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Public Libraries as Sites of Collision for Arts Education, the Maker Movement, and Neoliberal Agendas in Education
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Lakind, Alexandra – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2017
In recent years, the concept "making" has been claimed by "The Maker Movement." While making offers great potential (and resources) for art integration in informal learning sites, maker discourse is often intertwined with a neoliberal mission. For example, movement leaders glorify Steve Jobs and hark on the myth that hobbies…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Conflict, Art Education, Shared Resources and Services
Establishing Influential Decision Making Factors for University Library Opening Hours: An Exploratory UK Regional Study
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Ravenwood, Clare; Stephens, Derek; Walton, Graham – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
Many factors and pressures affect decisions made in UK university libraries on opening hours especially 24/7. This article reports on a project to examine the decision-making process, influential factors, and stakeholders. A workshop for senior library managers in the East Midlands was held to gather data and share experiences. From analysis of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Working Hours, Scheduling, Library Policy
Beyond the Scanned Image: A Needs Assessment of Scholarly Users of Digital Collections
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Green, Harriett E.; Courtney, Angela – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This paper presents an analysis of how humanities scholars use digital collections in their research and the ways in which digital collections could be enhanced for scholarly use. The authors surveyed and interviewed humanities faculty from twelve research universities about their research practices with digital collections and present analysis of…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Scholarship
The Effect of Professional Development on Teacher and Librarian Collaboration: Preliminary Findings Using a Revised Instrument, TLC-III
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Montiel-Overall, Patricia; Hernandez, Anthony C. R. – School Library Research, 2012
This study describes preliminary results of a study with elementary school teachers and librarians. Professional-development intervention workshops were conducted to improve teacher and school librarian collaboration to integrate library and subject content. A revised 24-item teacher and school librarian collaboration instrument (TLC-III) was used…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
An Exploration of Online Environments Supporting Follow-Up to Face-to-Face Professional Development
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Green, Marybeth; Cifuentes, Lauren – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2008
In this study we examined the effects of online follow-up and online peer interaction following a face-to face professional development workshop on attitudes towards that professional development and completion of a professional development task. School librarians were invited to work online on a three page plan outlining interventions a library…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Interaction, Workshops
The Human Response to Library Automation.
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Kirkland, Janice, Ed. – Library Trends, 1989
Eleven articles discuss the response of library users and personnel to automation. Topics covered include computerized reference services, online public access catalogs, paraprofessional staff perceptions of technology, organizational and managerial impacts of automation, workshops on new technology, gender differences in motivation to manage and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarian Attitudes