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Rathemacher, Andree J. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2012
This report covers a panel discussion on the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, published in January 2012 by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The panel was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on March 23, 2012, and was hosted by the MIT Libraries. Panelists were Patricia…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Research Libraries, Best Practices, Academic Libraries
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Chander, Romesh; Dhar, Meghna; Bhatt, Ketan – Journal of Access Services, 2022
With the rising cases of theft, vandalism, mutilation, infiltration, and other fraudulent practices at academic libraries, the matter of library security has become a matter of greater concern for modern-day library professionals as well as scholars in the field of library and information science. Considering the seriousness of the issue, the…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Academic Libraries, Information Security, Crime
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Rislow, Madeline; Nelson, Amelia – Journal of Museum Education, 2020
How do you make art history and art museum library research exciting and relevant to an undergraduate studio art student? And, how can an innovative learning experiment lay the groundwork for future utilization of the acquired course knowledge and the art museum library resources? One answer, as we discovered, lies in creatively utilizing a…
Descriptors: Museums, Libraries, Art History, College Students
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Becker, Bernd W. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2013
There is a new buzzword in education: "MOOCs." These massively open online courses (MOOCs) can serve hundreds or thousands of students without the institutional hurdles found in classes at a university, such as acceptance requirements and physical location. Some schools are working with partners like Udacity and Coursera, while others…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Curriculum Development, Library Services, Online Courses
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Attar, K. E. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2013
Recent years have seen a growing emphasis on modern special collections (in themselves no new phenomenon), with a dichotomy between guidance for detailed cataloguing in "Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)" (DCRM(B), 2007) and the value of clearing cataloguing backlogs expeditiously. This article describes the De la Mare…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Mestre, Lori S. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
Libraries in the United States have worked towards developing more inclusive environments and programs. This inclusiveness should also extend to the online library presence. This article provides results of a web page scan of all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the United States to document the visibility of diversity on their pages. A…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Web Sites, Diversity (Institutional)
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Mongeon, Philippe; Brown, Alison; Dhaliwal, Ratna; Hill, Jessalyn; Matthews, Amber – Education for Information, 2021
This special issue on race relations and racial inequity in Library and Information Science (LIS) is a response a recent wave of advocacy, activism, and protests. Its explicit purpose is to address the lack of research on race and inequity within our field. The purpose of this contribution to the issue is to substantiate that statement by…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Race, Library Science, Library Research
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Matthews, Amber – Education for Information, 2021
While contemporary revisionist narratives frame the public library as a benevolent and neutral community resource, it has existed for over two centuries and has a deeply shaded past. Particularly, public libraries played key roles in projects tied to the industrialist mission of states and the education of select social groups during key…
Descriptors: Race, Social Justice, Inclusion, Public Libraries
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Samuelson, Todd; Sare, Laura; Coker, Catherine – College & Research Libraries, 2012
The widespread theft of collection materials, including rare and unique items, continues to be an issue of great concern to libraries of all types. The potential loss of such items threatens not only an institution's operations but, in many cases, global cultural heritage. Despite an increasingly open attitude among institutions regarding sharing…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Special Libraries, Library Materials, Crime
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
The mission of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Research is to expand knowledge that advances OCLC's public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. OCLC Research is dedicated to three roles: (1)To act as a community resource for shared research and development (R&D); (2) To provide advanced…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Access to Information, Community Resources, Technical Support
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Forward, Erin; Leahey, Amber; Trimble, Leanne – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
Successfully providing access to special collections of digital geospatial data in academic libraries relies upon complete and accurate metadata. Creating and maintaining metadata using specialized standards is a formidable challenge for libraries. The Ontario Council of University Libraries' Scholars GeoPortal project, which created a shared…
Descriptors: Metadata, Partnerships in Education, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
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Torrence, Matt – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2015
The literature, activities, and resource needs of engineering students and faculty provide insight into a demographic that is often among the early-adopters of new technologies, tools, and methods of sharing information. Despite the often non-bibliographic nature of their research efforts, there are numerous elements of the traditional service…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Marketing
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Zhao, Shuzhen; Luo, Rong; Sabina, Christine; Pillon, Karen – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This study assessed the influence of information literacy training on graduate students' self-rated ability to search using academic databases and the internet to find information, as well as their objective information literacy skills through a survey in 2017 at the University of Windsor. After controlling for a comprehensive set of covariates,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Information Literacy, Training, Library Materials
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Linda Miles; Robin Brown – College & Research Libraries, 2023
Community colleges educate an estimated two-fifths of United States college students. Yet community college librarians do not disseminate enough research to enable their colleagues and their libraries to reach their potential. Little is known about what types of supportive measures might increase productivity. The authors collected quantitative…
Descriptors: Librarians, Community Colleges, Academic Libraries, Library Research
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Crampsie, Camielle; Neville, Tina; Henry, Deborah – College & Research Libraries, 2020
Scholarly publishing continues to be a prominent expectation for many academic librarians. This survey explores characteristics, behaviors, motivations, institutional supports, and educational opportunities that help library practitioners become successful authors. It also looks at perceived confidence in research skills of both novice and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Faculty Publishing, Research Skills
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