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Matthew Goldberg – Journal of Access Services, 2024
For the last decade or more, circulation numbers of physical materials have declined in academic libraries across the United States. In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically altered society and daily life, not to mention library functions. In particular, fears of contagion via physical surfaces and transmission by contact led many…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Libraries, Library Services
Salisbury, Fiona; Dollinger, Mollie; Vanderlelie, Jessica – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
Across the sector, universities are transforming the student experience by reconceptualising the ways in which they partner with students. The academic library is at the heart of the university experience and libraries have a long history of collaboration and engaging with their communities. As such academic libraries are the perfect next frontier…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, College Students, Design
Wheeler, Alex; Kyprianou-Chavda, Voula – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article explores the response of the Science and Engineering Library team at Manchester Metropolitan University to the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how the team's experience supporting distance-learning programmes acted as both a dress rehearsal and a road map for Library provision during the pandemic. In particular, the changing role of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Research Libraries
Brian Mathews – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
Academic and research libraries are undergoing a profound transformation, shaped by technological advancements, shifting societal dynamics, and evolving institutional priorities. This essay examines how these forces are driving libraries to evolve into specialized and distinct models, shaping their future and drawing parallels to the Cambrian…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Specialization, Educational Trends
Eskridge, Honora N.; Carroll, Alexander J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2020
Liaison (or subject specialist) librarians are routinely identified as essential to the sustained success of academic libraries. Yet despite the purported centrality of liaisons to the mission of their institutions, many libraries have struggled to define the role of the subject specialist. These attempts at definition have resulted in a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, STEM Education, Research Libraries
Liu, Yi; Xu, TianWei; Xiao, Mengjin – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2023
In order to better grasp the needs of library users and provide them with more accurate knowledge services, combining the characteristics of university libraries, this article applies library small data to personalized recommendation and proposes a small data fusion algorithm model for library personalized recommendation. This model combines the…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Tables (Data)
Malenfant, Kara J.; Brown, Karen – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2017
Meaningful and sustained assessment is best achieved when a campus unit takes a collaborative leadership role to work with other departments, offices, and groups. Simply developing and implementing assessment in isolation and for the unit itself is not enough. While the value of collaboration among diverse campus constituents is widely recognized,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Leadership Role, Program Design, Program Implementation
Johnson, Ken; McCallister, Kelly – Journal of Access Services, 2015
The 24-hour/5-days-per-week (24/5) model at Belk Library & Information Commons has experienced multiple changes since first implemented in 2006. First the library started small, then expanded, then reduced, and finally expanded again. This article tells the story of a library's 24/5 evolution within the assessment cycle framework, describes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Library Services, Library Development, Library Research
Meredith, Tamara R. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2015
Augmented reality (AR) has been used and documented for a variety of commercial and educational purposes, and the proliferation of mobile devices has increased the average person's access to AR systems and tools. However, little research has been done in the area of using AR to supplement traditional library services, specifically for patrons aged…
Descriptors: Library Services, Elementary School Students, Handheld Devices, Computer Software
Corbett, Amanda; Brown, Abbie – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2015
This article explores the literature that focuses on the various roles librarians and libraries play in distance education settings. Learners visit libraries either in person or via networked computing technology to ask for help with their online courses. Questions range from how to upload a document with a learning management system, to how to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Librarians, Library Role, Literature Reviews
Cross, Emma; Mould, David; Smith, Robert – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
The rise of game development and game studies on university campuses prompts academic libraries to consider how to support teaching and research in this area. This article examines current issues and challenges in the development of game collections at academic libraries. The gaming ecosystem has become more complex and libraries may need to move…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Video Games, Educational Games
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
Long, Dallas – Journal of Access Services, 2014
This article serves as a primer for assessment and evaluation design by describing the range of methods commonly employed in library settings. Quantitative methods, such as counting and benchmarking measures, are useful for investigating the internal operations of an access services department in order to identify workflow inefficiencies or…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Research, Library Services, Library Development
Buller, Ryan F. – Journal of Access Services, 2014
Generating, collecting, and analyzing building usage statistics can greatly increase the ability of an access services unit to meet the changing dynamic of patron needs in an academic library. By analyzing three different data points, the Access Services Unit in Malpass Library at Western Illinois University was able to determine the most…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Development, Library Research, Student Employment
Nackerud, Shane; Fransen, Jan; Peterson, Kate; Mastel, Kristen – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
In Fall 2011, staff at the University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities undertook a project to measure how often, and in what ways, students used the Libraries' services. Partnering with the University's Office of Institutional Research, the team investigated ways to match library service usage to individual accounts while retaining patron…
Descriptors: Library Services, Graduate Students, Institutional Research, Library Research