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The Human Sciences Research Council’S Virtual Library As An Information Hub Which Ultimately Drives The Creation Of New Knowledge., Mark Douglas Frier

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One of South Africa’s premier research councils, the HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council) has been actively engaging with its researchers in a virtual space for more than a decade. The nature of the HSRC’s research business model has dictated a footprint which acts as research hubs across South Africa and involving Southern Africa as well. These research hubs are a fundamental inclusion in the virtual space, which is the HSRC’s Virtual Library. Essentially, the HSRC has dedicated research professionals in most of the major city centres in South Africa, namely Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Port Elizabeth. It is …

Doing It Together For Cost Effective Access To Scholarly Information: A South African Perspective, Yvonne Halland

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The South African National Library and information Consortium (SANLiC) is a consortium of 30 public universities and government supported research councils.

It was established in 1999 with envisaged outcomes of substantially increasing the quantity, quality and depth of research literature available to the entire South African academic and research community on an equitable basis and to foster innovation, increase research output and support the competitiveness of the South African science and technology research community.

This paper will give an overview of SANLiC’s history, growth, achievements and current products and services to its members.

Student And Library Services In Cooperation, Eva Nordgren, Linda Gerén

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At Ångström Laboratory, one of the largest campuses at Uppsala University, the Library and the Student Services Office merged in November 2012. This merger is a pilot project to improve service for students and faculty. Ångström Laboratory has around 900 staff and almost 10,000 students, of whom most also spend time at other campuses. In this paper we describe the background and the implementation of the pilot project.

One of the main reasons for moving together was the wish to gather together all kinds of student services, including the distribution of written examinations in one place. The central location and …

The Design Of An Alternate Reality Game As Capstone Course In A Multimedia Post-Graduate Degree, Koos De Beer, Marlene Holmner

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The Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria offers a unique undergraduate and post graduate programme in Multimedia which focuses on aspects of IT that require both creativity and logical thinking. These skills enable students to build and design multimedia products, thus consolidating technology and visual design. One of the Honours (fourth year) programme modules requires the students to consolidate and use all knowledge and skills obtained in the three year degree to successfully design and implement an Alternate Reality Game (ARG).

An ARG is a game that uses interactive fiction, integrated with reality, as its narrative and context. The …

The Embedded Library: A Marriage Made In Heaven Or In Hell?, Glenda Myers, Trish Warner

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This case study covers a number of areas in which a 90 year old medical library has been able to redefine purpose and services, and considers both the positive as well as the negative aspects of the embedded relationship.

According to the Shumaker assessment of readiness for embeddedness, the Witwatersrand Health Sciences Library (WHSL) and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand were more than ready to embrace a partnership by 2010. A survey indicated that a high proportion (93.5%) of academic staff felt that evidence-based information literacy (IL) should be included in the formal medical …

A Collaborative Partnership: Libraries And Careers Services, Cyrill Walters, D Casey

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Globally, universities are rethinking traditional models of service delivery to better serve the new generation of students entering our campuses.

Academic libraries are evolving from their traditional passive role as information repositories to proactive participants in the academic enterprise. However, student support divisions, in this case, UCT Careers Service, are often overlooked as areas in need of library liaison and possible collaboration.

Historically there had been no relationship between UCT Libraries and the Careers Service; neither informal nor infrequent interaction occurred. A new Director was appointed to the UCT Careers Service in 2011. Faced with the task of aligning service …

Towards A Holistic Analysis Tool To Support Decision-Making In Libraries, Lorena Siguenza-Guzman, Ludo Holans, Alexandra Van Den Abbeele, Joos Vandewalle, Henri Verhaaren, Dirk Cattrysse

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Academic libraries have recently been subjected to continuous budget reductions, mainly due to the increasing costs of information and the global economic crisis. As the primary purpose of an academic library is to provide well-balanced collections and a wide range of services to support education and research, an efficient use and allocation of limited resources is vital. However, allocating resources such as money, staff, time, and infrastructure between the library collection and services represents a challenge due to the multitude of data sources required to consult during a decision-making process.

Academic libraries are accustomed to keeping voluminous statistics on their …

From Cornerstone To Capstone: Information Literacy Collaboration Across The Curriculum, Fiona Salisbury, Jenny Corbin, Tai Peseta

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Librarians and academics alike are passionate about how students engage with scholarly information. We want students to build on their existing information literacy skills when they commence university and to graduate with the information skills needed for lifelong learning in their chosen profession and society at large. Collaboration between librarians and academics to embed information literacy into curriculum design is a key strategy for developing students’ information skills. But what impact does our collaborative effort have on student learning outcomes and long-term information seeking behaviour? Are our graduates information literate and ready for a complex information society?

At Latrobe University …

Strategies For Gaining And Maintaining Academic Support For The Institutional Open Access Repository, Martin Borchert, Paula Callan

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The impact of research can be measured by use or citation count. The more widely available that research outputs are; the more likely they are to be used, and the higher the impact. Making the author-manuscript version of research outputs freely available via the institutional repository greatly increases the availability of research outputs and can increase the impact.

QUT ePrints, the open access institutional repository of research outputs at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, was established in 2003 and is managed by the QUT Library. The repository now contains over 39,000 records. More than 21,000 of these records have …

Getting In Bed With Our Customers: How Did We Embed Our Services To Push The Library Mission At Vaal University Of Technology, Ntombizodwa G. Thomas

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Emerging trends in technology have changed the academic libraries’ landscape and services. These changes will forever impact and influence how libraries conduct their businesses to satisfy the most important people in their lives; that is; the customers we serve, especially in academic libraries.

In the 21^st century waiting for customers to come to the libraries to is no longer working and is also no longer relevant. Getting out of our comfort zones, getting close to our clients, invading their space when they least expect and getting in bed with those customers to satisfy their information needs is now a …

Library As A Coordinator Of University Open Access Initiatives:, Lenka Němečková, Vera Pilecka, Helena Kovarikova

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Service Career System A New Approach To Manage Competencies In An Academic Library, Irma Pasanen, Mari Svahn, Eva Tolonen

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The Impact Of Cloud Computing On The Future Of Academic Library Practices And Services, Judith Mavodza

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Mobile Library Service At Unisa Western Cape: A Case Study, Geraldine Cele

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The purpose of this poster is to describe the mobile library as a method of library service delivery in Open Distance Learning (ODL). In the context of this presentation the mobile library is a vehicle that carries library material and services to UNISA students. The mobile library is considered as one of the dynamic strategies of providing library and information service to students residing in outlying areas of Cape Town. It reaches out to students who would under normal circumstances not be able to visit branch libraries. It strives to be student-centered by enhancing opportunities of equitable access to library …

The Academic Library Partnership With Faculty: The Case Of James White Library At Andrews University, Silas Olivera

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Library Support For Research At Cape Peninsula University Of Technology: Tracking Co-Authorship And Collaboration, Rolf Proske

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Impact Assessment Of E-Learning Initiatives At The University Of Jos And The Role Of Information Literacy In Teaching And Learning, Vicki Lawal, Stephen Akintude

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Acceleration Of Service Delivery By Multiple Collaborations, Elena Vvedenskaia

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Development Research Uptake In Sub-Saharan Africa, Sara Grobbelaar, John Kirkland

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Special Interest Group, Caroline Leiss

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Coming Together – A Model Of Integration For Tib And University Library Hannover, Uwe Rosemann

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The TIB (German National Library of Science and Technology) and the UB (University Library) Hannover have been successfully working together in an organisational and spatial association for over 40 years, with each having their own business and personnel plans. In the near future, both libraries are to be completely integrated whilst, at the same time, getting their own independent legal status – in this way, the basis for a common strategy, as well as joint organisation and personnel development, will be created.

Parallel to this, various areas are to be significantly strengthened:

The new library will take over the co-ordination …

Iatul Quality Management, Deborah Becker

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New Trends In Tracking Research Output, Collaboration And Performance, Melissa Badenhorst, Philip J. Purnell

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The unprecedented volume of research output combined with fierce competition for grant funding and the implications of successful awards has emphasised the importance of careful analysis of research data. Especially in today’s economic climate, strategists and policy makers are under pressure to show the impact of funded research and to justify their decisions by demonstrating the return on investment of specific projects, researchers and their institutions. This requires a significant objective component to research evaluation using a variety of selected indicators and comparisons against national, regional or global benchmarks. This paper will take a practical approach using case studies to …

Collaboration Between Academics And Librarians: The Case Of The Durban University Of Technology, David Thomas, Mousin Omar Saib

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The concept of information literacy is not a new one but it has attracted increased attention as a result of the digital information explosion. At the Durban University of Technology Library, Information literacy (IL) is offered in various forms by librarians. Unfortunately it has not enjoyed the accreditation or value that it deserves across all academic disciplines. There have however been a few success stories that have proven that IL contributes productively to the holistic development of learners. One such success story is the collaboration between the Library and the Industrial Engineering Department in embedding Information literacy into the curriculum. …

Blended Learning In Information Literacy Education. How To Make The Resources Stretch?, Marja Talikka, Iris Tahvanainen, Hanna Varri

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Many small university libraries struggle with lack of resources for teaching information literacy (IL) skills to the students. There is not enough time or personnel to reach all the students in need of IL education. On the other hand, the faculties expect students to use high quality academic information sources while writing their papers. However, the teachers have neither time nor knowledge to instruct their students in information retrieval.

The paper describes one solution model to the problem. In the Lappeenranta University of Technology the library personnel have created an IL education package which requires few resources but works well …

Adding Pearls Onto The String” A Case Study Of Collaboration Providing Library Services To Nursing Students At The Cape Peninsula University Of Technology (Cput), Siviwe Bangani, Petro Coreejes-Brink, Michiel E. Moll

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Due to the restructuring of the higher education landscape in South Africa resulting from the new constitution adopted in 1994, a particular relationship has arisen regarding the training of nurses in the Western Cape. This relationship has resulted in collaboration with regard to the initial training of nurses being developed between the Western Cape College of Nursing (WCCN), a body of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). Starting in 2006, the initial collaboration saw all staff at the Nico Malan campus of WCCN in Athlone, at that stage their only campus, …

A Year From Now You Will Wish You Had Started Today - Redefining Strategy And Organization For Library Automation And Content, Daniel Forsman

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There is a need for a new breed of organization and strategy in a changed landscape for library systems, acquisitions and discovery. This paper presents Chalmers library re-organization and strategic viewpoint on library systems, acquisitions, collection development and development methodology based on a complete overhaul of those areas to prepare us for a changed paradigm of how library systems and media is delivered to our organization and users.

Software and Data as a Service has changed the infrastructure for library automation and content delivery. Media and systems are merging in the Cloud, with vendor promise of lower total cost of …

A Joint Library Of Two Universities Case: Lappeenranta Academic Library, Ulla Ohvo, Iris Tahvanainen, Marja Talikka

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The number of universities and universities of applied sciences has been cut down in Finland. This process will be the future trend. Different levels of collaborative work is going on in order to find new forms of organizing library services. In 2011 Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) set up a joint library, Lappeenranta Academic Library (LAL). Arrangements and planning were carried out in 1,5 yrs. The project was many-sided as a joint library was to be created, not to merge two universities. The Academic Library is a part of LUT organization and the …

An Exploratory Framework For A Study On Designing A Research Focused Advanced Information Literacy Program For Engineering Postgraduates, Karien Du Bruyn

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Efforts to improve information literacy levels in academic institutions are often focused on undergraduate students, and mostly address the improvement of information retrieval skills. This practice is also evident in information literacy programs offered for postgraduate researchers, if offered at all. Although there have been radical transformations in scholarly communication and practice in recent years, there is still an assumption among many that researchers on postgraduate level are sufficiently information literate to deal with the new challenges. A gradual awareness of the unique needs of postgraduate researchers in a dynamic and demanding academic environment is, however, developing. Literature in this …

Using Contemporary Practice-Based Approaches To Generate Data For Guiding The Design Of Information Literacy Learning Environments - A Preliminary Study Of Engineering Students, Antti M. Rousi, Virpi Palmgren, Kirsi Heino

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Abstract

Introduction. This preliminary study examines the application of contemporary practice-based approaches to generate data for guiding the design of information literacy learning environments.

Method. This preliminary study was conducted by interviewing three engineering students who were participating at the Tools for master’s thesis course arranged by Aalto University Library’s Otaniemi Campus Library. The interview’s structure was two-fold, as it first sketched out the participant’s master’s thesis practices through Schatzki’s site ontology and secondly examined the perceived value of different information literacy learning tasks on the latter.

Results. The master’s thesis practices of the interviewees were networked …