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Making Room For Change: Rightsizing Psu’S Axe Library Serials Collection, Barbara M. Pope Oct 2017

Making Room For Change: Rightsizing Psu’S Axe Library Serials Collection, Barbara M. Pope

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Print serials collection development has long been a traditional role of academic librarians. However, in the last 20 years, academic libraries’ print serials ownership has declined and online access has begun to take its place, both partially due to concerns with flat or declining budgets as well as lack of space and the need to repurpose this limited space. Pittsburg State University’s Axe Library faces the challenge of balancing its print and electronic serials collections at a university whose programs sometimes do not draw enough on library resources. In an effort to create a meaningful discovery experience for the university …


Emerging Roles: Academic Libraries Crossing The Digital Divide, Kenneth Angell Sep 2017

Emerging Roles: Academic Libraries Crossing The Digital Divide, Kenneth Angell

SLIS Connecting

For every advance of information and communication technology in the 20thand 21st centuries, there has been gap between those who can readily adopt and benefit from it and those who cannot. As higher education becomes increasingly enmeshed in Internet-based learning, academic libraries will need to maintain and even increase digital literacy and fluency instruction in spite of presumed reduced need. Furthermore, academic libraries themselves will need to examine their own status in the divide.


Classification Methods In Context At Theological Libraries: A Case Study, Chloe G. Noland Jun 2017

Classification Methods In Context At Theological Libraries: A Case Study, Chloe G. Noland

School of Information Student Research Journal

This case study explores issues of interoperability and shared collection management between two libraries – one community and one academic – located within the American Jewish University (AJU). AJU’s choice to use two separate classification systems, Library of Congress and Elazar, respectively, provides a necessary separation of academic and religious context, but limits record access between the two collections. Specifically, this study aims to answer the following core research question: is consolidation into one classification scheme both a realistic and helpful solution for increased interoperability? Examining the history, patron needs, and principles of arrangement in both systems provided further insights …


Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging Practices In Academic Libraries, Darren Sweeper May 2017

Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging Practices In Academic Libraries, Darren Sweeper

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

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Where Students Start And What They Do When They Get Stuck: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Academic Information-Seeking And Help-Seeking Practices, Eamon Tewell, Susan E. Thomas, Gloria Willson May 2017

Where Students Start And What They Do When They Get Stuck: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Academic Information-Seeking And Help-Seeking Practices, Eamon Tewell, Susan E. Thomas, Gloria Willson

Brooklyn Library Faculty Publications

This study investigates two questions key to academic library resources and services: Which sources are students most likely to use to begin their academic work? Whom do students tend to consult for research assistance? In-depth interviews conducted with 15 undergraduate and graduate students were thematically analyzed through a three-step process. The findings indicate that students are most likely to consult faculty and peers for assistance and are largely unaware of librarians' roles, while they tend to begin research using library databases and do not necessarily start with Google. In addition, student use of small study groups as learning networks and …


Terms 2.0 Discussion: Two Great Things That Belong Together: Oawal & Terms, Jill Emery, Peter H. Mccracken, Graham Stone Apr 2017

Terms 2.0 Discussion: Two Great Things That Belong Together: Oawal & Terms, Jill Emery, Peter H. Mccracken, Graham Stone

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

The techniques for electronic resource management are due for a refresher. Our group has been diligently reviewing and updating the current blog to version 2.0 to include open access management. Come join into a discussion of these changes and provide your insights.


Er&L 2017: Tacos, Queso, And Electronic Resources, Jill Emery Apr 2017

Er&L 2017: Tacos, Queso, And Electronic Resources, Jill Emery

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Provides an overview of the 2017 Electronic Resources & Libraries Annual Conference.