scholarly journals "E-books are good if there are no copies left": a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (104) ◽  
pp. 45-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Ann Chelin ◽  
Jason Briddon ◽  
Elspeth Williams ◽  
Jane Redman ◽  
Alastair Sleat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Materials ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Considerable Effort ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Subject Coverage

This article outlines research carried out with students and academic staff at a large UK university library on how e-books are being used for learning, teaching and research. It was discovered that e-books are meeting many of users' needs, especially in terms of accessibility, but there are still concerns about subject coverage and the impact on students' learning. There are various reasons why e-books are beneficial in developing an academic library collection, most particularly for reference materials and essential readings, but librarians need to work closely with academic staff to integrate use of e-books effectively into learning and teaching, taking care that licence and access implications are better understood. The drivers to the use of e-books appear to be outweighing the barriers, although the latter will require considerable effort on the part of librarians within their institutions and also in terms of communicating concerns to e-book providers.

scholarly journals Engaging academic staff with reading lists

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Allie Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Online Reading ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Reading List ◽  
Library Use ◽  
The University ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

Following the implementation of online reading list software, Library Services at the University of Worcester (UW) encouraged academic staff to consider the reading list as a learning tool. Using an interactive teaching session timetabled as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, lecturers are asked to consider how they can maximise the impact of their reading lists and increase library use. The pedagogy of reading lists and student engagement with reading are examined. Participants also discuss the type of content reading lists typically contain and question whether this accurately reflects what the students should be reading. It draws on best practice from academic colleagues at UW, examining (among other things) the effect of list length, structure and lecturer voice and presence.

THE IMPACT OF ICT IN MARKETING LIBRARY SERVICES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-156
Author(s):  
Salamatu Baba ◽  
◽  
Dikuma Ibrahim ◽  
Sanda Grema ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Made In

In order to promote utilizing the available resource made in any library information has to be taken to the door step of a clientele a such information and communication technology will serve as a catalyst in doing that. This paper has explored the role of information and communication technology ICT in academia and as well as the strategies used in propagating the available services in an academic library this is because tailor made information it is highly required so as to avoid wasting the precious time of academicians and this can be only achieving with the help of information and communication technology software, therefore, descriptive method was adopted in the methodology of this study.

Creation and management of the library collections in the academic library

Infolib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Victoria Levinskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Member ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
Scientific Potential ◽  
The University ◽  
Library Collections

Any contemporary academic library is created to meet the needs of the faculty member, researchers, and students in providing access to educational and scientific resources that go beyond traditional sour-ces of information such as books, textbooks, and magazines. Building a library collection is a scrupulous process involving not only librarians, but also the academic staff of the university. This process is highly dynamic, since it should ensure the quality of the provided educational services of the university, as well as contribute to the development of its scientific potential. This article reveals the main challenges facing academic libraries in creating an developing, recent and balanced library collection.

Information management during a crisis – providing an open and reliable information infrastructure for a sustainable world

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmo Saarti
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Resources

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the corona situation on the academic library services, policies and activities.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology of the paper is opinion piece based on experiences.FindingsThere is a need for global policymaking for both the open academic resources dissemination and crisis management.Originality/valueThe originality of the paper is based on recent experiences.

scholarly journals Inquiry through practice: The brief as a pedagogical method for design research

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-15
Author(s):  
Tatiana Tavares ◽  
Marcos Mortensen Steagall
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Emergent Properties ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Design Students ◽  
The Impact

Learning and teaching in areas that require high levels of creativity, like Design and Art, can differ from other educational domains and methodologies. It may consider the complexity involving emergent properties activated from the interaction between many variables, including the researchers’ participation in what is researched. Design-based research methodology provides navigation for teaching experiences where learning outcomes are forged using briefs as design experiments or a way to carry out formative research to test and refine educational principles derived from previous knowledge. In this study, the brief operated as a pedagogical method to combine academic conventions of design research and practice. Using a learning and teaching experience with Communication Design students in Aotearoa/New Zealand, this study presents the methods applied in a paper brief that integrated social, technical, and cognitive dimensions of knowledge construction. The brief “Auckland Plan 2050: Promoting and researching a design plan for a growing city” was delivered to level seven students over twelve weeks period and employed several studio-driven activities. As a pedagogical approach, the design studio provided a space that privileged imagination, reflection-in-action over the empirical and the rational. The studio valued the learner’s worldview: their geographic localities, culture, their communities and the impact of the design to a broader context. Understanding the dynamics given by these spaces created opportunities to consider design teaching methods that were collaborative, informal, generative, and supportive. The studio-driven classroom brought research and practice together, and offered social media and emerging technologies as a tool for iteration and communication processes. The brief shed light on Social Design and started with a hypothetical research question: How do design outcomes increase awareness of a real-world problem? Using a Council’s long-term plan for Auckland city, students investigate specific issues, and challenges communities will face and design solutions that were industry, research-driven and culturally reflecting Kaupapa M?ori values. During sessions with M?ori scholars, entrepreneurs, and the design community, the brief provided a discursive platform that converged the design industry, stakeholders, and academia. The reflection about this complex social, cultural, and ecological network considered Auckland’s inhabitants’ needs and aspirations, enlightening a social perspective to design students. As a result, students developed award-winning cohesive design artefacts and extensive exegetical contextual analysis and documentation of the process. The outcomes branched from diverse media forms, including branding, graphic design, wayfinding, UX/UI, AR, and VR technologies. The moderation process between designers, academic staff, and stakeholders during a 3-year cycle demonstrated a successful model for integrating industry expertise and academic rigour, crafted through a paradigm oriented by practice. Surveys with students indicated a positive response associated with designing under real-world settings, which increased engagement and provided strategic platforms for iteration, dialogue, collaboration, and cultural diversity.

scholarly journals Implementing a resource list management system in an academic library

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Cross
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the key components of the introduction of a new resource list management system (RLMS) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) using the Aspire application from Talis Education. It explains the key service goals; the implementation milestones; the main technical challenges which needed to be addressed; and the dynamic relationship between the rollout of the RLMS and existing selection, acquisition and resource delivery processes. Design/methodology/approach – This evidence in this paper is drawn from the experiences of the NTU RLMS project group, which involved colleagues from Libraries and Learning Resources, Information Systems and the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) teams at the university. It draws on both qualitative evaluations and quantitative assessments of adoption and use by academics, students and library staff; and the internal mechanisms of project review. Findings – This paper concludes that the successful technical implementation of a cloud-based mission-critical service for academics and students depends on a successful collaboration between library, VLE and technical teams; and reaffirms that a hosted RLMS service still requires the deployment of local technical expertise. It is essential (although not always straightforward) to try to anticipate the impact that the introduction of a new RLMS will have on existing processes (inside the library and without). Ultimately, however, the successful implementation of an RLMS is dependent on securing its adoption by both academics and students; not least by ensuring that the application meets their needs. Although it is not a technical prerequisite, the prospect of a successful implementation of an RLMS is greatly improved when working with the grain of a supportive institutional policy environment. Originality/value – Interest in “next-generation” resource list systems which can address the needs of students, academics and library services is likely to increase sharply in the next few years, as library services seek to align both resource spend and resource discovery more closely than ever with the student experience around “directed reading”. The experiences of an “early adopter” implementer of an RLMS highlight some of the key prerequisites and significant operational decisions, and provide a number of insights for those about to embark on a similar implementation process.

scholarly journals Working together: library value at the University of Nottingham

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Creaser ◽  
Susanne Cullen ◽  
Ruth Curtis ◽  
Nicola Darlington ◽  
Jane Maltby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Staff ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The University ◽  
Library Value

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to bring together the findings of two studies investigating the value of academic libraries to teaching and research staff in higher education institutions. The Working Together (WT) project was an international study, funded by SAGE Publishing, investigating the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff in the USA, UK and Scandinavia. The Raising Academic Impact (RAI) project was an initiative of the University of Nottingham (UoN) aimed at increasing the impact of academic librarians in departments across the university by assessing perception and awareness of current library services and future needs of academic staff. Design/methodology/approach – The WT project was conducted during Spring 2012, comprising a series of eight case studies and an online survey exploring the case study experiences and findings within their wider regional and academic context. One was conducted at the UoN, and included the RAI project. The RAI project was originally a four-phase initiative conducted by academic librarians at the UoN. The first phase, which is reported in this paper, consisted of a survey of teaching and research staff, distributed in summer 2012, investigating awareness, uptake and value of existing services, as well as demand for new library services. Findings – Determining the value of academic libraries is a challenging task as very little evidence (beyond the anecdotal) is collected. Perceptions of library value vary greatly between what librarians think the value of their library is to academic staff and how academic staff actually value their library. Information literacy and study skills teaching are greatly valued by academic staff. Despite current efforts, research support is still limited, owing to a cultural barrier hampering greater collaboration between libraries and academic staff in this area. Communication and marketing are keys to increase the value of academic libraries to teaching and research staff. Originality/value – This paper presents the key findings from the two studies in parallel. It is anticipated that these discoveries will be of interest to the wider library community to help libraries develop services which are closely linked to the needs of teaching and academic staff.

scholarly journals Diversity, Inclusivity, Social Responsibility Aspects, and Outcomes of a Mobile Digital Library and Information Service Model for a Developing Country

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matseliso 'Mamahlape Moshoeshoe-Chadzingwa
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
National University ◽  
The Impact

The provision of library services through rigid compartmentalisation of academic, public, school, and special libraries operating in one country can be cost-effective if a country has strong socio-economic, cultural, educational, and political structures. This arrangement is apparently a fallacy for countries that lack such structures, as is the case with Lesotho. This study examined the outcomes and the impact of the UNESCO-funded project titled Distance and Rural Learner-Teacher Support through a Mobile Digital Library (DRULETSMODIL) in Lesotho. The National University of Lesotho (NUL) Library proposed DRULETSMODIL whose objective was to reach out to NUL’s de jure distant teachers and learners. Additionally, the project expanded its scope to include library services to rural and poor communities. This paper outlines how use of the descriptive method, called the corporate social responsibility (CSR) principle, utilised the case study approach to interrogate DRULETSMODIL’s performance. The findings reveal that the project embodied various levels of diversity, inclusivity, and (mainly) social responsibility aspects of providing information for free, to the marginalized communities. From DRULETSMODIL’s three phases covering all the ten districts of Lesotho, positive outcomes were recorded. Through Information, Communication, and Technology apparatuses, DRULETSMODIL’s offerings, and the support of Participatory Initiative for Social Accountability (PISA), diverse information was easily and cost-effectively accessible. The project attracted various partners; beneficiaries included academic library users, secondary schools, and male and female youth and adults in the villages. The study recommends advocacy on CSR for all types of businesses and consideration of this model for developing countries.

The Changing World of Scholarly Books

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-170
Author(s):  
Albert N. Greco
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Scholarly Book ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Print On Demand ◽  
Changing World

Digital scholarly book technologies, especially print-on-demand (POD), directly impacted authors, readers, libraries, and publishers. It was possible to significantly reduce traditional lithographic (often called litho, offset, or photo-offset) print runs and rely on small runs, which were more likely to be sold, and then utilize POD for additional sales. This chapter addresses the impact of technological changes on print and digital scholarly books, including patron-driven access, and the impact on academic library collection development and electronic reserves. Attention is paid to the movement for open access scholarly books, libraries publishing academic books, and the growing threats and costs of book piracy to publishers, including Sci-Hub. Scholarly book revenues are presented and discussed.

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