Dissertations / Theses: 'College librarians'

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Williamson, Vicki, and n/a. "A study of the perceptions of actual and ideal role responsibility of College librarians as held by principals, College Librarians and senior library staff in Colleges of Advanced Education in New South Wales." University of Canberra. Library and Information Studies, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050629.141005.

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This study was designed to ascertain, analyse and compare the perceptions of College Librarians and their associates about the role responsibility which College Librarians in libraries in New South Wales Colleges of Advanced Education (CAEs) were actually assuming and ideally should be assuming as part of their role as library managers. Using as its basis a theoretical framework of role and role-related concepts, as developed by social psychologists such as Kahn et al. (1964), a role set group of Principals, Registrars and Senior Library Staff was identified as the survey population. A review of the literature about CAEs and their libraries and overseas studies about the role of library managers assisted with the development of a role responsibility questionnaire. Data from the questionnaire was analysed in respect of actual and ideal role responsibility and any gaps between actual and ideal role responsibility. Gaps between perceptions of actual and ideal role responsibility between College Librarians and associates may indicate a potential for role conflict for persons enacting the role of College Librarian. This study found statistically significant results in respect of both actual and ideal role responsibility between College Librarians and Senior Library Staff, which indicated that there was not clear agreement between the two groups about either the role responsibility currently assumed by College Librarians and that which ideally should be assumed. In respect of the gap between actual and ideal role responsibility, however, there was no statistically significant result between College Librarians and associates, indicating that the potential for role conflict resulting from divergent perceptions between role set groups was not evident. This does not preclude the potential for role conflict from other sources.

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Inzerilla, Tina Elaine. "Community college faculty's teaching social networks and their implications for librarians." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62700/1/Tina_Inzerilla_Thesis.pdf.

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Collaboration between faculty and librarians is an important topic of discussion and research among academic librarians. These partnerships between faculty and librarians are vital for enabling students to become lifelong learners through their information literacy education. This research developed an understanding of academic collaborators by analyzing a community college faculty's teaching social networks. A teaching social network, an original term generated in this study, is comprised of communications that influence faculty when they design and deliver their courses. The communication may be formal (e.g., through scholarly journals and professional development activities) and informal (e.g., through personal communication) through their network elements. Examples of the elements of a teaching social network may be department faculty, administration, librarians, professional development, and students. This research asked 'What is the nature of faculty's teaching social networks and what are the implications for librarians?' This study moves forward the existing research on collaboration, information literacy, and social network analysis. It provides both faculty and librarians with added insight into their existing and potential relationships. This research was undertaken using mixed methods. Social network analysis was the quantitative data collection methodology and the interview method was the qualitative technique. For the social network analysis data, a survey was sent to full-time faculty at Las Positas College, a community college, in California. The survey gathered the data and described the teaching social networks for faculty with respect to their teaching methods and content taught. Semi-structured interviews were conducted following the survey with a sub-set of survey respondents to understand why specific elements were included in their teaching social networks and to learn of ways for librarians to become an integral part of the teaching social networks. The majority of the faculty respondents were moderately influenced by the elements of their network except the majority of the potentials were weakly influenced by the elements in their network in their content taught. The elements with the most influence on both teaching methods and content taught were students, department faculty, professional development, and former graduate professors and coursework. The elements with the least influence on both aspects were public or academic librarians, and social media. The most popular roles for the elements were conversations about teaching, sharing ideas, tips for teaching, insights into teaching, suggestions for ways of teaching, and how to engage students. Librarians' weakly influenced faculty in their teaching methods and their content taught. The motivating factors for collaboration with librarians were that students learned how to research, students' research projects improved, faculty saved time by having librarians provide the instruction to students, and faculty built strong working relationships with librarians. The challenges of collaborating with librarians were inadequate teaching techniques used when librarians taught research orientations and lack of time. Ways librarians can be more integral in faculty's teaching social networks included: more workshops for faculty, more proactive interaction with faculty, and more one-on-one training sessions for faculty. Some of the recommendations for the librarians from this study were develop a strong rapport with faculty, librarians should build their services in information literacy from the point of view of the faculty instead of from the librarian perspective, use staff development funding to attend conferences and workshops to improve their teaching, develop more training sessions for faculty, increase marketing efforts of the librarian's instructional services, and seek grant opportunities to increase funding for the library. In addition, librarians and faculty should review the definitions of information literacy and move from a skills based interpretation to a learning process.

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Zuke, Janice E. "The teaching of information literacy by public community college librarians in the United States /." Available to subscribers only, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1068208791&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2005.
"Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-78). Also available online.

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Butler, Walter. "How community college librarians are creating value through an OER virtual community of practice: A netnography." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228555/1/Walter_Butler_Thesis.pdf.

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This study examined how community college librarians create value for their institutional open educational efforts through the participation in a virtual community of practice. Guided by netnography and a two-phase sequential research design that used content and template analysis, it was found that community college librarians created value that was aligned to: institutional practices, individual practices, and challenges. This study contributes new knowledge to the subjects relating to open educational resources, open educational practices, community colleges, and community college librarians.

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Sobel, Karen D. "Promotion of Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/441.

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This study describes a survey of 237 first-year undergraduate students conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Through this study, the researcher aimed to fill in gaps in librarians’ knowledge about first-year students’ awareness of reference services, and students’ preferred modes of communication with librarians. The results show significant positive relationships between librarians’ verbal promotion of reference services and students’ tendency to ask reference questions in person.

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Johannesson, Krister. "I främsta rummet : planerandet av en högskolebiblioteksbyggnad med studenters arbete i fokus." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3529.

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The purpose of the thesis is to investigate planning processes for academic library buildings and the outcomes of such processes. This is accomplished through a case study utilising discourse analysis. The main question is: How is a vision of an academic library implemented in and through a building? The case study is retrospective and focused on the building of a newlibrary at Kalmar University, Sweden, at the end of the 1990s. During this period, technological and educational developments and general societal change transformed the context of library planning and made way for renegotiations of the librarian profession.A critical realist approach characterises the study of visions, processes and the analysis of the various functions of the building. Results reveal the proactive nature of the activities of thelibrary director in Kalmar. Early in the process he formulated a vision in which he presents the library as an information resource, a meeting place between different user groups and a workplace intended to promote learning and knowledge. From a professional point of view, the vision implied a dehierarchisation of relations both within the library staff and between library staff and visitors. The vision was based on an interpretation of Swedish national educational policy, and architecturally manifested by an ambition to reduce the physical and psychologicalboundaries between library staff and visitors. The early formulation of the visiontogether with the clients’ use of architectural expertise facilitated the choice of architects.However during the process a need arose to anchor the decision in the library field. Efforts were made to address library expertise and to collect user comments from a broader academic field. Discourses concerning the university library as a workplace and a meeting place wereespecially evident in the strategies of the leading agents. The discourses uncovered in the study correspond to more general discourses which became prominent in society and higher education during the period in question. The library itself has met growing appreciation by users both from within and outside the university.The proactive leadership demonstrated by the library director in Kalmar was based on hegemony rather than coercion. This corresponds to contemporary tendencies. Hegemonic consent may persist even after changes in leadership. In Kalmar however, architectural solutions with insufficient support from the library staff have been reconstructed after changes in leadership.Future research on architectural planning processes may pay further attention to different discursive resources, social fields and the positions within them.
Akademisk avhandling som med tillstånd av samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Göteborgs universitet för vinnande av doktorsexamen framläggs till offentlig granskning klockan 13.15 fredagen den 4 december 2009 i sal D207, Högskolan i Borås, Allégatan 1

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施達理 and Colin Storey. "The politics of information flow in academic libraries in the People'sRepublic of China 1949-1989: a case study ofmajor institutions in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31240999.

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Oakshott, Stephen Craig School of Information Library &amp Archives Studies UNSW. "The Association of Libarians in colleges of advanced education and the committee of Australian university librarians: The evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information, Library and Archives Studies, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18238.

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This thesis examines the history of Commonwealth Government higher education policy in Australia between 1958 and 1997 and its impact on the development of two groups of academic librarians: the Association of Librarians in Colleges in Advanced Education (ALCAE) and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). Although university librarians had met occasionally since the late 1920s, it was only in 1965 that a more formal organisation, known as CAUL, was established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. ALCAE was set up in 1969 and played an important role helping develop a special concept of library service peculiar to the newly formed College of Advanced Education (CAE) sector. As well as examining the impact of Commonwealth Government higher education policy on ALCAE and CAUL, the thesis also explores the influence of other factors on these two groups, including the range of personalities that comprised them, and their relationship with their parent institutions and with other professional groups and organisations. The study focuses on how higher education policy and these other external and internal factors shaped the functions, aspirations, and internal dynamics of these two groups and how this resulted in each group evolving differently. The author argues that, because of the greater attention given to the special educational role of libraries in the CAE curriculum, the group of college librarians had the opportunity to participate in, and have some influence on, Commonwealth Government statutory bodies responsible for the coordination of policy and the distribution of funding for the CAE sector. The link between ALCAE and formal policy-making processes resulted in a more dynamic group than CAUL, with the university librarians being discouraged by their Vice-Chancellors from having contact with university funding bodies because of the desire of the universities to maintain a greater level of control over their affairs and resist interference from government. The circumstances of each group underwent a reversal over time as ALCAE's effectiveness began to diminish as a result of changes to the CAE sector and as member interest was transferred to other groups and organisations. Conversely, CAUL gradually became a more active group during the 1980s and early 1990s as a result of changes to higher education, the efforts of some university librarians, and changes in membership. This study is based principally on primary source material, with the story of ALCAE and CAUL being told through the use of a combination of original documentation (including minutes of meetings and correspondence) and interviews with members of each group and other key figures.

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Chu, Felix T. Baker Paul J. "The lateral relationship between librarians and faculty in a loosely coupled system." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1993. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9323729.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1993.
Title from title page screen, viewed February 8, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Paul J. Baker (chair), John R. McCarthy, George Padavil, Fred M. Peterson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-151) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Namondwe, Trevor. "Implementing knowledge management in academic libraries : a comparative case study of the Kamuzu College of Nursing and Bunda College of Agriculture libraries." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11585.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-138).
This dissertation focuses on an investigation that was conducted to find out the state of knowledge management in the Kamuzu College of Nursing and Bunda College of Agriculture libraries, constituent college libraries of the University of Malawi. Drawing from the literature on knowledge management, the study proposed and implemented two models for the maturity assessment and implementation of knowledge management respectively. The study used the models successfully to measure the levels of maturity of knowledge management and identify the knowledge needs and knowledge assets of the libraries. The results of the study revealed that both libraries are at the same level of knowledge management maturity i.e. knowledge management is still in its infancy as they did not have clearly established strategies to make use of knowledge. Furthermore, there were no significant differences between the two libraries in the various aspects of knowledge management investigated. The study therefore recommended a road map for implementing knowledge management in the libraries. Knowledge management is recognised by many organisations of strategic importance to improving an organisation?s performance and its competitive advantage. Knowledge management thus has been largely associated with profit making organisations. However, knowledge management is also applicable to non-profit making organisations such as academic libraries. The environment in which academic libraries operate continuously changes and it is therefore imperative for the libraries to use knowledge management as a tool to adapt and remain relevant.

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Nkosi, Agnes. "College libraries in Kangwane and Kwa-Ndebele: a comparative study." Thesis, University of Zululand, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1314.

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A Mini-Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of Zululand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of B.BIBL. Hons in the Department of Library and Information Science, South Africa, 1992.
The purpose of the study is to determine whether Kangwane and Kwa-Ndebele college libraries reach standards set for college libraries. To compare college libraries in Kangwane and Kwa-Ndebele and to identify areas which need to be addressed to improve these libraries, and to alert administrators and managers of college libraries of both National states (Kangwane and Kwa-Ndebele) to the real needs of these libraries and to motivate them to be more involved in their improvement.

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Moody, Mary E. "Information commons service model and community colleges in New Jersey /." Full text available online, 2008. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.

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Kreitz, Patricia A. "Redefining the Twenty-First Century College Library| Change Leadership in Academic Libraries." Thesis, Simmons College, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3715613.

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Academic libraries and their parent institutions are experiencing increasing social, technological, economic, and political pressure in the twenty-first century. While the academic library literature contains numerous discussions and case studies illuminating how larger academic libraries are engaging in organizational change and experimentation to respond to those pressures, libraries in smaller academic institutions are underrepresented in those professional discussions.

This study examines liberal arts college libraries engaged in transformational change. It explores ways academic libraries are aligning their purpose and services with the missions, strategic priorities, and challenges of their parent institutions. Through four case studies, it examines how library directors create change visions, enroll staff and stakeholders in those visions, and the skills, tools, and strategies they use to lead and manage organizational change.

Data were collected using narrative inquiry, a qualitative methodology. Participants included library directors, provosts, and senior management team members. After analyzing the data, two organizational change theories were applied. The first theory focuses on what was changed—the antecedents and consequences. The second organizational change theory focuses on how the change was done—strategies, tools, and actions.

Data analysis reveals several findings. Directors who employed the greatest range of political intelligence, emotional intelligence, and transformational leadership skills were the most successful in creating lasting, radical organizational change. They were also most likely to align that change with the mission and needs of the colleges they served. Directors who used frame bending rather than frame breaking approaches to envisioning and communicating change were more successful in enrolling both library staff and academic stakeholders in their change strategies and change goals.

The results of this study contribute to an understanding of how smaller college libraries are leading and managing change. The findings identify potential obstacles to successful change and provide examples of strategies used by other change leaders to mitigate or surmount those obstacles. Those findings may be of value to other academic library change leaders. Finally, this study also identifies change leadership skills and strategies that were effective within the unique environment of academic institutions which have a decentralized environment, distributed power and authority, and a shared allegiance to the organization's history and culture.

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Lucy, Theodore John. "End User Resource Valuation in Community College Libraries: A Q Methodology Study." UNF Digital Commons, 2010. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/176.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the valuation process of community college library end-users as they decide which information resources to use when conducting research. This study was designed as an exploratory study using Q methodology and focused on five specific information resources that community college library end-users routinely use in their research process: the Internet, the reference librarian, books, newspapers, and subscription databases. Little is known about the valuation hierarchy that end-users overlay on these resources when deciding which ones to use to address a specific research need. Sixty-four community college library end-users from four main campuses of a large community college sorted 40 statements describing specific value statements pertaining to the information resources under study. The statements were sorted along a continuum ranging from least like me (-4) to most like me (+4) with 0 representing an opinion of neutrality. Following these procedures, five factors emerged that represented different perspectives on value relating to the five information resources under study. Interpretation of these factors yielded distinct patterns of opinion relating to the perceived value of each information resource. These factors were named: (a) Browsers, (b) Proficient, (c) Vacillators, (d) Bibliophiles, and (e) Traditionalists. The results of the study suggest that community college library end-users value, to varying degrees, all five of the information resources selected for this study. The results also suggest that while the Internet has become a dominant information resource in the community college library end-user's research process, other more traditional information resources such as the reference librarian, books, and, to a lesser extent, newspapers still hold value in the research process. The perspectives described and the interpretation provided in this study can greatly assist community college library end-users in the valuation of available community college library information resources.

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Singh, Manpreet. "LIBRARIES IN THE ICT ENVIRONMENT : A CASE STUDY OF G.N.E. COLLEGE LIBRARY." Vayu Education of India, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/136289.

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Mostly effectiveness of a library services is now largely depends upon information and communication technology (ICT). Due to information technology traditional libraries moved to digital libraries or paperless libraries. This study is identify various components of ICT, which are used or being used in libraries and information system. This paper describes the ICT infrastructure available in the GNE college library and its application for various library operations and services.

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Evener, Julie. "Organizational Learning in Libraries at For-Profit Colleges and Universities." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5327.

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Academic libraries contribute to student engagement, student learning, and retention; therefore, the effects of improved library services for students may be positive and long lasting. However, despite successful application of organizational learning (OL), a strategic process for improvement, to enhance services in academic libraries, little is known about OL in libraries of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs). The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was to assess and explore the use of OL in libraries at FPCUs. Argyris and SchÃ¶n's theory of organizational learning grounded this study. Responses to Chen's Processes and Phases of Organizational Learning Questionnaire, completed online by 38 respondents following a recruitment posting submitted to the electronic mailing list of the Association of College & Research Libraries Librarianship in For-Profit Educational Institutions interest group, reflected medium to high levels of OL in the libraries in the study. Multiple regression analysis indicated that the number of students enrolled was negatively related to OL score. Six survey respondent volunteers were interviewed to better understand how library staff members in FPCUs experienced OL. Common themes included external pressures from the FPCUs that made it more difficult for their libraries to implement OL, as well as the importance of communication among library team members. As a result of these findings, a manual about OL strategies for library employees in FPCUs was created. More knowledge about OL and its implications could lead to positive social change as libraries use it to better contribute to student learning and success.

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Swanepoel, AJ. "Lessons learned from library mergers at colleges of higher education in Flanders." South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2005. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001006.

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This article reports the findings of an investigation into merger experiences of several libraries of colleges of higher education in Flanders. The purpose of the study was to gain first hand knowledge from institutions who recently merged; especially, what best practices to follow and what to avoid. Data was gathered with a mail questionnaire and followed by personal interviews with the heads of the selected libraries concerned. The article includes topics such as the composition and tasks of merger task teams, most difficult issues in the planning phase, the role of consultants, how progress is monitored and communicated, dealing with different organisational cultures, decisions that have an impact on merger outcomes, appointment of a post-merger library head, duration of a merger, do’s and don’ts, outcomes of library mergers, and challenges of library mergers. It is concluded with a list of lessons that other libraries can learn from the Flemish experience and indicates whether a particular lesson is supported by the merger literature or not.

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Sandercock, Patricia Alice. "Libraries as bastions of truth? How technical college students ascertain truthfulness in information." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236259/1/Patricia%2BSandercock%2BThesis.pdf.

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This study examined how a group of first year technical college students ascertained the truthfulness of information retrieved from their college library’s catalogue. This study revealed a strong, passive dependence by first year students on those individuals and institutions perceived to be in positions of authority, who concurrently conferred not just truth, but beliefs, and understandings; while other students, displaying interface fuzziness, confused library information sources with those found on the internet. It is recommended that those instructing technical college students encourage greater levels of reflection and cognitive engagement with information selected for use by students.

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Carr, Abigail R. "An Experiment with Art Library Users, Signs, and Wayfinding." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/256.

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This paper discusses the effects of stack end signage on user wayfinding success in searches in academic libraries. Site visits to the Chapel Hill Public Library and the Cameron Village Branch Library provided models for test signage for the study, as did the available literature on wayfinding and effective library signage. A three week study was conducted to survey the effects of three different iterations of signage on the success of subjects performing test searches—the subjects used the UNC Chapel Hill online catalog and the posted signage to locate materials in the Sloane Art Library. The results of the study were evaluated qualitatively and suggestions were made for further study and suggestions for elements of effective academic library signage were made.

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Haley, Brian, David Dowell, Paul B. Rubalcaba, Michelle Blackman, Judy Cater, Ellen Geringer, and Kathy Headtke. "Intercom, The Newsletter of the Learning Resources Association of the California Community Colleges." LRACCC, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105719.

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This issue of Intercom is sponsored by EBSCO Publishing. Regular columns include the President's column, Community College Newsbriefs, WebViews, and Honoring our Retirees. Besides these columns, this issue has the following: Libraries and Democracy by Brian Haley (President's Column); Reports of New Library Buildings, Remodeling and Hot Spots; Cuesta College: Kevin Bontenball is the 2005 Superstar by David Dowell; Valley College Administrator Named First Woman President of Ventura College by Paul Rubalcaba. Intercom is published three times a year (October, February, May) by LRACCC.

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Coleman, Anita Sundaram, Trevor Smith, and Fred Brose. "Intercom, The Newsletter of the Learning Resources Association of the California Community Colleges." LRACCC, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106025.

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Contents include: President's Column; 40 Years of Intercom: Part II: The Origin by Fred Brose; The Cochise College Library Years: Has it only been a year? by Trevor Smith; Community College Newsbriefs, Honoring our Retirees: Le-Huong Pham at Modesto Junior College, 1981-2007; The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)

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Adebonojo, Leslie G., Kathy Campbell, and Mark Ellis. "Responding to the Call from the College of Nursing." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6330.

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Mulhern, Jean K. "An Exploratory Case Study of Organizational Agility in a Consortium of Small Private College Libraries." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton152571108849726.

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Peper, Michael T. "The Effect of Remote Storage on the Use of Books." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/480.

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Remote storage has become an increasingly popular response to the overcrowding of open-stack areas in academic libraries. While many institutions have chosen this option and there has been much discussion about administration of such facilities, its impact on patrons is still unclear. Some potential user limitations of remote storage considered by this study are delayed retrieval, loss of browsability, and the barrier of making a retrieval request. The current study was conducted at the Chemistry and Art Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It observed the use of materials that had been selected for transfer to remote storage, where half of these selected materials were transferred to remote storage and the other half remained on open library stacks. After an average of approximately two months of observation, none of the selected books had circulated, suggesting that their selection for remote storage was appropriate.

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Drake, Betty S. (Betty Sue). "Relationships of Selected Factors to Library Use and Attitudes Among Students in a College of Business Administration." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279177/.

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This study was an inquiry into the use of the library and attitudes toward librarians and libraries by 484 academic business majors. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire administered to a sample of all business majors at one university. Demographic and social status data, based on Hollingshead's categories, and responses to statements concerning library use, librarians, and libraries were analyzed by means of the Kolmorogov-Smirnov Test, the Median Test and Spearman correlation coefficients.

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Core, Jane Kennedy. "Human aspets of the management of change : with reference to technological innovation in small college libraries." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261405.

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Fournier, Gilbert. "Une "bibliothèque vivante" : la "libraria communis" du collège de Sorbonne (XIIIe-XVe siècle)." Paris, EPHE, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007EPHE5014.

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Il est d’usage depuis plusieurs décennies de considérer les condamnations parisiennes de 1277 comme le plus grand événement intellectuel du XIIIe siècle. L’attrait qu’elles exercent sur les historiens de la pensée ne s’est pas démenti au fil du temps. L’effectivité et la postérité de la censure sont toutefois demeurées les parents pauvres de ces recherches. Notre thèse s’emploie à combler cette lacune. Elle privilégie le collège de Sorbonne, en raison de l’insertion de l’institution dans la vie universitaire parisienne, de sa proximité avec quelques-uns des principaux acteurs de la censure (les pouvoirs politiques, religieux et universitaires) et d’une situation documentaire à nul autre pareil. En effet, le collège de Sorbonne conserve le livre des prieurs, renfermant les délibérations de l’assemblée des sociétaires de 1431 à 1485, le registre de prêt de 1402 à 1536, plusieurs catalogues de bibliothèque et enfin un grand nombre de manuscrits. Notre enquête associe donc intimement l’histoire du livre et l’histoire intellectuelle. La première partie étudie la part qui incombe aux livres dans la fondation et la pérennisation de l’institution qui les conserve à partir de la seconde moitié du XIIIe siècle. Elle sollicite notamment l’ex-libris en usage dans le collège de Sorbonne qui conserve le souvenir du donateur, formule qui est reconduite dans les catalogues médiévaux, et la création d’une bibliothèque commune. La seconde partie analyse la présence de la censure dans la libraria communis à la lumière de la rubrique des « Errores condemnati » consignée dans le répertoire méthodique du catalogue double (entre 1321 et 1338) et des manuscrits ayant transité par le collège au moyen âge. La troisième partie enfin cerne le public de la bibliothèque commune, en particulier les lecteurs étrangers au collège. Les prêts « extra domum » permettent d’appréhender quelques-unes des préoccupations intellectuelles des élites parisiennes au début du XVe siècle, notamment dans les domaines de la politique, des sciences et de l’humanisme.

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Smith, Marvin LaVerne. "Relative use libraries by students perceived advantages and deficiencies of the T.J. Jones Memorial Library /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Halsban, Megan. "Stereographs as Scholarly Resources in American Academic Libraries and Special Collections." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/543.

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This paper examines stereographic images as scholarly resources, and begins with a brief history of the stereograph. A discussion and review of the literature related to the stereograph as well as the preservation of photographic objects follows the introduction. In addition to the literature review, collections of stereographs at four repositories were evaluated for usability: The Keystone-Mast Archive at the University of California, Riverside; The Eliot Elisofon Archive at the Smithsonian Institution; the George Eastman House; the Library of Congress. The paper ends with suggestions for future work with the stereograph, in order to facilitate access and use by researchers.

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Loipha, Smarn. "The role of library science departments of teachers colleges and universities in continuing professional education for librarians in Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. http://books.google.com/books?id=nvXgAAAAMAAJ.

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Kaylor, Douglas. "Library / IT Mergers in Ohio’s Public Two-Year Colleges: An Exploratory Study." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1196778482.

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Marek, Greta I. "Improving RN-BSN Online Students’ Information Literacy 2019 Skills via a Partnership between an Academic Librarian and Nursing Faculty." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8387.

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Marek, Greta I. "Improving RN-BSN Online Students’ Information Literacy 2018 Skills via a Partnership between an Academic Librarian and Nursing Faculty." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8388.

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Cheng, Su-Jane, and 鄭淑真. "The viewpoints of college librarians on comptency of libraries joining e-learning." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74923182561853512805.

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碩士
國立臺灣大學
圖書資訊學研究所
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Department of College libraries joining e-learning are responsible for the development and management are facing more and more challenge. In order to enhance librarians’ ability and competitiveness, libraries that joining e-learning must have creative thinking on training courses and methods planning. Hence, it is necessary to explore the competencies of librarians in college libraries of e-learning department to fit this trend. This study uses expert interview and questionnaires to survey part of the e-learning workers in college librarians(including team leaders) in the five college libraries.The results of this study can provide relative information to college libraries of e-learning worker when recruiting and training new e-learning workers, suggest the priority of training courses on the base of this competency questionnaire and centralize limited training resources to enhance librarians’comptenciness.

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Porter, Exa Lynn. "Participative management and job satisfaction among community college librarians." 1994. http://books.google.com/books?id=PL7gAAAAMAAJ.

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Mitchell, W. Bede. "Faculty status for academic librarians compliance with standards, opinions of university administrators, and a comparison of tenure-success records of librarians and instructional faculty /." 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=da_gAAAAMAAJ.

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Sanders, Lou Helen Devine. "Faculty status of academic librarians in eight four-year state-supported colleges and universities in Mississippi." 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=8dDgAAAAMAAJ.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1989.
Copyrighted materials (leaves 119-135) not filmed. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-117).

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Hoskins, Ruth Geraldine Melonie. "Information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge and skills of subject librarians at the university libraries of KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3313.

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The study is based on the assumption that there is an underutilisation of ICT resources in the university libraries of KwaZulu-Natal amongst subject librarians due to a lack of appropriate ICT knowledge and skills. The subject librarian's role has changed rapidly in recent years, in response to new forms of information and new methods of teaching and learning. Therefore, for subject librarians to perform their roles effectively and efficiently in such a demanding electronic environment they will need the necessary ICT knowledge and skills, that is, they will have to be computer literate. Also, the explosion of electronic information requires subject librarians to continuously update their knowledge and skills. A study population consisting of 43 subject librarians, in the university libraries of the Universities of Durban-Westville, Natal (Durban and Pietermaritzburg), and Zululand were surveyed by means of a mailed questionnaire to establish in what ways the subject librarians were using ICT, what the level of lCT knowledge and skill was amongst the subject librarians, what the ICT education and staff training and development needs were amongst the subject librarians and what problems the subject librarians faced in the use of ICT. A total of 3l subject librarians (representing 72.1 %) responded. Results were analysed in terms of frequency of responses. Results are graphically displayed in the form of pie charts and tables. Interpretation of the results reveals a low level of lCT knowledge and skill amongst subject librarians and a general lack of formal training for ICT amongst the subject librarians. Problems experienced by subject librarians were the result of a lack of ICT knowledge and skills and training. Recommendations for lCT education and staff training and development are made in light of the results of the survey and the literature review.
Thesis (M.I.S)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.

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Otiango, Mildred Khayoko. "The changing roles of academic librarians at the University of Nairobi and its contituent college libraries in the information age." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21790.

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Today, librarians are confronted with new roles during the execution of their work. The emerging roles require practical and technical skills, professional competencies and ability to perform and to constantly be in touch with those emerging technologies to stay afloat. The purpose of this research was to investigate the changing roles of academic librarians at the University of Nairobi (UoN) and its constituent college libraries in the current information age so that challenges can be established and measures put in place to overcome them. The current study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study was descriptive in nature and a survey research method was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to select respondents from each of the 13 libraries. Data was collected using a questionnaire and an interview schedule. A population of 70 respondents was to be surveyed but only 54 of them responded to the questionnaire. Quantitative data was descriptively analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) while qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. The study revealed that the role of librarians at the UoN has not necessarily changed in terms of duties, responsibilities, functions and processes, but what has changed is the intensity and manner of conducting the role. The main challenge remains that of re-training of staff in the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). Therefore the study recommended training of staff in the use of ICTs, acquiring powerful servers to increase bandwidth connectivity and allocating more funds towards various activities. The study recommends that a similar research be replicated using different groups of librarians, for example those who started working when the services were already automated to find out whether they are also as challenged as their counterparts. A further research should also be carried out to investigate current jobs that exist elsewhere in the profession, such as knowledge management, ICT management in libraries, research data management and data curation.
Information Science
M.A. (Information Science)

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Tao, Huey-fen, and 陶惠芬. "Factors Related to Work Value and Job Satisfaction of Junior College Librarians in Taiwan." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76568012834459689370.

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碩士
淡江大學
教育資料科學學系
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The purpose of this study are:(1)to investigate the work value and job satisfaction of in junior college librarians in Taiwan;(2)to explore the differences of work value and job satisfaction from librarians* demographic variables;(3)to know the relationship between demographic variables and work value and between demographic variables and job satisfaction;(4)to find the best predictable variables of job satisfaction from the librarians* demographic variables and work value. Librarians in different junior colleges were sampled and asked to fill out the designed question-naires in this study. One hundred sixty four valid questionnaires were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Person correlation analysis, Scheffe test and Stepwise regression. This results of this study illustrate that:(1)there are significant differences in work value and job satisfaction among various demographic variables;(2)the relationship is significant between demo-graphic variables and job satisfaction; and(3)the librarians* job satisfaction may be predict from the demographic variables and work value. This study provides the following suggestions for supervisor:(1)to attach importance to librarians* work values and job satisfaction;(2)male and female librarians* fair position;(3)improve the southern part libraries working environment;(4)readjust the policy;(5)enhance the interaction and communicate with librarians;(6)let librarians take turns in work; (7)select librarians based guidelines suggested in this study. The results of study also suggests for the librarians to readjust their work value.

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Naito, Marilyn. "A study of the andragogical/pedagogical educational orientation of academic bibliographic instruction librarians." 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=i6_gAAAAMAAJ.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1996.
"Data from a random sample of members of the Association of College and Research Libraries' Bibliographic Instruction Section."--Leaf xi. Includes vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 207-216).

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Chang, Lien-Chu, and 張蓮珠. "The Study on the Information Literacy and Library Service of University and College Librarians in Taiwan." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96251419703930761268.

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致遠管理學院
教育研究所
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The aims of this study are to discuss the relationship between information literacy and library service from the university and college librarians in Taiwan. It indicates the librarian information literacy and four key issues are concerned. They are: (a) information cognition, (b) information retrieve and utilization, (c) information organization and evaluation, (d) information ethics. Meanwhile, two detailed items for library service are discussed in this study as well. They are included: (a) technical service, (b) reader service. This study is also to explore the correlation between information literacy and library service, which means to investigate the status and the differences in different background variables. The objectives of this study are focused on university and college librarians in Taiwan. Thus, questionnaire survey with data gathered are required. “Questionnaire on the study on the information literacy and library service of university and college librarians” is designed as the tool. The total samples selected were 668, in which 599 questionnaires were collected back. However, only 547 questionnaires were analyzed owing to the incomplete responses. The rates of collected and conducted questionnaires in this research were separately about 90% and 91%. The returned questionnaires were calculated by the following statistical methods: descriptive statistics analysis, independent-samples t-test analysis, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The major findings of this study are summarized as followings: 1.Information literacy among university and college librarians depends on the good degree performance. 2.Library service among university and college librarians depends on the “Mid-High” degree performance. 3.The status of information literacy of the university and college librarians varies under different variables. The respondents indicate that librarians who are young, with higher education, graduated from library information science related department, hold the higher position “chief”, and work at “other” section. The librarians are proved to possess better performance in information literacy. 4.The status of library service of the university and college librarians varies under different variables. The findings present that the librarians who have higher education “graduate institute”, hold the higher position “chief” in the university and college maintain better performance in stratification reader service of library service. 5.There is a significantly positive correlation between information literacy and library service. 6.In terms of information literacy, the content and the behavior of information literacy are the predictive factors to library service. This study concludes some better strategies to promote the librarians information literacy. The outcomes with the study’s findings are: (1) attending the related information workshops outside the school, (2) learning further education academic degree with working knowledge, and (3) listening to the expert lectures. According to the above synthetic conclusions, it also proposes several concrete suggestions. It will take as the opinions for the policy-makers for the librarian professional development and the educational administrative institution. Furthermore, this study brings the school and the future scholarly research for the promotion university and college librarian information literacy reference.

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Sebright, Terence F. "Planning college library buildings for information technology case studies of four small colleges /." 1994. http://books.google.com/books?id=I8ngAAAAMAAJ.

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Mpotokwane, Eng Sealogane. "The use and application of information communication technologies for information provision by library workers of the University of Botswana library." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3751.

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The purpose of this study was to deternine the use and application of information communication technologies (ICTs) by the library workers of the University of Botswana Library. ICTs play an important role in a library environment because they enable libraries to be accessed rapidly as well as increasing the range, relevance and accessibility of information provided by the libraries. ICTs are therefore important for supporting the library workers in their everyday roles. This research was done with a view to propose recommendations which may enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of University of Botswana Library workers in facilitating timely, relevant, accurate and reliable access to information for the library users through the utilisation of ICTs. The population of the research was the University of Botswana Library and its branches namely the Faculty of Engineering Library in Gaborone, the Centre for Continuing Education Branch in Francistown and the Harry Oppenheimer Branch in Maun. Primary and secondary sources of data were used to meet the objectives of the study. The research was done using a self-administered questionnaire, observation and interviews. The response rate was 67 (86.36 %) out of a population of 88. The data collected for this study identified that the University of Botswana Library workers had limitations on the use and application of ICTs as well as varying levels of skills and knowledge on their utilisation. The library workers lack ICT skills because they are only trained for specific routine tasks. In addition, some workers do not have enthusiasm to learn on their own.
Thesis (MIS.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.

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Oakshott, Stephen. "The association of librarians in colleges of advanced education and the Committee of Australian University Librarians : the evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997 /." 1997. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NUN/public/adt-NUN1998.0003/index.html.

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Rajagopaul, Athena. "A comparative study of the job functions of university and university of technology graduates and diplomates in special libraries and engineering firms." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/433.

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Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Technology Degree in Library and Information Studies in the Department of Information and Corporate Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2008.
This study investigated the job functions of university and university of technology graduates and diplomates in the staff structures of special libraries and engineering firms in KwaZulu-Natal. The objective of the study was to draw on possible trends and best practices in the latter for the Library and Information Services (LIS) work environment, as engineering like LIS draws its personnel from both traditional universities and universities of technology (UoT). Hence, the main target population for the study was university and UoT graduates and diplomates in special libraries and engineering firms in KZN. Graduates and diplomates were chosen for inclusion in the study using a census because of the smallness of the staff complements in these organizations. Two sets of self-administered questionnaires were distributed, one to graduates/diplomates and the other to employers in the selected organizations. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Findings of the study revealed inconsistencies with the National Diploma: Library and Information Studies (ND: LIS) where these diplomates occupy paraprofessional as well as professional positions in special libraries whilst engineering graduates and diplomates tend to occupy job titles according to their highest academic qualifications. In both special libraries as well as in the engineering environment there is much task overlap and downshifting of job functions between paraprofessional and professional university and UoT graduates and diplomates. This study has revealed a valuable best practice from the engineering discipline for the LIS profession, which is that of professional registration. Professional registration of engineering staff with the Engineering Council of South Africa is a statutory requirement in the engineering profession and allows for the growth and development of those in the profession. It is recommended that the LIS profession, and the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) specifically, investigate a mechanism for professional registration of library and information workers.

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Van, Heerden Martha Maria. "Evaluering van die rol van interpersoonlike kommunikasie in die funksionering van die Unisa biblioteek se algemene inligtingsdiens." Diss., 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16308.

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In hierdie studie word die rol van interpersoonlike komrnunikasie in die funksionering van die algemene inligtingsdiens van die Unisa Biblioteek aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika ondersoek. 'n Kwantitatiewe meetinstrument word ontwikkel om gebruikertevredenheid met die hoofkomponente van die algemene inligtingsdiens, naamlik die inligtingsassistent, die inligting wat deur die klient ontvang word en die fisiese omgewing waarin die diens gelewer word, te evalueer. Daar word bevind dat 'n beduidende assosiasie bestaan tussen gebruikertevredenheid met die inligtingsassistent en gebruikertevredenheid met die inligting wat ontvang word. 'n Verkorte vrae lys word ontwerp en aanbevee 1 as 'n meetinstrument waarmee die bestuur gebruikertevredenheid met die algemene inligtingsdiens op 'n gereelde grondslag kan meet.
This study investigates the role of interpersonal communication in the functioning of the general information service provided by the Unisa Library at the University of South Africa. A quantitative measuring instrument is developed to evaluate user satisfaction with the main components of the general information service, that is the information assistant, the information received by the client and the physical surroundings in which the service is provided. It is found that a significant association exists between user satisfaction with the information assistant and user satisfaction with the information received. A shortened questionnaire is designed and recommended as a measuring instrument with which management can on a regular basis measure user satisfaction with the general information service.
Communication Science
M.A. (Communication)

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Pfarrer, Theodore Richard. "Applications of CD-ROM technology for reference purposes a survey of reference librarians in libraries of four-year colleges and universities /." 1989. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/20701156.html.

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Constable, Festus Tsepo. "Training needs for electronic information use in the College of Law at the University of South Africa." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1333.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the training needs of law academics by examining their ability to use legal electronic information resources at Unisa effectively. Using the survey method, a questionnaire was used to collect data. The data was descriptively analysed. The study revealed that law academics are aware of the wide variety of electronic resources relevant to their work. Further, these academics possess the necessary basic skills to use these resources. However, the majority of academics do not have high levels of confidence in using specific electronic legal resources. This study concluded that, despite the library's provision of user training sessions for academics, training does not focus on legal electronic resources. The variety of responses revealed the diverse training needs of law academics. The study recommended that training needs analysis be conducted by subject librarians who would conduct specialised legal electronic training.
Information Sscience
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Moly. "ROLE OF COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN CAREER GUIDANCE A Study of Government and Autonomous Colleges Affiliated to Andhra University." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/209315.

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Libraries can play a much important role in imparting career guidance. In formal education, library is described as ‘heart of education’. The library system in higher education is committed to provide independent learning environment to student. From the book houses the libraries have gone to an individual residence to share the shelves of knowledge. Therefore, it can be inferred that the success of career guidance in educational institutions depends upon the efficient library system. Therefore the system of education has to take care of strengthening the library system and thus disseminate career information. Librarians with their abilities in knowledge organization and dissemination skills can play a profound and enduring role in encouraging and assisting young people to follow their hearts and to pursue their dreams. In developing countries like India college librarians can play a major role in the career development of the youth who comes to the library for guidance and support in their study and to prepare for their future career opportunities.

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