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Adoption Of Ereaders By Senior Adults: A Phenomenological Study, Dale Tysor
Adoption Of Ereaders By Senior Adults: A Phenomenological Study, Dale Tysor
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
A majority of the previous research on older adults and their use of technology has focused on computers and the Internet. Most of the eReader-specific research examined younger participants in an academic setting. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the perspectives of Georgia senior adults in their adoption of eReaders. The adoption of an eReader was generally defined as the acquisition of an eReader, followed by the selecting, downloading, navigating, and reading of eBooks using an eReader. This study took place in a public library and was designed to answer 3 research questions: (a) What are contributing …
An Introduction To Maine Shared Collections, Matthew Revitt
An Introduction To Maine Shared Collections, Matthew Revitt
Matthew I Revitt
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Sharing Is Good: An Update From Maine's Shared Collections, Matthew Revitt
Sharing Is Good: An Update From Maine's Shared Collections, Matthew Revitt
Matthew I Revitt
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Statewide Collection Analysis In Maine, Matthew Revitt
Statewide Collection Analysis In Maine, Matthew Revitt
Matthew I Revitt
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Librarying! How Librarian Expertise Can Assist Student Academic Services To Create Pathways For Student Success, Darren Sweeper, Catherine Baird
Librarying! How Librarian Expertise Can Assist Student Academic Services To Create Pathways For Student Success, Darren Sweeper, Catherine Baird
Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works
This poster will describe how you can position your library as a catalyst in campus-wide partnerships. Stewart C. Baker posits the idea of using “Library” as a verb. Just as we “Google” when the need arises, our students, faculty, and staff need to know how to “Library.”We will describe how we made connections with a variety of campus offices responsible for student success, in particular, the Educational Opportunities Fund Program. By creating new pathways for librarian expertise and the promotion of resources, we introduced these student-focused academic units to “library-ing.” The goal was to enable our colleagues to provide excellent …