Student Responses to Using a Computerized Database

Summary

An overwhelming majority (94%) of surveyed students rely on assistance from librarians (80%), professors (9%), and friends (5%) when using ERIC-on-CDROM, even when they are not first-time users. Almost three-quarters of the students report that ERIC-on-CDROM improves research quality (74%) and learning (70%) and evokes feelings of motivation and accomplishment (72%). All students indicate that they will return to use ERIC-on-CDROM but only 39% feel capable of transferring their skills to similar databases. Responses indicate that ERIC-on-CDROM contributes to highly individualized learning situations in which students successfully find information through assistance from both humans and computers.     

Evaluating the Drop-In Center

Abstract

The Reference Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder provides a research consultation service to undergraduates enrolled in the mandatory introductory writing course. The Research Center is staffed by graduate students trained in providing reference assistance. Librarians in the Reference Department administered a patron satisfaction survey to 415 students to evaluate the effectiveness of the Research Center. The survey addressed patron response to the research tutors, services offered, and overall satisfaction. Responses are overwhelmingly positive. Students used the Research Center most often on Mondays and between weeks 7 and 13 of the semester.     

Research Consultations: Enhancing Library Research Skills

SUMMARY

Libraries support a number of instructional programs, including the use of individualized instructional sessions. Research consultations offered by the Mississippi State University Libraries are individualized research sessions designed to meet the information needs of the user or client. Sessions may provide basic information for undergraduates, advanced searching techniques for pre-dissertation graduate students, or serve as an overview of related resources for new faculty. Information concerning the structure and performance expectations for the service is discussed. Data from a year's use of the service are analyzed to identify the client base and to explore successful marketing strategies for the service.     

Simplifying Electronic Reference

ABSTRACT

Utah State University has successfully implemented a service that incorporates e-mail reference and an appointment-based model. The advantages of the Term Paper & Research Assistance service are reviewed. The program incorporates a great deal of flexibility for the participating librarians and the clients they serve and eliminates the need for a “coordinator.” Use statistics and positive student feedback have underscored the service's potential for future growth.     

网络环境下高校图书馆参考咨询服务的特点

网络环境下的高校图书馆在参考咨询服务方面延伸并改变了传统的参考咨询服务的功能 ,呈现出许多新的特点。作者从服务对象个性化、服务形式多元化、服务内容新颖化和咨询馆员高素质化等四个方面论述了这些新特点。     

高校图书馆写作辅导服务嵌入课程教学探索——以西南交通大学为例

[目的/意义] 大学生写作能力缺失是一种普遍现象，高校图书馆写作辅导服务是提高大学生写作素养的重要手段，开展嵌入式写作辅导服务对提升学生写作能力具有重要促进作用。[方法/过程] 探讨图书馆嵌入式写作辅导服务的基本模式，研究嵌入服务的具体对象、嵌入服务的形式、嵌入服务的内容及其效果评价方法。并以西南交通大学图书馆服务实践为例，分析嵌入式写作辅导教学服务实践中的经验、存在问题、对策和建议。[结果/结论] 高校图书馆应该根据学校具体情况，结合学科特点及具体课程要求，选择相应的嵌入方法模式，并加强长效机制建设。     

论高校图书馆情报信息工作与科研的关系

本文主要从情报信息被认为是一种战略性资源这一角度出发，对情报信息工作与科研之间的紧密相连，相互包容，相互渗透，相互促进，相互影响，协同发展的关系进行了多角度的探讨。     

Librarians and Undergraduate Thesis Support: An Annotated Bibliography

This article surveys the available literature to explore the assistance librarians can provide to undergraduate thesis writers. The article begins with a discussion of undergraduate thesis requirements, then presents an annotated bibliography of scholarship on librarians'; work with thesis writers, and concludes with issues to consider for librarians planning to provide instruction and support to undergraduate thesis writers.     

目录学基本理论探讨

论述当前目录学存在的三个问题:①目录学概念混用;②目录学实践相互层级关系不明确;③传统目录学理论没有做好包容网络环境下新目录学的实践。笔者试图建立一个以“书目学”和“学科目录学”为双核心内容的目录学新体系,并把所有的目录学实践分门别类地归入到这个体系中,以此来解答上述提到的三个问题。     

Reference Services to Police Officer Students at the School of Police Staff and Command,Traffic Institute,Northwestern University

Summary

This paper focuses on the reference services provided by librarians at the Transportation Library for the police officer students enrolled in the School of Police Staff and Command, Traffic Institute, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). Although this program is unique, the wealth of experience gained over several years can be useful for others who are planning and implementing services for adult learners within an academic environment. The Transportation Library's unusual organizational culture—a corporate library within an academic setting- and a variety of clients necessitates “changing gears” and services to meet the needs of each group.     

Online work tools: A look at 20 academic libraries technical services Web pages

The 21st century technical services librarian has access to a plethora of electronic and online work tools from which to choose to complete daily tasks. An assessment of the Western Kentucky University Libraries (WKUL) 19 benchmark institutions shows a great disparity of online work tools made available through university libraries technical services departmental Web sites. Four areas (technical services, cataloging, serials, and acquisitions) are discussed. Outcomes indicate that (1) few of these institutions list online work tools and (2) of those that do, there is very little overlap. This paper investigates this phenomenon of inconsistent technical services online work tools.     

开放环境下的高校图书馆读者服务工作

根据读者服务的内容、对象、模式和方式的变化,以成都理工大学图书馆为例,从创新开放环境下的服务模式;实现读者服务多样化;提高读者服务水平和读者服务现代化四个方面进行了探讨。     

论高校图书馆动态式开放服务体系的构建

高校图书馆在高校教学科研中担负着重要使命。是学校教学、科研的重要基地。随着社会的发展、科技的进步、大学生需求的多样性,处于学校学术、情报、文化中心的图书馆的服务方式及服务项目面临严峻的挑战。传统图书馆的单一的文献流通模式已不能满足大学生的需求。提出了构建高校图书馆动态开放式服务体系,以提高大学生适应社会的能力及提升大学生的综合素质。     

Teaching Well

Abstract

Although they may have trouble admitting it, many teaching faculty and teaching librarians have problems in the classroom. The key works discussed briefly in this article should help faculty realize that their problems are not unique, that others have faced them, and that some have found ways to grapple with, and even overcome them.     

Text Messaging in an Academic Library: Integrating SMS into Digital Reference

ABSTRACT

In spring 2005, Sims Memorial Library at Southeastern Louisiana University initiated “Text A Librarian,” a service that enables Southeastern students, faculty, and staff to use the text message feature of their cell phones to send questions to and receive answers from the library. Librarians at Sims use a dedicated text messaging telephone number and “e-mail/SMS” conversion software, provided by Altarama Systems and Services, to send and receive text messages.     

Getting Our Foot (Back) in the Door: Reestablishing a Freshman Instruction Program

SUMMARY

In 1999, librarians at the University of Alabama (UA) developed a program to reintroduce library instruction into the English Department's mandatory Freshman Composition Program. This article discusses the development, execution, outcome, and assessment of the program and includes tips for developing a similar program. Through negotiation and open discussion with the Director of Freshman English, the library successfully convinced the Director to allow a program of instruction back into the English 101 program. Library instruction sessions were paired with one of the essays/assignments common to all English 101 classes. A survey conducted to assess the library's efforts concluded that the instruction had a positive effect on students' understanding of library resources.     

论地方高校图书馆的社会服务

文章阐述了地方高校图书馆开展社会服务的重要意义,分析了地方高校图书馆作为社会服务在政策可行性、信息资源、人力资源、管理水平、馆舍设备资源等方面具有的优势,及在为社会开展信息资源借阅服务,特色资源收藏与开发、讲座展览等服务的同时,需要处理好工作重心、数据库使用权限、馆员积极性等问题：     

关于书目控制的概念、定义与功能--与曹文娟女士商榷

文章对"书目控制(BC)"和"书目控制论(BCT)"两个概念进行了辨析,并进一步阐述了书目控制概念的内涵与外延将随着社会的发展、科技的进步不断扩展.     

New Tools for Online Information Literacy Instruction

This article investigates the new landscape of online information literacy tools, such as embedding resources into course management software and specific academic organizations' web sites and using podcasts, screencasts, blogs, Web-based board games, and virtual three-dimensional environments. This article also explores the influence these methods have on information literacy skills of undergraduate students.