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What is your contribution to the funder’s strategy?
Simone Fuehles-UbachThe purpose of this paper is to describe the different positions and roles that German research libraries may have in their funding organizations: center or periphery, making a…
Communicating value through strategic engagement: Promoting awareness of the “value of libraries” through alignment across academic, student, and administrative affairs
Scott WalterThe purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which “library value” may be communicated in a university setting through more effective engagement with strategic planning and a…
Using data to strategically deploy staffing resources
Michael WilliamsThe environmentally controlled library warehouse stores ten million collection items and its team of staff provides a delivery service to the students and researchers. Statistics…
Integrating a creativity, innovation, and design studio within an academic library
Holt Zaugg, Melissa C. WarrThe purpose of this paper is to describe the efforts to set up a creativity, innovation, and design (CID) studio within an academic library. This paper will describe the reasons…
Building a timeless audiovisual collection: libraries and archives as repositories of oral history
Joseph Marmol Yap, Agnes Sambalilo BarsagaOral histories (OHs), as primary sources of information, are used as evidences of the past and inculcate human memory. It is a real testimony of our history. However, OHs are now…
Are academic libraries utilized to produce engaged alumni?
Andrew S. Griffith, Ceire KealtyThe purpose of this paper is to explain the relationship alumni may have with their institution’s library and its effect on student success, which, in turn, produces more engaged…
Blended learning: Scaling library services and instruction to support changing educational landscapes
Bruce KeislingBecause many colleges and universities have growing numbers of students in online and blended programs, libraries should adapt their services and adjust their organizational…
The economic crisis and public libraries in Greece: Investigating the threats and challenges via job description
Anna Maria Mouza, Athanasios TaousanisThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of Greece’s economic crisis on public librarians’ obligations.
Engagement of users with e-resources across agricultural libraries of Northern India
Nazir Ahmad BhatThe purpose of this paper is to identify the frequency at which the users of agricultural libraries of Northern India tend to use the e-resources and explore the time they invest…
SWOT analysis of Jamaican academic libraries in higher education
Sasekea Yoneka HarrisAcademic libraries do not operate in a vacuum; they must co-exist with change and competition on all levels. In order to succeed, they must know their internal strengths in order…
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