Creating Sustainable Futures for Academic Libraries

ABSTRACT

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For academic libraries, sustainability may well require a radical recalibration of their historic value proposition. The “Great Recession” has accelerated profound changes in higher education funding and in the perception of higher education as a public good. Can libraries use scarcity to fuel the imagination? Can the singular strengths of libraries boost the ability of higher education to thrive, not merely survive? What can be learned from strategies employed in the Great Depression and other periods of severe constraint? Ultimately, how might libraries increase revenue, engender flexibility, foster collaboration, align activities, reduce costs, strengthen infrastructure, and encourage innovation within the framework of a sustainable academic business plan? This article examines these questions by using the University of Washington's 2Y2D (Two Years to Two Decades) initiative and the UW Libraries companion effort, Building Sustainable Futures, as a case study. 2Y2D provides an inclusive framework for near term action (two years) that will realize an aspirational future in the long-term (two decades). Building Sustainable Futures places a library lens over 2Y2D. The Libraries Research Commons exemplifies the synergistic intersection of the two initiatives and may be instructive for other environments and institutions.     

当代高校图书馆重归学术机构本质的思考

本文回顾分析了图书馆在历史上学术性功能不断减弱、服务性功能不断增强的过程及其成因,揭示了其在当代陷入的价值迷失的困境,指出重归学术机构本质是它走出困境的重要途径,尤其是对于高校图书馆,这也许是它提高自己在学校中地位的唯一出路。文章还提出了在高校图书馆重振学术风气的若干措施。     

我国图书馆参与学术信息资源开放获取的调查研究

图书馆是开放获取运动的重要推动力量。通过问卷调查,发现虽然图书馆对学术信息资源开放获取有较高的认知认可程度,但参与程度非常有限。建议我国图书馆在行业内外开展广泛合作,联合承担起宣传推广开放获取理念、协助国家和机构制定开放获取政策、组织整理现有开放获取资源、参与开放获取出版等角色。     

Metadata Practices in Academic and Non-Academic Libraries for Digital Projects: A Survey

This article presents the results of a survey examining and comparing the metadata practices of academic and non-academic libraries regarding digital projects. It explores the types of metadata and vocabularies utilized, issues of interoperability, end-user-created metadata, and staffing for metadata planning and creation. Participants from 87 academic libraries and 40 non-academic libraries responded to the survey. The survey found that, despite their different environments, academic and non-academic libraries engage in similar metadata practices. The majority of the participating libraries have metadata librarians, who are the primary staff members responsible for all metadata activities. Academic libraries tend to use more metadata schemes, plan for metadata interoperability more frequently, and are more likely to have created new positions responsible for metadata for digital projects.     

略谈高校图书馆的闲暇教育

大学生的闲暇生活是多元的，要使图书馆成为大学生闲暇生活的首选目标，图书馆必须发挥自身的优势，以吸引更多的大学生利用图书馆。     

Authority Control in Academic Libraries in the United States: A Survey

ABSTRACT

Authority control is an important part of the cataloging process, but relatively little research has been conducted related to its practice in academic libraries. In addition, few studies have been conducted regarding staffing and training issues related to authority control. To examine these issues, a survey was developed and e-mailed to academic libraries at 258 institutions designated by the year 2000 Carnegie Classification as either Doctoral/Research Extensive or Intensive level. The survey consisted of questions relating to authority control practices and staffing and training issues related to authority control. One hundred ninety-three institutions responded for a return rate of 75 percent. The survey results indicate that authority control was practiced and highly valued by the vast majority of respondents and that many would like additional time, funding, and personnel to do more authority control work in their libraries.     

Marketing Videos in Academic Libraries:

In some libraries, the video collection is not accessible to browsing patrons and is overlooked as an information source. To publicize Stetson University Library's video collection, staff sent annotated subject bibliographies of video titles to faculty. To generate the bibliographies, staff created a database and sorted the records into bibliographies for each department. Faculty received subject bibliographies relevant to the classes taught each semester. During the first month of the project's implementation, video circulation increased significantly over the pervious year's level and faculty reaction was positive.     

开放存取对学术图书馆的影响和对策研究

分析开放存取对学术图书馆的影响,探讨学术图书馆面向开放存取的应对策略。     

开放存取环境下高校图书馆信息共享空间的构建

文章从开放存取(Open Access,OA)的产生和发展着手引出信息共享空间(Information Commons,IC)概念,介绍了信息共享空间的特征和优点,分析了高校图书馆信息共享空间的构建要素,最后简要阐述高校信息共享空间的构建所面临的机遇与挑战.参考文献7.     

开放存取对学术图书馆的影响及应对策略

开放存取作为一种新兴的学术信息交流模式,它的发展势必会对学术图书馆的角色定位、服务理念、经费、资源建设、机构功能等产生重大影响。在论述其影响的同时,提出与之相适应的应对策略。     

试析Open Access对大学图书馆的影响

主要介绍作为学术资源开放传播新模式的开放获取运动内容，并针对大学图书馆的资源采购、馆藏建设、服务以及角色定位，讨论开放获取运动对大学图书馆的影响。     

英国电子图书馆及大学图书馆发展概况与特点

介绍英国电子图书馆项目(eLib)的发展阶段、特点，以及作为eLib后续的分布式国家电子资源计划(DNER)和信息环境计划(IE)的内容。     

Cataloging Oral Histories: Creating MARC Records for Individual Oral History Interviews

Cataloging oral histories presents many difficulties, especially for catalogers who have primarily worked with published materials and for institutions without funds or staff dedicated to managing oral history collections. Methods for cataloging oral histories can vary widely among institutions. In this article I examine the issues and considerations involved in providing intellectual access to oral history interviews and offer a possible cataloging method to libraries holding unprocessed oral history materials. The cataloging procedures discussed here have worked well from a workflow standpoint as one of the initial steps to create access to oral histories at Columbus State University, a medium-sized academic library.     

大学图书馆的发展进入快车道

中国大学图书馆在20世纪末抓住有利机遇，积极开展资源共享，努力改善办馆条件，服务能力显著提高，为在21世纪尽快赶上发达国家图书馆的水平做好了准备。本文从11个方面论述了中国大学图书馆发生的飞跃性质变。     

利用开放存取资源提升高校图书馆在学术交流中的地位

开放存取资源的组织和利用离不开图书馆多年的丰富经验,高校图书馆必须引入开放存取资源,通过这两方面的阐述说明开放存取出版模式下,高校图书馆的中介作用更为突出。同时,指出在这种新的出版模式下,高校图书馆应该采取的措施。     

论高校图书馆系统的效益评价

指出图书馆系统的效益评价是图书馆工作科学化、计量化的基础和保证;阐述高校图书馆系统效益评价的概念及意义;论述图书馆系统效益评价的可能性和必要性;分析当前图书馆系统的效益评价模式;结合高校图书馆建筑和设备的投入成本和产出效益对图书馆系统的效益结构进行初步探索。     

Ebooks in Academic Libraries

Abstract

The number of ebooks continues to grow in academic libraries. Ebooks have many advantages that make them attractive as a library resource. However, ebooks also have restrictions. These include use and sharing restrictions, license restrictions, and technological barriers. Some students also prefer print books for specific tasks. The following articles examine many aspects of ebooks in academic libraries, including student preference, overall ebook use, and the advantages and disadvantages of various ebook acquisition models.     

我国高校图书馆多媒体信息服务调查研究

采用网络实证调查的方法,对我国大陆和港台高校图书馆的多媒体信息服务方式和内容进行分析,提出了改善传统视听服务,建置VOD视频点播系统,利用多媒体资料为教学服务的服务新方向。     

大学图书馆电子期刊的编目研究

从电子期刊编目的现状,电子期刊的编目规则、原则和具体著录规则等几个方面对目前大学图书馆的电子期刊编目做了一些探讨,并针对存在的问题提出了要充分发挥图书馆联盟的作用,加快电子期刊编目发展的步伐。