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Boyd, Angela; Blue, Yolanda; Im, Suzanne – College & Research Libraries, 2017
The purpose of this research was to evaluate academic library residency programs that successfully recruit and retain academic librarians of color. This study examines library residencies in the United States and discusses findings of two nationwide surveys. One survey posed questions to residents about the structure of their residencies, aspects…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Faculty Recruitment, Labor Turnover
Antell, Karen; Foote, Jody Bales; Turner, Jaymie; Shults, Brian – College & Research Libraries, 2014
As long as empirical research has existed, researchers have been doing "data management" in one form or another. However, funding agency mandates for doing formal data management are relatively recent, and academic libraries' involvement has been concentrated mainly in the last few years. The National Science Foundation implemented a new…
Descriptors: Librarians, Data, Information Management, Research Libraries
Belter, Christopher W.; Kaske, Neal K. – College & Research Libraries, 2016
Although cited reference studies are common in the library and information science literature, they are rarely performed in nonacademic institutions or in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences. In this paper, we analyze more than 400,000 cited references made by authors affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Periodicals, Libraries, Statistics
Heath, Fred – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
This brief salute to Duane Webster and his defining role over the past several decades at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focuses on his formative role in defining and evolving the assessment protocols employed by both the association and the profession. (Contains 8 notes.)
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Evaluation, Librarians, Library Science
Branin, Joseph J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
For over 30 years, Duane Webster worked tirelessly and effectively in developing leaders in the research library community. Through his own efforts and example and through a group of colleagues he trained and mentored, the Association of Research Libraries was able to create a series of programs in leadership development that has had an impact on…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Leadership, Library Science, Mentors

Harvey, John F. – International Library Review, 1973
The development of library education in Iran is presented in some detail. In addition, the origins, purposes, operations and services of the Iranian Documentation Centre and the Tehran Book Processing Centre are described. (7 references) (KE)
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Research, Library Science, Library Services
Baker, Matthew – Public Services Quarterly, 2012
Attempts to assess the influence of the web upon our intellectual and imaginative capacities have resulted in a steady stream of commentary and debate. Although the subject has been approached from a variety of perspectives, the analyses often share a lexicon of transformation, of upheaval, of the unprecedented or the inexorable. This can be true…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Information Literacy, Criticism, Social Problems
Freedman, Jenna – Library Journal, 2009
There's a lot of focus on the "Next Gen" librarians out there bringing a youth perspective that's supposed to shake things up and introducing new ideas and practices into a profession that sometimes moves forward at a glacial pace. But the ideas of the new generation do not invalidate the work done by those who came before. In fact, change in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Interviews, Research Libraries
Sullivan, Maureen – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
Duane Webster is a visionary leader who, throughout his career, has had a significant impact on the improvement of libraries and librarianship. His work to establish the Association of Research Library's (ARL) Office of Management Studies (OMS) and its several organizational improvement programs laid the foundation for organization development in…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Organizational Development, Academic Libraries, Library Science
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
Holley, Edward G.; Kenan, William Rand, Jr. – 1989
The question "What is the role for research in library and information science?" lies at the heart of an ongoing project sponsored by the Office of Library Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. The project, which was begun in 1986-87, is designed to identify researchable issues that could help libraries attain or maintain a leadership…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Discussion Groups, Higher Education
Koch, Hans-Albrecht – 1980
A report of the current state of librarianship in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) presents a brief history as well as an overview of the prerequisites of and organizations concerned with library research, and the objectives, methods, and results of intermediary but important research projects. Although the practice of library research is new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries, Library Administration
Walker, Shannon – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2011
What might motivate someone with a natural science degree to forgo the lab and pursue a non-traditional career in librarianship? Are there differences between LIS graduates with and without a science degree that might impact recruitment strategies? An analysis of data from a longitudinal career study, "Workforce Issues in Library and…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Library Schools, Graduates, Motivation
Mathews, Anne J., Ed. – 1988
This report is the third in a set of three reports from the project, "Issues in Library Research: Proposals for the 1990s," which was launched in September 1986 to investigate library and information science issues in order to assess the current state of the profession and identify a research agenda to lead into the next decade. This…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Science
Hider, Philip – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
The resource typologies proposed in the new standard, "Resource Description and Access" (RDA), are evaluated in the context of a particular university library catalogue through two card-sort exercises. Although it was found that end-users recognised the content and carrier aspects of the resource types as listed in RDA, they did not…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Classification, Universities, Cataloging