scholarly journals Skirtingų akademinių grupių požiūris į akademinių bibliotekų vaidmenis: mokslinių tyrimų sintezė

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 135-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Petraitytė
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
University Administration ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Scholarly Data

Kasmet vis daugėja mokslininkų, tyrinėjančių akademinių bibliotekų transformacijas ir vaidmens pokyčius, susijusius su informacinėmis technologijomis, aukštojo mokslo kaita, mokslinės komunikacijos proceso naujovėmis ir kitais svarbiais procesais. Vaidmens sąvoka įvairiose publikacijose vartojama sinonimiškai funkcijai, vietai nusakyti, plačiau apima ir prasmės ar vertės reikšmes. Šiame straipsnyje laikomasi nuostatos, kad vaidmuo yra tam tikrų lūkesčių, kuriuos turi objekto išorinės aplinkos veikėjai, pildymas, arba tam tikras daugeliui veikėjų priimtinas bei savaime suprantamas scenarijus. Straipsnyje siekiama atspindėti keletą požiūrio taškų: atskleisti, kokius vaidmenis akademinėms bibliotekoms priskiria tos akademinės grupės, kurios daro tiesioginį poveikį šių bibliotekų strategijos ir politikos formavimui: universiteto administracija ir universiteto mokslininkai bei dėstytojai, ir kaip savo vaidmenį traktuoja pati akademinė biblioteka. Straipsnis paremtas pastarųjų metų tarptautiniuose žurnaluose paskelbtų mokslinių tyrimų sinteze.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: akademinė biblioteka, vaidmuo, universiteto bendruomenė, strateginė partnerystė, mokslinė komunikacija.Different Academic Groups’ Approach to the Role of Academic Libraries: Synthesis of ResearchesSimona Petraitytė Summaryhe aim of the study was to reveal the roles attached to academic libraries by the academic groups that have a direct impact on academic libraries’ strategy and politicy formation, i. e. university administration and faculty, and how academic libraries themselves view their role in their parental institutions.The synthesis of researches published in international journals in the latter years helped to reveal that an academic library positions itself as a valuable coworker, as a leader of the scholarly communication process, as a publisher and curator of scholarly data. However, one can clearly see that the academic community’s attitude towards the role of an academic library doesn’t always conform with the role the library seems to communicate. The library is still very important for scholars, teachers and administrators; nevertheless, they give priority to a slightly different role of the library.In summary, some assumptions about the role of academic libraries emerge. An academic library shifts more from traditional to new role, but this shift is difficult, because the traditional role is strongly fixed and taken for granted, whereas the new roles need legitimation. One of the ways a library constructs its role is through establishing new positions and expert knowledge. In this way, the new role gets a stable institutionalized basis which in the course of time becomes taken for granted and unquestionable.t-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> 

scholarly journals Libraries and Scholarly Communication in the Twenty-First Century

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Appavoo ◽  
Sabina Pagotto
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
First Century ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Canadian Research

Historically, researchers have relied on libraries solely for access to research literature. But in the digital age, libraries are taking on new roles within the academic environment. This article discusses the shifting relationship between academic libraries and scholarly communication as seen through the lens of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN); from the traditional role of the academic library as a source of funding and access for scholarly communication to the emerging role of the academic library as an active participant in the content creation process, and even as the foundation for the construction of a new digital content infrastructure.

scholarly journals The Role of Academic Libraries in Scholarly Communication. A Meta-Analysis of Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Mierzecka
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Critical Areas

The wide expansion of digital technologies has influenced research in all fields of science as well as educational activities. Scientific objective: The purpose of this article is to examine critical areas of academic library activity, in a significant or requiring far-reaching changes in all aspects, in the context of needs of the scientific community. Research methods: It was decided that the method that will allow to outline the situation in this area will be qualitative content analysis texts from leading journals. For this purpose, the main databases of Web of Science articles have been searched: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), using the instruction TS = (“academic library” OR “academic libraries” OR “university library” OR “university libraries”) AND TS = (scholars or scientists or faculty or researchers or academics). The query limited to the last five years yielded gave as results 170 articles, of which 51 were deemed relevant to the issues discussed. Results and conclusions: In the light of qualitative content analysis of those texts, it is possible to distinguish following areas as important: general approach of scholars and librarians to cooperation, practices of research support, access to information resources adapted to scholars’ needs, data curation support, publication strategies support. On this basis, conclusions have been drawn about the role and type of support that academic libraries may provide in the process of scholarly communication. Cognitive value: This study has contributed to the research into the evaluation of academic library’s support services in the process of scholarly communication.

Empowering LIS Professionals and Academic Library Users in a Networked and Digital Environment

2013 ◽  
pp. 251-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
End Users ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
User Education

The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of the modernisation of academic libraries in the ICT era, changing format of the library resources and types of computer-based services being offered by the academic libraries. In view of this, the present chapter discusses various aspects of LIS training and user education, emphasising the need to empower our LIS professionals and library users so that they benefit from the new technologies by using new ICTs for exploring the world of knowledge for their academic pursuit and excellence in higher education and research. The first part of the chapter discusses the recent development in the areas of application of ICT in academic libraries, availability, and usage of electronic resources by the library users, new services provided by the academic libraries to their end users. The second part of the chapter highlights the need for empowering LIS professionals working in academic libraries and their end users in electronic / digital era, enumerates the role of various agencies that are engaged in making library users aware of printed as well as e-resources, and explains the role of Web 2.0/Library 2.0 in making library users more interactive and well informed about the resources, products, and services of the academic libraries to their clientele. The third part of the chapter discusses the user education programme/user awareness programme being organised and offered to the students and research scholars by the Assam University Library (Rabindra Library, Silchar) as a case study. While concluding the chapter, some suggestions and recommendations are also discussed in brief.

scholarly journals Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space

2016 ◽  
Vol 117 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 308-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Fallin
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Conceptual Paper

Purpose The paper aims to explore the issues surrounding the user conceptualisation of academic libraries. The paper will solidify the role of academic libraries as learning spaces and problematise how libraries are conceptualised by users. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a literature-based conceptual paper and draws on a wide range of literature to challenge the concept of academic libraries and presents how they are becoming reframed as different spaces. Findings The paper argues that the concept of a library is at risk. While libraries have undergone substantial changes, the concept of a library has lingered. This paper demonstrated that libraries need to proactively engage users in this debate. Originality/value The spatial approach taken by this paper demonstrates the complicity behind the user conceptualisation of libraries. Developing an understanding of this process is an important foundation for libraries to develop their user engagement.

Academic librarians as change champions: a framework for managing change

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 294-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennine A. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Anticipate Change ◽  
Academic Librarianship ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Future Direction

Purpose As is the case of all organizations, the academic library is a body reflecting the contribution of its core employees. As such, the roles performed by academic librarians are crucial to its development and existence. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of academic librarians as change champions in an information age that has been, still is, and is expected to be continuously pervaded by varying and widespread changes in librarianship and scholarship coupled with the ever changing and expanding user needs and expectations. The paper also identifies a framework to perform this role. Design/methodology/approach This paper is informed by opinion and draws on relevant literature to highlight the current climate and what is being perceived as valuable to the future direction of academic libraries in order to bring credence to its trajectory. Findings Academic librarians must readily accept, be responsive to, and anticipate change to maintain and justify their relevance to stakeholders. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests that not all librarians are prepared to embrace change. Practical implications Academic librarians must understand how their roles influence the decision-making processes of the stakeholders and vice versa. Originality/value The paper advances five principles or 5As to guide the change process in academic libraries: alignment, accountability, agility, accessibility, and assessment. Very briefly, it discusses the relevance of a concept referred to as the competition-collaboration continuum to further academic librarianship. These notions serve to assist academic librarians in determining the appropriate actions to be taken now.

scholarly journals Academic Information Behavior and the Role of the Academic Library: A Study of an Israeli University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riki Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Log Files ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Research Populations ◽  
Academic Information

This article-based dissertation presents three articles, all studying information behavior of the patrons in an academic library in Israel.This dissertation intends to help academic libraries understand their patrons' information behavior in the second decade of the 21st century and to make library services more available and beneficial to its users. The study presents a unique perspective on library users' academic information behavior from three different aspects. The users', the librarians and systems log files. The study utilizes different methodologies and different research populations to get full and comprehensive insights.

The role of digital scholarship in academic libraries, the case of university of cape coast: opportunities and challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theophilus Kwamena Ocran ◽  
Paulina Afful-Arthur
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to assess the role of academic libraries in digital scholarship at the University of Cape Coast. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and used teaching staff (lecturers) as the population of the study.Design/methodology/approachA sample size of 278 was used for the study. The study used questionnaires to obtain data from participants. The study revealed that faculty members appreciate digital scholarship through the services offered by Sam Jonah Library are relevant to the current higher education context, reliable information, preservation of information resources and facilitating the integration of library services into the learning process are closely integrated into the library service, transform scholarly communication, teaching and learning style and research paradigm.FindingsThe study revealed that digital scholarship contributes to faculty members' delivery at the University of Cape Coast through the provision of information literacy training for new students, provision of reference lists of materials available in the library and provision of lists of new materials. The study revealed that faculty members face inadequate facilities to enhance digital scholarship, inadequate open access to reading materials (articles, books, etc.), inadequate platforms or suite of tools for librarians to take faculty.Practical implicationsThe application of digital scholarship provides an expansion to the core competitiveness of librarians new services which enables innovativeness and transformation of libraries. Students will be equipped with digital literacy skills; it affords instructors to approach teaching with innovation and scholars are also engaged to perform novel practices in scholarship acquisition. Digital scholarship is the umbrella under which all academic technologies comes under to foster collaboration and better learning experience.Originality/valueThis paper offers an insight of the role digital scholarship in promoting and advancing scholarship in the academic environment. It highlights a number of digital scholarship platform available in the library. It is observed that digital scholarship practices must be encouraged in the library because it facilitates the role of academic library which is to support teaching, learning and research.

Re-positioning library technology support on Campus-Wilson Library’s journey

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Jiang ◽  
Karen Beavers ◽  
Jennifer Esteron Cady ◽  
Liberty McCoy
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Technology ◽  
Technology Services ◽  
Library Technology

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the changing role of the academic library, in relation to technology support services. It proposes that library technology services should expand to take a central role in developing student academic technology skills, and shows how moving into non-traditional areas of technology support can expand a library’s operation capabilities to include entrepreneurship and innovation for faculty, staff and students. Design/methodology/approach – The paper outlines how our library expanded its technology services to include course management support, technical literacy training and three-dimensional (3D) printing, and details future developments into robotics and software development. It details the authors initial objectives, the issues encountered, the improvements made in response and what the authors hope to do in the future. Findings – We are at a time when technology has made innovation and creation available to many. Academic libraries should take on this opportunity of repositioning technology services to provide and promote technical applications, becoming a central point for library users to share ideas and collaborate on projects. As a result of the interdisciplinary nature of academic libraries, the authors are in the best position to make this happen on campus. Originality/value – Even though continual change has been a theme in the development of libraries, very little has been written on the role of technology support services. This paper sets the foundation for further exploration in how taking on academic technology support services, 3D printing and makerspaces could be a part of library services.

The role of institutional repositories in developing the communication of scholarly research

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Mary Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories

Purpose – This paper aims to uncover the central purposes of institutional repositories, how developments are being affected by policies and researcher behaviour and also what services and approaches are appropriate in supporting repositories from those partners involved in scholarly communication with a particular focus on services that support the publication of research. Design/methodology/approach – The research reviews the literature and current practices within higher education with regard to the core purposes of institutional repositories, the possible causes of low population of repositories in some institutions and subject disciplines, how this is being addressed and likely future developments. A qualitative survey using semi-structured interviews explores current best practices and tests the specific research questions that emerged from the literature review. Findings – The rate at which institutional repositories have grown in number has been very fast in recent years, but the population of repositories with research has been relatively slow. The research identified a number of reasons as to why the population of repositories was likely to accelerate in the future and have a more significant impact on scholarly communication. The main catalysts are: strengthening of national and funder policies that serve to both mandate open access (green or gold) and raise awareness of open access amongst faculty; the alignment of repositories with current research information systems within universities; and the development of metadata and open archives initiative harvesting that will improve discoverability and usage data. Research limitations/implications – As many of the issues around the development of repositories centre on the attitudes of faculty, it would also provide an interesting extension to the research to understand their views of the role of institutional repositories, too. Practical implications – The study presents a number of possible new ways of working by both information professionals and publishers to improve scholarly communication through the inclusion of research within institutional repositories and how perceived barriers could be overcome. Social implications – The study provides guidance on how the communication of scholarly research could be improved and reach a wider audience. This, in turn, will benefit researchers, corporate organisations and the public at large. Originality/value – The paper provides a review of current best practices in managing institutional repositories and identifies new ways of addressing some of the perceived barriers to populating repositories and the benefits for each stakeholder in the scholarly communication process.

scholarly journals ROLE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND USER ENGAGEMENT IN INTERLACING CAPABILITY INTO WORKING PRACTICES

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Priyanki Vyas ◽  
Kshama Parikh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
End Users ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Effective Use

The management of knowledge is a powerful tool for any competitive organization. The essence of the organisation is knowledge. In the area of services and services, KM increases productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. Explicit and implicit in nature is knowledge. This paper deals with both the explosion of knowledge or generation, processes and management of knowledge for effective use by end users. With the introduction of ICT, knowledge has gained momentum, changing its direction and dimensions immediately. Since Library is the heart of any institution, Libraries have moved from depositories and warehouses to information centres through the advent of ICT and digital Library technologies. The main focus of this study is on researching the challenges faced by academic Libraries in the management of knowledge.

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