Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Costs.
Scholarly publishing -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Abstract:
The serials pricing crisis continues to generate a great deal
of concern among academic libraries in recent years. This article
contributes to the discussion by presenting findings regarding
price trends within a specific academic discipline (library
science). Specifically, the authors provide data from their review of
subscription prices for 132 English language, library, and information
science journals over a five-year period (1997-2002). Particular
attention is paid to the markedly different price increases of commercial
and academic (or association) publishers, respectively, as evidenced
by findings on both an aggregate and an individual, journal-by-journal
basis. Information regarding the impact of price increases on collection
development is also provided.
Selective dissemination of information -- Case studies.
Academic libraries -- Automation.
Abstract:
In August 2002, Cornell University Library (CUL) launched MyContents,
a campus-wide table of contents (TOC) service. This article describes
how a cross-functional team of librarians and technical staff developed
and implemented MyContents. It discusses the service's key features,
addresses patron response, details the latest user enhancements, and
conveys our vision for the future of the service.
Electronic reserve collections in libraries -- Evaluation.
Electronic reserve collections in libraries -- Statistics.
Electronic reserve collections in libraries -- Case studies.
Abstract:
This article identifies problems and issues in assessment of electronic
reserves and investigates usage measures, particularly Web server logs,
for after-hours and off-campus usage. Findings indicate that electronic
reserves are heavily used during non-traditional service hours and from
outside the library's physical walls.
Libraries -- Special collections -- Administration.
Abstract:
The digitization of archival materials is becoming a fundamental duty
of special collections in academic libraries. This article examines
organizational trends that have emerged at selected academic libraries
in support of digital initiatives in special collections, with an
emphasis on collaboration between special collections and digital
library departments.
The old adage that literate cultures have an intellectual advantage over
oral cultures finds its latest expression in predictions that digital
technologies are causing a knowledge revolution. The new literacy thesis
is that digitally literate cultures have intellectual advantage. Implicit
in such forecasts is a theory of human progress that jeopardizes the
future of librarianship. It assumes that knowledge and human culture
must be expressed in terms of the new literacy. This article undertakes
to show that librarianship cannot always be understood in terms of its
association with the social practices and institutions founded upon
literate expression.
Information literacy -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Research -- Methodology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Abstract:
The weakness of the print-based bibliographic instruction model is its
focus on format of the information source over the type of information
the source contains. Drawing from the critical literacy movement in the
education literature, this article presents an example of a critical
information literacy model as applied to the research paper component
of a first-year composition course. In this model, students work from
their own experiences as they are prepared to make predictive judgments
about the information they will need.
Library orientation for college students -- Evaluation.
Research -- Methodology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Abstract:
This paper uses bibliometric analysis to test the efficacy of in-class
library instruction in relation to the quality of student term paper
bibliographies and grades. It finds that: instruction alone has limited
effect; instruction combined with academic penalties tied to the use
of a minimum of scholarly sources has positive and significant effects;
electronic citations are less scholarly, but not necessarily less valid
than print citations; and papers with longer bibliographies tend to
receive higher grades irrespective of the kinds of citations. The paper
concludes that since academic penalties are important to the success
of in-class librarian instruction, librarians should work closely
with professors to design class assignments; the provision of minimal
guidelines is preferable to banning Internet citations.
Chu, Heting, 1957- Information representation and retrieval in the digital age.
Information organization.
Williams, Delmus Eugene.
Leadership, Higher Education and the Information Age: A New Era for Information Technology and Libraries, and: Organizing and Managing Information Resources on Your Campus (review) [Access article in HTML][Access article in PDF] Subject Headings:
Regenstein, Carrie, ed. Leadership, higher education and the information age: a new era for information technology and libraries.
Dewey, Barbara I., ed.
McClure, Polley A., ed. Organizing and managing information resources on your campus.
Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States.
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