Author: Primary Research Group
Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc
ISBN: 1574402935
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2014-15 Edition looks closely at key benchmarks for academic libraries in areas such as spending for books and e-books, deployment and pay rates for student workers, use of tablet computers, cloud computing and other new technologies, database licensing practices, and much more. The study includes detailed data on overall budgets, capital budgets, salaries and materials spending, and much more of interest to academic librarians and their suppliers. Data in this 200+ page report is broken out by size and type of library for easy benchmarking.
Academic Library Statistics
Author: Association of Research Libraries
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Resources for College Libraries
Author: Marcus Elmore
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835248556
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This seven-volume set offers a core collection of hand-selected titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas. Volumes are organized into broad subject areas such as Humanities, Languages and Literature, History, Social Sciences and Professional Studies, Science and Technology, and Interdisciplinary and Area Studies. The seventh volume provides helpful cross-referencing indexes which explain the relationship between RCL subject taxonomy and LC ranges. New to this edition are the inclusion of interdisciplinary subject areas and the selection of electronic resources and web sites essential for undergraduate library collections. Non-book selections will be easily identified by a graphic indicator included in the item record. All selections will be assigned an audience level marker indicating whether the title is most appropriate for lower-division undergraduate, upper-division undergraduate, faculty, or general readership. Records will also include a notation if they previously appeared in BCL3 (Books for College Libraries, 1988) or have been reviewed by Choice.
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835248556
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This seven-volume set offers a core collection of hand-selected titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas. Volumes are organized into broad subject areas such as Humanities, Languages and Literature, History, Social Sciences and Professional Studies, Science and Technology, and Interdisciplinary and Area Studies. The seventh volume provides helpful cross-referencing indexes which explain the relationship between RCL subject taxonomy and LC ranges. New to this edition are the inclusion of interdisciplinary subject areas and the selection of electronic resources and web sites essential for undergraduate library collections. Non-book selections will be easily identified by a graphic indicator included in the item record. All selections will be assigned an audience level marker indicating whether the title is most appropriate for lower-division undergraduate, upper-division undergraduate, faculty, or general readership. Records will also include a notation if they previously appeared in BCL3 (Books for College Libraries, 1988) or have been reviewed by Choice.
The Value of Academic Libraries
Author: Megan J. Oakleaf
Publisher: Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN: 0838985688
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This report provides Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) leaders and the academic community with a clear view of the current state of the literature on value of libraries within an institutional context, suggestions for immediate "Next Steps" in the demonstration of academic library value, and a "Research Agenda" for articulating academic library value. Its focus is to help librarians understand, based on professional literature, the current answer to the question, "How does the library advance the missions of the institution?" This report is also of interest to higher educational professionals external to libraries, including senior leaders, administrators, faculty, and student affairs professionals.
Publisher: Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN: 0838985688
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This report provides Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) leaders and the academic community with a clear view of the current state of the literature on value of libraries within an institutional context, suggestions for immediate "Next Steps" in the demonstration of academic library value, and a "Research Agenda" for articulating academic library value. Its focus is to help librarians understand, based on professional literature, the current answer to the question, "How does the library advance the missions of the institution?" This report is also of interest to higher educational professionals external to libraries, including senior leaders, administrators, faculty, and student affairs professionals.
Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership
Author: Alma Ortega
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
ISBN: 0081006500
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership examines a phenomenon that has yet to be seriously explored. While other so-called feminized professions, such as nursing, have been studied for their tendency to create toxic leadership environments, thus far academic librarianship has not. This book focuses on how to identify a toxic leader in an academic library setting, how to address toxic leadership, and how to work toward eradicating it from the organization. In addition, it discusses which steps can be used to prevent libraries from hiring toxic leaders. - Presents original research based on a two-phase study about toxic leadership in academic libraries - Demonstrates how to identify toxic leadership in libraries - Shows how toxic leadership can manifest itself, providing the reader with steps to eradicate it
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
ISBN: 0081006500
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership examines a phenomenon that has yet to be seriously explored. While other so-called feminized professions, such as nursing, have been studied for their tendency to create toxic leadership environments, thus far academic librarianship has not. This book focuses on how to identify a toxic leader in an academic library setting, how to address toxic leadership, and how to work toward eradicating it from the organization. In addition, it discusses which steps can be used to prevent libraries from hiring toxic leaders. - Presents original research based on a two-phase study about toxic leadership in academic libraries - Demonstrates how to identify toxic leadership in libraries - Shows how toxic leadership can manifest itself, providing the reader with steps to eradicate it
Fees for Services
Author: Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Reimagining the Academic Library
Author: David W. Lewis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442263385
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Academic libraries are in the midst of significant disruption. Academic librarians and university administrators know they need to change, but are not sure how. Bits and pieces of what needs to happen are clear, but the whole picture is hard to grasp. Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment. The book will be useful not only to academic librarians, but also for librarians to share with presidents and provosts who a concise source for understanding where and how to focus their expenditures on libraries.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442263385
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Academic libraries are in the midst of significant disruption. Academic librarians and university administrators know they need to change, but are not sure how. Bits and pieces of what needs to happen are clear, but the whole picture is hard to grasp. Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment. The book will be useful not only to academic librarians, but also for librarians to share with presidents and provosts who a concise source for understanding where and how to focus their expenditures on libraries.
Training Research Consultants
Author: Jennifer Torreano
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838948590
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Training Research Consultants is a collection of perspectives and training materials from colleges and universities of many types and sizes that you can adapt for your own context. In four thorough parts--Introduction to Theory and Practice, Library Case Studies, Perspectives from Campus Partners, and Consultant Perspectives--the book covers learning theories, the role of research consultants in encouraging student intellectual development, program administration, hiring practices, training, and assessment. Finally, there are two reflections from research consultants, reminding us of the impac.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838948590
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Training Research Consultants is a collection of perspectives and training materials from colleges and universities of many types and sizes that you can adapt for your own context. In four thorough parts--Introduction to Theory and Practice, Library Case Studies, Perspectives from Campus Partners, and Consultant Perspectives--the book covers learning theories, the role of research consultants in encouraging student intellectual development, program administration, hiring practices, training, and assessment. Finally, there are two reflections from research consultants, reminding us of the impac.
Wikipedia and Academic Libraries
Author: LAURIE M. BRIDGES
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607856702
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project contains 19 chapters by 52 authors from Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The chapters in this book are authored by both new and longtime members of the Wikimedia community, representing a range of experiences.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607856702
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project contains 19 chapters by 52 authors from Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The chapters in this book are authored by both new and longtime members of the Wikimedia community, representing a range of experiences.
The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2014-15 Edition
Author: Primary Research Group
Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc
ISBN: 1574402935
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2014-15 Edition looks closely at key benchmarks for academic libraries in areas such as spending for books and e-books, deployment and pay rates for student workers, use of tablet computers, cloud computing and other new technologies, database licensing practices, and much more. The study includes detailed data on overall budgets, capital budgets, salaries and materials spending, and much more of interest to academic librarians and their suppliers. Data in this 200+ page report is broken out by size and type of library for easy benchmarking.
Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc
ISBN: 1574402935
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2014-15 Edition looks closely at key benchmarks for academic libraries in areas such as spending for books and e-books, deployment and pay rates for student workers, use of tablet computers, cloud computing and other new technologies, database licensing practices, and much more. The study includes detailed data on overall budgets, capital budgets, salaries and materials spending, and much more of interest to academic librarians and their suppliers. Data in this 200+ page report is broken out by size and type of library for easy benchmarking.
Coverage Evaluation of the Academic Library Survey
Author: Christopher C. Marston
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description