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Chiu, Dickson K. W.; Wong, Spear Wing Sze – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Despite the popularity of mobile and digital technologies, physical collections still have high user demand in academic libraries and grow continuously. With renovation projects providing more studying and collaboration space, efforts to relocate materials to storage facilities are necessary for major libraries. With the change in student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Information Technology
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Salisbury, Fiona; Dollinger, Mollie; Vanderlelie, Jessica – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
Across the sector, universities are transforming the student experience by reconceptualising the ways in which they partner with students. The academic library is at the heart of the university experience and libraries have a long history of collaboration and engaging with their communities. As such academic libraries are the perfect next frontier…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, College Students, Design
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Baxter, Guy; Beard, Lorraine; Beattie, Gavin; Blake, Michelle; Greenhall, Matthew; Lingstadt, Kirsty; Nixon, William J.; Reimer, Torsten – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
Research Libraries UK is a consortium of 37 of the UK and Ireland's largest research libraries with the purpose of convening its members around the key issues that affect them, to represent their collective voice, to support them as they face shared challenges, and to be an effective advocate on their behalf. In fulfilment of these roles, RLUK…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Research Libraries, Consortia
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Nan Pang; Charles Crook – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2023
With the advent of the big data internet era, the corresponding multimedia technology is also developing. At the same time, as an important place for students to improve their cognitive level and expand their knowledge coverage, the construction of knowledge and information in university libraries will have an important impact on the growth of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Library Facilities, Student Development
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Porterfield, Julie M.; Diaz, Stephanie; Waltz, Rebecca Miller – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2020
Funded by the Association of College & Research Libraries through a 2018 Academic Library Impact Research Grant, the Activating Library Classrooms: Evaluating Formal Learning Spaces for Active Learning and Student Engagement project endeavored to evaluate the design and use of formal learning spaces situated within Penn State University…
Descriptors: State Universities, Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
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Passehl-Stoddart, Erin; Snipes, Genifer – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
The University of Oregon (UO) Libraries recently launched the campus's first ideation room, the Innovation, Design, Education, and Aspire (IDEA) Space. The IDEA Space differentiates from other creative spaces such as makerspaces, digital humanities labs, and media centres by its focus on the intellectual aspects of the design thinking process --…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Cooperation, Design
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Pierard, Cindy; Baca, Olivia – Journal of Access Services, 2019
Noise in academic libraries has been a consistent concern of library staff and library users. This concern has intensified as libraries have emphasized their role in supporting student learning, including learning that occurs in a busy, collaborative environment. Studies of acceptable library noise levels have traditionally been conducted in areas…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Acoustics, Library Facilities, Library Policy
Sarah D. DeVille – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The design of academic library spaces has become a significant concern for library deans in recent years. While there is a plethora of literature on the design of library spaces, there is scant empirical literature on the influence of library spaces on student success. To fill that gap, I collected and analyzed graduate and undergraduate student…
Descriptors: State Universities, Academic Libraries, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Torres, Ana; Paul, Gavin – Journal of Access Services, 2019
The Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology at NYU-Tandon School of Engineering adopted an assessment methodology that was central to the librarians' understanding of current environmental issues and their attempts to craft a better user experience. This method of gauging and analyzing occupancy revealed problem areas and was an invaluable…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Engineering Education, Library Facilities, Library Services
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McCaffrey, Ciara – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2019
University libraries are going through a period of enormous transformation and have been for some time. This study considers ten years of both incremental and transformational change at the University of Limerick (UL) Library in Ireland. In the last decade library services, staffing, collections, and spaces underwent great changes, in line with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Organizational Change, Library Administration
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Mross, Emily; Riehman-Murphy, Christina – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Anecdotal evidence implies that students use library spaces for spiritual practices at many colleges and universities. Using focus groups, the authors investigated students' prayer behaviors on four regional campuses of a large research university, asking questions about students' frequency of prayer, campus areas used for devotions, and students'…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Role, Library Facilities, Interior Space
Todd, Tessa Tyler – National Literacy Trust, 2021
Primary school libraries are a vital part of the education system. A well-resourced primary school library not only supports literacy levels but has a positive effect on the mental wellbeing of pupils. Despite their numerous benefits, there is currently no statutory requirement for primary schools to have a library and even before the COVID-19…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Futures (of Society), Library Services
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Mazmanyan, Kelsey Lupo – College & Research Libraries, 2020
On October 1, 2017, the history of Las Vegas, Nevada was forever changed when a mass shooting claimed the lives of 58 innocent people at a concert site on the Vegas Strip. Only three miles away, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and its main branch, Lied Library, became a space where students sought shelter and answers. To understand how this…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Academic Libraries, School Safety
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Ruhyana, Nugrahana Fitria; Aeni, Ani Nur – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2019
This research aims at identifying the effect of educational facilities and infrastructure in primary schools on the students' learning outcomes. This was based on the data from the Education Data Centre (Dapodik -- "Data Pokok Pendidikan") of 2017/2018 Academic Year, indicating that high level of damage to educational facilities and…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Outcomes of Education
Powers, Amanda Clay; Garnar, Martin; Fife, Dustin – ALA Editions, 2019
The path towards leadership starts with you. But you don't have to go it alone. For this book, the authors sat down with many of the library leaders they most admire for a series of conversations about the aspects of the job that they find the most fascinating (and challenging). Much like the chats you might have over coffee at a conference or…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership, Organizational Culture
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