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Lascano, Elizabeth A.; Bansiong, Apler J. – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2017
Licensure examination performance of graduates is one measure of the effectiveness of curricular programs. This study analyzed the five-year performance of 159 BLIS graduates in the Librarians' Licensure Examination in from 2011 to 2015. Findings reveal that the passing the graduates' passing rates were statistically consistent in the five-year…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Library Science, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Librarians
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed.; Jones, Sarah, Ed.; Meneely, Becky, Ed.; Young, Natasha, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
Ten scholarly papers and twelve abstracts comprise the content of the twenty-first annual Brick & Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The twenty-first Brick & Click Libraries Conference was held virtually. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Conferences (Gatherings), Library Services
Blick, William M. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2015
For decades, popular culture was neglected and frowned upon by academics. In recent years, cultural critics, including librarians, have found popular culture materials to be didactic tools, and vital to the study of society and the zeitgeist that has prevailed at the time of their production. As a result, many academic librarians have found it…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Poets, Popular Culture, Academic Libraries
Lance, Keith Curry – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2016
In 2015, surveys of students, faculty, and librarians and other library staff elicited their perceptions of the contributions of community college libraries to student success, both directly and via librarian collaboration with faculty. The three surveyed groups agreed substantially that libraries and librarians contribute to student success, both…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Libraries, Librarians, Academic Achievement
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni; Faniel, Ixchel M. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2014
This report suggests that Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's "Five Laws of Library Science" can be reordered and reinterpreted to reflect today's library resources and services, as well as the behaviors that people demonstrate when engaging with them. Although authors Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Associate Research…
Descriptors: Library Science, Library Materials, Library Services, Librarians
McMillin, Bill; Gibson, Sally; MacDonald, Jean – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
Animated maps of the library stacks were integrated into the catalog interface at Pratt Institute and into the EBSCO Discovery Service interface at Illinois State University. The mapping feature was developed for optimal automation of the update process to enable a range of library personnel to update maps and call-number ranges. The development…
Descriptors: Library Science, Users (Information), Academic Libraries, Library Services
Wendell, Laura – Peace Corps, 2012
This book is for community leaders, librarians, library committees, volunteers, aid workers and others who are interested in the practical aspect of starting and maintaining a successful library. Throughout the developing world, countless dedicated people respond to the pressing need for information in their communities by helping to start a…
Descriptors: Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Rewards
Kwanya, Tom; Stilwell, Christine; Underwood, Peter G. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2012
Literature on library service models is scarce and exists mainly in non-traditional formats such as blog entries and webpages. Nonetheless, the subject evokes heated debate among librarians with many supporting the model they are using, sometimes without understanding that there are other options which perhaps could be better for their…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Criticism, Library Services
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
Moorefield-Lang, Heather; Gavigan, Karen – Knowledge Quest, 2012
Due to the development of new 21st-century technologies, the world of children's and young adult literature is continually changing. For example, one of the fastest-growing multimodal formats that today's visually literate youth embrace is the digital graphic novel. Digital graphic novels are graphic novels produced on and/or accessed on some form…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Librarians, Novels, Graphic Arts
Jacobs, Warren N. – Education Libraries, 2010
A reference/instruction librarian used targeted outreach to furnish library services to faculty and students while assigned to work in the College of Education during a library renovation project. Due to the success of this temporary assignment, the author has subsequently maintained regular office hours in the College to provide research…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Services, Library Instruction, Library Science
Johnson, Wendell G. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
The job of the contemporary reference librarian has a virtual component unimaginable a generation ago. Today's library professional can obtain an MLS (or equivalent) online with a minimal residency requirement. Not only the degree, but also library sources, and indeed patrons, have become virtual. Both books and periodicals can be consulted by…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Special Libraries, Public Libraries, Reference Services
Schmidmaier, Dagmar – Australian Library Journal, 2008
Pay equity, as a concept and outcome, is significant for libraries and librarians because it demonstrates the value of the library and information profession, and the significance of the work undertaken by librarians and allied professionals. The State Library's involvement in the NSW Pay Equity Case and precursor investigations into the worth of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Libraries, Comparable Worth

Bloomfield, B. C. – Journal of Documentation, 1984
This essay characterizes role of the librarian as using a variety of skills (intellectual, human and communication, technical) to deal with recorded information by evaluating, acquiring, preserving, sorting and ordering, and making it available. Library management, training, and preservation of library materials are highlighted. Six references are…
Descriptors: Archives, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Education

Platt, Warren C. – Special Libraries, 1972
Consumer librarianship is a fluid librarianship, for its content and method are determined by the fluctuating needs and varied concerns of the consumer movement. The problem of defining consumerism and the effect of definition on acquisitions policies are discussed. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Information Retrieval, Librarians, Library Acquisition