New Library World: Volume 117 Issue 1/2
Table of contents
On the way to the campus of tomorrow
Sabina Brandt, Gudrun BachmannThis paper summarises the outcomes of the exploratory project of the Department of Educational Technologies at the University of Basel published in Lernumgebungen an der…
I have to change to stay the same
Joyce SternheimThe purpose of this paper is to propose that to survive and thrive the library needs to aim for a more active role in people’s lives and in the communities that surround them…
Scholars and learners: a case study of new library spaces at Indiana University
Diane DallisThis case study aims to describe the renovations and intended functions for rooms; explain the different design approaches implemented for the different end-user populations;…
Informal learning spaces (ILS) in university libraries and their campuses: A Loughborough University case study
Matthew Cunningham, Graham WaltonThis paper aims to explore at Loughborough University (UK) how informal learning spaces (ILS) are used by students in the Library and elsewhere on campus. Focus includes learning…
Library graphic design best practices and approval processes
Diana K Wakimoto– The purpose of this paper is to explore graphic design best practices and approval processes used by librarians.
Research methods used in library and information science during the 1970-2010
Veronica Gauchi RissoThis paper aims to explore research methods used in Library and Information Science (LIS) during the past four decades. The goal is to compile a annotated bibliography of seminal…
Are you ready? Tasks and roles for academic libraries in supporting Research 2.0
Tibor Koltay– The purpose of this paper is to identify tasks and roles that academic libraries have to fulfil to react to the developments brought in by the appearance of Research 2.0.
Facilitating a research culture in an academic library: top down and bottom up approaches
Miggie PicktonThe purpose of this paper is to consider why and how a research culture might be established in an academic library and to describe and evaluate efforts to achieve this at the…
Serendipitous libraries
Stuart Hannabuss– The purpose of this paper is to suggest that holiday libraries have as much design as they have chance.
Data-driven decision-making in the library
Bruce Massis– The purpose of this paper is to describe the current environment for libraries to consider the value of using data to support decision-making.