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Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal
Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate that academic library cooperation is not only limited to work with other institutions but also includes partnerships with related campus units. The primary goal of interdepartmental collaboration is to enhance student success, a common institutional priority in the twenty-first century. Design/methodology/approach The paper offers examples of successful library/campus collaboration along with goals, advantages, disadvantages and challenges of such activity. Elements necessary for success as well as the importance of project assessment are emphasized. Findings Many opportunities for cooperation exist, especially with student development, centers for teaching excellence, information technology, academic departments, writing centers and …
The Merits Of Mentoring, Robert A. Seal
Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal
Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Typical discussions of academic library resource sharing focus on activities between and among institutions: interlibrary loan, reciprocal borrowing, document delivery, group acquisitions, etc. But there is another equally important type of cooperation, i.e. working with other campus units to provide better service, more convenience, and enhanced resources for library users. Sometimes referred to as campus collaboration or convergence, this activity also advances institutional priorities, in particular that of student success. Library partners include information technology services, student development, writing centers, academic departments, and centers for teaching excellence, among others. This paper explores these relationships, their advantages and disadvantages, goals, the …
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Presentation from Second China/US Conference on Libraries in Flushing, NY, August 2001.
Library Spaces In The 21st Century—Meeting The Challenges Of User Needs For Information, Technology, And Expertise, Robert A. Seal
Library Spaces In The 21st Century—Meeting The Challenges Of User Needs For Information, Technology, And Expertise, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Libraries and library professionals face multiple challenges in meeting user needs in the second decade of the new millennium. This is particularly true in academic libraries where students and faculty demand and expect fast, easy, and seamless access to information as well as flexible, comfortable places to work alone was well as collaboratively with colleagues, friends, classmates, and instructors. These same patrons often require the assistance of information specialists to navigate a library’s increasingly large array of online resources. The past fifteen plus years have seen a major shift in philosophy in the U.S. and in other parts of the …
Information Commons: The Future Is Now, Robert A. Seal
Information Commons: The Future Is Now, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
First established in the United States in the 1990’s, the information commons (IC) has become a common way to provide users of academic libraries with a variety of both library and technology services in the 21st century. Now a worldwide phenomenon, the information commons offers, in a centralized location, research and writing assistance, access to computers and other technology, high-speed Internet and wireless communication, loans of laptops and tablet devices, tutoring, both quiet and noisy work study areas, collaborative spaces, classrooms, digital media services, coffee and food items, and more. From the smallest to the largest institutions, the IC has …
Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Presentation from IFLA/SEFLIN International Summit on Library Cooperation in the Americas held in Miami, Florida, on April 19, 2002.
The Information Commons Handbook (Review), Robert A. Seal
The Information Commons Handbook (Review), Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Once an innovative idea but now a standard feature of many academic libraries, the information commons has transformed library services across the country over the past decade. Although dozens of articles have appeared in the literature on various aspects and models of the information commons (IC), until now there has not been a thorough monograph devoted to the topic.
Reference 2001: A Director’S Admonitions, Robert A. Seal
Reference 2001: A Director’S Admonitions, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Reflections on professional roles and responsibilities are explored, as well as the opportunities and challenges facing academic reference librarians. The information environment has been transformed by technology and the Web, and will continue its exponential change. What's coming? What endures? How will we thrive? Whatever approach we take, it is essential to remember that maintaining the status quo is not good enough to meet the changing needs and expectations of library clientele.
The Information Commons: New Pathways To Digital Resources And Knowledge Management, Robert A. Seal
The Information Commons: New Pathways To Digital Resources And Knowledge Management, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
No longer an innovation, the information commons has become a mainstream approach in U.S. academic libraries for providing convenient access to technology and online resources, the first step for many university students in their own knowledge management. From the very basic model of a well-equipped computer lab to more elaborate projects involving multiple campus departments, extensive digital resources, and spaces for knowledge creation, the information commons can facilitate the integration of the college and university library into the academic learning process. After a brief overview of the changing library environment, the paper provides a look at the various models and …
Mexican And U.S. Library Relations, Robert A. Seal
Mexican And U.S. Library Relations, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
This paper examines recent library interactions involving the United States and Mexico, providing a review of the literature and commentary on current and potential future cooperative endeavors. However, due to space considerations and a dearth of literature describing early work, the focus is limited to the past 30 years, with only selected references to earlier activity. The potential impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), recent developments in telecommunications and computer technology, and a rising number of "grass roots" binational conferences and projects all make this a good time to review our relationship, librarywise, with our neighbors to …
Academic Branch Libraries, Robert A. Seal
Academic Branch Libraries, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Few issues in academic librarianship inspire as much controversy as the branch or departmental library. At the center of this controversy is the question of whether or not collections should be centralized in the main university library or located in part in separate branch libraries. Although vigorously debated since the beginning of this century, the centralization-decentralization dilemma became even more of an issue following World War II, when college and university enrollments and academic libraries began to grow at unprecedented rates and the pressure for adequate library services and collections increased. This particular issue has never been resolved completely, nor …
Erasing Boundaries: Global Resource Sharing In The 21st Century, Robert A. Seal
Erasing Boundaries: Global Resource Sharing In The 21st Century, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Academic libraries have long been accustomed to participating in cooperative ventures with neighboring institutions as well as with those in other regions of their country. In large part, such activities have grown out of a desire to reduce or control costs, as well as to provide users with a broader base of materials for research, study, and teaching. Because not even a well-developed national library is able to fulfill all its users' needs all the time, today's university libraries must depend upon one another to fulfill those needs. For many decades, the resource sharing tradition has been particularly strong among …
The U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project, Robert A. Seal
The U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
Initiated in the fall of 1989, the U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project is a cooperative effort providing for the formal exchange of books, photocopies, and microforms between libraries in the Southwest United States and Mexico City. The 25 U.S. participants are all members of the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council and are primarily academic libraries. The Mexican collaborators include six libraries at private colleges and universities and the Benjamin Franklin Library of the United States Information Service. The University Library of the University of Texas at El Paso coordinates the program, the first of its kind between the United States and its neighbor …
Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
No abstract provided.
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Robert A Seal
No abstract provided.