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Hamby, Rogan – Computers in Libraries, 2012
The technology of the 21st century has had no shortage of challenges for libraries, but it has also brought opportunities. Operating systems, databases, and application environments that can use cheap off-the-shelf hardware to scale and handle hundreds of millions of transactions were not developed for libraries. However, libraries have taken…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Pilot Projects, Libraries, Information Systems
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Adams, Carolyn; Ressel, Margret J.; Silva, Erin S. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2009
This article provides a practitioner's guide to marketing user-initiated borrowing at the point of need. By reviewing interlibrary loan book requests and manually transferring them to an INN-Reach consortial system, Link+, the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries were able to successfully market the service, deliver materials faster, and save…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, Marketing, Users (Information)
Singer, Carol A. – ALA Editions, 2012
Whether a library's reference collection is large or small, it needs constant attention. Singer's book offers information and insight on best practices for reference collection management, no matter the size, and shows why managing without a plan is a recipe for clutter and confusion. In this very practical guide, reference librarians will learn:…
Descriptors: Reference Materials, Library Services, Fundamental Concepts, Reference Services
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Guzzy, Judith E. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2010
Most academic libraries are members of at least one consortium, and many belong to multiple consortia. However, consortia vary widely in the services they offer and in how they are structured. This project, carried out in the fall of 2009, focused on a review of fifteen academic library consortia that: Included two-year colleges, either…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Group Membership, Governance
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Pearson, Kathryn – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2008
Macquarie University Library was concerned at the length of time that elapsed between placement of an interlibrary loan request to the satisfaction of that request. Taking advantage of improved statistical information available to them through membership of the CLIC Consortium, library staff investigated the reasons for delivery delay. This led to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Services, Improvement
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Guillot, Ladonna; Stahr, Beth; Meeker, Bonnie Juve' – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2010
Nursing and library faculty face many information literacy challenges when graduate nursing programs migrate to online course delivery. The authors describe a collaborative model for providing cost-effective online library services to new graduate students in a three-university consortium. The embedded librarian service links a health sciences…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Faculty, Medical Libraries, Librarians
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Erdogan, Phyllis; Karasozen, Bulent – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
The Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) was created in 2001 with only a few members subscribed to nine e-journal collections and bibliographic databases. This Turkish library consortium had developed from one state and three private universities joining together for the purchase of two databases in 1999. Over time, the numbers of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Materials, Library Services
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Curry, Elizabeth A.; Smithee, Jeannette – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2009
The Southeast Florida Library and Information Network (SEFLIN) has presented the Sun Seeker Leadership Institute biennially since 1997. SEFLIN, a multitype library consortium headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, was one of the first groups to sponsor a library leadership institute held as a monthly series of events over the period of a year. One…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Consortia, Library Networks, Library Administration
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Singer, Ross – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
Ever since North Carolina State University Libraries launched their Endeca-based OPAC replacement in the beginning of 2006, the library world has been completely obsessed with ditching their old, tired catalog interfaces (and with good reason) for the greener pastures of more sophisticated indexing, more accurate relevance ranking, dust jackets,…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Access to Information, Consortia, Library Associations
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Vinson, Christopher G.; Boyd, Kate Foster – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
This article explores the historical foundations of the South Carolina Digital Library, a collaborative statewide program that ties together academic special collections and archives, public libraries, state government archives, and other cultural resource institutions in an effort to provide the state with a comprehensive database of online…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Consortia, Library Associations, State Federal Aid
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Johnson, Wendell G. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2008
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, is the world's largest social science data archive. The data sets in the ICPRS database give the social sciences librarian/subject specialist an opportunity of providing value-added bibliographic…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Political Science, Databases, Consortia
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2012
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2005
Do vendor reps provide librarians with the information they need in the way they need it? Do vendors feel they are communicating effectively with their librarian clients? A recent survey of North American and European academic librarians commissioned by Jim McGinty, vice chair of Cambridge Information Group, and carried out by consultants David…
Descriptors: Vendors, Information Services, Consortia, Audiences
Bucknall, Tim – Library Journal, 2005
The Carolina Consortium came into being for one purpose: to conclude deals that would allow the sharing of both the costs and the content of a large number of academic journals from three major publishers--Wiley, Springer, and Blackwell. In just a few months--and without any central authority, funding, or administrative overhead--librarians from…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Library Services, Consortia, Libraries
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Sachs, Diana – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2004
Florida's Ask a Librarian service (http://www.askalibrarian.org) brings virtual reference to users at their moment of need via the Internet. Ask a Librarian is a growing service with 76 participating libraries including public, school, four-year, and community college libraries. The following article describes how Ask a Librarian was developed…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Services, Electronic Libraries, Reference Services
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