Download or read book University Benchmarks for Information Literacy Efforts in the Use of Grants and Funding Databases written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study gives data from 28 mostly research oriented higher education institutions about their information literacy efforts in the use of grants and funding databases such as PIVOT, grants.gov, SPIN and the Foundation Directory Online, among many others. The report looks at which departments - libraries, offices of research, academic faculties - pay for grants and funding databases and the extent of cooperation among these entities. Among other issues: staff time expended on grants and funding databases, self-evaluation of information literacy efforts, provision of videos and other forms of instruction in the use of such databases, and the use of alert services, among other issues.Just a few of the 115-page report's many findings are that: *29.63% of the libraries in the sample subscribe to or otherwise provide access to PIVOT, the Community of Science grants database. Almost all access was provided by larger institutions in the sample; no institutional library in colleges with fewer than 6,000 enrolled students FTE subscribed to PIVOT.*Colleges charging tuition of greater than $30,000 per year were more likely than others to offer research.gov and 62.5% of them did so. *All GrantForward subscribers in the sample were private colleges, all with enrollment between 6,000 and 14,000 students and all research universities with annual tuition greater than $30,000.*37.04% in this sample noted that they "really make not effort at all" in information literacy efforts in the use of grants and funding databases.
Download or read book Corporate Library Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, our sixth survey of corporate libraries, presents a broad range of data, broken out by size and type of organization. Among the issues covered are: spending trends on books, magazines, journals, databases, CD-ROM, directories and other information vehicles, plans to augment or reduce the scope and size of the corporate library, hiring plans, salary spending and personnel use, librarian research priorities by type of subject matter, policies on information literacy and library education, library relations with management, budget trends, breakdown in spending by the library vs other corporate departments that procure information, librarian use of blogs and RSS feeds, level of discounts received from book jobbers, use of subscription agents and other issues of concern to corporate and other business librarians.
Download or read book College Alumni Relations Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report gives critical data about the alumni relations efforts of North American colleges. In more than 115 pages and 400 tables present hard data on alumni affairs office budgets, marketing expenditures, use of print publications and the internet, directory building and fundraising activities, among other topics. The report, based on data from 60 colleges, gives the end user highly specific benchmarking data such as the percentage of alumni that participate in reunions, earning from insurance plans and credit cards offered to alumni, spending on promotional materials for alumni clubs, percentage of alumni for whom the college maintains a working email address, and hundreds of other useful benchmarks and datapoints. Useful benchmarks include alumin office staff size, staff time spent on specific tasks, impact of the internet on alumni communications, relations with the Office of Institutional Advancement, plans for the print directory and much much more. Data is broken out for public and private colleges and by size and type of college and by size of the overall alumni population.
Download or read book Academic Library Statistics written by Association of Research Libraries and published by Association of Research Libr. This book was released on 1969 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emerging Issues in Academic Library Cataloging Technical Services written by Elaine Sanchez and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of key findings. Description of university, library, and staffing -- Cataloging productivity -- New technologies, enhancement of online catalogs -- Transition to metadata standards -- Cataloging of web sites and digital, special collections -- Library catalog/ metadata training and presentation -- Database maintenance, holdings, and physical processing -- Relationship with acquisitions departments -- Staff education -- Other issues facing library cataloging staff -- Curry College -- The University of North Dakota -- Haverford College -- University of Washington -- Yale University -- Brigham Young University -- Illinois State University -- Louisiana State University -- Pennsylvania State University.
Download or read book Higher Education Office of Research Grants Management Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group Staff and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents data from 28 offices of research and grants management in higher education institutions predominantly from the United States and Canada. The 122-page report gives extensive data on office of research budgets, staffing, technology use, use of and spending on outside consultants and lawyers, use of social media, uses of staff time and more. The study includes extensive information on how offices of research assess their skill in reducing paperwork, gaining the confidence of faculty, establish mentoring programs, monitor and assess research progress and more. Other issues and practices covered include: spending for staff training, means of training faculty in compliance and other issues, use of grants databases for research, and policies in dealing with investigator budget development and indirect costs. Survey participants also name their most admired research offices and specify their sources of information and advice. Just a few of the report's many finding are that: *Specialized research institutions such as medical schools that had hired consultants in the past three years to advise them on the development of their research office spent a mean of $119, 500.00.*In 2015, mean spending rose modestly for the research offices in the sample, to a mean of $1,525,079, an increase of about 2.1%, perhaps modestly surpassing the rate of inflation.*Only 21.43% offered their researchers use of the Foundation Directory Online; private colleges were about twice as likely as public ones to offer the Foundation Directory Online.*Only a few of the organizations sampled shared the cost of databases with the college academic library; it was mostly research universities that did this but even among them it was less common than not. *46.43% offered classes or tutorials in conflict of interest. They were most popular among specialized research universities such as medical schools, of which more than 83% offered classes or tutorials in this area.*Research universities in the sample spent a mean of $13,543 on office of research staff training in the past year.
Download or read book Effective Utilization and Management of Emerging Information Technologies written by Information Resources Management Association. International Conference and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advances of the past decades have allowed organizations of all sizes to use information technology in all aspects of organizational management. This book presents more than 200 papers that address this growing corporate phenomena.
Download or read book Licensing and Copyright Management written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks closely at the licensing and copyright management practices of leading academic, special and state libraries. Among the organziations profiled are: The University of Idaho, IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the University of South Carolina, and many others. Issues discussed include: recruitment of group buying partners, terms of consortium membership, authentication, archiving, title record keeping and accounting, the consolidation of buying power, state mandated contract language, changes in pricing over the life of contracts - and many other issues that impact database licensing.
Download or read book Trends in Training College Faculty Staff Students in Computer Literacy written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine case studies from American institutions that are successfully confronting the challenges of computer and educational technology literacy, often in novel ways.
Download or read book Academic Library Cataloging Practices Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 254 page report presents data from a survey of the cataloging practices of approximately 80 North American academic libraries. In more than 630 tables of data and related commentary from participating librarians and our analysts, the report gives a broad overview of academic library cataloging practices related to outsourcing, selection and deployment of personnel, salaries, the state of continuing education in cataloging, and much more. Survey participants also discuss how they define the catalogers¿ range of responsibilities, how they train their catalogers, how they assess cataloging quality, whether they use cataloging quotas or other measures to spur productivity, what software and other cataloging technology they use and why, and how they make outsourcing decisions and more. Data is broken out by size and type of college and for public and private colleges. Just a few of the reports many findings are presented below: ¿More than 70% of the libraries in the sample say that their catalogers have salary levels that are comparable to those of public service librarians at their institutions. ¿About 27.3% of the survey participants routinely use paraprofessional staff for original cataloging. Public colleges were more than three times more likely than private colleges to use paraprofessionals for original cataloging, and larger colleges were more than twice as likely as smaller ones to do so. ¿41.56% of the libraries in the sample outsource authority control, obtaining new and updated authority records. ¿About 15.6% of the libraries in the sample outsource the cataloging of e-journals; close to 28% of research universities do so. ¿20.78% of libraries in the sample use MarcEdit or other MARC editor to preview records and globally edit to local standards prior to loading. ¿29.7% of the libraries in the sample have technical services areas that track turnaround time from Acquisitions receipt to Cataloging to shelf-ready distribution. ¿About 24.7% of the libraries in the sample use paraprofessional support staff for master bibliographic record enrichment in OCLC. Most of those doing so were public colleges and offered beyond the B.A. degree. ¿Authority control experience was considered a very important criterion for hiring by only 8.11% of survey participants, while a bit more than 35% considered it important. 21.62% considered authority control experience not so important as a hiring criterion.
Download or read book Library Information Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Streamlining LIS Research written by Amy J. Catalano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of the best library research instruments will help you to streamline efforts and save time when researching. Surprisingly, instruction in library science rarely includes in-depth training on research methods, instrument selection, or test creation—leaving many librarians struggling when it comes to validating their own work. To bridge this gap, this professional's guide houses the leading library research instruments in use for the past 15 years, providing one-page evaluations to help expedite your research validation. The work features a variety of tests—such as the Beile Test of Information Literacy for Educators, Project SAILS, and the Library Anxiety Scale—and contains full text of each test when available. You'll learn essential details about the instrument, including the source, a description of its purpose, the development and validation of the test, its administrative procedure, and its psychometric properties where applicable. The book begins with a chapter on evaluating tests and other instruments, followed by a primer on establishing validity and reliability. Throughout the work, you'll tap into leading tests in the field, learn where they have been utilized, and gain access to contact information for the test authors. Topics covered include information literacy, library anxiety, service evaluation, services and library use, information-seeking behavior, and resource evaluation.
Download or read book Metaliteracy Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners written by Thomas P. Mackey and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s learners communicate, create, and share information using a range of information technologies such as social media, blogs, microblogs, wikis, mobile devices and apps, virtual worlds, and MOOCs. In Metaliteracy, respected information literacy experts Mackey and Jacobson present a comprehensive structure for information literacy theory that builds on decades of practice while recognizing the knowledge required for an expansive and interactive information environment. The concept of metaliteracy expands the scope of traditional information skills (determine, access, locate, understand, produce, and use information) to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digital environments (collaborate, produce, and share) prevalent in today’s world. Combining theory and case studies, the authors Show why media literacy, visual literacy, digital literacy, and a host of other specific literacies are critical for informed citizens in the twenty-first centuryOffer a framework for engaging in today’s information environments as active, selfreflective, and critical contributors to these collaborative spacesConnect metaliteracy to such topics as metadata, the Semantic Web, metacognition, open education, distance learning, and digital storytellingThis cutting-edge approach to information literacy will help your students grasp an understanding of the critical thinking and reflection required to engage in technology spaces as savvy producers, collaborators, and sharers.
Download or read book The Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bowker Annual Library Book Trade Almanac written by Information Today Inc and published by Information Today. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed must-have resource provides the following: - Expert reviews of the key trends, events, and developments that will influence your work in 2004 and the years to come- Clear explanations of new legislation and changes in funding programs--and how this will affect libraries- Definitive statistics on book prices, numbers of books published, library expenditures, average salaries, and other budget-crunching assistance- A full calendar of events, key organizations, names and numbers of important individuals (including e-mail addresses and fax numbers), and much more This fully updated reference tool makes it easy to stay on top of the developments that affect libraries, booksellers, and publishers alike--and to find fast answers to the countless on-the-job questions you encounter.
Download or read book Guide to American Directories written by Barry T. Klein and published by . This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Higher Education Opportunity Act written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
