Textbooks In Academic Libraries

Author : Chris Diaz
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838915875

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Textbooks in Academic Libraries by Chris Diaz Pdf

Shortly after the syllabi are posted, and long before the beginning of the term, interlibrary loan departments at academic libraries will have filled or rejected innumerable textbook requests. While it would be unwise if not impossible to buy and circulate every textbook at a college or university, there are many academic libraries who are selectively adding textbooks to their collections. And the practice seems to be gaining momentum. In this volume, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) and editor Chris Diaz gather case studies that pull together creative approaches and best practices for print textbook reserve programs. This book discusses such topics as results and analysis from a detailed survey of a state university’s core-course textbook reserve program; funding sources for starting or piloting a program;using aggregated enrollment, grade, and textbook cost data to identify "high impact" courses;identifying course-related books that are in the library’s collection or fit an existing collection policy;workflow for using bookstore data with ILS and purchasing systems; andusing LibGuides and Google Sheets to publicize textbook holdings, and how a back-end database supports discovery for students and reporting for reserves staff. A textbook reserve program can be one way of helping students who are struggling with the high cost of textbooks, and this book spotlights a variety of examples that can be used as models.

Author : G. Edward Evans,Stacey Greenwell
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838916681

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Academic Librarianship by G. Edward Evans,Stacey Greenwell Pdf

This updated edition enables readers to understand how academic libraries deliver information, offer services, and provide learning spaces in new ways to better meet the needs of today's students, faculty, and other communities of academic library users.

Author : Catherine Cardwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : 0838947697

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Leading Change in Academic Libraries by Catherine Cardwell Pdf

"Institutions of higher education and academic libraries are not the traditional organizations they once were. They are subject to a variety of forces, including shifting and changing populations, technological changes, public demands for affordability and accountability, and changing approaches to research and learning. Academic libraries can no longer establish their excellence and ground their missions, visions, and strategic directions using the old means and methods. Leading Change in Academic Libraries is a collection of 20 change stories authored by academic librarians from different types of four-year institutions. Librarians tell the story firsthand of how they managed major change in processes, functions, services, programs, or overall organizations using John Kotter's Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change as a framework for examining change at their institutions, measuring their successes and areas for improvement, and determining progress. In five sections--strategic planning, reorganization, culture change, new roles, and technological change--chapters discuss tackling common challenges such as fear, anxiety, change fatigue, complacency, unexpected changes of leadership, vacancies, and resistance; look at the results of their tactics; and provide effective practices they found. Each section ends with a thorough analysis of the stories within and the most effective tips for leading that kind of change. Leading Change in Academic Libraries can help you establish flexible, nimble, and collaborative decision-making processes, and facilitate the transition from legacy collections-based libraries to forward-looking service-based libraries"--from the ALA website.

Author : Andrew Wesolek,Anne Langley,Jonathan Lashley
Publisher : Pacific University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945398795

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Oer by Andrew Wesolek,Anne Langley,Jonathan Lashley Pdf

For many of us, the drive to affect positive change--however vague or idiosyncratic our sense of this might be--has guided our work in higher education. We champion the pursuit of a college degree because few endeavors can match it in terms of advancing a person's economic mobility (Chetty, Friedman, Saez, Turner, and Yagan; 2017). Despite recent debates about the value of a college degree (Pew Research Center, 2017), the opportunities and financial stability awarded to those with college degrees remain apparent when they are compared to peers who have only graduated high school (Pew Research Center, 2014). And while more Americans have a college degree than ever before (Ryan and Bauman, 2016), access to a formal, post-secondary education continues to be elusive for some. Indeed, over the last ten years, analysts have projected that the cost of attending college would keep 2.4 million low-to-moderate income, college-qualified high school graduates from completing a college degree (Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2006). During that same period, college students in the United States saw expenses related to tuition and fees increase by 63 percent, school housing costs (excluding board) increase by 51 percent, textbook prices increase by 88 percent (Bureau of Labor, 2016). Because few students can afford a college education by salary alone, 44.2 million Americans have sought financial aid via student loans. As a result, total student loan debt is now topping $1.45 trillion in the United States (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2017), and student loan delinquency rates are averaging 11.2 percent (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2017). The burden of a student's financial decisions extends beyond the mere individual: society will inevitably carry the weight of this debt for years to come.

Author : Chris Diaz
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838916032

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Textbooks in Academic Libraries by Chris Diaz Pdf

A textbook reserve program can be one way of helping students who are struggling with the high cost of textbooks, and this book spotlights a variety of examples that can be used as models.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : 0722244606

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The Best Books for Academic Libraries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781780630502

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E-books in Academic Libraries by Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic Pdf

Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both researchers and librarians and provides current examples of innovative uses of e-books in academic contexts. This book reviews the current situation in e-book publishing, and describes problems in managing e-books in libraries caused by the variety of purchase models and varying formats available, and the lack of standardisation. It discusses solutions for providing access and maintaining bibliographic control, looks at various initiatives to publicise and promote e-books, and compares e-book usage surveys to track changes in user preferences and behaviour over the last decade. E-books have already had a huge impact on academic libraries, and major advances in technology will bring further changes. There is a need for collaboration between libraries and publishers. The book concludes with reflections on the future of e-books in academic libraries. Describes how e-books have changed library services and how they have enabled academic libraries to align with the e-learning initiatives of their universities Discusses problems with e-book collection development and management and lists examples of solutions Examines trends in user behaviour and acceptance of e-books

Author : Theodore Wesley Koch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1528129393

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On University Libraries (Classic Reprint) by Theodore Wesley Koch Pdf

Excerpt from On University Libraries The development of college and university libraries has been so rapid during the past scoreof years that it may be worth while to turn back for a moment and select a few illus trations of early ideas of library management from the history of the older universities. The most interesting ones for this purpose are those of Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Columbia universities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Chakraborty, Susmita
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466643666

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Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship by Chakraborty, Susmita Pdf

With the introduction of the Bologna Process, the emphasis on the importance of international librarianship and its activity between governmental or non-governmental institutions, organizations, and groups of nations has continued to grow. Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship highlights the importance of international librarianship in governmental and non-governmental institutions, organizations, and groups in order to promote, develop, and maintain librarianship and the library profession around the world. This publication is essential for graduate students, researchers, teachers, and LIS administrators in the field of library science.

Author : Hakam Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015008996731

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Academic Libraries by Hakam Singh Pdf

Author : Bennett Harvie Branscomb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : OCLC:461419103

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Teaching with Books by Bennett Harvie Branscomb Pdf

Author : Margaret Hutchins,Alice Sarah Johnson,Margaret Stuart Williams
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0649160452

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Guide to the Use of Libraries; a Manual for College and University Students by Margaret Hutchins,Alice Sarah Johnson,Margaret Stuart Williams Pdf

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.

Author : Louis Round Wilson,Maurice Falcolm Tauber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033446472

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The University Library by Louis Round Wilson,Maurice Falcolm Tauber Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : 0722200390

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The Best Books for University Libraries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bradford Lee Eden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442247048

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Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the 21st-Century Academic Library by Bradford Lee Eden Pdf

The rate of change in the academic library, a presence for decades, has been increasing in the first decade of this century. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the 21st-Century Academic Library: Successful Innovations That Make a Difference explores the initiatives in student learning and training that are underway in our academic libraries and demonstrates that the transformation of the academic library is well underway.