New Library World: Volume 111 Issue 7/8

Citizen services and public libraries: an analysis of a new service in Danish public libraries

Niels Ole Pors

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the introduction of citizen services in the public libraries in Denmark. The paper focuses on how library staff has perceived the…

Restructuring liaison librarian teams at the University of Arizona Libraries, 2007‐2009

Ricardo Andrade, Raik Zaghloul

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the restructuring process of the University of Arizona libraries. The paper focuses more specifically on the research support…

Information literacy assessment: a case study at Miami University

Eric Resnis, Katie Gibson, Arianne Hartsell‐Gundy, Masha Misco

The purpose of this case study, created by a faculty learning community (FLC) on research fluency, is to investigate students' information literacy practices at Miami University…

Participatory action research in learning commons design planning

Margaret Brown‐Sica, Karen Sobel, Erika Rogers

The purpose of this paper is to document the process the Auraria Library went through to plan research methods to produce information for their learning commons project.

Dealing with DSpace: the experience at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Marsha Winter, Portia Bowen‐Chang

The paper seeks to examine the challenges of implementing DSpace at the Main Library at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and highlights the…

Cooperative collection management in music: past and present

Karl Madden

The purpose of this paper is to provide a general review and historical context for cooperative and collaborative management of musical materials.

E‐book readers and college students

Bruce E. Massis

There is evidence that the percentage of students in the higher education environment in the USA who will be using technology everyday in 2010 could reach nearly 100 percent. With…

Symposium report: BOBCATSSS 2010

Sara P. Robinson, Catherine Westwood

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the BOBCATSSS 2010 conference held in Parma, Italy in January 2010.

BOBCATSSS 2010 in Parma, Italy: Bridging the digital divide: libraries providing access for all?

Elena Corradini

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the main contents of the 18th BOBCATSSS Symposium, held in Parma, Italy in January 2010, dedicated to the main theme…

Designing the Digital Experience. How to Use Experience Design Tools and Techniques to Build Websites Customers Love

Sarah McNicol

Serving New Immigrant Communities in the Library

Mike Freeman

Editorial

Linda Ashcroft