scholarly journals The Laurentian University Library and Archives and the Covid-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 095574902098289
Author(s):  
Brent C Roe
Keyword(s):  
University Campus ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University ◽  
Archival Work

The University Librarian at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, describes the experience and actions of the Laurentian University Library and Archives in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic over the spring and summer of 2020. The sudden shutdown of the university campus in March 2020 entailed financial strains that had direct consequences for library management, affecting operations, collection access and staffing. The shutdown itself was an extreme disruption to the provision of library and archival services. The pandemic and the campus shutdown were experienced as disorienting and stressful for library employees, although work continued as well as possible. Over the course of the summer, a kerbside pickup and scanning service was launched, a HathiTrust membership was sought, on-site archival work was restarted and plans were prepared for opening library space for study.

scholarly journals Designing and Implementing of An Online Library Managment System

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Maiwan B. Abdulrazaq ◽  
Omar M. Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Second Phase ◽  
Short Message ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Library Management System ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University

One of the most important fields in education is library. The library is a fast-growing system. The traditional methods of maintaining it are no longer dynamic and efficient. For expeditious retrieval and dissemination of information and better service for the clientele, an application of modern techniques has become absolutely indispensable. A properly computerized library will help its users with quick and prompt services. Therefore, this Paper produces an efficient Online Library Management System (OLMS) for university campus. The main purpose of this Paper is to design and implement the (OLMS). The OLMS consists of two modules: External Pages Module and Internal Pages Module. The first module is with limited operation such as (viewing, searching and registration request). The second module for the personal account can do the operations like (storing, searching, viewing, borrowing, downloading and etc.). The system controllers are two types. The first one is the (Co_Admin) which can manage library operation. The second one is the administrator which can create and manage university libraries and also can create (Co_Admin) for each faculty library. The system can generate different types of reports and can also calculate the (fines) on the users, also any request or response will be done by E-Mail and short message service (SMS). The OLMS was designed and implemented by using (MySQL, HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax and Bootstrap) techniques. The system was tested in two phases: the first phase identifies the views and preferences of users with the specification of the system outputs, depending on the requirements of the proposed system. The second phase measures the abilities of the system through System Usability Scale (SUS) technique with the contribution of 26 potential users of the system and the recorded rate 76% as overall satisfaction of OLMS implementation. A reasonable degree of compatibility and harmony between the university and the system requirements of application has been found in the University of Zakho.

scholarly journals Undergraduates’ awareness, use and satisfaction with online public access catalogue (OPAC) of Benue State University Library, Makurdi, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Comfort Member Tyopev ◽  
MurpyTersoo Igbudu ◽  
Akuhwa Ver
Keyword(s):  
Information Resources ◽  
Public Access ◽  
State University ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Orientation Training ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The purpose of this paper was to determine the extent towhich undergraduates atBenue State University are aware of the OPAC, the extent of usage, the level of satisfaction derived from the usage and challengesencountered in the use of OPAC in the universitylibrary. The study was guided by four specific objectives and four research questions. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The populationconsisted of 9,864 undergraduate who registered with the library during 2017/2018 academic session. The sample sizewas 384 undergraduate students.Data was collected through a self-structured questionnaire.The data collected were analysed using frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Thefindings revealedthat most of therespondents-232 (60.4%)-were not aware of OPAC services,only 152 (39.6%) respondents indicated theirawarenessof OPAC in retrievingneededlibrary materials. The study also showedthat the extent of OPAC use by undergraduateswas to a low extent and the students were dissatisfied with OPAC services; thattheundergraduates encountered several challenges which led to the low usage and dissatisfaction with the OPAC ofthe Benue State University Library. The study concludedthatthe creation of the OPACwas to facilitate retrieving information resources that had been acquired and organisedby the university library. However, poor awareness, improper orientation/training of studentsamong others have posedgreat challenge for its effective usage.The study therefore recommended that all the identified challenges be tackled by the university library management in order to enhance OPAC usage by thestudents.

Scientific and information work at Samara University Library: Technological solutions on the 1C: Enterprise platform

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Petrova ◽  
◽  
Olga Bulycheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Support ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
National Information Infrastructure ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Information Work ◽  
The University ◽  
National Information

The tasks of integrated information support and university library management computerization are examined as related to the federal state standards. Current trends in e-libraries’ development and new elements of the national information infrastructure are considered. Goals, accomplishments and prospects for Samara University Library are analyzed. The issues of building an integrated digital information and education environment of the university based on the 1C: Enterprise platform are discussed.

Study on the Reform and Development of University Library in China

2011 ◽  
Vol 271-273 ◽  
pp. 1381-1385
Author(s):  
Chen Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
University Campus ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
University Library ◽  
Will Force ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way ◽  
Reform And Development

The analysis of present situation of university libraries in China shows that the literature resources and the readers are all diversified. The urge demand for the libraries includes fast and efficient services and group work. The university libraries are characterized as knowledge carriers, information servers and literature collectors. The libraries should be reformed to provide diversified resources, precise services and easy acquisition of literatures. The reform of university libraries should follow the way from library planning, resources construction to literature sharing. The construction of library houses, literature resources and librarian teams is analyzed. The reform will force the libraries to be specialized in providing literature services. The libraries will continue to function as a typical cultural area in university campus.

scholarly journals Innovative application of knowledge management in organizational restructuring of academic libraries: A case study of Peking University Library

IFLA Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Long Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Peking University ◽  
The University ◽  
Knowledge Demands

A traditional library’s functions are centered on library collection and information resources and their utilization. A library management system comprises resource acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, reading, and reference in respect of “literature streams.” Functionally, libraries have currently evolved into knowledge service centers, which are oriented toward knowledge, committed to knowledge innovation, and centered on the knowledge demands of users. Meanwhile, library management has also gradually shifted to focus on knowledge management. However, the applications of knowledge management are mainly limited to library services. It lacks innovative applications in internal management such as business flow and institutional settings. This article takes Peking University Library, one of the top-notch academic libraries in China, as a case study to explore this issue. Through restructuring its organization and re-setting its staff positions based on the “knowledge stream” as the core, the academic library intends to satisfy the knowledge demands of different types of users and create an environment in favor of knowledge flow and innovation. All of these efforts further support the development of the university.

Resolving multiple copies problem in unique-titles from biblio-records available through KOHA library management system

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Preeti Mulay ◽  
Sangeeta Paliwal ◽  
Venkatesh Iyengar ◽  
Samaya Pillai ◽  
Ashwini Rao
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Management System ◽  
Data Redundancy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
Library Management System ◽  
Print Books ◽  
Multiple Copies ◽  
The University

Purpose Advancements in open source, free integrated library management system (LMS) for cataloging, circulation, flexible reporting and automated library services especially in academic communities has gained extreme importance. The purpose of this study is to provide solution to a distinct problem about automatic generation of multiple copies for unique titles leading to title mismatch and duplication in biblio-records related to university collection of books. The aim of this paper is to provide solution to generate the unique titles report in any large size university library using KOHA, without loss of accession history or empirical data. This paper also demonstrates the smooth transition from one library software to KOHA. Design/methodology/approach The case university is considered here as a giant entity having huge collection of reading material, along with multiple institutes affiliations. The study demonstrates a step-by-step trial-and-error method involving several iterations detecting root cause, implementing corrective actions and finally resolving the problem of data redundancy and duplication of records. Currently, KOHA’s user manual does not provide any solution to this problem. The authors believe that this paper will enable various practitioners of KOHA-LMS toward understanding and appreciating the quality of library information/records being managed in delivering quality services to all its users and stakeholders. The methodology used in this work is KOHA’s open access platform, and the existing LMS, for generating unique titles report. The Microsoft’s Excel format, pivot table approach, Libsuite software, SQL queries for KOHA, databases, cloud-based system platform, etc. approaches are used to successfully achieve the unique title report of print books in the university library. Findings This paper provides the solution about how to generate a complete and correct unique title report for all print books of the university. The preventive measures related to generation of unique titles when influx of new books or adding new institute(s) under the university are required. Research limitations/implications The focus of the work discussed here is limited to generating correct report of unique titles using KOHA related to only print books of a university having multiple institutes affiliated to it. Practical implications This paper gives a constructive solution for generation of the unique titles report using KOHA, practically useful for any university or to the institute who wish to use KOHA, one of the open source software used worldwide for libraries. Originality/value This paper fulfills an identified need to study how to generate unique titles report related to print books of the university library. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there exists no such case study from available knowledge base/literature on the topic of interest and particularly focusing on the multiple copies data redundancy problem of KOHA-LMS.

The National and University Library of Iceland

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Einar Sigurðsson
Keyword(s):  
Dual Function ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
University Library ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Single Use ◽  
Digital Formats ◽  
The University

As early as the 1950s it was decided to amalgamate the National Library of Iceland and the library of the University of Iceland - the prerequisite for this being the building of a new library near the university campus. After many years in construction, this building was finally completed in 1994, and a new library with a dual function, the National and University Library (NUL), was opened on 1 December of that year, in the process becoming by far the largest and technically best equipped library in Iceland. The university appoints two of the five members of the Library Board and the National Librarian has a non-voting seat on the University Senate. Although there are difficulties in running a library with a dual function, it is the main concern in the coming years to remove as many disadvantages as possible and to allow both the general public and the university to enjoy the benefits of a large and well-equipped library. The library is intended to play a leading role among Icelandic libraries; and the Ministry of Education and Culture has established a working group to investigate and propose a new library system, suitable for all libraries in the country, which would create a common database, present a single use interface, and include digital formats. Projects have been initiated by the NUL as stages in a programme to create an Icelandic National Electronic Library. The first project, Maps of Iceland on the Internet, has been completed, and a much larger one, SagaNet, begun; this entails the digitization of images of the manuscripts of the Sagas of the Icelanders, along with published texts. A new legal deposit law is being drafted, to take account of electronic publication.

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