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Educating A New Cadre Of Experts Specializing In Digital Collections And Digital Curation: Experiential Learning In Digital Library Curriculum, Krystyna K. Matusiak, Xiao Hu Oct 2012

Educating A New Cadre Of Experts Specializing In Digital Collections And Digital Curation: Experiential Learning In Digital Library Curriculum, Krystyna K. Matusiak, Xiao Hu

Library and Information Science: Faculty Conference Presentations

Integration of experiential learning into the library and information science (LIS) courses has been a theme in LIS education, but the topic deserves renewed attention with an increasing demand for professionals in the digital library field and in light of the new initiative announced by the Library of Congress (LC) and the Institution of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for national residency program in digital curation. The balance between theory and practice in digital library curricula, the challenges of incorporating practical projects into LIS coursework, and the current practice of teaching with hands on activities represent the primary areas of …


Perceptions Of Usability And Usefulness In Digital Libraries, Krystyna K. Matusiak Mar 2012

Perceptions Of Usability And Usefulness In Digital Libraries, Krystyna K. Matusiak

Library and Information Science: Faculty Publications

This paper provides an overview of a case study research that investigated the use of Digital Library (DL) resources in two undergraduate classes and explored faculty and students’ perceptions of educational digital libraries. This study found that students and faculty use academic DLs primarily for textual resources, but turn to the open Web for visual and multimedia resources. The study participants did not perceive academic libraries as a useful source of digital images and used search engines when searching for visual resources. The limited use of digital library resources for teaching and learning is associated with perceptions of usefulness and …