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Hardesty, Skye; Sugarman, Tammy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
Keeping abreast of professional literature and the latest trends is critical for academic librarians to be successful, but in a time of information glut, are librarians achieving this? Over seven hundred academic librarians responded to this survey and inform us about their use of both traditional methods and new technologies to stay current.
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Libraries, Library Science, Periodicals
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Figa, Elizabeth; Bone, Tonda; Macpherson, Janet R. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2009
Student success is influenced by their ability to access, evaluate, and use resources. Traditionally, academic librarianship has provided students with these information literacy skills. The increase in distance learning options has created the need for libraries to provide both reference services equitable to those available onsite and access to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Distance Education, Online Courses, Academic Libraries
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McNicol, Sarah – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2004
Traditionally, the library and information profession has not been strongly research led in the way in which other professions, such as medicine and education for example, might be considered to be. However, it may be that the extent of practitioner involvement in research and the extent to which research informs practice have been underestimated.…
Descriptors: Researchers, Information Scientists, Librarians, Professional Personnel
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Desai, Christina M. – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2002
Discuses results of a survey of the continuing education needs of science and technology librarians that was conducted by the Science and Technology Section (STS) of the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries). Highlights include instructional techniques; technology; teaching information literacy; and electronic resources. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Information Literacy