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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
A Model For College Library Visits, Lucretia Mcculley, Christine Campbell
A Model For College Library Visits, Lucretia Mcculley, Christine Campbell
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Describes how classroom teachers and librarians at J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico County, Va. worked together with librarians at the Boatwright Memorial Library of the University of Richmond to make a research project beneficial to the students.
The E. S. Bird Library Reconfiguration Project, Carol Parke
The E. S. Bird Library Reconfiguration Project, Carol Parke
The Courier
This article details the rennovation that occurred on the E. S. Bird Library at Syracuse University in 1991. The then two-decade-old library was changed to better facilitate access and reflect emerging trends in libraries that looked to better integrate academic disciplines. The article includes a brief history of the library, the planning and implementation of the reconfiguration project, and a floor plan of the 1991 library.
Operations Research And Organizational Decision-Making In Academic Libraries, Therrin C. Dahlin
Operations Research And Organizational Decision-Making In Academic Libraries, Therrin C. Dahlin
Faculty Publications
Operations research entered the library scene in the 1960s and '70s, and has attracted much interest from librarians. This paper examines the assumptions made by selected operations researchers concerning organizational decision-making in academic libraries. The assumptions then are compared to Richard L. Daft's contingency framework of organizational decision-making to determine the appropriateness of applying operations research assumptions and methods to organizational decision-making in an academic library setting. A review of the operations researchers' assumptions and Daft's framework suggests that the operations research approach may be appropriately applied to only a relatively narrow category of problems in academic libraries that match …
Meeting The Patron At The Opac Crossroads: The Reference Librarian As An Online Consultant, Robert A. Aken
Meeting The Patron At The Opac Crossroads: The Reference Librarian As An Online Consultant, Robert A. Aken
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
Reference librarians play an important role when users interact with online catalogs. As consultants at the point of interaction they must educate patrons in the use of the machine and demonstrate their role in finding and providing information. Specific areas of consultation are discussed as is the relationship of formal instruction to point-of-use instruction. The librarian's efficiency and filtering roles are emphasized.
An Interface For Self‑Service Searching, Carol Tenopir
An Interface For Self‑Service Searching, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Features the self-service database searching interface developed under a Council on Library Resources grant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign. Developers of the system; Capabilities; Link to the university's online public access catalog (OPAC); Description of a typical search session; Continuous testing of the system.
College Library Friends Groups In New York, New Jersey, And Connecticut, Janet Munch
College Library Friends Groups In New York, New Jersey, And Connecticut, Janet Munch
Publications and Research
Friends of the Library groups are largely undocumented in the professional literature at non doctoral-granting colleges and universities. Through a survey of Friends activities at colleges and universities in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, this study fills a gap in knowledge about these groups.
Public Use Of Academic Libraries In Virginia, Lucretia Mcculley, Dan Ream
Public Use Of Academic Libraries In Virginia, Lucretia Mcculley, Dan Ream
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Although often thought of as the domain of public libraries, providing access and services to the general public has long been an important, and sometimes controversial, issue for academic libraries. State and national policies have been suggested, but none have yet provided any definitive guidance to academic libraries in Virginia, leaving each institution free to find its own way of dealing with access and services to anyone outside its primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff. As the Association of College and Research Libraries' 1975 Access Policy Guidelines states,
Institutional goals and circumstances are highly variable, making it both unworkable …
On The Use Of Positive Reinforcement To Minimize The Problem Of Overdue Library Materials, W. Bede Mitchell
On The Use Of Positive Reinforcement To Minimize The Problem Of Overdue Library Materials, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
Few issues in librarianship have been as long-lived and frustrating to address as the problem of overdue library materials. Even the most cursory review of the professional literature finds dozens of articles about the problem of overdues.(1) Most of the literature appears to have been written under the assumption that only negative reinforcement techniques (e.g., fines, blocking further borrowing, legal action, etc.) can be effective in minimizing the problem of overdue library materials. However, many librarians have expressed dissatisfaction with the use of fines and other sanctions. Unfortunately, the alternative methods for minimizing overdues have produced mixed results. For example, …
Computer-Assisted Instruction In Academic Libraries, Robert A. Aken, Laura Olson
Computer-Assisted Instruction In Academic Libraries, Robert A. Aken, Laura Olson
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
The implementation of a computer-assisted instruction package to supplement college-level bibliographic instruction is described. An outline of goals and objectives for an introductory package and a sample segment explain the technique for creating software locally, allowing for custom design. The use of sample materials permits student-tool interaction in a realistic exercise while also taking advantage of the computer's capabilities. Using locally available hardware with librarian-created text allows for subject-specific lecture presentations, elimination of repetition, and immediate instructional feedback. Results from use of materials by almost 2000 students are summarized.
Academic Library Regional Accreditation, Mary F. Casserly
Academic Library Regional Accreditation, Mary F. Casserly
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
The self-study documents of four academic libraries whose experiences with the regional accreditation self-study process ranged from unsuccessful to successful were analyzed. All four reports were predominantly descriptive and focused on processes. The successful sites employed user or expert opinion as types of assessments in their reports. No relationships were found between success and the resources, capabilities, products, services, and classes of evaluation addressed, the number of assessment measures included, or the extent to which association standards were addressed. The libraries' annual reports were found to contain more quantitative assessments of processes and outputs than the self-study reports.
Academic Branch Libraries, Robert A. Seal
Academic Branch Libraries, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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 …
Burnout: A Survey Of Library Directors' Views, Izabella Taler
Burnout: A Survey Of Library Directors' Views, Izabella Taler
Publications and Research
Reports on a survey survey designed to find out whether or not library directors are able to recognize the existence of burnout among the library personnel
Involving Consultants In Library Change, James D. Lockwood
Involving Consultants In Library Change, James D. Lockwood
Articles by Maurer Faculty
Most of the literature about consultants in the field of academic librarianship relates to the construction of library facilities. By combining pointers from the business field, where application of the consulting engagement has touched upon a broader range of activities, a more general discussion is presented regarding the need and preparation for and the selection of library consultants. These activities are presented as steps in the organizational change process. First, a decision model is presented for determining the need for a library consultant. Second, preparation for the consulting engagement is discussed. Finally, recommendations are set forth for the selection of …
Research Libraries: Their Function, Friends, Funding And Future, Richard W. Couper
Research Libraries: Their Function, Friends, Funding And Future, Richard W. Couper
The Courier
A transcription of Richard Couper's address during the dedication of the Ernest S. Bird Library, who points to the harships and successes that resulted in the library's completion.
The Building Of A Library, Warren N. Boes
The Building Of A Library, Warren N. Boes
The Courier
This article details the planning of the Ernest S. Bird Library that took place from the late 1950s until its completion in 1972. Great effort was taken to make the building modular and able to handle future concerns.