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Patino, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation is an action research study that had as its primary goal to increase retention of honors college students at Arizona State University by implementing an additional advising session during the fifth semester of their academic career. Introducing additional, strategically-timed support for the honors thesis and demystifying the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Honors Curriculum, Student Research, Action Research
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Bracke, Marianne Stowell; Chinnaswamy, Sainath; Kline, Elizabeth – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2008
This article explores the different steps involved in adopting a new service model at the University of Arizona Science-Engineering Library. In a time of shrinking budgets and changing user behavior the library was forced to rethink it reference services to be cost effective and provide quality service at the same time. The new model required…
Descriptors: Engineering, Library Services, Reference Services, Models
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL" is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "ARL" reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Handheld Devices, Reference Services
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Forsyth, Ellen – Australian Library Journal, 2006
A growing number of libraries have installed wireless data connections as a way of providing access to the Internet for members of the public. Some libraries have used their wireless networks to enable staff to use wireless devices to increase their mobility, effectiveness and responsiveness to client need particularly in providing reference and…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Library Services, Reference Services, Internet
Canepi, Kitti – Rural Libraries, 1997
To compile a list of recommended electronic databases for rural libraries, public library patron questions received by the Arizona State Reference Center were searched on ten databases. The results indicated Books in Print, Magazine Database, ABI/INFORM, Public Affairs Information System (PAIS), and Government Printing Office (GPO) Publications…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation
Library Journal, 2005
Jennifer Duvernay, a science reference librarian at Arizona State University (ASU), feels it is very important to make sure that the information shopping experience is completely satisfying. "I'd like our students to choose to come to us because they have good experiences with us, trust us, and like us, despite [the availability of] plenty of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Services, Librarians
Titus, Lori – 1992
A survey of the reference departments of public libraries in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah was conducted to determine whether CD-ROM products are being used in routine reference work. Previous literature on CD-ROM had primarily been concerned with the response to and acceptance of the technology by patrons. A stratified sample of public…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Utilization, Librarians, Library Surveys
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – 1990
The objectives of the project described in this report were to provide specific, clearly defined options for Arizona libraries to share information and bibliographic resources, propose strategies for implementing the options, and present a phased implementation schedule for implementing them. The report begins with an executive summary which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Technology