Moving Beyond Whiteness in North American Academic Libraries

Libri ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody Nyasha Warner
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
American Academic

Community users in North American academic libraries

2011 ◽  
Vol 112 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 141-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda V. Dole ◽  
J.B. Hill
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
American Academic

scholarly journals Surveying North American Academic Library Websites for Instructional Outreach and Delivery Reveals a Broad Range of Approaches Employed

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Heather Coates
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
North American ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Web Presence ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Library Websites ◽  
The Web ◽  
American Academic

A Review of: Yang., S. Q., & Chou, M. (2014). Promoting and teaching information literacy on the Internet: Surveying the web sites of 264 academic libraries in North America. Journal of Web Librarianship, 8(1), 88-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2014.855586 Abstract Objective – To determine the extent to which academic libraries have used the Web to market and deliver information literacy both as a service and as a concept. Design – Survey of web content. Setting – Websites of North American academic libraries. Subjects – A random sample of 264 libraries selected from Peterson’s Four-Year Colleges. Methods – The investigators reviewed and analyzed content on academic library websites by recording the presence of various types of information. Presence was recorded for the term information literacy, tutorial content, guides and tests, and delivery of information literacy instruction. The frequencies of tutorials and guides were also reported. Main Results – Approximately 65% of the libraries used their website to promote instruction, while 30% did not mention information literacy or library instruction. A wide range of terminology was used to denote library instruction, but information literacy was not highly used. Approximately 5% of libraries had no public web presence. Research guides, tutorials, or both were provided by 64% of libraries. More than 300 tutorials in a variety of formats, including Adobe Flash videos, static web pages with little or no animations, webcasts, documents, and presentations were offered by 111 libraries. The tutorials addressed general research topics, databases, concepts and technical skills, among others. Conclusion – While the majority of academic libraries sampled have incorporated information literacy and library instruction into their web presence, it is unclear why nearly one third did not mention these activities. Further study is needed to benchmark how libraries are using the Web for instruction and outreach.

scholarly journals Sharing Success: A Review of Strategic Planning, Annual Reports, and Publicly Available Information from Academic Libraries

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-82
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Springmier ◽  
Elizabeth Edwards ◽  
Michelle B Bass
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
North American ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Funding Model ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
American Academic

Objective – This paper reports on a study which explored web-based information sharing practices in North American academic libraries. This study specifically focused on how selected academic libraries use data, reports, and other strategic planning documents to communicate success and demonstrate impact to stakeholders, administrators, and peers.   Methods – An environmental scan was conducted to explore the assessment programs and communication practices of 97 North American academic libraries. The population for this study was identified on the basis of several metrics: consortial membership, Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ranking on various criteria, and institutional attendance at the 2014 and 2016 Library Assessment Conferences (LAC). Researchers conducted content analyses on the websites of the 97 libraries to identify measures of institutional support for assessment and to explore the range, depth, and quality of data made available. These iterative analyses were supported by the use of a rubric developed based on emergent criteria observed during multiple phases of review.   Results – Of the libraries reviewed, 57% made some form of data available to the public. The most robust and effective use of data observed in this study involved the use of data to tell stories about the library and its impact. While this study found a positive correlation between libraries with clear investments in assessment and their use of data in public documents, it found that other factors such as an institution’s consortial memberships or funding model may more strongly influence a library’s decision to make data available.   Conclusions – While observations gleaned from this study may serve as a benchmark for evaluating communication practices in academic libraries, further research is necessary to understand how factors within an academic library, its parent institution, or the profession at large may contribute to this decision making process.

The Mission and Historical Missions: Film and the Writing of History

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Schofield Saeger
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
South America ◽  
Future Study ◽  
North American ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Academic

Because of the power of film, movies with historical themes affect public perceptions of the past more deeply than do scholarly reconstructions. Film makers and historians search for meaning in separate ways, but their quests can converge. Examples of different approaches to similar destinations are found in a newer film and older historical views of Catholic missions in South America. Released in 1986, The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé with a screenplay by Robert Bolt, displays paternalistic attitudes like those of an earlier generation of North American academic historians. The film's voice is a white European distortion of Native American reality. This essay will examine that voice, offer alternative explanations of historical events, and suggest a research agenda for future study of the Guarani missions of Paraguay, often mentioned in surveys but seldom studied by North American historians.

scholarly journals Naturopathic Practice at North American Academic Institutions: Description of 300,483 Visits and Comparison to Conventional Primary Care

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. IMI.S14124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Chamberlin ◽  
Erica Oberg ◽  
Douglas A. Hanes ◽  
Carlo Calabrese
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
North American ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Care Survey ◽  
Ambulatory Medical Care ◽  
Teaching Clinics ◽  
American Academic

This study collected patient visit data to explore similarities and differences between conventional and naturopathic primary care (PC). Administrative data from practice management software systems from the main teaching clinics of four of the eight accredited North American naturopathic academic institutions were abstracted into an integrated database containing five years (2006–2010) of visit, patient, laboratory, and prescribing data. Descriptive analyses of healthcare services were compared to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Over the five-year period, 300,483 patient visits to naturopathic doctors occurred at clinics, excluding visits at clinics operated by the schools in community settings. Patients were 69% female; mean age was 39 (SE 0.09). Older adults (>65) comprised 9% of the population and children (<16) comprised 8%. Comparing academic naturopathic clinics to national conventional PC (NAMCS), we found more patients paid out of pocket at naturopathic clinics (50 vs. 4%) and naturopathic clinics more frequently offered discounted care (26 vs. 0.3%). There was a 44% overlap in the most frequent 25 diagnoses for PC at conventional community clinics. Overall, these data suggest substantial similarities in care offered by academic naturopathic clinics, at which most Naturopathic Doctor (ND) students are trained, and by conventional PC practices.

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