Centralizing Information About Library Services and Resources

SUMMARY

The School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona (UA) has a mix of local and distance students in its program. The librarian at the UA Library who works with this program developed a Web site that centralizes information about several library services and resources that benefit distance learners: online orientation and research guides, chat reference, document delivery, and more. Bringing together this information with a focus on distance learners provides a platform for delivering the library to all users, whatever their distance from the library.     

Internet Reference Services for Distance Education

SUMMARY

Published guidelines for distance learning library services provide a framework for distance education librarians to use in planning services for off-campus students. Other literature in the arena of distance education librarianship provides concrete examples of how reference services have been offered in real settings. This paper attempts to synthesize these two types of literature in order to offer models of reference service for distance learners.     

A Review of “What They Don’t Teach You in Library School”

SUMMARY

Distance learning students may not think of the “campus” library as the first place to fulfill their information needs and may not even be aware of the services available to them. One way to reach these students is to adopt and adapt marketing techniques from the business world. This article examines the findings of a survey conducted at Emporia State University concerning the awareness of distance learning services. It will also examine marketing techniques and illustrate how they can be applied to increase awareness of reference support services for distance learners.     

The S.A.G.E. Project

ABSTRACT

This paper describes the process and creation of a library resources and services Web page within WebCT, a course authoring program that is being used to deliver complete course content over the Internet in a distance education program at The Ohio State University. A librarian at the Prior Health Sciences Library was asked to join a faculty team to teach and provide library services for a series of three courses. The students are working health professionals who cannot attend regularly scheduled classes. Illustrations are included of the WebCT course page and the library resources and services page. The initial process and planning are described, and recommendations for future research are identified.     

A Mightier Pin: Creating a Credible Reference Library on Pinterest at Murray State University

This case study shows how the reference librarians at Murray State University use Pinterest as an added component in reference services. Statistics were collected in an attempt to monitor the number of items shared with the number of people who actively follow each board. This study will help interested reference librarians gain an understanding of how this social media site can be used to promote online resources, both those owned by the institution and those available freely on the internet. It will also serve as an example of how reference librarians can build a reference library within the confines of social media.     

网络环境下公共图书馆创意服务模式研究

由于时代进步与发展,公共图书馆的服务不断提升,而创意图书馆的服务形式已经形成领先之势。创意图书馆的新服务功能能否给现代读者带来更多的精神上的满足,是图书馆可持续发展的重要因素。     

网络环境下大学图书馆数字资源的整合

对大学图书馆的数字资源进行整合的目的在于提高资源的利用效率,节省用户的时间.完了完成对数字资源的整合,我们需要使用各种不同的检索技术和方法,将这些分散的,异构的数字资源整合进一个统一的环境,形成一个新的统一的相互无缝连接的数字资源.整合形成的数字资源系统应该可以提供给用户一个统一的检索平台,这样整个检索过程对于用户来说...     

充分发挥高校图书馆在大学生信息素质教育中的作用

在信息社会,一个人的信息素质将极大地影响他的学习、工作和生活。高校作为国家培养人才的基地,必须重视和强调信息教育,培养大学生的信息素质,图书馆则是高校信息素质教育的最佳场所。培养大学生的信息意识,提高他们获取信息和应用信息的能力,是充分发挥高校图书馆在大学生信息素质教育中作用的一项重要工作。     

Teachers' pedagogical change mechanism – Pattern of structural relations between teachers' pedagogical characteristics and teachers' perceptions of transactional distance (TTD) in different teaching environments

In this study we examined how the variables: teaching autonomy, teaching goals teaching style and teachers' perceptions of transactional distance (TTD) work together within the pedagogical decision-making process in different teaching environments. The independent variable was the teaching environment, which was divided into three: entirely distance environment (Distance-E); blended distance environment (Distance-B); and the traditional environment (Traditional). The dependent variables were teaching autonomy, teaching goals, teaching style and TTD, i.e. teachers' evaluation of their ability to communicate with the students, explain the content and their satisfaction from the teaching environment. One hundred and sixty faculty members who teach in distance environments and one hundred and sixty faculty members who teach in a traditional environment answered a five-part study questionnaire. The finding indicated that teaching autonomy, teaching goal and teaching style are significant predictors of TTD. Furthermore, teaching style serves as a mediator variable connecting teaching autonomy and the teaching goal to the TTD. This pattern was repeated in both structural and measurement models in all three teaching environments, indicating the centrality of the teaching style as well as teaching goal and teaching autonomy in the teachers' pedagogical decision-making process and teaching outputs. We concluded that affecting the teachers' pedagogical characteristics, which serve as mechanisms that influence the results of teaching, is an important component in the process of the technological change in 21st century education.     

高校图书馆常见网络故障的诊断策略

通过对图书馆发生频率高的、常见的网络故障进行归纳分析,总结了高校图书馆网络故障的诊断策略。     

浅谈高校图书馆计算机的软件维护

本文构建高校图书馆计算机软件三层管理结构,将图书馆藏书信息由计算机软件进行管理。运用计算机对高校图书馆管理能够提高管理效率,而图书馆计算机软件维护是保障计算机管理的前提。本文对高校图书馆计算机软件工作原理和运行环境需求进行了分析,设计高校图书馆计算机软件维护管理平台,确保高校图书馆计算机软件应用正常运转。同时加强高校图书馆计算机软件的日常管理与维护工作,保证图书馆计算机软件的应用安全。     

高校图书馆书架的人机工程学应用

文章从人机工程学的角度分析书架设计的各个要素:即人体尺寸、功能、材质、色彩、采光照明五个要素,探讨高校图书馆书架与人机工程学的关系,力求寻找能够满足读者需要的书架设计方法。同时也为高校图书馆书架的设计提出相应的设计原则,为读者和馆员提供一个美观、舒适、高效、安全的学习及工作环境,努力达到人——机——环境系统的完美结合。     

高校图书馆基础信息平台建设探析

高校图书馆基础信息包括读者信息、馆藏资源信息、特色数据库建设信息、馆内人员信息、硬件设施信息等,它的建设是为了提高图书馆的管理效率,使全馆各部门的工作情况一目了然,让管理者能及时掌握和调整各部门的工作,科学管理图书馆,使图书馆的工作能上一个台阶,更好地为读者服务。     

Using Courseware Discussion Boards to Engage Graduate Students in Online Library Workshops

ABSTRACT

Librarians at Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries used the discussion board features of Blackboard courseware to create an interactive experience for graduate students at a distance who could not attend the on-campus “Literature Review Workshops.” These recently developed workshops have been extremely popular with graduate students across the disciplines and have generated a growing demand from distance education graduate students and faculty to offer similar information online. Reluctant to simply deliver content via an online tutorial, librarians sought to duplicate the workshop atmosphere by making the sessions available for a short time-period online, asking participants to respond to discussion questions at specific points in the workshop, and offering audio-mediated online demonstrations of tools and resources. Student feedback and follow-up requests for more workshops support the perception that this approach offered a rewarding learning experience that addressed their specific adult learning needs.     

Embedding Library Reference Services in Online Courses

SUMMARY

The University of Wyoming has a long tradition of providing library services to distance education students. As technology changed and enhanced the delivery mode of distance education courses, the library altered the ways in which it offered services to distance learners. The institution was an early adopter of Web courses, so offering library support in this new environment was a natural expansion of our services. This expansion supports the goals of the ACRL Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services and the goals of the University. This article will describe the integration of library reference services into online courses.     

基于校园网的高校教学资源库建设

教学资源建设是教育信息化的基础,而资源建设是一项需要长期坚持和积淀的系统工程。本文重点探讨了基于校园网的教学资源库的体系结构、关键问题及技术方案。     

网络环境下手机图书馆短信服务模式研究

介绍了手机续借服务应用的现状,分析了目前手机短信续借服务基本流程,指出了手机续借服务流程存在的不足,提出了改进的手机续借服务方式,并对短信服务时段进行了补充说明。     

高校图书馆资产管理略论

本文结合高校图书馆资产管理现状,分析资产管理工作中存在的问题,并提出有效的管理措施,为建立、健全高校图书馆资产管理制度提出合理化建议。     

高校开放共享资源库现状和分析

分析了开放资源库的国内外现状,对开放资源库建设进行了探讨。