... 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. Here are two examples: Sustainability in building planning is growing in importance, and in the awareness of designers and users...

... --> Information retrieval Librarians Reference services Learning Assessment Learning styles Teachers As the authors point out in the introduction to this book, there are a number of books on the subject of information literacy already in circulation and each year not only books but articles, and other...

...Amy Barker © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Reading 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...

... 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...

..., although it appears to be of greater benefit to workers who must multi‐task in open office environments or to those who must juggle competing priorities. Libraries Human resource management Learning Empowerment Self managing teams Australia But at my back I always hearTime's winged chariot...

...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...

...‐confidence in response to a variety of challenges in a rapidly changing environment. Academic libraries Communication Learning Lorcan Dempsey, in his presentation, drew attention to the need to “focus more clearly on moving from collection to supporting research, learning and personal...

...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...

..., at a time when the external environment is changing evermore swiftly, organizations can ill afford not to learn, adapt, and adjust in order to survive and grow. In his book on cultural learning and change, Schein (1999) provides clear guidance in managing and inaugurating the transformation. Strategies...

... 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...

... this. © MCB UP Limited 2003 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...

... in the ways in which documents and information are input, stored, organised, accessed and retrieved. Management Organizational change Information technology Learning Hong Kong Academic libraries The evolution of the “digital age” has prompted profound changes in the library...

... all it lays to rest the hangover from deficit learning models, that learners who ask a lot of questions must be dumb: OK, there are such things as learned passivity and sneaky opportunism, low esteem and social avoidance, neurotic coping and competitive secretiveness, but it really is about time...

...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...