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Continuum Thinking and the Contexts of Personal Information Management
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Huvila, Isto; Eriksen, Jon; Häusner, Eva-Maria; Jansson, Ina-Maria – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2014
Introduction: Recent personal information management literature has underlined the significance of the contextuality of personal information and its use. The present article discusses the applicability of the records continuum model and its generalisation, continuum thinking, as a theoretical framework for explicating the overlap and evolution of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Management, Archives, Models
Embedded Librarians: Just-in-Time or Just-in-Case? A Research Study
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Heathcock, Kristin – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
Embedded librarians in online courses provide a wealth of service and information to students. Though students indicate that these services are valuable, the librarians providing embedded services frequently note that these projects are very time consuming. This study examines the provision of a less time-intensive model of embedded librarianship…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Models, Library Services, Library Research
From Information Center to Discovery System: Next Step for Libraries?
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Marcum, James W. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2001
Proposes a discovery system model to guide technology integration in academic libraries that fuses organizational learning, systems learning, and knowledge creation techniques with constructivist learning practices to suggest possible future directions for digital libraries. Topics include accessing visual and continuous media; information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Constructivism (Learning), Discovery Processes, Electronic Libraries
Integrating Information Literacy into the Science Curriculum.
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Brown, Cecelia; Krumholz, Lee R. – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Describes a study conducted at the University of Oklahoma that assessed information-seeking, evaluating, and usage abilities before, during and after an upper-level science course. Explains the bibliographic instruction offered during class, and proposes a model for incorporating information literacy into upper-level science courses and an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Science, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Higher Education
Use of Library Materials: The University of Pittsburgh Study.
Kent, Allen; And Others – 1979
The findings of a study undertaken at the University of Pittsburgh in 1975 to determine the extent of materials use and the full cost of such use in the university library system are presented in this 272-page report. Intended to serve as a foundation for improved acquisitions policies, this report covers circulation and in-house use of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Information Utilization, Library Acquisition
Collaboration between a Technological University Library and Tenant Firms in a Technology Park in Thailand: New Challenges for Librarianship in a Developing Country.
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Premkamolnetr, Nongyao – 1998
The main objective of this research was to develop a suitable model for a Thai university library in information provision to tenant firms in the first Thai technology park. Such a model, which was based on Australian data, was fine-tuned to meet local Thai social and economic conditions. The research process investigated many issues with tenants…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business, Cooperative Programs, Developing Nations