Reference to Stacks: Getting the Most out of Library Resources

Changing patron demands, coupled with significant repurposing of library space, led the library to experience a marked decline in the usage of the print reference collection. Such a significant decrease challenged librarians to find new methods for promoting this still viable collection. It was decided to integrate the print reference books into the general library collection. After a year, circulation data demonstrated that by integrating collections, reference titles were now used more frequently.     

Re-Engineering the Law Library Resources Today for Tomorrow's Users

SUMMARY

The emergence of rich and diverse digital resources requires re-visualization of traditional law library space design and usage patterns. The structure and form of extant libraries-architectural edifices that house our beloved information artifacts-serve our pedagogic purposes less well. The use of digital straw men to justify outmoded library space design impedes the timely arrival of the law library of the future. (Professor Hazelton posits that only 13% of her collection is available on Lexis and Westlaw as justification for a request for 50% of a projected new facility.) Building larger library space merely to house physical material should be reconsidered and a course of action planned and implemented that acknowledges technology's import today.     

Collection Development Policies in Public Libraries in Australia: A Qualitative Content Analysis

The role that public library collection development policies play in guiding selectors and informing users has been promoted as a pillar of good professional practice. While these policies purport to open up the methods and the criteria used in selection so as to promote transparency and a sense of professional objectivity, how they actually are developed and put into practice has remained largely implicit in the research literature. This analysis revealed that policies tended to focus on local issues and remained heavily materials focused. How collections are developed to support user’s information needs and substantive issues associated with topicality are largely unarticulated.     

A Comprehensive Plan for Library Support of Online and Extended Education

ABSTRACT

Acknowledging Arizona State University's (ASU) long-term goal of 100,000 students in online degree programs and recognizing the 8 new 100% online undergraduate programs slated to come online in 2010, ASU Libraries is planning for the continued integration and relevance of the library to online students and programs. During the summer and fall of 2009, the ASU Libraries Task Force for Online and Extended Education met to develop the elements of a Comprehensive Plan for Library Support of Online Programs. The plan includes: (1) guiding principles for library support of online and extended education; (2) a needs assessment and environmental scan; and (3) a sustainable and scalable plan for library support of the online programs. This article discusses the process of developing the comprehensive plan.     

我国基础教育网络资源开发问题探究

基础教育网络资源开发初见成效，但低水平重复现象尚未摆脱，出路在于积极探寻深层开发和有效利用的途径，进一步完善基础教育网络资源建设。     

让空间成为强劲的教育力量——北京大学图书馆空间重构探索

[目的 /意义]探讨全方位育人视角下高校图书馆的空间布局重构.[方法/过程]通过对图书馆消亡论的分析,阐明实体图书馆作为场所的存在价值,分析高校图书馆空间类型以及设计理念变迁,强调作为场所的图书馆空间的教育功能,并以北京大学图书馆空间重构为案例,展示高校图书馆空间教育的力量.[结果/结论]教书育人是大学教育的基本功能,...     

Library Collections for the Support of Academic Sport Management Programs

Sport management is a relatively new and rapidly growing academic discipline. Despite the proliferation of sport management programs in the United States, a review of the library literature reveals few publications concerning library support for such programs. In addition to providing background knowledge about the sport management discipline, this article provides practical information for academic librarians by recommending essential databases, journals, academic publishers, industry publishers, and associations in the arena of sport management.     

Methods of Selection and Acquisition of European French Monographs in an Academic Law Library

This article examines methods of selection and acquisition for European (as opposed to Canadian) French-language print monographs for a research-level law library collection in North America based on the study of the practices and techniques locally developed in the Nahum Gelber Law Library, McGill University. These techniques represent a combination of non–approval plan–based methods: blanket order, standing orders, online slip service in WorldCat, use of other libraries’ acquisition lists, and firm orders. The methods described in this article are not exclusive to the selection in the subject area of law and could be applied in other academic disciplines.     

基于资源利用分析的馆藏优化对策——以山西医科大学汾阳学院为例

充分利用馆藏资源为读者提供服务是高校图书馆工作的重要内容。以资源利用的原始数据为基础,通过对山西医科大学汾阳学院图书馆馆藏资源的利用情况进行统计分析和全面研究,针对读者需求,结合实际提出了馆藏优化对策。     

高校图书馆用户教育中提升用户体验策略的探讨

提升用户体验可以增强用户的教育效果。在用户教育中要突出读者参与,强化体验;要区分用户层次,促进多元体验;要立足读者需求,把握体验时机。这些有效策略能促进用户使用体验,增强用户对高校图书馆的满意度。     

How to Build a High-Quality Library Collection in a Multi-Format Environment: Centralized Selection at University of Wyoming Libraries

ABSTRACT

In recent decades, the composition of academic library collections has shifted toward electronic formats, resulting in a more complicated publication landscape to be navigated by selectors. Additionally, the workload of public services librarians has become more weighted toward instruction and research support, putting more pressure on the time of liaison librarians tasked with collection development responsibilities. These shifts have prompted academic institutions, including University of Wyoming Libraries, to consider a restructuring of collection development responsibilities. This article describes the evolution and implementation of a centralized model of selection at UW Libraries.     

新读者入馆教育现状的调查与思考

对116所"211工程"高校图书馆的新读者入馆教育现状进行调查,从网站主页是否开展新读者入馆教育、设置新读者专栏、读者分类信息导航、入馆教育栏目的链接路径、内容丰富并持续更新、新读者在线学习考试等系统的开发这6个方面,对调查所得的数据进行分析,探究各校新读者入馆教育现状和存在的问题,认为信息网络时代更多的高校图书馆应利用网络和社交媒体做好入馆信息服务工作,提出加强对博、硕士研究生和教师新读者的入馆教育,建立内容丰富并持续更新的新读者专栏,加强迎新季后续系列化培训互动活动的组织和丰富数字图书馆环境下新读者教育内容和形式的4点建议。     

论高校专业资料室的数字化建设

在当今信息时代，专业资料室的数字化建设已是大势所趋，在高校纷纷开通校园网，着手进行图书馆自动化、网络化建设的大好时期，资料室必须抓住机遇，走数字化建设之路，文章提出了资料室数字化建设的基本设想以及新的服务模式。     

从资源建设的角度谈高校图书馆助力一流本科教育与人才培养

文章从资源建设的角度介绍清华大学图书馆在服务一流本科教育、服务人才培养方面的实践和思考。     

Money and Leadership: A Study of Theses on Public School Libraries Submitted to the University of the Philippines' Institute of Library and Information Science

The author suggests the importance of knowledgeable leadership as a factor in improving Philippine school libraries. He offers a brief case study of how two different libraries fared with similar levels of funding. One without outstanding leadership did not advance; the other with knowledgeable leadership made large advances. This report is drawn from the author's earlier degree research at the University of the Philippines' Institute of Library and Information Science.     

A Historical Note to the Public Library Quarterly

No abstract available for this article.     

Slavic and East European Collections at the University of Toronto Library: From the Great Fire to the Deep Freeze, 1890−1948

ABSTRACT

This article explores the history of the Slavic and East European collection at the University of Toronto Libraries from the great fire of 1890 to the beginning of the Cold War. The author contextualizes the history in relation to the development of Russian studies at the University, and the creation of a formal program of Slavic studies in 1949. Particular emphasis is placed on gifts and bequests of library material.     

A New Tool for Collection Assessment: One Library's Response to the Calls to Action Issued by Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

ABSTRACT

The University of Manitoba's Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library is a recognized leader in Indigenous and circumpolar health for establishing the Aboriginal Health Collection in 1997, the first discrete collection of materials on the health of Indigenous peoples located in an academic health sciences library in Canada. This article describes the history, development, and scope of what is now known as the Indigenous Health Collection. In June 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) issued the calls to action as part of its mandate to gather information and document the history of Indian Residential Schools and their legacy for all Canadians. The ninety-four calls to action provide clear guidance to governments, institutions, and people to initiate changes to address the legacy in a spirit of true reconciliation. The Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library was uniquely positioned to respond to the TRC calls to action. The enduring legacy of the residential schools and other discriminatory government policies is one that continues to impact the health status of many people in Canada who identify as Indigenous, First Nations, Metis, Inuit, or Aboriginal. The Indigenous Health Collection includes materials on the health, wellness, and lived experience of Indigenous peoples, the determinants that impact health, and publications documenting community-based and academic research and knowledge. This article provides an example of how an academic health sciences library used the seven TRC calls to action related to health as a framework to assess the resources and collections relied on by educators and students in the health professions.     

我国图书馆学、情报学、档案学教育研究论文统计分析(1981-2001)

通过对各种信息化测度理论与方法的介绍,力图较为全面地把握信息化测度理论与方法的历史发展进程。     

我国图书情报学研究生教育发展状况及策略探讨

从培养目标、研究方向与课程设置、人才培养评估体系、教学资源及师资队伍建设等方面分析我国图书情报学研究生目前教育发展的状况,并针对上述方面存在的问题,提出解决策略。