PAINTING THE ROSES RED: VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY

To most of us engaged in higher education, volunteering is an activity confined to those moments outside work where one is found organising activities with the guides or running the local jumble sale; at Edge Hill Learning Services, however, staff took a fresh look at this community role and decided to bring it in from the cold and develop the concept.     

Digital Publishing from the Library: A New Core Competency

In the earlier years of the Web, libraries focused on moving services online and building digital collections, but in recent years, libraries have emerged as key players in the world of digital publishing. Librarians possess all of the necessary skills to act as digital publishers; they join the ranks of many others who have discovered the barriers around digital publishing are lower than ever. Library-based digital publishing solutions have matured to a point that the act of digital publishing could—and should—become a new core competency for the library profession. To explore this hypothesis, the researchers offer a working definition of digital publishing and assess the key roles that traditional publishers have historically offered over time. They find that librarians already possess the requisite skills to become digital publishers, and the collaborative culture of the library profession is a strength for this new role. Examples of digital publishing from two libraries at the University of California-Berkeley offer a proof of concept. Services at these libraries include the conceptualization of overall Web site strategies, a content plan that emphasizes distinctive and original material, and special projects that promote digital publishing at the local level, even as they take advantage of campus- or system-level services. Researchers find that offering library-based Web publishing services can reinforce overall information management programs and also advance the status of libraries within their respective host organizations. The comparative ease of digital publishing has opened an opportunity for librarians to follow the user as they use the Web in creative ways.     

河南高校图书馆数字信息资源建设调查分析

作者用网上调查的方法对河南省高校图书馆数字资源建设的现状进行了调查和分析，指出了存在的问题和解决问题的对策。     

近代索引研究的先驱万国鼎——纪念万国鼎先生诞辰110周年

万国鼎是我国著名的农史学家、图书馆学家、索引学家、"索引运动"的主将。他的索引成果众多,内容广博,成绩斐然。除了从事索引学理论、索引排检法研究以外,他还从事主持索引机构、开展索引教学、编纂索引等项工作。系统阐述万国鼎对我国近代索引史的贡献,可为索引事业发展提供参考。     

Academic Library Management: Case Studies,Edited by Dearie,Meth, and Westbrooks: A Substantive Analysis

Abstract

Case studies can be an excellent way to teach management principles. This article presents a detailed analysis of the fourteen case studies included in Academic Library Management: Case Studies, edited by Tammy Nickelson Dearie, Michael Meth, and Elaine L. Westbrooks. The authors of the case studies participated in the 2014 UCLA Senior Fellows program, directed by Beverly Lynch, and prepared these case studies as a way to fill a void in the professional management literature. The article summarizes the management problem in each case study and the actions taken to resolve it. This analysis also includes a critique of the case studies as appropriate including additional information that would make the case study stronger, the author’s opinion on the veracity of the account, commentary on the choice of the management principles, particularly strong or weak points, and further lessons that could be drawn from the case study. The article concludes with some general observations on this type of case study and its potential use in teaching library management.     

21世纪高校图书馆信息服务:挑战与对策

21世纪高校图书馆的信息服务面临新的挑战.针对用户信息需求的新特点,高校图书馆信息服务应主动求变,表现为超前化、现代化、个性化、层次化、社会化和国际化,图书馆员的职能也随之转变.     

Digital Humanities and Libraries: A Conceptual Model

ABSTRACT

Though there has been much discussion of the connection between libraries and digital humanities (on both sides), a general model of the two has not been forthcoming. Such a model would provide librarians with an overview of the diverse work of digital humanities (some of which they may already perform) and help identify pockets of activity through which each side might engage the other. This article surveys the current locations of digital humanities work, presents a cultural informatics model of libraries and the digital humanities, and situates digital humanities work within the user-centered paradigm of library and information science.     

The Information and Learning Commons: Some Reflections

The Information and Learning Commons mode of library organization has become more prevalent over the past few decades and allows academic libraries to provide wider-ranging and more cohesive services to their constituents. Several issues, including relying upon a single, mythical “Patron” in planning for services; poor organization; a lack of cohesion and centralized leadership; and the “digital divide” may hinder the effectiveness of the Commons and negatively impact both patrons and staff. If these problems can be surmounted, this model shows great promise for both current and future application in academic libraries.     

ENDNOTE TRAINING FOR ACADEMIC STAFF AND STUDENTS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

This article describes how the Manchester Metropolitan University Library delivers EndNote training to its academic staff and students through hands-on workshops and online tutorials. As the demand is user-led and the response extremely positive, the Library considers the provision of EndNote training as analogous to a ‘Trojan horse’ that allows the Library welcomed and unchallenged into the camp of the user. The Library has used the opportunity strategically and, consequently, has benefited in a number of ways, including improved communication with academic staff and increased awareness of library resources on the part of users. A short literature review is provided.     

Advocating for Sustainability: Scaling-Down Library Digital Infrastructure

ABSTRACT

Academic institutions have a long tradition of using content management systems (CMSs) for the production of networked scholarship in the digital environment. However, CMSs are complex and rapidly changing infrastructures that do not always meet the needs of smaller ad hoc collaborative projects. CMSs are also difficult to preserve in the library environment given their obsolescence over time. This article uses the History of the Book and Literacy Technologies project at UCLA to illustrate why library administrators should advocate for the systematic production of scaled-down platforms that can withstand the constantly evolving technical environment within libraries and foster more sustainable platform practices.     

Improving Research and Learning in Higher Education in Portugal: Digital Resources,E-Books,and a Discovery System as Enabling Factors for Students

ABSTRACT

This article describes a library's implementation of digital resources for research, teaching, and learning at a higher education institution in Portugal. A school specializing in education and teacher education established strategic performance areas related to digital resources for the fulfillment of its mission, which included some functions of the academic library. The library implemented a discovery system, and the school invested in a wider range of resources, including e-books, both acquired and institutionally published. The library's training programs were also revised to promote the new system and electronic resources. This case study describes how an academic library in Portugal responded to institutional needs, illustrating how libraries everywhere must connect to the larger vision and demonstrate value through technologies, integrating digital and print resources to provide access built around users' needs.     

网络存储服务-数字资源安全存取的理想选择

介绍了网络存储服务提供商的基本情况,分析了传统数字信息存储、备份存在的弊端,探讨了网络存储服务的特点,提出了图书馆数字资源长期存取的策略,建议我国图书馆界借鉴网络存储服务提供商的管理模式,构建数字资源长期存储与有效服务的信息安全保障机制。     

基于数字化校园环境的图书馆门户建设

讨论了图书馆门户在数字化校园中的定位,以及数字化校园对图书馆提出的挑战。认为图书馆门户在数字化校园中起到了信息资源中心的作用,并进一步详细讨论了图书馆门户的建构策略。     

Media Wiki Open-Source Software As Infrastructure for Electronic Resources Outreach

ABSTRACT

This article describes the bundling of MediaWiki into the electronic resource access strategy to enable custom content that supports online training and course-based information literacy objectives.     

The Search for Quality

No abstract available for this article.     

高校图书馆绩效管理之小议

文章阐述了如何在高校图书馆运用绩效管理手段以改善其效率的过程和方法,并指出绩效管理在图书馆工作开展过程中的重要性和应避免的误区.     

When Data Curation Isn't: A Redefinition for Liberal Arts Universities

ABSTRACT. Data curation is one way that libraries are extending traditional services to meet the changing needs of patrons. Requirements from research funders have placed increased pressure on grant recipients to create Data Management Plans and to securely store raw data. Research universities have stepped up to provide comprehensive data support services. Despite discrepancies in funding and staff, smaller institutions can similarly provide robust services by focusing on their strengths, such as interdepartmental collaboration, flexibility, and rapid turnaround time. This article details how librarians at Trinity University adapted the larger practice of curation to meet local data management needs.     

IC and e-SCI: Postcards from the Egg

This article examines two current issues from the perspective of a librarian in a Russell Group university: the increasing importance attached to the development of teaching and learning in a research-led university, particularly the “integrated learning environment” and developments in e-research and management of the resulting “data deluge.” The role of the librarian and the need for collaboration and coordination are stressed.     

高校图书馆数字资源镜像站管理策略

针对高校图书馆数字资源镜像站存在使用率不高、资源特色不明显、读者信息技能不强、数字信息资源安全和知识产权人利益受侵害等问题,认为高校图书馆镜像站建设要技术与管理并重,提出了建设与管理策略,包括资源选择策略、资源导航及读者培训策略、技术管理及信息安全策略、专业人员管理策略、知识产权保护策略和资源使用效果评价策略。     

Improving Library Services for Distance Learners: A Literature Review

Academic libraries offer many services to distance learning students. The sources of literature reviewed here offer information that shows relevant similarities and differences between library services offered to traditional students and distance learning students. Likewise, the associated findings from the literature offer insight that is applicable for a project to modify and improve library services for distance learners in higher education.