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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Academic librarians"”.
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Emerging online roles for academic librarians in Canada
… is changing library services, spaces and roles. Academic librarians have a further transition with changing pedagogies for online learning. Less is known, however, about the preparation of academic librarians for these changing roles. This study employs an online survey of academic librarians’ …
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Electronic book usage amongst academic librarians in South Africa
… a need for competent and knowledgeable librarians has come to the forefront of information seeking and use. The research question addressed in this study is to what extent are e-books being used among academic librarians in their work environment? The purpose of this study was to …
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Academic librarians' perceptions of creative arts students as learners : a discourse of difference and difficulty
Academic Librarians, working in specialist arts universities, create resources, design services and provide information literacy sessions to enhance arts student learning. They work collaboratively as hybrid professionals and play a valuable role in supporting students to navigate the complexities …
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Knowledge of copyright issues and strategies used in solving copyright queries among academic librarians in Kenya
… looks to the librarian for guidance. How well librarians are prepared to evaluate and enforce intellectual property rights is little understood, especially in developing countries like Kenya. This study seeks to find out whether different cadres of academic librarians based on academic …
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Solidarity by Association: The Unionization of Faculty, Academic Librarians and Support Staff at Carleton University (1973-1976)
… relations dramatically: the professors and librarians who belonged to the Carleton University Academic Staff formed the first Ontario faculty union in June 1975; nine months later the Ontario Labour Relations Board certified the Carleton University Support Staff Association as the bargaining …
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Competency requirements of academic librarians in providing research data management services: the case of two university libraries
… as case studies, the competency requirements of academic librarians in providing research data management services. The following research questions guided the study: What knowledge, skills and other competencies do librarians at MUT and UKZN currently possess to support research data management …
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Proactive Management in Academic Libraries: Promoting Improved Communication and Inclusion of Academic Librarians and Archivists in Cybersecurity Policy Creation
… been done on specific types of libraries such as academic and archives. When it comes to academic libraries, cybersecurity policies take a top-down approach to managing and creating policies. The problem is that both academic libraries and archives are unique areas within a university setting. …
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A phenomenological study of experiences in blended librarianship among academic librarians in Zimbabwe with special reference to selected higher education institutions
… investigating the phenomenon of the Zimbabwean academic librarian whose professional identity has been evolving into Bell and Shank's (2007) blended librarianship over the past decade. The primary objective of this study was to explore the shared experiences of blended librarianship to find out …
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The use of online meeting platforms for information literacy training by academic librarians: the case of a private higher education institution academic library
… was to understand the competencies required by academic librarians in using online meeting platforms for enhancing postgraduate students' information searching, retrieval and use skills to meet their information needs. The following research questions were generated to address the objective, …
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The Relationship between Computer Skills and the Levels of Technostress among Faculty and Academic Librarians from Selected Institutions within the University System of Georgia
… in the Colleges of Business and Education, and academic librarians. Participants in this study were selected from four University System of Georgia institutions. Participants were given a choice of completing the survey traditionally or on-line. Three hundred twenty seven surveys were completed …
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Ambiguity, overload, turnover : a mixed methods study of public institution academic librarians' affective reactions during the Great Resignation in the South Central U.S.
… that came to be known as the Great Resignation. Academic libraries were not immune to this attrition. Abrupt changes from the COVID-19 pandemic to academic librarian roles such as working remotely, taking on new responsibilities, and relational difficulties could have attributed to this problem. …
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An Investigation of the Information Practices of Education Doctoral Students
<p>Academic libraries are increasingly re-envisioning their services to provide expanded outreach and segmented programming for specific user groups. Many academic libraries offer segmented services and programming for undergraduate groups such as first-year experience programs and general …
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Academic Librarian Experiences and Perceived Value of OER Professional Development: A Case Study
<p>Academic librarianship is a constantly changing profession. Open education librarianship has developed as an area of specialization. Effective continuing professional development (CPD) for learning about open educational resources (OER) is needed to meet academic librarians' knowledge and …
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Information Literacy In the Composition Classroom: An Annotated Bibliography of Collaborations Between Librarians and Composition Teachers
… between English composition instructors and academic librarians. Concerned with information literacy, there has been significant cooperation between the two disciplines. The bibliography includes sources dating back to 2000 is defined by the publication of the ACRL Information Literacy …
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THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: A Q-STUDY OF LIBRARIAN ATTITUDES
… to assess the attitudes and perceptions of academic librarians toward a social justice role for the university library. Among librarians and others in higher education, there is a great deal of confusion around social justice as a concept because over the past forty years, it has often been …
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Contemporary copyright fair dealing management issues and their impact on access to information sources and services : South African academic libraries in the transition to the digital environment
This study investigated the perceptions of academic librarians, managers of consortia, users of digital content, and rights holders whether licensing agreements effectively inhibit access to digital content and whether there is a need to establish an equivalent to the fair dealing exemption in the …
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Ask a librarian: The profession, professional identities, and constitutive rhetoric of librarians
… of profession and professional identity for librarians. Specifically, this research analyzed librarians’ rhetoric about their work. Interviews with public and academic librarians were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using modified grounded theory approaches combined with rhetorical …
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Library anxiety and the academic library: an investigation into student library experiences at the University of Cape Town
… How do undergraduate students experience the academic library? Does the phenomenon of library anxiety exist among undergraduate students at the University of Cape Town? If so, in what ways does library anxiety manifest? The theory underpinning this research is Library Anxiety Theory. Library …
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Knowledge and skills requirements of National University of Lesotho librarians in meeting information needs of humanities undergraduate students in the digital age
… what knowledge and skills are required for NUL librarians to meet the information needs of humanities undergraduate students in the digital era academic library environment. To address the objective of this study, the following research questions were generated: what are the library related …
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Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in Scotland.
… in Scotland, and how these may impact their academic self-efficacy. The study explores mechanisms for supporting the process of how Nigerian students search, retrieve and use information in their academic and everyday life contexts. The research adopted a mixed-methods research design, …
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