Download or read book The Measurement and Evaluation of Library Services written by Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster and published by Washington : Information Resources Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this celebrated reference combines essential material from the first edition (1977) with important extracts from another Lancaster work, If you want to evaluate your library . . . (U. of Illinois Press, 1988), and incorporates a broad range of recent evaluative studies. Unlike the first edition, which dealt primarily with academic studies, the second provides detailed information on the evaluation of public, school, and special libraries as well. In this edition, Lancaster is joined by co-author Baker (library and information science, U. of Iowa). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book A Study of the Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Library Services Available to Students Enrolled in Online Degree Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a diverse population of students who will benefit greatly from a convenient, time and place-independent learning environment. Distance education provides this type of environment and addresses the many needs of adult learners and the new generation of online learners. The problem is that this environment differs from a traditional institution of higher learning and continues to bring about questions from educators related to the issue of equivalency between online and traditional degree programs, especially in terms of student support services, such as the library. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions and attitudes of students regarding traditional and distance library services, determine if the outcomes resulting from the library services provided in the online degree programs were equivalent to those outcomes for on-campus programs and provide information to enhance and improve the effectiveness of online degree programs. An online survey was conducted focusing on the perceptions and attitudes of students regarding traditional and distance library services. The results of the study indicated that overall the students were satisfied with the library resources and services available to them and the students did not perceive that the distance library services were different from the traditional library services. Possible reasons underlying this perception may be that approximately 85 percent of the students had prior college experience or had completed a degree. Therefore, students most likely were familiar with today's library services. However, institutions should remain proactive because distance education students will continue to demand and expect libraries to meet their needs. As these demands and expectations are explored new library services and resources will emerge. Also, institutions of higher learning must have a commitment to providing distance students with the same quality of education and equivalent support services as on-campus students if they expect those outside the educational arena to respect degrees obtained through this means of educational learning.

Download or read book A Study of Library Services written by Connecticut. Governor's Committee on Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Envisioning Our Preferred Future written by Bradford Lee Eden and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 8 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library is focused on new services, directions, job duties and responsibilities for librarians in academic libraries of the 21st century. Topics include research data management services, web services, improving web design for library interfaces, cooperative virtual reference services, directions on research in the 21st-century academic library, innovative uses of physical library spaces, uses of social media for disseminating scholarly research, information architecture and usability studies, the importance of special collections and archival collections, and lessons learned in digitization and digital projects planning and management. Data management services are highlighted in the context of a consortium of smaller liberal arts and regional institutions who share a common institutional repository. Survey research plays a role in a number of chapters. One provides insight into how academic libraries are currently approaching web services, web applications, and library websites. A second survey is used to explore the role of librarians as web designers, and provides detailed information related to job titles, job duties, time percentages related to duties, and other duties outside of web design. Comments of those surveyed are included and make interesting reading and a deeper understanding of this new function in libraries. More generally, is a survey study exploring how librarians feel about the changes that are currently happening within the profession, as well as how these changes have personally affected their job duties and their current job assignments. Case studies are include one that features QuestionPoint in the context of a cooperative virtual reference service; another shows how research and scholarship can be disseminated using social media tools such as blogs, Twitter, ResearchGate and Google Scholar, among others; a other studies explore the importance of user engagement and buy-in before moving forward on digitization; and one shows how information architecture and usability emerge from the redesign of a public library website and whose successful completion involves user surveying, focus groups, peer site reviews, needs analysis, and usability testing. Two chapters deal with the changing legal context: the importance and understanding of copyright and author rights in the 21st-century academic library, and the basics Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). It is hoped that this volume, and the series in general, will be a valuable and exciting addition to the discussions and planning surrounding the future directions, services, and careers in the 21st-century academic library.

Download or read book Academic Library Services for First Generation Students written by Xan Arch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting strategies for improving academic library services for first-generation students, this timely book focuses on programs and services that will increase student academic engagement and success. Demographic data and secondary school graduation rates suggest that colleges and universities will enroll growing numbers of first-generation students over the next decade. Academic Library Services for First-Generation Students focuses on ways academic libraries can uniquely contribute to the successful transition to college and year-to-year retention of first-generation students. The practical recommendations in this book include a wide range of ideas for the design and modification of library services and facilities to be more inclusive of the needs of first-generation students. All of the recommendations are specifically aimed at addressing challenges faced by first-generation students. Topics covered range from study spaces and service points to information literacy instruction and campus partnerships. The book makes the case—both explicitly and implicitly—that academic libraries can help address known risk factors (e.g., by helping students build academic cultural competencies) and thereby improve success, persistence, and retention for first-generation students. Academic library professionals in both leadership roles and public service positions will benefit from the actionable strategies presented here.

Download or read book Research on Library Service in Metropolitan Areas written by Ralph Upshaw Blasingame and published by New Brunswick, N.J. : Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers--The State University. This book was released on 1967 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preliminary Investigation of Present and Potential Library and Information Service Needs written by Charles P. Bourne and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Syllabus for the Study of College and University Library Service for Use in Connection with Library Service 230 written by Columbia University. School of Library Service and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Academic Library Services written by Jennifer Sharkey and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Services in Research Libraries written by Newberry Library and published by Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Studies. This book was released on 1984 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Library Service in New Hampshire written by Joseph Patrick Ford and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Syllabus for the Study of College and University Library Service for Use in Connection with Library Service 230 written by Columbia University. School of Library Service and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Library Services for the Disadvantaged in Buffalo Rochester and Syracuse written by New York University. Center for Field Research and School Services and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Syllabus for the Study of Fundamentals of Library Service written by Columbia University. School of Library Service and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Library Services in Torrance Libraries written by Los Angeles County Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teaching with Books written by Bennett Harvie Branscomb and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Survey of Libraries in the United States Public library service to children Extension work and community service of public libraries School library organization and service written by American Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: