon), with a dichotomy between guidance for detailed cataloguing in "Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)" (DCRM(B), 2007) and the value of clearing cataloguing backlogs expeditiously. This article describes the De la Mare…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Zhang, Jian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
This paper discusses the author's experience directing the Purple Mountain Observatory Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Nanjing, China. Routine collection development, management and preservation issues are described, and the unique challenges and opportunities involved in operating a remote observatory library are highlighted.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Astronomy, Library Administration
Genoni, Paul; Wright, Janette – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2011
This paper reports on the results of an overlap study of Australian research library collections. The study used OCLC's WorldCat Collection Analysis software to mine data recording Australian holdings on the WorldCat database. The data is analysed according to the results obtained for six "groups" which represent various coalitions of…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Materials
Lavoie, Brian – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
Big data sets and powerful computing capacity have transformed scholarly inquiry across many disciplines. While the impact of data-intensive research methodologies is perhaps most distinct in the natural and social sciences, the humanities have also benefited from these new analytical tools. While full-text data is necessary to study topics such…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Bibliographies, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries
Savova, Maria; Garsia, Matthew – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012
E-readers are increasingly popular personal devices, but can they be effectively used for the needs of academic libraries' clients? This paper employs an evidence-based approach that examines the role and efficacy of implementing an E-reader Loan Service at McGill University Library. Suggestions are offered as to what lending model and device…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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