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Xu, Qinghua, Leon Lin, and Xiaohan Wu. "Implementing Controlled Digital Lending with Google Drive and Apps Script." International Journal of Librarianship 6, no. 1 (July 10, 2021): 37–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2021.vol6.1.193.
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The unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 near the beginning of 2020 has significantly interrupted the daily operation of a wide range of academic institutions worldwide. As a result, libraries faced a challenge of providing their patrons access to physical collections while the campuses may remain closed. Discussions on the implementation of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) among libraries have been trending ever since. In theory, CDL enables libraries to digitize a physical item from their collections and loan the access-restricted file to one user at a time based on the “owned to loaned” ratio in the library’s collections, for a limited time. Despite all the discussions and enthusiasm about CDL, there is, however, still a lack of technical infrastructure to support individual libraries to manage their self-hosted collections. With COVID-19 still very much a presence in our lives, many libraries are more than eager to figure out the best approach to circulating materials that only exist in print form to their users in a secure and legitimate way. This article describes the author's temporary but creative implementation of CDL amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We managed to work out a technical solution in a very short time, to lend out digital versions of library materials to users when the library is physically inaccessible to them. By collaborating with our campus IT, a Google Spreadsheet with Google Apps Scripts was developed to allow a team of Access Services Staff to do hourly loans, which is a desired function for our reserve collection. Further, when the access to a file expires, staff will be notified via email. We hope our experience can be useful for those libraries that are interested in lending their physical materials using CDL and are in urgent need for an applicable solution without a cost.
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Frye, Julie Marie, Sarah Carter, Ashley Hosbach, and Leanne Nay. "Continuing a love affair after a separation: Ways to promote books for World Book and Copyright Day." College & Research Libraries News 81, no. 10 (November 6, 2020): 502. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.81.10.502.
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Perhaps for the first time since the founding of American libraries, most librarians were divorced from their physical collections as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although college and research libraries are negotiating various service models, including remote, hybrid, and online, librarians continue to serve their communities while access to physical spaces and materials is limited. While some suggest that libraries are better positioned to provide virtual services than ever before, communities continue to ask for physical books.
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Jax, John J. "Book Review: Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection." Library Resources & Technical Services 59, no. 4 (September 24, 2015): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.59n4.201.
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The author, the current head of collection management at Purdue University Libraries (West Lafayette, Indiana) and a long-time proponent of meeting user information needs with innovative collection development practices as reflected by her extensive record of scholarship, has written a provocative work that can serve as both a wake-up call and catalyst to action for academic librarians who manage collections. Ward introduces readers to the concept of “rightsizing,” a term adapted from the corporate world that can be used to encapsulate activities done to increase a library’s overall floor space by reducing space devoted to storing physical collections. Effectively organized into five chapters, Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection provides a brief historical account of the state of affairs for academic library collections today, argues for the uncluttering and routine culling of physical collections based on current user needs, shows how to use a variety of data to make informed decisions, gives examples of actual rightsizing projects that can be duplicated, shows best practice workflows, and gives a glimpse into workable solutions that can be applied to make a library more relevant to its users. And, according to Ward, it is the user’s needs (scholarly or otherwise) and positive library experiences that should provide the impetus for librarians to “rightsize” (as opposed to supersize or wrongsize) their resource collections (viii).
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Gerke, Jennifer, and Jack M. Maness. "The Physical and the Virtual: The Relationship between Library as Place and Electronic Collections." College & Research Libraries 71, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 20–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/0710020.
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A statistical analysis of responses to a LibQUAL+™ survey at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB) was conducted to investigate factors related to patrons’ satisfaction with electronic collections. It was found that a respondent’s discipline was not related to his or her satisfaction with the Libraries’ electronic collection, nor was the frequency with which the respondent used the Libraries’ facilities or used commercial search engines. The factors significantly related to users’ satisfaction with electronic collections were the frequency with which they used the Libraries’ Web site, and, most interestingly, the physical library they most often visited.
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Kohout-Tailor, Jessica, and Lili Klar. "COVID-19, collections, and collaboration: Promoting inclusivity from the ground up." College & Research Libraries News 82, no. 4 (April 5, 2021): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.82.4.171.
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The promotion of a library’s resources often relies on using its physical space with physical displays. With COVID-19, many libraries are either not physically open or their services have been modified where there are limitations with who or how many people are allowed to enter their buildings. Promoting areas in the collection may take on creative and new methods during the pandemic, including the use of virtual displays or online resource guides. Creating virtual displays can also become an opportunity to support and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within the library and campus wide.
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Alty, Abigail. "Seed Libraries Can Be a Promising but Challenging Way to Support Community Engagement and Social Innovation in Public Libraries." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 16, no. 3 (September 15, 2021): 154–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29954.
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A Review of: Peekhaus, W. (2018). Seed libraries: Sowing the seeds for community and public library resilience. Library Quarterly, 88(3), 271-285. https://doi.org/10.1086/697706 Abstract Objective – To describe and investigate the establishment, operation, function, purpose, and benefit of seed libraries within public libraries and local communities. Design – Exploratory study. Setting – Public seed libraries in Arizona, California, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Subjects – 10 librarians actively involved in creating or maintaining seed libraries. Methods – 60-75 minute interviews, primarily over the phone, with subjects selected by means of purposive sampling. Main Results – According to the participants interviewed, starting and operating a seed library requires front-end effort from the “host” library, active participation by a dedicated librarian and community members, as well as ongoing funding, usually on an annual basis (estimated by one participant to be $2,500/year, mostly for the purchase of seeds). Participant descriptions of their seed library operations differed, but most had a dedicated seed librarian. Participants noted that primary activities included deciding what seeds to put in the collection, arrangement of the seed collection, development of checkout and return procedures, and ongoing education. Several participants noted that such operational work was seasonal and not steady. None of the libraries included in this study had enough seeds donated to sustain their collections, but rather they relied on purchasing seeds in bulk or asking for donations from seed companies. Cataloging procedures varied in terms of complexity, and participants from one library system reported the use of a seed library cataloging template as being helpful. All participants noted they gave patrons containers to return seeds. While educating patrons in formal sessions is often difficult for reasons such as resource limitations, the interview informants agreed that seed libraries fit into the missions of public libraries by furthering information sharing, access to resources, and knowledge development. Conclusion – Seed libraries are an active service that assist public libraries in responding to social challenges and in engaging with their local communities as a type of knowledge commons. Seed libraries align with public libraries’ shift in priorities from increasing physical collections to enriching lives by providing knowledge and tools to support food autonomy, self-sufficiency, civic engagement, and community education. These libraries are a novel service that engage and attract patrons and support libraries’ positions as community hubs.
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Chaplin, Simon. "The Medical Library Is History." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 15, no. 2 (September 1, 2014): 146–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.15.2.427.
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Medical libraries are dying. Or at least some specific sorts of medical libraries—independent institutional libraries, owned by historic organizations, in historic buildings, with large historic collections—are under serious threat of themselves becoming part of the past. To mitigate this threat, there is a need to rethink the nature of the “historic” medical library. This involves reconsidering the library’s relationship to medicine and the history of medicine as disciplines, defining what is important about the nature of the library as a physical space and of its collections as material things, and reevaluating its audiences. Digitization has a role to . . .
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McDonald, Celina. "Basic Project Management for Weeding Government Documents Collections." DttP: Documents to the People 44, no. 3 (September 26, 2016): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/dttp.v44i3.6120.
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For as long as academic libraries have participated in the federal depository library program, there has been an inherent conflict between their academic and depository mandates. While state and public libraries are tasked with serving the greater public, academic libraries have an imperative to meet the specific needs of their institutions. As institutional priorities have evolved and new needs emerged, many academic depositories have come to face pressures of staffing and physical space that lead to the desire to downsize their physical government documents holdings in favor of digital surrogates. Because the government documents received through the federal depository library program are not the libraries’ property, withdrawing these materials is a time consuming, labor intensive, costly, and complicated undertaking.
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Lund, Brady D., and Daniel A. Agbaji. "Augmented Reality for Browsing Physical Collections in Academic Libraries." Public Services Quarterly 14, no. 3 (July 3, 2018): 275–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2018.1487812.
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Setiawan, Candra Pratama. "The Strategies of Academic Library to Serve Net-Generation." Record and Library Journal 1, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v1-i1.2015.15-25.
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The fast developments in information and communication technology have rapidly shaped and created enormous changes in the way people live and use libraries. The generation who grow in this era is called net generation. Academic libraries, where the majority of the users are the netgeneration, have started to implement the concept of hybrid library as a response of the technological advances. The trend of digital collections usage is getting increase, on the other hand, the number of library visitor is getting lower significantly. The condition make librarians afraid of being abandoned by its users, whereas libraries still have many physical collections. This paper is written as a result of simple observation in some libraries where the needs of netgeneration has accomodated. The concept of library as place, and library marketing offer the solutions to deal with the problem. Libraries can develop and provide some facilities that suitable with the net-generation characteristics. In addition, libraries can create some events to promote their services even the collections to attract the users to visit library.
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Setiawan, Chandra Pratama. "The Strategies of Academic Library to Serve Net-Generation." Record and Library Journal 1, no. 1 (April 29, 2015): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v1i1.81.
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The fast developments in information and communication technology have rapidly shaped and created enormous changes in the way people live and use libraries. The generation who grow in this era is called net generation. Academic libraries, where the majority of the users are the net-generation, have started to implement the concept of hybrid library as a response of the technological advances. The trend of digital collections usage is getting increase, on the other hand, the number of library visitor is getting lower significantly. The condition make librarians afraid of being abandoned by its users, whereas libraries still have many physical collections. This paper is written as a result of simple observation in some libraries where the needs of net-generation has accommodated. The concept of library as place, and library marketing offer the solutions to deal with the problem. Libraries can develop and provide some facilities that suitable with the net-generation characteristics. In addition, libraries can create some events to promote their services even the collections to attract the users to visit library.
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Swanick, Sean, and Jennifer Garland. "Curating print collections in the digital age." Collection Building 33, no. 4 (September 30, 2014): 132–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cb-08-2014-0044.
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Purpose – Purpose: As collection development in research libraries becomes increasingly homogeneous and “e-preferred”, it is our heritage collections that differentiate us and anchor the physical presence of our institutions. These valuable heritage resources, vital for teaching, researching, and learning are unfortunately too often inaccessible, uncatalogued, and ultimately undiscoverable. This paper focuses on the curation of special collections as a means of exposing hidden collections and discusses practical steps undertaken to highlight unique print materials in the digital age. Design/methodology/approach – This case study describes the transformation of a hidden collection into a teaching collection through the exhibition of uncatalogued Islamic manuscripts, their associated digital component and the resulting faculty–librarian collaboration. Findings – By sharing print collections through exhibitions with an associated digital component, we are both increasing the visibility of, and improving access to the material. Originality/value – This case study outlines a successful approach to exposing hidden collections to support an innovative teaching and learning environment.
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Mullender, Alec, and Marnie James. "Now You See It, Now You Don't." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 6 (December 18, 2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v6.34417.
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The mass culling of libraries' print collections has often been questioned by librarians and library users, yet it has become more common in recent decades. Despite several high-profile controversies, the removal and subsequent disposal of large portions of physical collections are still seen by many library authorities as an effective way to create space and pave the way for innovation. Guided by a progressive series of photographs, this article examines the large-scale removal of books from Western University’s D.B Weldon Library as part of a renovation project in 2019. It also looks at the direct impact of these actions on a contemporary library research project that was undertaken by the authors. Focusing specifically on the E, HQ, and HV Library of Congress call number ranges, the changes to the stacks are shown in real time as materials are removed from the collection to be discarded or placed in storage. The authors raise questions about the functions and uses of libraries in our current neoliberal era as well as the logic of an academic library prioritizing study spaces and communal areas at the expense of a well-respected physical collection.
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Schaffner, Bradley L., and Brian J. Baird. "Into the Dustbin of History? The Evaluation and Preservation of Slavic Materials." College & Research Libraries 60, no. 2 (March 1, 1999): 144–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.60.2.144.
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One of the greatest challenges facing area studies librarians today is preservation of collections. Area studies collections in libraries, the backbone of international studies programs for most colleges and universities in North America, are in danger. Most materials in these collections were published on acidic paper and poorly bound leaving them susceptible to rapid deterioration. Slavic collections, for example, appear to be in dire need of preservation treatment, but there is very little hard data on the scope of the problem. This research project, conducted at the University of Kansas Libraries, is the first step toward gaining a better understanding of the overall condition of Slavic collections. A survey of the Slavic holdings was conducted to provide statistical information on their physical condition. Results of the survey reveal that the condition of these collections should be cause for serious concern. However, the problems are not so great that they cannot be overcome through careful preservation planning and interlibrary cooperation.
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Hills-Nova, Clare. "‘Highly idiosyncratic and only half tamed’: the Institute of Fine Arts libraries and art history in the United States." Art Libraries Journal 32, no. 3 (2007): 17–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200014930.
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The history of the Institute of Fine Arts library collections cannot be disentangled from the intellectual and physical history of the Institute itself. Housed in various locations since 1938, the collections have grown parallel to the interests of the IFA’s faculty, many of whom, in its early years, were exiles from Europe and brought different approaches to the study of art. Amidst New York’s array of outstanding art research libraries, the IFA’s once extremely modest collection now comprises some 175,000 volumes, divided between two libraries: the Chan Library (for art history and archaeology) and the Conservation Center Library.
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Barreto, Isaias Cristino Esteves, Francisco Gilson Rebouças Porto Júnior, and Wendell Eduardo Moura Costa. "ASSET MANAGEMENT: perspectives of accounting and extra accounting control of physical bibliographic collections in libraries of federal public institutions." Revista Observatório 8, no. 1 (October 12, 2022): a3en. http://dx.doi.org/10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2021v8n1a3en.
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The inherent peculiarities of the different types of libraries configure them as a favorable environment for the implementation of innovations in their administrative processes. As one of these processes highlights the patrimonial management of the physical bibliographic collections, which are consolidated as central to the organizational structure of the libraries, in this investigation we will specify the libraries of the federal public universities that corroborate this perspective. The present investigation aims to present the factors that can interfere in the quality of the patrimonial management of the physical bibliographic collections with the aim of providing an opportunity to reflect on the possibility of implementing innovations in the process. The investigation was methodologically based on a bibliographic investigation that allowed the researchers to have a constructive theoretical basis on the subject studied. As a result, the complexity of the security process of the physical bibliographic collection is perceptible in view of the vulnerability of the informative materials and the number of variables that act on them that end up intensifying this scenario of degradation.
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Askin, Nicole, Maureen Babb, Pamela Darling, Orvie Dingwall, Lenore Finlay, Kathy Finlayson, Cheryl Haas, and Angela Osterreicher. "Not Virtual Enough: A Virtual Library’s Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 16, no. 1 (July 9, 2021): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v16i1.6442.
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As part of the University of Manitoba Libraries Outreach Services, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Virtual Library provides library services to hospitals, health centres, community health agencies, and personal care homes throughout the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. All services of the WRHA Virtual Library, including the collection, are entirely virtual, though staff are physically located in the University’s health library. In March 2020, shortly after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, libraries around the world started closing their doors and staff were required to work from home. The virtual infrastructure of our services and collections required no changes in how our patrons accessed the Virtual Library and a smooth transition was expected, but the sudden shift to working from home revealed gaps. This article discusses the unique experience of the WRHA Virtual Library transitioning to a completely virtual environment, the previous reliance on the University’s physical infrastructure, and the inequities identified between librarians and library technicians.
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Putri, Oza Rahmadita, and Malta Nelisa. "Pengelolaan Perpustakaan Berbasis Teknologi di Perpustakaan Sma Negeri 1 Padang (Studi Kasus: Pada Perpustakaan Sma Negeri 1 Padang)." Ilmu Informasi Perpustakaan dan Kearsipan 8, no. 1 (October 29, 2019): 517. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/107310-0934.
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AbstractThe writing of this paper aims to describe how to process tecnologi digital-based collections, to describe how to manage information technology-based technology services, describing what are the facilities and infrastructure of technology library-based management at the Padang 1 Public High School Library. Data was collected through observation and interviews with librarians and visitors at the Padang 1 Public High School Library. Data analysis was carried out descriptively. Based on the discussion described above, it can be concluded that First, digital-based collection processing is processing physical collections in the form of systematic collection of collections ranging from checking library materials to compiling books on a shelf, processing book collections into digital collections using SLiMS applications, processing physical data collection of digital-based books by transferring media collections of books to digital-based collections by using a scanner machine. Second, the management of technology-based information services, namely the creation of membership cards, on the membership card library has information about member identities, member names, identity numbers, addresses and telephone numbers of users, information search services, application of corner literacy services. Third, library-based infrastructure management tools, namely infrastructure literacy corner bookshelves provided by schools, the application of barcode scanners, library building infrastructure that is quite extensive as a forum for educational information services in libraries, television facilities as learning media for students in Padang 1 Public High School and internet-connected computer facilities.Keywords: management; processing; technology
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Marini, Francesca. "Exhibitions in special collections, rare book libraries and archives: Questions to ask ourselves." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 29, no. 1-2 (April 2019): 8–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0955749019876122.
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The author addresses key questions that librarians, archivists, curators and administrators face when producing physical exhibitions in special collections, rare book libraries and archives. The author’s direct experience is complemented by data gathered through a pilot study she conducted in 2017 and is placed in the context of professional literature. The questions discussed focus mostly on physical exhibitions. While the context of this article is North American, the questions are also relevant to institutions in other countries. This article is especially of interest to new professionals, as an introduction to exhibition work, as well as to experienced professionals who want to reflect on their practices in comparison to those of other institutions.
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Anderson, Alice, and Tanja Ivacic-Ramljak. "What is the place of the Library Space in health care? A literature review and survey of health care library experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic." Journal of Health Information and Libraries Australasia 2, no. 3 (December 20, 2021): 18–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.55999/johila.v2i3.83.
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Over the last 25 years, health library collections and working practices have shifted in response to an increasingly digital world. As a result, there is a need to examine the continuing role of physical library space in health care environments. There is also a need to consider changes made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic when health librarians found themselves providing essential information services from home, disconnected from physical libraries, at a time when health professionals urgently needed reliable and high-quality information. This study examined the impact of the pandemic and recent evidence about library space in health care settings. We explored the role of physical libraries in health care settings as we emerge from the pandemic into a new normal.
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Roberts, Kyle B. "Rediscovering Physical Collections through the Digital Archive: The Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 12, no. 4 (December 2016): 445–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/155019061601200409.
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Historic library collections offer a rich and underexplored resource for teaching undergraduate and graduate students about new digital approaches, methodologies, and platforms. Their scope and scale can make them difficult to analyze in their physical form, but remediated onto a digital platform, they offer valuable insights into the process of archive creation and the importance of making their content available to audiences that cannot normally access it. The Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project (JLPP) was launched by students, faculty, and library professionals in 2014 to create an online archive of marks of ownership—bookplates, stamps, inscriptions—contained within books from the original library collection of St. Ignatius College, precursor to Loyola University Chicago. The project grew out of student work for a university museum exhibition commemorating the bi-centennial of the restoration of the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as the Jesuits). Utilizing the popular social media image-sharing site Flickr, the JLPP seeks to foster a participatory community of students, scholars, collectors, and the broader public interested in the history of early and modern Catholic print and the intellectual framework and approach of 19th-century Jesuit education. Initially intended to provide students with the chance to learn how to conceptualize, plan, and build a digital archive, the JLPP has proven equally effective for teaching about digital scholarship, shared authority, and, rather unexpectedly, about the materiality of collections in the digital age
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Galloway, Ann-Christe. "Grants and Acquisitions." College & Research Libraries News 80, no. 4 (April 4, 2019): 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.80.4.244.
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The Library of Congress has received a $540,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to evaluate the physical health of the national collection of books in American research libraries and to guide their archive retention and preservation decisions. Since there currently is no objective formula to assess the condition of millions of books in the custody of the nation’s libraries, this scientific study will help inform best practices and provide a baseline for libraries to analyze their print collections based on established scientific guidelines. This is the first effort of its kind to lay the scientific groundwork for the development of a national effort to preserve the corpus of books held in American libraries.
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Handisa, Rattah Pinnusa. "Evaluating Forestry Holding of Cendana Library’s Collection Using Conspectus." Record and Library Journal 5, no. 1 (October 1, 2019): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v5-i1.2019.43-49.
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Background of the study: Evaluating collection is required by libraries to assess the strengths and the weaknesses of collections. This research gives a benefit for libraries to improve their collection development policies. Thus, the libraries can provide adequate numbers of collections to meet the patrons’ demands.Purpose: The purpose of this report is to evaluate the forestry holdings in the Cendana library of Forest Research Institute Kupang (FRIK) by using conspectus.Method: This research is an explanatory study cases in order to describe strength and weakness of forestry holding at Cendana library. The evaluator uses the Australian conspectus due to relevancy. The conspectus has several techniques for collecting data. A checklist is used by evaluator to evaluate monographs and electronic books. In addition, the evaluator evaluates the existing collection strengths (ECS), chronological coverages, languages, and physical conditions. The evaluator records these components into the evaluative worksheet.Findings: The result reveals that the forestry holdings in Cendana Library of Forest Research Institute Kupang (FRIK) has conspectus levels in 1b. Although type of the languages become a strength, but the quantity is a weakness. The data shows that the size level of forestry holdings in the Cendana Library of Forest Research Institute Kupang (FRIK) is in the level 1 b.Conclusion: In conclusion, the collection weakness is in books’ quantities. The limited number of forestry books enforces the conspectus levels of forestry holdings in a low level (1b). Meanwhile, strengths of existing collection are the equal portions between foreign language in English and Bahasa and the physical condition of books. It is recommended that Cendana' library should increase the numbers of collections through procurement or book’s exchange program.
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Thompson, Susan. "Student Use of Library Computers: Are Desktop Computers Still Relevant in Today's Libraries?" Information Technology and Libraries 31, no. 4 (December 12, 2012): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v31i4.2284.
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<p>Academic libraries have traditionally provided computers for students to access their collections and, more recently, facilitate all aspects of studying. Recent changes in technology, particularly the increased presence of mobile devices, calls into question how libraries can best provide technology support and how it might impact the use of other library services. A two-year study conducted at California State University San Marcos library analyzed student use of the computers in the library, both the library’s own desktop computers and laptops owned by students. The results found that, despite the increased ownership of mobile technology by students, they still clearly preferred to use desktop computers in the library. It also showed that students who used computers in the library were more likely to use other library services and physical collections.</p>
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Pinks, Anna. "Book Review: Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians, and Users." Library Resources & Technical Services 60, no. 4 (October 7, 2016): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.60n4.279.
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In their introduction to Academic E-Books: Publishers, Librarians and Users, editors Ward, Freeman and Nixon list the potential promises of e-books to libraries: they cannot be lost or damaged, they do not require staffing to check-in and out and shelf, they take up no space, they can be purchased on demand, they can be checked out by multiple users, and they are often searchable. These promises are particularly enticing when so much scholarship is done through online journal databases and when library service models are shifting from a focus on physical collections to an emphasis on creating spaces for collaborative scholarship. However, e-books also present challenges that the editors summarize in two statements: “1) lack of sufficient content and 2) users’ stated preference for print books in many cases” (2). The Academic E-Books contributors flesh out these issues through specific examples from the publishing industry, libraries, user experience and case studies. They also demonstrate how libraries are combatting challenges to successfully integrate, and in some cases replace print with, e-book collections.
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Wildemuth, Barbara M. "Libraries’ Contributions to the Quality of UK University Research Environments Were Not Acknowledged in REF 2014, but Could Be Made More Visible in REF 2021." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 16, no. 1 (March 15, 2021): 112–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29889.
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A Review of: Walker, D. (2020). Libraries and the REF: How do librarians contribute to research excellence? Insights, 33(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.497 Abstract Objective – To measure the extent to which libraries’ contributions to United Kingdom (UK) university research excellence were referenced in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 unit-level research environment statements, and to make recommendations to libraries for increasing their visibility in the research setting. Design – Content analysis of an existing corpus. Setting – Evaluation of research environments conducted as part of the UK REF 2014 assessment. Subjects – 1,891 unit-level research environment statements submitted for REF 2014. Methods – Each unit-level research environment statement was categorized in terms of how extensively it referenced library or librarian contributions: no mention, brief mention, or substantive mention. The frequency and percentage of each level of mention are reported overall and by disciplinary panel. Main Results – Across all panels, only 25.8% of the statements included substantive references to the library or librarians; most of these were lists of electronic and physical collections, but they also included discussions of the research support services offered by librarians. There were disciplinary differences in the extent of the references to libraries, from 7.2% containing substantive references in a panel examining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) units to 44.0% containing substantive references in the panel examining arts and humanities units. Conclusion – In REF 2014, libraries and librarians were rarely discussed in unit-level research environment statements. While this lack of representation may be due to shortcomings of the library’s relationship with the university’s research office, librarians could use a number of approaches to becoming more visible in the REF 2021 research environment statements. Specifically, they could highlight their roles in: ensuring discoverability and accessibility of information resources to researchers; improving research practices through teaching informational and organizational skills, providing direct support to research students and staff, and providing research data management services; managing the research information systems that capture and make discoverable the university’s non-article research outputs; providing support in relation to the responsible use of bibliometrics and other measures of article quality and impact; further developing article impact by training researchers to use social media to their advantage; developing open research initiatives; and assisting with the REF submission process.
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Sokolov, V. Y. "Valeological support of library-information activities in school libraries." Bibliosphere, no. 4 (December 30, 2017): 71–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2017-4-71-78.
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The article outlines general characteristics of the originality of forming valeological functions in a school library. The paper objective is to study peculiarities of the valeological support of library-information activities in school libraries, as well as the specifics analysis of their library and cultural-educational work aimed at developing the health culture of this activity subjects The author consistently reveals the peculiarities of forming the valeological function of school libraries under conditions of the information society development and dissemination of information-telecommunication technologies in libraries. The article describes cultural-educational activities of libraries directed to develop the health culture not only in readers (schoolchildren, their parents, teachers), but in librarians themselves. The author applies both general scientific methods of research (analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, generalization, abstraction, comparative, structural-functional methods, method of system analysis, etc.) and special ones (method of analysis of analog objects, information processing, grouping). While researching the author concludes about necessity of the the following: to equip educational libraries technically; to update and strengthen the information base and book stocks of school libraries; to ensure the access of libraries to information resources, in particular the Internet; to form a unified electronic database of school library collections; to develop a form of resource integration with other educational libraries; to create a standing order on the status of libraries in basic schools; to develop a system for improving the skills of school library staff; to organize special training for school librarians to master their knowledge and skills of a healthy lifestyle. Therefore, the school librarian must be trained according to a separate professional specialization. The social life development requires librarians to know not only the valeology bases, but the ability to navigate in information technologies, school curricula and training courses diversitys. Modern problems of information education and forming a high level of valeological culture can be solved only by combining the efforts of general education institutions and school libraries, teachers and librarians. Pedagogical experience shows that knowledge on the health formation and preservation is a necessary and insufficient factor in students' personality development. To influence the behavior, informative methods should be combined with life skills of effective work and rest, physical activity, rational nutrition, an ability to analyze health issues and make appropriate decisions. Thus, forming health culture through library-information activities provides arming school readers and librarians with knowledge on social and individual health and applying certain information technologies in their activities.
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Septa and Tamara Adriani Salim. "Perpustakaan dalam pelestarian warisan budaya di Indonesia tinjauan literatur sistematis." Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi 17, no. 2 (November 19, 2021): 141–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/bip.v17i2.1491.
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Introduction. Libraries as information institution serves users by collecting, managing and disseminating information and knowledge. One of the important is by preserving cultural heritage. This study aims to describe role of libraries in preserving cultural heritage through publication of scientific articles on the topic of cultural heritage.
Data Collection Methods. The paper used a systematic literature review with a qualitative approach.
Data Analysis. Several stage involved in data analysis included planning, implementinging, and synthesising the search results
Results and Discussion. Findings indicate there are seven selected journal articles discussing policies as obstacles in the preservation of cultural heritage and there are five articles containing the role of libraries focusing on physical form and public education.
Conclusion. Based on the selected scientific journal articles describing the role of libraries in Indonesia in preserving cultural heritage, the topics focuses on education for community, procurement, maintenance of physical buildings, ancient manuscripts collections and cultural themes. Furthermore,constraints and challenges faced by libraries,including policies, create an impact on human resources, budget and infrastructure.
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Marleni, Marleni, Rhoni Rodin, and Anna Martina. "Preservasi konten fisik dan digital pada perpustakaan perguruan tinggi." Daluang: Journal of Library and Information Science 2, no. 2 (November 17, 2022): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/daluang.v2i2.2022.13080.
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Background. The development of information technology encourages university libraries to apply it in library activities. The purpose of this study is to analyze how physical and digital content is preserved in university libraries.Methodology. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. Data collection techniques are carried out by literature review / literature study related to the preservation of physical and digital content in college libraries. Data analysis was performed by criticizing, comparing, summarizing, and gathering (synthesizing) some literatures. Thus, the method used in this paper is literature study with an emphasis on peeling, summarizing and collecting literature, then analyzing the data that has been collected.Results and discussion. In university libraries, efforts to preserve the value of information so that information can be used for a relatively longer period of time and avoid damage to digital or electronic collections requires strategies to be carried out in carrying out physical and digital content preservation activities. Strategies that can be carried out by higher education libraries in preserving physical and digital content are 1) Technology Preservation; 2) Refreshing or Updating (Refreshing); 3) Migration and Reformating (Migration and Reformating); 4) Emulation (Emulation); 5) Digital Archeology; and 6) Digital to analogConclusions. College libraries have carried out physical and digital content preservation activities in the current era. Although there are still some things that need to be improved and improved in the future.
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Jayalakshmi, C. "ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF UPDATED LIBRARY FACILITIES IN DIGITAL ERA." International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering 7, no. 10 (November 2, 2017): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.23956/ijarcsse.v7i10.256.
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Libraries will need to enhance and upgrade nowadays since the world steps into the Digital systems.The major issue is that of the technical architecture that underlies any library which encompass both electronic and paper materials.Infact, Digital Libraries are also the digital face of traditional libraries that include both digital collections and traditional fixed media collections.It will also include digital materials that exist outside the physical and administrative bounds of anyone. It includes all the process and services that are taken to the backbone and nervous systems of Libraries. This paper identifies various additional jobs of professional librarians those are well versed with science and technology applications.The government policy based challenge and need Library facilities in Digital Era are presented. The copyright issue plays an important role as well as the challenges are the complying with the copyright and intellectual property of right issues. Also the executive summary of impact of on Library Information Centre role on country population enrolled under digitization process through aadhar card.
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MALABANAN, Elizabeth D., Leomar S. GALICIA, and Mary Rose V. NAVARRO. "CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES DURING COVID-19 CRISIS AMONG NOCEI MEMBER SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES." University Library at a New Stage of Social Communications Development. Conference Proceedings, no. 6 (December 28, 2021): 20–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.15802/unilib/2021_249558.
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Objective. As the world continuously grapples with the massive impact of COVID-19 pandemic on all domains of life, higher education institutions (HEIs) are at the forefront of reshaping and redefining their operations, mostly transitioning into online delivery of services where libraries are not exempted. The way libraries around the globe continue to face their mandate of providing knowledge resources merits research attention, especially in the context of the present health crisis. This study aimed at identifying the challenges and strategies of academic libraries during COVID-19 crisis among member schools of NOCEI, a consortium of higher educational institutions in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), Philippines. Methods. Descriptive in nature, the study utilized online survey which was accomplished by 31 head librarians from the said organization. Results. Findings revealed that barriers on transformation from physical collections to digital format, reduced budget cuts and decrease in purchasing and usage of print and physical materials are the top challenges encountered while there was a strong agreement on strategies utilized primarily on the availability of various online library services for clients and assistance through the Ask a Librarian chat service where students have access to librarian’s help in real-time through virtual chat. Conclusions. As a whole, results implicate the need for HEIs to ensure sustainability of library services during and beyond the pandemic, highlighting various measures that would respond to the ever changing landscape of education and knowledge sharing.
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Alieva, Yulia B. "Digital Music Collections of National and Major Public Libraries of German-speaking Countries." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 71, no. 3 (September 9, 2022): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2022-71-3-295-306.
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The article presents the brief description of freely available selected digital music collections of the national and largest public libraries of German-speaking countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. The author studies the main stages of the historical formation of musical culture in the German-speaking environment, chronologically correlated with the brilliant names of composers, founders and recognized authorities of the classical music school. As an illustrative material, the author gives diagrams with quantitative characteristics of the distribution of digital content by the types and quantity of documents, as well as personalities of composers. The paper provides current links to resources and thematic portals created by libraries within the framework of sectoral collaboration.National and major public libraries collect and store documentary heritage, including musical collections, which differ by the type diversity of documents. Digital collections generated by libraries based on their own priorities and technical capabilities contribute to the physical preservation of documents. Digital music collections act as promoters of the great heritage of the classical music school, which has received recognition on the world musical Olympus. For the first time, the paper considers the combined heritage of the classical music school of the national and the largest German-language libraries of free access. Thanks to modern technologies of document digitisation, the use of thermographic camera (for reproducing filigree signs), creation of comfortable interface in language understandable to user, libraries expand the audience of researchers, going beyond the country, contribute to conducting scientific research in a remote format. Libraries are becoming a progressive, democratic platform and an equal partner of the world scientific community and at the same time receive additional funding for the implementation of the next ambitious projects.
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Martin, Jim, Hitoshi Kamada, and Mary Feeney. "A Systematic Plan for Managing Physical Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries." Collection Management 38, no. 3 (July 2013): 226–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2013.797376.
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Speight, Dunstan. "Space: the Final Frontier for Law Firm Libraries." Legal Information Management 15, no. 3 (September 2015): 156–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1472669615000389.
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AbstractThe amount of physical space available is a vital issue for virtually all law libraries. In this article, Dunstan Speight, Library Manager at City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, presents the issues involved in reducing and retaining library materials, to help library managers present a sound business case for maintaining the collection they need. Dunstan's experience is that of a law firm librarian, but it is hoped that much of what follows will also be relevant to librarians in other sectors.
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Stolyarov, Yuri N. "The State Standard for the Acquisition Profile of the Collections of Scientific Libraries, its Strengths and Shortcomings." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] 67, no. 5 (December 7, 2018): 580–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2018-67-5-580-588.
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In 2018, the State Standard R 7.0.102—2018 “Acquisition Profile of Collections of Scientific Libraries. Structure. Acquisition Indicators” was first introduced into the System of Standards for Information, Librarianship and Publishing (SIBID). The aim of the article is to consider in detail the advantages and shortcomings of the new State Standard. This document is of great legal importance and, in essence, determines not only acquisition of collections, but shapes all library activities. The author notes that some of the items are new word in the library collection analysis and collection generation practice: the concept of “Acquisition Indicator”, “Access Point to Electronic Resources” and their definitions; and statement that collection acquisition objects in the research libraries are all kinds of documents, of any periodicity, different semiotic systems, forms of representation, tangible media etc. The article also identified significant deficiencies of the new standard. The author considers unsatisfactory classification of the acquisition sources and equally unsatisfactory recommendation at deep indication on material form to be guided by State Standard 7.72—96 SIBID “Codes of Physical Form of Documents”. In general, the author characterizes the approval of new State Standard as significant event in library theory and practice.
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Lucky, Shannon, and Craig Harkema. "Back to basics." Digital Library Perspectives 34, no. 3 (August 13, 2018): 188–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlp-03-2018-0009.
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Purpose To describe how academic libraries can support digital humanities (DH) research by leveraging established library values and strengths to provide support for preservation and access and physical and digital spaces for researchers and communities, specifically focused on cultural heritage collections. Design/methodology/approach The experiences of the authors in collaborating with DH scholars and community organizations is discussed with references to the literature. The paper suggests how research libraries can use existing expertise and infrastructure to support the development of digital cultural heritage collections and DH research. Findings Developing working collaborations with DH researchers and community organizations is a productive way to engage in impactful cultural heritage digital projects. It can aid resource allocation decisions to support active research, strategic goals, community needs and the development and preservation of unique, locally relevant collections. Libraries do not need to radically transform themselves to do this work, they have established strengths that can be effective in meeting the challenges of DH research. Practical implications Academic libraries should strategically direct the work they already excel at to support DH research and work with scholars and communities to build collections and infrastructure to support these initiatives. Originality/value The paper recommends practical approaches, supported by literature and local examples, that could be taken when building DH and community-engaged cultural heritage projects.
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Haapanen, Mia, Pirkko Kultamaa, Tuulevi Ovaska, and Kirsi Salmi. "Reducing library space can promote the shift from storage of print-collections towards a learning-centre without limiting the access to information." Library Management 36, no. 8/9 (November 9, 2015): 685–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-06-2015-0051.
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Purpose – Libraries have changed due to many things, one of them being the shift from printed to electronic resources. Libraries become learning centres, providing more space for customers and less for stacks. Though information seeking habits have changed, especially students need places for studying and group work. In the case of Kuopio University Hospital Medical Library the shift has been influenced by space requirements for other hospital functions. The reduction of current physical space has led to revised collection policy that is now taking its final steps when the library is preparing to move to a new space. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – First, a 650 m2 library space was remodelled to a 450 m2 without major negative effects on services. Second, the hospital has assigned the medical library a new location where a new library space and learning centre will be renovated. Less space for print collections means that reliable delivery from print resources is crucial. Findings – Due to the merger of two universities’ collections to one multi-campus collection and to quick delivery service from the National Repository Library as well as good logistic services the authors are able to provide the customers with a possibility to use wide collections even if the own print-collections are small. Research limitations/implications – The paper describes the collection policy and the service model of one library. Originality/value – Small visible collections can be a challenge as the shelves are few. Creating awareness through marketing is essential. Campaigns, QR codes, big screens, user education, social media and everyday individual guidance are among the tools of creating wider awareness.
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Triandari, Asyifa Putri. "STUDI KEPUSTAKAAN: KEAMANAN INFORMASI DI PERPUSTAKAAN DIGITAL." VISI PUSTAKA: Buletin Jaringan Informasi Antar Perpustakaan 24, no. 3 (December 12, 2022): 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.37014/visipustaka.v24i3.3244.
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Are all the information stored in digital libraries, both information in the form of collections or user personal data, guaranteed security? This article discusses the threats to information security in digital libraries and their prevention. This study uses a qualitative method with a research library technique, namely research that refers to previous studies, several expert opinions, and other reliable sources obtained by the author by digitally reviewing the research results. The research conducted shows that information security threats in digital libraries do not attack programs or applications that are used to manage information only, but also physical objects to store the information. Examples of information security threats to digital libraries are malware which consists of various types. The easiest way to keep information that is stored safely is by backing up (duplicating information). However, backup alone is not enough. It is necessary to improve the performance of librarians or other training managers by including various national and international events. Not only human resources, but various devices used in digital libraries also need to be updated so that the system that is run is not easily disturbed. In addition, digital libraries should in some time hold simulations of conceding information, so that when such unexpected incidents occur, libraries can take appropriate steps so that the impact that occurs is not more widespread.
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Currier, Sarah. "Classification schemes in art libraries in the United Kingdom." Art Libraries Journal 27, no. 1 (2002): 18–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200019933.
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Subject access to physical or electronic resource collections can be divided into two complementary areas: searching and browsing. Searching involves the use of subject headings, indexing terms from a controlled vocabulary, or natural language keywords. Browsing, whether along a shelf or through a subject tree on the Web, requires the application of some kind of taxonomy or classification scheme. This article looks at what class schemes art libraries are using to arrange their book collections in the UK today. Based on an informal survey via the ARLIS e-mail discussion list, it appears that the Dewey Decimal Classification is not only the most commonly used class scheme, but the one most art libraries choose when they reclassify their library.
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Brown, Jerelynn, Tammy Morley, and Lawrie Salter. "Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL) working group on stack management: Guidelines for planning collection storage of physical collections." Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services 30, no. 1-2 (March 2006): 85–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcats.2006.07.005.
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Gentry, Laura M., Erin Ryan, Jessica Rayman, and Martha Bace. "How to Wrangle Multiple Discrete Collections from One Donor: A Case Study of the Subject-based Physical and Digital Consolidation of the Wade Hall Collections." American Archivist 84, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 62–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081-84.1.62.
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ABSTRACT The authors examined the Wade Hall Consolidation Project at the University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. The project involved the physical consolidation of more than 1,400 small, discrete collections donated by Wade Hall into larger, subject-based collections along with the merger of 287 existing digital collections to mirror the physical arrangement. This project's goal was to improve access to and discovery of these collections by researchers. During physical consolidation, the archivists created subject-based collections with new finding aids and addressed issues including unclear provenance, legacy descriptions, inaccurate metadata, varying levels of processing, and lack of alignment with current archival best practices and standards. Digital consolidation of existing digital collections coincided with the migration to a new digital asset management system and presented its own challenges, including legacy descriptions, metadata transformation, digital preservation, and dealing with existing metadata shared on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and other multi-institutional digital content aggregators. The authors sought to fill the gap in the literature concerning the consolidation of physical and digital collections and to provide guidance to others considering a consolidation project.
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Irvine, Betty Jo Kish. "Chinese art libraries: developments and trends Part II." Art Libraries Journal 26, no. 1 (2001): 36–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200012037.
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This report is the result of the author spending three months as a visiting scholar at Nanjing Arts Institute in the People’s Republic of China. The first section was published in the Art Libraries Journal vol. 25 no. 4 2000 and gave general background information about a number of art libraries in China, their collections, and the resources available for acquisitions and staffing. In this concluding part the author documents the cataloguing and classification systems being used by the same libraries, their computer applications and networking, the public services they offer, and their physical layout.
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McKenna, Julie. "Danish Post-Secondary Students Use Public Libraries for Study Purposes." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2, no. 3 (September 5, 2007): 108. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8m884.
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Objective – To determine whether and how Danish university and higher education students use public libraries for study purposes.
Design – Online survey.
Setting – Post-secondary students in Denmark.
Subjects – 1,575 students in university-level programs or other higher education programs (vocational three-to-four-year programs) in Denmark.
Methods – A sample of students was drawn from the national database of students by selecting every student born on the 15th of every month (approximately 4,900 students). A letter describing the study and with an invitation to fill out an online questionnaire was sent to all students in the sample. There were 1,694 valid responses (approximately 35% response rate). Students following short vocational programs were deemed to be under-represented and these subjects were omitted from the analysis of this report, which reflects the response of 1,575 students.
The online questionnaire gathered demographic details (gender, age, educational institution, study topic, study year, geographical location, access to the Internet, etc.) and used 110 questions or statements to gather information about student information-seeking behaviour related to study purposes. These included use of the physical library and satisfaction with services, use of search engines, awareness and use of library Web-based services, study behaviour, and participation in information literacy activities.
Main results – For the purposes of this study, “academic library is used as a generic term covering university libraries, research libraries, educational libraries and all other kind of libraries outside the field of public libraries” (p. 278).
The survey results confirmed many of the previous international reports of student information-seeking behaviour: 85% of students use the academic library for study purposes; fewer than 10% of all students are able to cope without any library use; students in technology and engineering, the sciences and arts, architecture and music have a higher rate of non-use of their academic libraries; a large percentage of students access the electronic resources from home; the physical library is still considered important to students; Google is used extensively and is nearly the exclusive choice for search engine.
The public library is used for study purposes by about 58 percent of all students with the highest use (76%) by students in higher education institutions (HEI); students of education, social topics and psychology are very frequent public library users. Female students in HEI were the most frequent users of the public library independent of study subject or year, or any other demographic variable. Seven per cent of students rely exclusively on the public library for study purposes and first-year HEI students in the subject areas of education, social topics and psychology are over-represented in this group (which additionally has less Internet access from home than the other students).
Students perceive nearly all aspects of service in the academic library as superior; HEI students rate ambience, electronic resources and speed of inter-library loan provision in the public library as higher than the academic.
University students give a low rating to the collections of public library, although the students use the public library principally to supplement the collections available in their academic libraries. Another high use of public libraries by HEI students is for inter-library loans placed through the national resource sharing system. Public library reference services are used often by only one per cent of students and only two per cent use the public library on a regular basis for “study related group activities.”
Conclusion – Students use physical libraries to a great extent to support their studies and students have embraced digital access to collections, especially access from home. Google is the most heavily used search engine and is used by nearly all students; use of Google complements and supplements library use.
Nearly 60% of all students use public libraries for study purposes and to supplement the collections of their academic library, but they find that the public library collections are insufficient to meet their needs. The inter-library loan policies of public libraries are more lenient and accommodating to student needs and may drive the high use of public libraries. Students form a large constituency of the public library user population and they generally rate most aspects of service as substandard to those of academic libraries. There is a call for review of the public library’s role in meeting the information needs of students, and in particular, those of HEI programs who are most dependent on the public library.
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Raghavaiah, Parvathaneni, and K. Surendra Babu. "District Central Libraries in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh: A Study." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 37, no. 4 (June 30, 2017): 270. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.37.4.10830.
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This paper focuses on the functioning, library resources, services, and problems existing in the District Central Libraries of Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. A survey was conducted using questionnaire tool for collecting data from the librarians of the District Central Libraries (DCL) regarding collection development, sources of grants, manpower, library services, physical and ICT infrastructural facilities, etc. The study reveals that majority of the libraries are possessing the collection in the range of 40,000 to 50,000. Further, it is also found that lack of staff, ICT facilities, lack of sufficient budget are the main problems faced by these libraries in Rayalaseema region.
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Murphy, Sarah Anne. "Vocera: Enhancing communication across a library system." College & Research Libraries News 70, no. 7 (July 1, 2009): 408–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.70.7.8220.
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Librarians understand that the complex information environment frequently requires us to both consult with local colleagues and physically assist our patrons with navigating our vast library systems, facilities, and collections. Seeking to enhance customer service and internal library communication, Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries submitted a successful LSTA Innovative Technology Grant Proposal to the State Library of Ohio in 2008. The funding allowed the libraries t o purchase Vocera, a wearable hands-free communication system with a proven history of improving the communication and efficiency of mobile workers operating in a campus environment. Currently deployed in more than 550 hospital and . . .
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Lou, Dan. "Two fast prototypes of web-based augmented reality enhancement for books." Library Hi Tech News 36, no. 10 (December 2, 2019): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lhtn-08-2019-0057.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify a light and scalable augmented reality (AR) solution to enhance library collections. Design/methodology/approach The author first did research to identify the major obstacle in creating a scalable AR solution. Next, she explored possible workaround methods and successfully developed two prototypes that make the current Web-based AR work with ISBN barcode. Findings Libraries have adopted AR technology in recent years mainly by developing mobile applications for specific education or navigation programs. Yet a straight-forward AR solution to enhance a library's collection has not been seen. One of the obstacles lies in finding a scalable and painless solution to associate special AR objects with physical books. At title level, books already have their unique identifier – the ISBN number. Unfortunately, marker-based AR technology only accept two-dimensional (2-D) objects, not the one-dimensional (1-D) EAN barcode (or ISBN barcode) used by books, as markers for technical reasons. In this paper, the author shares her development of two prototypes to make the Web-based AR work with the ISBN barcode. With the prototypes, a user can simply scan the ISBN barcode on a book to retrieve related AR content. Research limitations/implications This paper mainly researched and experimented with Web-based AR technologies in the attempt to identify a solution that is as platform-neutral as possible, and as user-friendly as possible. Practical implications The light and platform-neutral AR prototypes discussed in this paper have the benefits of minimum cost on both the development side and the experience side. A library does not need to put any additional marker on any book to implement the AR. A user does not need to install any additional applications in his/her smartphone to experience the AR. The prototypes show a promising future where physical collections inside libraries can become more interactive and attractive by blurring the line of reality and virtuality. Social implications The paper can help initiate the discussion on applying Web-based AR technologies to library collections.
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Acord, Darcy. "Expanding Early Literacy Services: A Quick Bibliography of Resources." Children and Libraries 15, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/cal.15.4.12.
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Public service to families with small children has long been a traditional and respected role of public libraries. Storytimes for preschool children and collections of books for that age level have been mainstays in public library youth services since the 1940s.However, in recent years, public libraries have moved beyond their role as resource providers, becoming, in addition, centers for early literacy education. Public libraries now provide intentionally focused storytime experiences, physical space and activities that support early literacy development, educational programming and interactions for adult caregivers, and outreach programming for high-needs families to ensure school readiness for young children.
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Davison, Stephen. "If We Build It, Will They Come? Strategies for Teaching and Research with Digital Special Collections." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 10, no. 1 (March 1, 2009): 37–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.10.1.316.
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Digitization and electronic communications are making manuscript and other special collections more available to more people than ever before. Libraries, special collections, and archives now routinely digitize materials for user access, for Web-based exhibits, and, increasingly, for preservation purposes. Although these activities have seemed revolutionary—by providing increased exposure to collections, making collections available to a much wider variety of users than ever before, and revealing hidden treasures—we are participating in a transformation that has only just begun. Most of the digitization and access activities that we engage in still parallel our activities in the physical domain fairly closely.
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Gates, Lynn E. "Book Review: Reengineering the Library: Issues in Electronic Resources Management." Library Resources & Technical Services 63, no. 1 (January 11, 2019): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.63n1.75.
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Over the last ten years electronic resources (e-resources) have exploded, becoming a larger and more substantial part of library collections. As Stachokas writes in the introduction, “Libraries are reengineering in terms of their professional skills, organizational structures, collections, systems, tools and assessment in order to provide users with a greater number and more types of electronic resources” (xi). This reengineering is vital as processes used for purchasing and preparing print and other physical materials for use are no longer adequate to handle the increased volume of e-resources acquired by libraries. Reengineering the Library is written for academic library practitioners, and there are several chapters that will be of particular interest to those new to the field of electronic resource management.
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Allen, Lee E., and Deborah M. Taylor. "The role of the academic Library Information Specialist (LIS) in teaching and learning in the 21st century." Information Discovery and Delivery 45, no. 1 (February 20, 2017): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/idd-09-2016-0030.
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Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) usage with mobile technologies and e-learning in academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach Selection of appropriate resources using the Communication and Mass Media, EBSCO, Web of Science and Library Literature and Information Science Fulltext databases. Findings The “Library as place” concept requires libraries to explore and re-purpose its physical space while redefining its virtual, online space to align with the needs of those who are native to the digital age. Library information specialists (LIS) must also be knowledgeable of – and comfortable with – the use of the new technologies introduced. As mobile technologies continue to evolve and advance in developing countries, libraries and LIS may be best positioned to assist students and researchers in accessing information required to be proficient and productive in scholarly pursuits without physical boundaries. Practical implications The existing research literature surveyed here implies that the growth of ICT and evolving concepts of libraries require the need for LIS training and greater understanding of the use of mobile technologies in providing academic library services. Originality/value Academic librarians are at the forefront of providing aspiring academics and professionals with access to digital collections and e-learning courses using mobile information communication and technology devices; the implications of the research discussed in this survey of the current literature discloses a need for diverse skills for the appropriate and continuing effectiveness to support students and academic researchers.