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Retention Matters: Academic Libraries Leading the Way
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Oliveira, Silas M. – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
Academic libraries have always strived to be purposively involved in the university's mission attainment efforts. Today, the increase of retention levels is paramount, and, in many cases, it is at the center of higher education institution's strategic plans. For Andrews University, for example, the goal is to reach 80% in the next five years. In…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Institutional Mission
Academic Users' Information Searching on Research Topics: Characteristics of Research Tasks and Search Strategies
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Du, Jia Tina; Evans, Nina – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This project investigated how academic users search for information on their real-life research tasks. This article presents the findings of the first of two studies. The study data were collected in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Eleven PhD students' searching behaviors on personal research topics were…
Descriptors: Users (Information), Use Studies, Graduate Students, Student Research
The School Library and E-Learning Platforms
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Morscheck, Monica – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
The teacher-librarian should be the most effective weapon for collaborative teaching and learning within a school. Teacher-librarians do struggle to find time to effectively plan for the cooperative teaching and learning activities. Often school libraries run their own website as they struggle to offer a digital 24/7 library service for its users.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, School Libraries
Cross Cultural Studies for Teacher-Librarians. Final Report.
Yee, Hua Min; And Others – 1991
This project was designed to establish a national center for cross cultural studies in library science and library-related teacher education, to develop a collection of teaching resources for community languages and cultures, and to promote multicultural perspectives within school/teacher librarianship courses in Australia. The first of six…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
School Library Automation in Australia: Issues and Results of the National Surveys. 2nd Edition. Topics in Australian Teacher Librarianship, No. 1.
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Dillon, Ken, Ed. – 1997
This publication about school library automation in Australia contains 18 chapters divided into seven sections. The chapters in the first section presents survey results: "School Library Automation in Australia: Results of the First, Second and Third National Surveys" (Ken Dillon); and "School Library Automation in New Zealand:…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Case Studies, Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education
The Information Needs, Usage and Attitudes of Medical Researchers in Australia. First Report to the National Library of Australia.
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Maguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
Approximately 300 Australian users and non-users of the biomedical computerized data base, MEDLARS, were surveyed by mailed questionnaire in an attempt to determine the needs of present and potential users of the system and their prior experiences with computerized as well as other information services. Results of the survey reveal: (1) an…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
The Information Needs, Usage and Attitude of Medical Researchers in Australia: Strategies for the Provision of More Effective Medical Information Facilities. Second Report to the National Library of Australia.
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Maguire, Carmel; Lovelace, Eugenia – 1975
An initial survey of medical information resources in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, Australia, reveals a lack of adequate collections, insufficiently trained staff, few formal lines of communication between service providers, and paucity of mechanisms to ensure user awareness of available services. Detailed proposals are provided for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services