... using a questionnaire from a total number of 178 respondents. Collected data were analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation. Findings The findings reveal that learning capacity-building practices such as rotating members of staff for wider experience exist in these libraries. Learning...

...Sarah Theimer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose the incorporation of Mayer’s cognitive theory of multimedia learning (CTML) into library digital initiatives, specifically open educational resources (OER). CTML contains established principles that maximize the impact of teaching...

... in management and operations can lead to notable sustainability benefits, along with an improved learning environment and an improved standard of facilities quality and care. In short, these two efforts were “sustainable,” although that term was not yet in vogue. Edward Spodick can be contacted...

...: 978‐1856046596   £37.95, paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Information retrieval Librarians Reference services Learning Assessment Learning styles Teachers With several years of experience as practitioners themselves, the authors have collaborated...

... Reading lists Libraries Classrooms Teachers Books Learning Literacy Read To Succeed promises to discuss “strategies to engage children and young people in read for pleasure”, editor Joy Court opens the book with the Flaubert motto; “Read to Live”. This sentiment is carried through...

... of all students, from the bottom up, rather than just supporting those that are already high flyers. The results will inform both library service delivery and university goals concerning the quality of the student learning experience, improving retention and improving the level of final degree award...

... better internal communication, team spirit, collective learning mechanisms, and effective user communication. Research limitations/implications Reorganization is complex and can be highly stressful. Participative culture and effective communication seem to be successful mechanisms. Practical...

...; the desire for frequent impromptu interactions. This noise, Olsen argues, is integral to workplace learning and collaboration. Mark et al. (2005) describe a similar conflict as they explain that interruptions can be beneficial or detrimental. They are detrimental when it interrupts a train...

...Hui‐Lan H. Titangos; Gail L. Mason Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of 23 Things @SCPL, a learning Library 2.0 program based on Web 2.0, running from September 2007 to January 2008 at Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Design/methodology/approach The paper introduces...

... their services significantly in response to this “digital” generation of students and their approach to learning. It looks at the role that academic librarians should have in equipping tertiary students to function in the digital information environment. It also questions whether academic librarians continue...

... on their traditional skills but challenge them to acquire new ones. Academic libraries Communication Learning Most [eScience data] archives which contain primary research data are domain (i.e. subject) focused. There is a consensus that domain experts are best placed to provide support for the users...

...Linda Ashcroft; Janet Farrow; Chris Watts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of three “grey” areas which emerged from a study on adult learning provision both within and outside public libraries in England – formal and informal learning, promotion and attracting learners...

... educational students and library staff and provides practical solutions to enable positive change within library organizational culture. Win Shih can be contacted at: win.shih@uchsc.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Organizational culture Learning Library management Personality...

... benefits and services are aimed at three key areas: learning, networking and advocacy. Findings The paper finds that for library and information associations to create a healthy future they must devise flexible and forward‐looking strategies that connect the individual member with goals...

...Eric J. Wainwright Purpose To review issues affecting the current development of university academic information and learning services, and to suggest strategies through which benefits for students and staff might be optimised. Design/methodology/approach Recent literature on university...

... 2003, organized by the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM), Manchester Metropolitan University) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Virtual organizations Learning Digital libraries Reviewing an edited conference proceedings...

... Continuing professional development Librarianship Learning Nobody can guarantee lifetime employment. But there is a great deal you can do to improve the odds. The information profession is changing – fast. Developments in IT, knowledge management, flatter management structures, management...

... worldwide via global information networks. E‐commerce requires that accurate and appropriate information be instantly accessible. Changes in society, culture, the economy and technology have generated corresponding changes in education. Lifelong learning has become the norm. Education is no longer...

...Stuart Hannabuss Edited by Stuart A.   Karabenick . Strategic Help Seeking: Implications for Learning and Teaching . Mahwah, New Jersey and London : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates   1998 . xi + 270 pp , ISBN: 0 8058 2384 0   50.50   20.95 (hardback) © MCB UP Limited 1999...

...Ian Lovecy Thomas W.   Leonhardt Edited by . “LOEX” of the West: Teaching and Learning in a Climate of Change . Greenwich, CT : JAI Press   1996 . 241pp , ISBN: 1‐7623‐0099‐X Foundations in Library and Information Science; Vol. 34 © MCB UP Limited 1998...