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Tina M. Griffin; Margaret Janz – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Libraries at academic institutions have been involved in research data management services (RDMS) for more than ten years. Institutions have adapted their service models in response to funder, journal, and federal mandates that have consequently increased RDMS demand. However, institutions that hope to start or grow their services may have…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Management, Data
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Vikki C. Terrile – Teachers College Record, 2024
Academic libraries have long been called the heart of their campuses. As priorities have shifted away from print collections and other repository services, college libraries have expanded their services to be welcoming spaces that support students' sense of belonging and meet a wide range of needs. This is perhaps especially true of community…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Community Colleges, Academic Libraries
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Leanna M. Barcelona; Paula R. Dempsey – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Current literature outlines the importance of--and strategies for--collecting student life material in institutional archives but does not address the inclusion of this material within collecting statements. This study examines publicly available collecting statements from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions' university archives,…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Archives, College Students, Library Policy
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Lydia Osarugue Izu; Madeleine C. Fombad – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
The changes experienced in the digital era require academic library staff to constantly update, expand, and develop their skills in order to carry out their roles efficiently and remain relevant in the provision of services to clients. Consequently, academic libraries have been among the first organizations to adopt knowledge sharing as a means to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Universities, Knowledge Management
Joyce Valenza – Knowledge Quest, 2024
For a librarian with an innovator's mindset, inquiry can be a collaborative strategy for continual growth. When a librarian innovates with their community, radical, human-centered change is possible. According to the author, school librarians see the needs in the communities across grades, content areas, and demographics. The best advocacy is…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Problem Solving, Holistic Approach
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Katy Webb; Laurents Sesink – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Library labs are dedicated spaces with highly trained library, IT, and research support staff. The staff are on hand to help teach faculty and advanced graduate students new and emerging methodologies and technologies. Such a lab is a place to engage in new ways of, for example, doing digital scholarship or putting Open Science into practice. This…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Services, Learning Laboratories
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Jacob Kehinde Opele; Toyin Segun Onayinka; Ikeoluwa Jesufisayomi Fagbami; Ndubuisi Friday Ugwu – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
Academia and practicing Librarians have worked together with the innovation of the 21st century which has made librarianship much more interesting. This study employed the descriptive non-experimental survey design. A total of 379 librarians participated in the study via online Google form were used for data collection. Data analysis was done the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Academic Libraries, Visual Aids
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Melissa Stormont; Maria Cahill; Bobbie Sartin Long; Denice Adkins; Alicia K. Long; Derek T. M. Daskalakes; Caroline Gooden; Carol Russell – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Public libraries offer a wide range of developmental support and learning opportunities for young children with and without disabilities. Libraries in many communities function as hubs and places of support for parenting, literacy, education, technology, as well as general local, and health information. A research team recently conducted focus…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Community Information Services, Early Childhood Teachers, Disabilities
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Holly Yu; Adele Dobry – College & Research Libraries, 2025
Data-driven assessments in academic libraries, which demonstrate their relevance to student success, have become increasingly crucial. This correlational study aimed to assess whether using online resources and borrowing print materials from the university library contributed to higher grade point averages (GPA) and better retention rates among…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average, School Holding Power
Anna Granias; Anne Li – Wilder Research, 2025
In spring 2024, the Multicounty Multitype Library Systems, supported by State Library Services, conducted a census of K-12 public and charter schools in Minnesota to learn about the status of school libraries. A total of 1,528 out of 1,777 eligible schools completed the census. The findings can help legislators, school staff, librarians, and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Legislation
Elmira Jangjou; Melissa Blankstein; jean amaral – ITHAKA S+R, 2025
College fluency can help students successfully engage with and self-advocate within the culture and bureaucracy of higher education institutions to achieve their goals. To further examine and develop effective strategies to foster college fluency, the Borough of Manhattan Community College Library (BMCC) and Ithaka S+R partnered on the College…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student College Relationship, Community Colleges, Student Personnel Services
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Moukachar, Merie B.; Santos, Regina Rosa L. dos – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
The present article displays a research designed to investigate the role of the toy library as a research laboratory focusing on plays and educational processes in Pedagogy courses. It is a theme of relevance, as it is necessary to deepen the conception of the toy library as a scientific space for learning, aiming at the improvement of the…
Descriptors: Toys, Libraries, Play, Games
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Cerri Mirasol, Jessica; Walker, Lizzy – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
Escape rooms are used in a myriad of ways by businesses, teachers, and public libraries. They can be a great way to encourage team building, learning, and simply having fun in a non-threatening environment. This case study presents an innovative approach to engaging students, faculty, and community by using and showcasing unique academic library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Special Libraries, Puzzles
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DeLooper, John; Gonsalves, Devika – Journal of Access Services, 2020
During the Fall 2017 semester, staff at the Hudson County Community College (HCCC), Library began to notice that many books listed as available in the catalog were often not being found on the shelves when patrons attempted to retrieve them. This situation puzzled library leadership because HCCC had recently conducted an inventory and removed all…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Accuracy, Library Materials
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Wang, Ya – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2020
J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University launched a web-scale discovery service, branded as OneSearch in 2013. Before that, Leonard library had been using Google Scholar since 2006. This study gathered usage data on OneSearch and Google Scholar from the library OpenURL link resolver, SFX, and the interlibrary loan server, ILLiad,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Online Searching, Use Studies
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