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Nahotko, Marek – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2016
Introduction: Text genres used by so-called information organizers in the processes of information organization in information systems were explored in this research. Method: The research employed text genre socio-functional analysis. Five genre groups in information organization were distinguished. Every genre group used in information…
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Systems, Catalogs, Qualitative Research
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2016
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This issue includes the following articles: (1) Business Intelligence and Data Visualization with Tableau…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Business Skills, Data Analysis, Visualization
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Bedi, Shailoo; Waldie, Christine – College & Research Libraries, 2017
Academic librarians have always played an important role in providing research services and research-skills development to faculty in higher education. But that role is evolving to include the academic librarian as a unique and necessary research partner, practitioner, and participant in collaborative, grant-funded research projects. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Libraries, Librarians, Library Role
Okerson, Ann; Holzman, Alex – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2015
The report explores the revitalization of library publishing and its possible future, and examines elements that influence the success and sustainability of library publishing initiatives. The authors trace the history of library publishing and factors that have transformed the publishing landscape, and describe several significant library-press…
Descriptors: Publishing Industry, Library Services, Success, Sustainability
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Hoffmann, Kristin; Berg, Selinda Adelle; Brancolini, Kristine R.; Kennedy, Marie R. – College & Research Libraries, 2023
Academic librarians face multiple barriers in conducting the research that is expected in their work, yet they still manage to successfully complete it. This study aimed to identify the factors that contribute to their success. Through an online survey sent via email to a random sample of academic librarians in the United States, we gathered and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Research, Influences
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Cook, Dani Brecher – College & Research Libraries, 2022
The one-shot instruction session is a dominant mode of teaching in academic libraries. While many conference presentations and articles about methods have been shared, there is little consensus about whether a single library session promotes student learning about information literacy topics. This meta-analysis gathers studies that employ…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kulp, Christina; McCain, Cheryl; Scrivener, Laurie – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This article reports the results of a survey that targeted reference and instruction librarians who work at libraries that are members of the Asso- ciation of Research Libraries (ARL). Respondents were asked to indicate whether or not they teach students to use the one-box tool, and why or why not. Based on the responses of the 352 librarians who…
Descriptors: Librarians, Surveys, Library Instruction, Online Searching
Ammarukleart, Sujira – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Institutional repositories have been introduced as an innovative and alternative technology for scholarly communication and have received considerable attention from scholars across disciplines and around the globe. While some universities in Thailand have developed and implemented institutional repositories for nearly a decade, knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Archives
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Stauffer, Suzanne M. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2020
Research into education for librarianship has failed to explore the historical development of the subject or to establish the social and cultural contexts within which it developed. Such historical background and context are essential for exploring and understanding issues of race and of systemic and institutionalized racism. Historical…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Racial Bias, Library Research
Kirchner, Joy; Diaz, José; Henry, Geneva; Fliss, Susan; Culshaw, John; Gendron, Heather; Cawthorne, Jon E. – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2015
In 2013, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a group of seven librarians from the Research Library Leadership Fellows program of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) a planning grant to examine the center of excellence (CoE) model for information services. Used in a variety of industries, CoEs are designed to attract the most talented…
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Services, Models, Research Libraries
Kelly M. Hoffman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Neurodivergent people consistently face less optimal outcomes than neurotypical people in education, their careers, and other areas of life. Anecdotally, personal knowledge management (PKM) is a useful tool for neurodivergent individuals. However, there is sparse research involving the information practices of neurodivergent adults in the field of…
Descriptors: Adults, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Diversity, Library Research
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Fallon, Helen; Connaughton, Laura – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2016
World Café, sometimes termed Knowledge Café, is now an established method of facilitating productive dialogue between a group or groups of people around an issue that matters to the group as a whole. Now a world movement, the methodology is straightforward and uses conversation as a key process to connect people, who may be from different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Research Libraries, Staff Development
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Chin Roemer, Robin; Greer, Rebecca – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2016
Research workshops are designed to help students develop skills that go beyond the scope of one-shot library sessions. However, with more students conducting research off-campus, online, and in the evening, workshops targeted towards complex skills and competencies are difficult to offer. But what if librarians were to design and deliver intensive…
Descriptors: Workshops, Integrated Learning Systems, Library Instruction, Research Skills
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Nugent, Gwen; Guru, Ashu; Namuth-Covert, Deana M. – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2018
Aim/Purpose: This study examines differences in credit and noncredit users' learning and usage of the Plant Sciences E-Library (PASSEL, http://passel.unl.edu), a large international, open-source multidisciplinary learning object repository. Background: Advances in online education are helping educators to meet the needs of formal academic credit…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Research Libraries, Electronic Learning
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Xiang, Jianqin; Wang, Haiyan – Research Evaluation, 2022
Subject to various restrictive requirements on project application and completion, funded projects are often affected by funding policies for the selection of research objects. This study explored the impact of scientific research funding policies on the funding and research by comparing the topic distribution of awards and papers. A total of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Library Research
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