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Jacso, Peter – Library Journal, 2009
In the journal "The Chronicle of Higher Education," an article by Geoffrey Nunberg criticizes Google's Book Search (GBS), emphasizing that disturbing errors are endemic. He recognizes that for mainstream "googling" purposes, "they don't really care about metadata provided by a library catalog." In perhaps his most discouraging point, linguistics…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Search Engines, Access to Information, Educational Research
Xu, F. Grace – Public Services Quarterly, 2009
The social work library at USC provides a case study of an academic library's transition to an information center service model. Analysis of the collection, user community, Web 2.0 applications, and Web usage data demonstrates how the changes facilitated library services and information literacy instruction. (Contains 6 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Library Services, Social Work
Stephens, Matthew – Australian Library Journal, 2009
There is a general perception that as librarians, we know what constitutes and defines a rare book, that our heritage book collections are well-documented and their future survival is planned for and secure. This discussion paper asks whether our definitions of heritage material might be too narrow and whether they reflect the reality across all…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Library Services, Selection Tools, Best Practices
Drake, Paul B. – Journal of Access Services, 2010
While the National Library of Medicine created the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) as a network to provide medical and health information, historically few nonmedical academic libraries have participated. University medical libraries and hospital libraries have been the major focus of the Network. Recently, the NNLM has…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Medical Libraries, Library Services, Library Administration
Kim, Bohyun – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
This article presents a case study of the intranet implementation and adoption process of a SharePoint intranet at a small academic library and investigates why the many Web 2.0 tools of the library intranet are currently underused. Staff interviews showed that common goals for an intranet, such as information dissemination, knowledge sharing,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas), Case Studies, Program Implementation
Thomas, Lisa Carlucci – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
Libraries are widely known as institutions that access, organize, and preserve collections of information. Libraries are also dynamic administrative entities that generate and exchange internal business information. From small operations with limited staff and technology to large, multidepartmental institutions with full IT support, libraries…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Internet, Library Research
Sexton, Will – Computers in Libraries, 2010
That little rectangle with a button next to it? (Those things called search boxes but might just as well be called "resource drains.") Imagine it disappearing from a library's webpages. The intricate works behind these design elements make up a major portion of what library staff spends time and money developing, populating, supporting,…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Services
Ekart, Donna F. – Computers in Libraries, 2008
When the electronic resource management system (ERM) at Kansas State University Libraries suffered a horrible data loss, the "contract db" presented a challenge for the librarians responsible for electronic resources. It was a decent data repository, but it had no ability to manage the tangled process of licensing, acquiring, activating,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Database Management Systems, Librarians
Weintraub, Jennifer; Wisner, Melissa – Computers in Libraries, 2008
In September 2007, Yale University Library (YUL) and Microsoft agreed to partner in a large-scale project to digitize 100,000 books from the YUL collections--an ambitious effort that would substantially increase the library's digitized holdings, particularly in the area of its own text collections. YUL has been digitizing materials from its…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Art Materials, Academic Libraries, Library Materials
Bayer, Marc Dewey – Computers in Libraries, 2008
Since 2004, Buffalo State College's E. H. Butler Library has used the Information Commons (IC) model to assist its 8,500 students with library research and computer applications. Campus Technology Services (CTS) plays a very active role in its IC, with a centrally located Computer Help Desk and a newly created Application Support Desk right in the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Research, Library Services
Florida Department of Education, 2014
This 2014 fact book for the Florida College System is divided into the following categories: (1) Student Information, which includes fall, annual, FTE, and program enrollment statistics, as well as credit program completion statistics; (2) Employee Information, which includes statistics regarding employee headcount by occupational activity, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Colleges, Enrollment
Viner, Jane; Lucas, Amanda; Ricchini, Tracey; Ri, Regina – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
This workshop paper explores the Web 2.0 journey of the MLC Libraries' teacher-librarians, librarian, library and audio visual technicians. Our journey was initially inspired by Will Richardson and supported by the School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) Web 2.0 professional development program. The 12 week technological skills program…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, School Libraries, Internet
Schmidt, Gregory – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
Successful disaster response is an exercise in managing human resources under very difficult conditions. Catastrophic disasters can disrupt both the physical communication networks and the social networks critical to efficient response and recovery. While a well-designed disaster plan serves as a framework, it often requires communication and…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Emergency Programs, Social Networks, Human Resources
Starr, Joan – Computers in Libraries, 2010
In October 2009, California Digital Library (CDL), where the author serves as manager of strategic and project planning, jumped into the world of social networking by joining Twitter. From Twitter, the CDL staff publish the content of their monthly newsletter, "CDLINFO News," and also additional content created by CDL programs and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Technology, Database Management Systems, Social Networks
Costello, Kristen; Del Bosque, Darcy – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
This case study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries, which has one main library, three branches, and more than 110 staff, illustrates one approach to using new technologies as additional methods for internal communication. At large academic libraries, communication within the organization can be challenging. The…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Web Sites, Academic Libraries, Library Services