Foundations of Digital Universities     

Vincenzo Maltese  Fausto Giunchiglia 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2017,55(1):26-50

Universities need to maintain data about various resources. They include intellectual creations that are the focus of (Digital) Libraries, but also courses, research projects, and people. Data about intellectual creations are maintained in institutional repositories, while data about courses, research projects, and people reside in various databases designed to support specific vertical applications. We propose a uniform treatment of such resources leading to Digital Universities, i.e., a set of key resources, methodologies, and tools appropriately organized to effectively support universities' users. This requires new methodologies, data models, authority control mechanisms, and system infrastructures that are able to support a broader range of services.  相似文献   

The Out Loud Assignment: Articulating Library Contributions to First-year Student Success     

Elizabeth L. Black  Sarah Anne Murphy 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2017,43(5):409-416

As more and more libraries consider GPA and year-to-year retention as relevant and meaningful measures of interest, it is important to consider whether these measures are locally appropriate. Several limitations of broadly applying GPA and first-year retention as measures of student success were recently discovered while completing a large exploratory research project. The project assessed the impact of a library assignment offered to students during their first term on campus at a large public research university. Findings revealed the assignment had a greater impact on regional campus students in contrast to the larger central campus, where changes in admission requirements has created an increasingly high-performing cohort of first-year students. Other indicators which may better locally articulate library contributions to student success are needed.  相似文献   

Predicting the Role of Library Bookshelves in 2025     

Coen Wilders 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2017,43(5):384-391

University libraries are questioning the added value of open shelves with books. As scientific publications are increasingly available in electronic format, which role do bookshelves have in the future library space? The Utrecht University Library case study invites librarians to fundamentally rethink how they could strengthen the function of open shelves in their library. Based on acquisition and user data, and on interviews with publishers and users, this article suggests that in 2025 bookshelves could play an important role in providing access to those publications which are preferred by users in paper format. However, bookshelves should no longer focus solely on paper publications, but on digital publications too, as most library collections increasingly become hybrid. Moreover, libraries should also think of ways to enhance the inspiring role of bookshelves. Then, the open shelves could have added value within the library space of the future, providing access to a hybrid collection and an inspiring place to study.  相似文献   

Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Survey of Career Path Movement Within Academic,Public and Special Librarianship     

Tina P. Franks 《图书馆管理杂志》2017,57(3):282-310

Just as there are many types of library environments, the librarians working within those spaces represent a variety of experiences, job skills, and perspectives. Librarians develop these qualities through library curricula and on-the-job experience. While some librarians spend their careers in one type of library, others may travel between library environments and gain a wider range of experiences and skills. Decisions to transition between library types may be triggered by personal and professional motivators. Results of this survey confirm some librarians are actively and successfully transitioning between library environments as an alternative career path.  相似文献   

Transforming the CIP Data Block: Assessing User Needs to Re-envision a Venerable Library Icon     

Karl Debus-López  Marilyn McCroskey  Regina Romano Reynolds  Caroline Saccucci  Camilla Williams  Michele Zwierski 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2017,55(7-8):522-548

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Planning,Implementing, and Assessing a CD Reclassification Project     

Robert B. Freeborn 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2017,55(7-8):578-587

In 2015, plans were put in place to relocate the entire compact disc collection of the Music and Media Center in the Arts and Humanities Library at Penn State's University Park campus, and to reclassify them from an accession number system to a more user-browsable one based on the Library of Congress Classification scheme. This article looks at the path that has being taken to reach this goal, and provides an initial assessment of the project at the halfway point.  相似文献   

A Community-Driven Metadata Framework for Describing Cultural Resources: The Digital Library North Project     

Sharon Farnel  Ali Shiri  Sandra Campbell  Cathy Cockney  Dinesh Rathi  Robyn Stobbs 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2017,55(5):289-306

This article describes the Digital Library North (DLN) project, a collaboration among researchers at the University of Alberta, staff at the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre, and communities within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) to develop a culturally appropriate metadata framework for a digital library of cultural resources. It will discuss gathering of data to inform the first iteration of the metadata framework and digital library prototype, as well as revisions made to both the framework and the digital library based on feedback obtained through community interaction with the prototype.  相似文献   

高校合并后图书馆存在问题的探讨   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

何祝兰 《衡阳师范学院学报》2005,26(2):142-144

高校合并后图书馆在资金、资源、服务理念、人员素质等五个方面存在诸多问题。图书馆必须在转变思想观念、优化馆藏结构、注重读者个性化需求、多渠道筹集资金、全面提高馆员素质等方面下功夫。  相似文献   

Active Allyship     

Jenifer Becker 《Public Services Quarterly》2017,13(1):27-31

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The information needs of occupational therapy students: a case study          下载免费PDF全文

Jane Morgan‐Daniel  Hugh Preston 《Health information and libraries journal》2017,34(2):165-170

This article summarises a case study on the information needs of Masters level Occupational Therapy 5 (OT) students at one English university. A mixed methods questionnaire was used to explore motivators for information‐seeking, preferred information resources and barriers inhibiting the satisfaction of information needs. Thirteen recommendations for practice were formulated, focusing on how information professionals can best facilitate OT students’ learning and evidence‐based research skills in preparation for clinical practice. The study was completed by Jane Morgan‐Daniel, who received a Distinction for her work from Aberystwyth University, where she graduated with an MSC in Information and Library Studies in December 2016. She has written this article together with her dissertation supervisor, Hugh Preston. A. M.  相似文献