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Journal articles on the topic "Academic libraries – history"
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Liu, Anita M. M. "Wa! The wú wéi academic librarian." Library Management 29, no. 1/2 (January 10, 2008): 104–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01435120810844685.
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PurposeThis paper seeks to examine the integration of the Western concept of dynamic equilibrium and wa, the Eastern concept of harmony, and how wú wéi (maintaining centrality, hence, stability, in a dynamic environment) is fundamental to the sustainable development of the library system in a harmonious manner.Design/methodology/approachThe Western concept of self and the Chinese Taoist concepts of change and stability are used to examine the role of the human being – the librarian – in the constantly evolving environment.FindingsThe paper finds that four competing values faced by the librarian are based on the needs to adopt internal focus, external focus, flexibility and control. The four competing values generate issues confronting the academic librarian. Frustration – what challenges and pressures do academic librarians currently face in the university environment specifically? History and destiny – what lessons can the history of libraries in universities give us about their future role in the scholarly community? Constraints – what are the possible environmental barriers which might prevent librarians working dynamically in parallel with or ahead of university “strategists”, to secure their vision as key players in tomorrow's academy? Conflicting forces from library stakeholders are analysed in a competing values model which encompasses the elements of organisation systems and organisational culture.Originality/valueThe competing values framework provides the basis for formulating a research agenda to investigate the central role played by university libraries in the societal development of human‐kind.
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Tokarska, Anna. "Powojenny dorobek polskiej nauki w zakresie historii i teorii bibliotekoznawstwa." Roczniki Biblioteczne 60 (June 8, 2017): 71–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/0080-3626.60.4.
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THE POST-WAR ACHIEVEMENTS OF POLISH SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF LIBRARY SCIENCEThe author of the paper explores the development of the concept of Polish post-war library science as an academic discipline and demonstrates the wealth of achievement in librarianship studies. Theoretical reflections and the on-going discussion about the scope of library science provide a background for a presentation of practical solutions applied in the work of libraries. The author presents library science concepts as well as authors of important publications contributing to the development of the discipline, practical librarian tasks and academic training of librarians. In addition, she analyses librarianship achievements with regard to characteristic, statutory tasks and functions of libraries as well as typology, showing their significance to librarianship practice in Poland and to the quality of academic training of librarians. There is also a brief description of the profile of the librarianship curriculum at the leading university-level institutions providing education to librarians.
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Bandyopadhyay, Aditi, and Mary Kate Boyd-Byrnes. "Is the need for mediated reference service in academic libraries fading away in the digital environment?" Reference Services Review 44, no. 4 (November 14, 2016): 596–626. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-02-2016-0012.
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Purpose Academic libraries are experiencing numerous changes in their services due to high demands for digital resources and changes in users’ information needs and expectations. Many academic library users give preferences to Google, Google Scholar and other search engines on the internet when they search for information. As reference transactions are decreasing in many academic institutions, this paper aims to investigate the continuing need for mediated reference services in the technology-driven environment in academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach The authors have conducted a literature review to document and analyze the current trends in reference services in academic libraries. They have examined the relevant published literature through a series of reflective questions to determine whether the demise of mediated reference services is imminent in academic libraries. While this literature review is by no means an exhaustive one, the authors have provided a fairly comprehensive representation of articles to synthesize an overview of the history, evolution, and current trends of reference services in academic libraries. Findings This paper clearly demonstrates the importance of human-mediated reference services in academic libraries. It reinforces the need for skilled, knowledgeable professional librarians to provide effective and efficient reference services in a digital environment. Practical implications This paper provides a comprehensive overview of current trends in reference services in academic libraries and analyzes the merits and demerits of these trends to establish the need for mediated reference services in academic libraries. The arguments used in this paper will be useful for library and informational professionals as validation for the need to hire skilled, knowledgeable reference librarians to provide reference services in a digital environment. Originality/value This paper critically looks at the current trends and practices in reference services through the published literature to determine the future need for mediated reference services in academic libraries. It offers important insights to demonstrate why professional librarians’ skills, knowledge and expertise are essential to provide efficient reference services in the digital age.
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Ibbetson, David. "Why Ever Should Anyone Need a Law Librarian?" Legal Information Management 19, no. 02 (June 2019): 92–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1472669619000203.
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AbstractIn this short article, David Ibbetson, the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge, writes about the value of the law librarian in the academic context. His wide-ranging interests cover English and European legal history and, in particular, the historical relationship between English Common Law and the legal systems and legal thought of the rest of Europe. His experiences of using law libraries and receiving assistance from academic-based law librarians has led him to acknowledge the true value of the profession.
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Steman, Thomas, and Susan Motin. "History Day: Another outreach opportunity for academic libraries." College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 26–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.71.1.8306.
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Revitt, Eva, and Sean Luyk. "Library Councils and Governance in Canadian University Libraries: A Critical Review." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 1 (January 28, 2016): 60–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v1.24307.
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Despite the nearly 40-year history of library councils in Canadian academic libraries, scholarly literature regarding library governance and decision-making processes within the context of Canadian university libraries is almost non-existent. Nevertheless, there is evidence of a general disenfranchisement of librarians from significant decisions affecting library operations, resources, services, and the appointment and evaluation of senior administrative positions. Furthermore, it is evident that library councils in Canadian academic libraries, where they do exist, function primarily as information-sharing forums rather than as the collegial decision-making bodies they were originally intended to be. Through a close examination of the CAUT Bulletin, this paper traces the development of library councils in Canadian academic libraries. Within the framework of institutional theory and drawing from librarianship, management, and educational administration literature, the paper proceeds to critically discuss systematic barriers to collegial governance in academic libraries. Historical and anecdotal evidence suggests that administrative resistance is a continued and key obstacle to the democratization of decision-making processes in Canadian academic libraries.
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Lipoglavšek, Marjana. "Art libraries in Slovenia." Art Libraries Journal 20, no. 1 (1995): 22–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200009202.
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Present day Slovenia has inherited a number of historic libraries and collections, one of which provided the foundations of the National and University Library at Ljubljana, the major library for arts and humanities. There are also a number of specialised art libraries within and outside the University of Ljubljana, including the library of the University’s Department of Art History, the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts, and the libraries of the National Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Architecture, all in Ljubljana. Slovenian libraries have been or are being automated and linked together through the COBISS network; most of the academic libraries are connected to the Internet. Library training programmes are available at degree level, and students can study another subject, such as art history, as well. More art librarians are needed, as is an association of art libraries and art librarians.
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Elmborg, James, Heidi LM Jacobs, Kelly McElroy, and Robert L. Nelson. "Making a Third Space for Student Voices in Two Academic Libraries." Reference & User Services Quarterly 55, no. 2 (December 16, 2015): 144. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.55n2.144.
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When we think of voices in the library, we have tended to think of them as disruptive, something to control and manage for the sake of the total library environment. The stereotype of the shushing librarian pervades public perception, creating expectations about the kinds of spaces libraries want to create. Voices are not always disruptive, however. Indeed, developing an academic voice is one of the main challenges facing incoming university students, and libraries can play an important role in helping these students find their academic voices. Two initiatives at two different academic libraries are explored here: a Secrets Wall, where students are invited to write and share a secret during exam time while seeing, reading, commenting on the secrets of others; and a librarian and historian team-taught course called History on the Web, which brings together information literacy and the study of history in the digital age. This article examines both projects and considers how critical perspectives on voice and identity might guide our instructional practices, helping students to learn to write themselves into the university. Further, it describes how both the Secrets Wall and the History on the Web projects intentionally create a kind of “Third Space” designed specifically so students can enter it, negotiate with it, interrogate it, and eventually come to be part of it.
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Hartman-Caverly, Sarah, and Alexandria Chisholm. "Privacy literacy instruction practices in academic libraries: Past, present, and possibilities." IFLA Journal 46, no. 4 (August 28, 2020): 305–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0340035220956804.
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This article explores the past, present, and possibilities of privacy and privacy literacy (PL) instruction in academic libraries. It surveys the scholarship on privacy and privacy literacy from the domains of philosophy, anthropology, history, law, education, and LIS. A privacy conceptual model is proposed demonstrating the zones of informational agency that privacy preserves, and a timeline of privacy and libraries documents key developments in privacy culture in the US. Findings from an original exploratory survey of privacy literacy instruction practices in academic libraries are discussed. The survey identifies the rationales, topics, contexts, methods, and assessments academic librarians use in delivering privacy literacy instruction, as well as barriers against privacy literacy that they encounter. The article concludes with a case study explicating the authors’ own privacy literacy instruction experiences, and specific recommendations for overcoming the barriers to delivering privacy literacy instruction in academic libraries identified in the survey findings.
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Manley, K. A. "Libraries for sociability, or libraries of reality? The purpose of British subscription and circulating libraries." Library and Information History 36, no. 1 (April 2020): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/lih.2020.0003.
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The private subscription and commercial circulating libraries of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England are frequently referred to by historians as ‘libraries for sociability’. But what is a ‘library for sociability’? Does holding card games in a library qualify? Under examination will be whether these kinds of lending libraries contained elements of ‘sociability’ at all or whether the phrase is just an academic conceit. This study will consider hard evidence, and therefore the name of Habermas will not be mentioned. Circulating libraries in popular holiday resorts in particular will be examined as well as the careers of certain individual librarians who aspired to attract the nobility and gentry. Were they really librarians or booksellers or perhaps just fancy goods salesmen? And how did a gang of bank robbers come to be connected to a ‘library for sociability’? How are an Edinburgh mugger and a pair of duellists connected to library history? These and other questions may or may not be answered.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Academic libraries – history"
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Biyela, Sibongile Eunice. "The historical development of the University Zululand library with particular reference to buildings, staff, collection, and computerization (1960-1987)." Thesis, University of Zululand, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1198.
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the B.A. Honours Degree in Information Studies, Department of Library & Information Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa, 1988.This study is about the historical development of the University of Zululand Library, with particular reference to i ts buildings , staff collection and computerization, from 1960 to 1987. Also included in this study is t he branch library at Umlazi Campus. The aim of the thi s study is to trace the history of the University of Zululand Library from i ts inception i n 1960 to the most recent structure completed in 1987, since this has not been done before except the scattered information on the his t or y of t his library •
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Thompson, Anthony H. "Academic libraries and audiovisual production services : the development of relationships in institutions of higher education in England and Wales." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1987. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10879.
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Libraries have always been seen as essential teaching and learning support services in academic institutions, while audiovisual production services have been a recent innovation of the last four decades. The recommendation of the Brynmor Jones Report of 1965 to set up audiovisual production services as separate central service units, has led to co-operation between audiovisual services and libraries in some institutions. This has culminated in some cases in the amalgamation of these services as 'learning resource services', a significant trend which is shown to be on the increase. This thesis examines the development of these relationships over the last 30 years, in those institutions of higher education in the categories of colleges and institutes of higher education, polytechnics and universities. By means of historical analysis, the timing and the reasons for these developing relationships is described. Case studies show the variety of organisational, service and human relationships that exist between services. The hypothesis that it is in the interests of the institution that these two academic support services should be amalgamated to form a single service; and that developments in the various aspects of information technology make the separation of libraries, audiovisual services and other more recent support services (such as computer units) increasingly untenable, is examined. The advantages and disadvantages of other forms of development and organisational structures, both at present and for the future, are considered. The thesis concludes with a set of questions which institutions that have not developed a single integrated or co-ordinated service should consider for their future development. The work presents a critical review of the subject hitherto unavailable.
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Achterman, Douglas L. "Haves, Halves, and Have-Nots: School Libraries and Student Achievement in California." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9800/.
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This descriptive, non-experimental study examines the strength of the relationship between California school library media programs and student achievement, using data from California criterion-referenced state-wide tests, publically available school and community demographic data, and a state survey of school library programs. Results indicate a substantial discrepancy in library staffing levels from the elementary grades through the high schools. Nevertheless, statistically significant correlations were found between certificated staffing levels and student achievement at each grade. Significant correlations persisted at the elementary and middle school when controlling for five of six school and community variables, and at the high school when controlling for all six of those variables. Bivariate correlations between total staffing and student achievement were significant at both the middle school and high school level when controlling for all school and community variables. Generally, the strength of the correlations between both certificated and total staffing tended to increase with grade level; at the high school level, correlations were among the strongest reported in any statewide study to date. There was a significant positive relationship between a majority of the 21 library services regularly provided and student achievement at all levels. Total library services were significantly related to student achievement at all levels when controlling for all school and community variables. In multiple regression analyses, there was an increasingly stronger relationship between total library programs and student achievement by grade level when controlling for all school and community variables. At every level, certificated and total staffing levels were associated with the strength of library program elements. The findings from this study confirm a host of prior research on the relationship between school libraries and student achievement and point to inequitable access to school library services in California. Results from this study might also provide a baseline of data for qualitative research that more deeply explores ways school library programs contribute to student achievement beyond ways measured by current standardized tests.
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Edminster, Judith Rhoades. "The diffusion of new media scholarship [electronic resource] : power, innovation, and resistance in academe / by Judith R. Edminster." [Tampa, Fla. : s.n.], 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000035.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of Women in Academic Leadership: Personal Strategies, Personal Choices, ed. by Dean, Diane R., Bracken, Susan J. and Allen, Jeanie K. Women in Libraries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5731.
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Oakshott, Stephen Craig School of Information Library & Archives Studies UNSW. "The Association of Libarians in colleges of advanced education and the committee of Australian university librarians: The evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information, Library and Archives Studies, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18238.
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This thesis examines the history of Commonwealth Government higher education policy in Australia between 1958 and 1997 and its impact on the development of two groups of academic librarians: the Association of Librarians in Colleges in Advanced Education (ALCAE) and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). Although university librarians had met occasionally since the late 1920s, it was only in 1965 that a more formal organisation, known as CAUL, was established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. ALCAE was set up in 1969 and played an important role helping develop a special concept of library service peculiar to the newly formed College of Advanced Education (CAE) sector. As well as examining the impact of Commonwealth Government higher education policy on ALCAE and CAUL, the thesis also explores the influence of other factors on these two groups, including the range of personalities that comprised them, and their relationship with their parent institutions and with other professional groups and organisations. The study focuses on how higher education policy and these other external and internal factors shaped the functions, aspirations, and internal dynamics of these two groups and how this resulted in each group evolving differently. The author argues that, because of the greater attention given to the special educational role of libraries in the CAE curriculum, the group of college librarians had the opportunity to participate in, and have some influence on, Commonwealth Government statutory bodies responsible for the coordination of policy and the distribution of funding for the CAE sector. The link between ALCAE and formal policy-making processes resulted in a more dynamic group than CAUL, with the university librarians being discouraged by their Vice-Chancellors from having contact with university funding bodies because of the desire of the universities to maintain a greater level of control over their affairs and resist interference from government. The circumstances of each group underwent a reversal over time as ALCAE's effectiveness began to diminish as a result of changes to the CAE sector and as member interest was transferred to other groups and organisations. Conversely, CAUL gradually became a more active group during the 1980s and early 1990s as a result of changes to higher education, the efforts of some university librarians, and changes in membership. This study is based principally on primary source material, with the story of ALCAE and CAUL being told through the use of a combination of original documentation (including minutes of meetings and correspondence) and interviews with members of each group and other key figures.
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Verheide, Amy, and Amara Edwards. "The Morris K. Udall Oral History Project." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/222318.
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Poster presentation from the Living the Future 6 Conference, April 5-8, 2006, University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, AZ.This poster will showcase innovative technology used by the UAL Special Collections in providing greater accessibility for researchers to oral history collections.
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Bracke, Marianne Stowell, Charlotte Cushman, Yan Han, Doug Jones, Gene Liptak, and Jim Martin. "Digitization of Arizona Rural and Agricultural History Documents, 1820-1945." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/337131.
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Poster presentation from the Living the Future 7 Conference, April 30-May 3, 2008, University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, AZ.The University of Arizona Library is participating in the "Preservation of the Literature of Agriculture" project, which is overseen by Cornell University. We are one of three Libraries in the final phase of this USAIN/NEH funded grant project, and are coordinating the digitization over 1,000 books, serials, pamphlets, and other printed materials on the history of state and local agriculture and rural life in Arizona published between 1820 and 1945. All digitized content will be made freely available on the web. These materials were selected and rated by a scholarly panel of historians and scientists at the University of Arizona with the assistance of librarians. Our poster will describe the creation of the bibliography and ranking system, the outsourcing of the digitization process, and the challenges inherent in securing copyright permissions and locating and arranging for the digitization of rare materials that are not widely held. We will also describe the development of a tracking database being used to manage the project and provide an overview of our technical specifications and quality control process. Details on the project can be found at http://usain.org/.
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Buchanan, Nora. "A history of the University of Natal libraries, 1910-2003." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1508.
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The University of Natal was unique in South Africa for many years in that, unlike
other South African universities, it was split between two geographically distant
campuses, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The research problem which was central to this study was to document the development of the libraries of the University of Natal from inception in 1910 to the point of merger at the end of 2003 in order to arrive at an understanding of how the libraries in the two centres, Durban and Pietermaritzburg, developed. Linked to the central problem were two sub-problems which were, firstly to discover whether the two libraries had, as stated by a highly placed University Task Team, developed “too independently ...” (1) was true or at least partially true and secondly to find out whether the personalities of individual University Librarians had a significant influence on the development of the libraries. In order to solve the research problem and the two sub-problems as well as to guide the structure of the chapters, four research questions were posed: • What administrative problems were encountered as the libraries expanded and how did the dual-centred nature of the University affect their development? • What level of financial support did the University provide to the libraries and was this sufficient?
• What impact did the introduction of information and communications
technology (ICT) have on the development of the libraries? and lastly; • What services were offered to users of the libraries and how did these differ between the two centres. The broad approach to the study is interpretative. It has been written as a narrative, with interpretations interwoven throughout the discussion, in chronological order to best show change over time. Understanding the present and anticipating and managing change with some
measure of success depends to an extent on our appreciation and understanding of history. This study, by investigating the historical record of the nine decades of existence of the University of Natal Libraries, is not only a revelation of the past but will also, it is hoped, assist in identifying possible future trends in academic librarianship in South Africa, particularly as far as the management of multi-centred university libraries is concerned. The value of the study also lies in the consolidation and interpretation of information in numerous unpublished records and scattered, ephemeral resources. The historical research method was chosen for this study. Given the nature of the
research problem it was deemed to be the optimal method for the collection and
analysis of data. In order to gain an understanding of the problem, evidence was
gathered from primary sources, such as letters, library committee minutes,
memoranda, newsletters, photographs and reports, including library annual reports, as well as secondary sources. Oral testimonies assisted in verifying information pertaining to the written record, shedding light on certain events and providing added insight. The research undertaken for the study showed that an offer of a Library Fellowship by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which would enable a staff member to undergo professional training in librarianship in the United States, was the catalyst for the unification of the two libraries. This system prevailed for 22 years. Thereafter the unitary library system was dismantled and the two libraries developed in completely different directions until economic necessity resulted in a concerted effort to bring the libraries together again in 1997, although this time as a federal rather than a unitary system. The research showed that the criticism that the two libraries
had developed too independently was true and that a holistic approach to library
services at the University of Natal was lacking. Secondly, the research also showed that the personalities of individual University Librarians did exert a significant influence on the development of the libraries although other elements also influenced their development. Although the study is an history of a university library rooted in a “first world” (2) culture there are lessons to be learnt which could be applied to other institutions, particularly in the context of post-apartheid South African higher education. Several dual- or multi-centred institutions now exist. The integration of different libraries, each with its own idiosyncrasies and its own ethos can be complex and is potentially divisive. There has to be institutional commitment to the idea of a unitary library
system as the library service in any university is shaped to a large extent by the parent institution. The study was limited to an investigation of the historical record of the University of Natal Libraries. An historical analysis of university libraries on a national scale lay beyond the scope of this study. It was also limited to a focus on the institution itself and the difficulties encountered in the administration of a dual-centred library service rather than focusing on the library service from the users’ point of view. Lastly the study suggests several areas for future research. It is noted that there is a dearth of in-depth critical texts available on the history of South African university libraries. An historical analysis of university libraries on a national scale would become feasible if research is undertaken into the histories of more South African university libraries.
(1) [University of Natal, Library Task Team], A report on the University of Natal Libraries submitted to the Executive Implementation Team, 1998, p. 31.
(2) C. Darch & P. Underwood, Dirt road or yellow brick superhighway?, Library hi tech, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 285.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.
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Greenfield, Louise, Richard Ruiz, Tim Knowles, Steven N. Jury, Amy Rule, Farber Bess de, and Brenda G. Walsh. "Coral Way: A Digital Oral History and Transcription Project." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/222251.
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'A Digital Oral History and Transcription Project of the First Bilingual/Bicultural School in the US' Poster presentation from the Living the Future 7 Conference, April 30-May 3, 2008, University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, AZ.The University of Arizona Libraries is partnering with the UA College of Education, Historical Museum of South Florida and the University of Miami Special Collections Library to create, and make electronically accessible, an oral history of the first federally funded bilingual/bicultural school in the country in Miami, Florida (Coral Way Elementary). The national impact of this original bilingual program influenced federal legislation and Arizona’s educational system. Much of the existing published information about the school, such as text book references are either incorrect or incomplete. The poster session will map out the process of planning and implementing this outreach and collaborative effort. It will describe the plans for the oral history project which will capture through personal interviews the stories and memorabilia of those teachers, administrators, students and their parents involved in the first five years of the program (1963 – 68).
Books on the topic "Academic libraries – history"
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Bello, Susan E. Cooperative preservation efforts of academic libraries. [Champaign]: University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1986.
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Panda, B. D. The growth of academic library system. New Delhi, India: Anmol Publications, 1992.
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Hulse, James W. Oases of culture: A history of public and academic libraries in Nevada. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003.
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Dimchev, Alexander Georgiev. Fondovete na bibliotekite na universitetite i visshite uchilishta v perioda 1888-1987. Sofii︠a︡: Univ. Izd. "Sv. Kliment Okhridski", 2010.
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Kudri︠a︡shova, G. I︠U︡. Ėvoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡ missii bibliotek otechestvennykh vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniĭ. Ekaterinburg: Uralʹskiĭ gos. tekhnicheskiĭ universitet, 2004.
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Baer, Elizabeth H. The history of the Miami University libraries. Oxford, Ohio: Miami University, the Friends of the Miami University Libraries, 1997.
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Patron-driven acquisitions: History and best practices. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2011.
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A history of the United States Military Academy Library. Wayne, N.J: Avery Pub. Group, 1986.
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Young, Arthur P. American library history: A bibliography of dissertations and theses. 3rd ed. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1988.
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Brunelli, Marta. "Il museo della scuola come luogo di sperimentazione di percorsi di Public History: il caso del Museo della Scuola «Paolo e Ornella Ricca» dell’Università di Macerata." In Studi e saggi, 169–83. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-009-2.17.
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Public historians have definitively recognized the crucial role that museums – on par with libraries, archives, schools as well as media, cultural and tourism industry, and «all other sectors where the knowledge of the past is required to work with different audiences» (AIPH, The Italian Public History Manifesto, 2018) – can play for the development of Public History practices. In this scenario, historians of education do well know the potential that is locked up inside the historical-educational museums too. A potential that, especially in university museums, can improve academic teaching quality, promote innovative research and, finally, foster cultural and social empowerment of communities.
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Obuezie, Adaora C., and Millie N. Horsfall. "African academic libraries partnering with Wikimedia projects: Values and benefits." In Wikipedia and Academic Libraries. Michigan Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11778416.ch8.en.
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Wikimedia as a foundation is the mother of all Wikis. “It supports hundreds of people around the world in creating the largest free knowledge projects in history” (Wikimedia foundation, https://wikimediafoundation.org). Its resources give benefits that can emerge from the collaboration of librarians and Wikimedia. However, despite the rich contents and vast availability of information on Wikimedia, many scholars refute the credibility of Wikimedia contents. This chapter addresses the benefits and values of African academic libraries partnering with Wikimedia projects and gives a brief definition on the concepts of Wikimedia and Wikipedia. How academic libraries directly improve Wikimedia resources for a reliable information; particularly, it highlights the need to rightly posit librarians as custodians of knowledge, relating the campaigns of 1Lib1Ref and other related projects where librarians in Africa through the African Library and Information Associations and Institution (AfLIA) collaborated with Wikipedia to add reliable sources, edit articles, and write stories to promote the quality, authority, and reliability of intellectual contents in Wikipedia. It demonstrates the engagement of academic libraries in the development of information resources to aid access to information for all citizens through linking of institutional repository materials to wiki articles in line with the UNESCO policy of ensuring public access to information (UNESCO, 2017). It also discusses challenges associated with the use of Wikimedia resources in some institutions and draws conclusion that Wikipedia promotes discoverability of library resources, librarians improve the reliability of its contents as an important tool to leverage on, in pursuit of academic endeavors, thus providing an interception between Wikipedia and academic libraries.
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Essers, Odin, Henrietta Hazen, and Nicolette Siep. "Where history meets modern: An overview of academic primary source research-based learning programs aggregating special collections and Wikimedia." In Wikipedia and Academic Libraries. Michigan Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11778416.ch3.en.
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At Maastricht University Library, the use of literary sources from its Special Collections by students is promoted and facilitated through the development and organization of specialized research-based learning programs as part of the Wikipedia Education Program. The central aim of these learning programs is to educate students on the social relevance of the Special Collections, such as the Jesuit library, which contains books (on philosophy, history, anatomy, literature, theology, law, and various social sciences) dating back to the beginning of the sixteenth century. In addition, by participating in these programs, undergraduate students from various colleges are given the opportunity to develop their information literacy skills by gaining experience in conducting empirical literature research on primary historical sources and its publication through a popular open-access platform. Evaluations from students indicate that the unique combination of analyzing historical literature and the publication of their review on a modern open-access platform led to increased motivation, readership, sense of responsibility, and understanding about the importance of open-access knowledge transfer and valorization of information. In addition to the Wikipedia Education Program, Maastricht University has also been involved in a noneducational Wikimedia project: Wiki-Wetenschappers. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the activities, approaches, and evaluation of the Wikipedia Education Program and the Wiki-Scientists project at Maastricht University.
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Iglesias, Edward. "The Inevitability of Library Automation." In Robots in Academic Libraries, 1–12. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3938-6.ch001.
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Library automation is considered in terms of technological directionality citing sources from various disciplines including the work of various theorists in the field. A brief history of library automation is followed by a look at library organizational structure and how it might be affected by technology in the future just as it has been by technology in the past. Finally, with a strong nod to pioneering economic theorists Brynjolfsson & McAfee there is a discussion on how Artificial Intelligence will affect library jobs and organization in the future. This chapter looks at the history of library automation within the context of technological directionality. Much has been written about the history and evolution of libraries, but less as to the eventual consequences of automation. The author seeks to correct this by looking at how current workflows and departments will be impacted by the use of Artificial Intelligence in automated processes to take over work formerly done by trained library professionals. For the purposes of this chapter, these AIs and automated processes are referred to as robots, that is, automatons which take over work formerly done by humans. Finally, some suggestions will be made as to how a library might be restructured in light of these developments.
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Bailey, Annette, and Godmar Back. "Streamlining Access to Library Resources with LibX." In Robots in Academic Libraries, 62–89. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3938-6.ch004.
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LibX is a platform that allows libraries to create customized web browser extensions that simplify direct access to library resources and services. LibX provides multiple user interfaces, including popups, context menus, and contextualized cues to direct the user’s attention to these resources. LibX is supported by two toolbuilder applications - the Edition Builder and the LibApp Builder – which allow anyone to create, manage, and share LibX configurations and applications. These tools automate the process of software creation and distribution, allowing librarians to become software distributors. This chapter provides background and history of the LibX project, as well as in-depth analysis of the design and use of the LibX Edition Builder that has helped enable its success.
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Bailey, Annette, Edward Lener, Leslie O’Brien, and Connie Stovall. "Automation and Collection Management." In Robots in Academic Libraries, 37–61. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3938-6.ch003.
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The history of library automation can be traced to early printing methods of the 7th century A.D. The earliest collectors of books were usually religious scholars who amassed the religious texts of the day. Monks from East and West travelled great distances and often at great peril to gather meticulously hand-copied texts. Early inventions of woodblocks, and, later the printing press, enabled the mass-production of books that resulted in libraries’ expansion into the secular world. Librarians have continued to bring technological advances into their work, combining web services, programming scripts, and commercial databases and software in innovative ways. The processes of selection, deselection, and assessment have been enhanced through these new products and services. The authors discuss a variety of technological applications for collection activities that have allowed collection managers to work more efficiently and better understand the use of their print and electronic collections. The effects of automation on the people involved in collection management are also explored.
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Miller, Michael David. "WP:Catégorie is … liaison librarian contribution to local québécois LBGTQ+ content in Francophone Wikipedia." In Wikipedia and Academic Libraries. Michigan Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11778416.ch7.en.
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Liaison librarians have unique roles in their institutions and in their greater communities. They often support and collaborate with professors and students in their subject areas and, of equal importance, have a special knowledge of resources available in their assigned liaison areas. This chapter will explore how a liaison librarian with subject responsibilities can contribute to closing gaps and community building through Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. It will describe the author’s contribution, as a liaison librarian, in addressing the Québécois LGBTQ+ gap in the Francophone Wikipedia project, WikipédiaFR. The author will also discuss how Wikipedia can be used as a tool for community building and raising awareness about the Québec LGBTQ+ culture and history gap in WikipédiaFR. The contribution events and their format, les soirées contributives, hosted at the Bibliothèque à livres ouverts du Centre Communautaire LGBTQ+ de Montréal, that sought to improve and create local LGBTQ+ Wikipedia content en français will be discussed. Additionally, the author will share thoughts on existing and not existing in Wikipedia for local LGBTQ+ communities.
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Smith, Kai Alexis. "Do Black Wikipedians matter? Confronting the whiteness in Wikipedia with archives and libraries." In Wikipedia and Academic Libraries. Michigan Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11778416.ch6.en.
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Wikipedia is in the top ten of the most visited websites in most places in the world and makes up the backbone of the Internet’s information ecosystem. Despite the global presence of the website and its sister projects, the knowledges of the African diaspora, in particular the Caribbean, are poorly represented. This chapter introduces and outlines Black-led projects, campaigns, and initiatives both within and outside of the formal networks of the Wikipedia communities and the Wikimedia Foundation. The history and value of Black encyclopedic sources are explored and frame the important work by projects like Black Lunch Table, WikiNdaba, Ennegreciendo Wikipedia, and AfroCROWD, which were started to help these editors and bridge content gaps. In June 2020, the Wikimedia Foundation released a statement in support of Black Lives highlighting the support they provide to U.S.-based projects. This was followed with criticism from the community on missed opportunities to acknowledge the work and networks outside the United States of on-wiki communities, information activists, academics, independent scholars, and communities who often go unrecognized. This chapter explores how the system of white supremacy is a part of libraries and archives and Wikipedia; how Black-led shared knowledge information activists are circumventing the system; and suggestions for a more inclusive path forward.
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Cordell, Rosanne M. "A Short History of Instruction in the Use of Libraries." In Professional Development and Workplace Learning, 1–10. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8632-8.ch001.
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Instruction in the use of academic libraries has a long history but was not well established as a permanent and formal part of academic libraries in the United States until well into the 20th century. It has taken many forms, but none are likely to be maintained as formal programs unless measures are taken to move them beyond the status of the efforts of single individuals. The development of information literacy as an area of study coincided with the institutionalization of instruction programs and has given academic context and form to the curricula for instruction in the use of academic libraries.
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Mowat, Ian R. M. "Academic libraries and the expansion of higher education since the 1960s." In The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland, 377–402. Cambridge University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521780971.032.
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de Mello, Paula Maria Abrantes Cotta, and Elisa Amaral. "A breef history of the brazilian academic libraries informatization." In 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En Informatica (CLEI). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/clei.2012.6427257.
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Ecclestone, Meghan J., Sally A. Sax, and Alana P. Skwarok. "From Big Ideas to Real Talk: A Front-line Perspective on New Collections Roles in Times of Organizational Restructuring." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317175.
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Academic libraries across North America are restructuring to meet user needs in an e-preferred environment, resulting in major changes to traditional collection development roles and workflows. Responsibility for collection work is increasingly assigned to functional librarians dedicated to collection development activities across a broad range of subject areas, often serving an entire faculty or college. This paper discusses the history, process, and outcomes of the transition to functional collection development roles at two mid-sized universities. Both Carleton University and the University of Guelph support a wide range of undergraduate and graduate research needs from a single central library, but have implemented a different type of organizational design and are at different stages in the restructuring process. One year into their new functional roles, Carleton’s librarians are preparing to assess the state of change around collection development in their organization, and identify next steps for the restructuring process. By contrast, the University of Guelph has worked with a functional team model for ten years, and is undertaking a 10-year review to assess whether the original goals of the reorganization were met. How does collections work compare under a functional team model, compared to a traditional liaison model? Both perspectives offer strategies for consultation and change management that may be helpful to other institutions restructuring their collection development activities.
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Weiland, Steven, and Jennifer Dean. "Lessons from Ithaka S+R on Research Practices in the Disciplines: What Have We Learned? What Should We Do?" In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317203.
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It is a byword of the study of academic research that disciplines mean differences. The series of studies underway at Ithaka S+R (with library partners) shows how scholars and scientists understand “Changing Research Practices.” The project’s goal is to guide libraries toward the most fruitful forms of support for research, enhancing the scholarly workflow according to disciplinary routines and innovations. Launched in 2012, nine reports have been published thus far, with others planned or anticipated. The disciplines range from history to public health, from chemistry to Asian Studies. The interview-based studies show how scholars manage their methods, and the opportunities and obstacles they face as the availability of resources in several media expand and research technologies evolve. The Ithaka S+R studies represent a unique collective portrait of scholars at work, loyal to research conventions but encountering new tools for inquiry. The reports help us understand how disciplinary habits shape expectations and experience, and what might be done to serve scholars working at change in research practices, particularly the introduction of new technologies. The reports are seen against the backdrop of views among library leaders and librarians themselves about the evolution of the liaison role, including how it can be fitted to the needs of scholars in an evolving research environment.
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Weiland, Steven, and Matthew Ismail. "Professional Learning and Inbetween Publishing: The Tasks of the Charleston Briefings." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317202.
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Should the book and the journal article remain the primary forms of scholarly production in the digital age? That is a question asked by publishing scholar Kathleen Fitzpatrick. She proposes a role for “inbetween” work. Indeed, there is a history of “grey literature” in many fields and of the short book. And academic publishers are experimenting with the form. In this context, an explanation of the rationale for and origins of the Charleston Briefings illustrates the possibilities for experimenting with inbetween publishing featuring subjects of interest to librarians and professionals in allied fields. There follows an account of the genesis, planning, and composition of a forthcoming Briefing on the scholarly workflow. While the length of the Briefings may appear to be its defining element, how it manages its scholarly and educational tasks is the key to meeting its goals and the needs of readers. In this case “inbetweenness” can be an advantage for representing the subject’s timeliness and utility while managing the rapidly growing literature on its different dimensions, including what the digital evolution of the scholarly workflow means for library services.