scholarly journals Academic Library Online Services During Pandemic COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Nurul Farihah Sarmin Panut ◽  
Asmahani Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Official Records

Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) in line with Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of teaching and learning in UiTM system, has bring out these initiatives with new norms to continuously assist teaching, learning, research and innovation activities among university members. This paper highlights six online library services offered by PTAR during pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysia. Document analysis approach was used to highlight the online library services initiatives. Secondary data is used in this study through the PTAR UiTM Shah Alam official records. This paper is very useful in providing valuable insights and practical solutions in addressing pandemic issues for other academic libraries that facing similar challenges in continuing providing library services to meet the user needs.

Covid-19: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Impacts on Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
African Higher Education ◽  
Production Knowledge ◽  
South African Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

Premised on the disruption and lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic, and in meticulous response to the impact of the pandemic on higher education – especially in South Africa – this collection of chapters spotlights the effects, consequences, and ramifications of an unprecedented pandemic in the areas of knowledge production, knowledge transfer and innovation. With the pandemic, the traditional way of teaching and learning was completely upended. It is within this context that this book presents interdisciplinary perspectives that focus on what the impact of Covid-19 implies for higher education institutions. Contributors have critically reflected from within their specific academic disciplines in their attempt to proffer solutions to the disruptions brought to the South African higher education space. Academics and education leaders have particularly responded to the objective of this book by focusing on how the academia could tackle the Covid-19 motivated disruption and resuscitate teaching, research, and innovation activities in South African higher education, and the whole of Africa by extension.

Delivering equitable distance library services to off-campus users at the University of the Free State in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianda Coetzer ◽  
Patrick Mapulanga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Free State ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Satisfaction ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the perceived satisfaction of Advanced Certificate in Teaching students and facilitators regarding online library services offered by the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative approach with open-ended questions that generated some qualitative data. Data has been presented using descriptive statistics in the form of tables, graphs and charts and thematic content analysis for some qualitative data. Findings All learners in this study were adults between 45 and 55 years of age. Of the respondents, 13% lacked online experience, while about 85% had never used online library services and 35% indicated that Google was their primary source of information. The majority of respondents indicated information literacy as a core function of the academic library. High data cost in South Africa came out as one of the major issues affecting distance learners as well as login and password frustrations. The study confirmed computer anxiety, physical discomfort, information overflow and prompt response as some of the perceived challenges and levels of satisfaction respectively of Advanced Certificate in Teaching students and facilitators regarding online library services offered by the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa. Practical implications The study revealed that a distance learning library policy is of the essence because it helps to put in place rules and regulations that guide the delivery of distance library services. Originality/value The offering of online and distance library services is a fairly new concept to the UFS library. This study bridges the gap between theory and practice regarding the perceived satisfaction of distance users on online library services and how to improve the current practice.

scholarly journals Strategic approaches to teaching and learning development for art and design librarians

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115
Author(s):  
Leo Appleton ◽  
Elizabeth Staddon
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Development Department

At the University of the Arts London (UAL), Library Services and the University's educational development department have collaborated to ensure that teaching and learning development for its librarians is approached strategically and can be linked directly to the institutional teaching, learning and enhancement strategy. In doing so the librarians at UAL are provided with opportunities to develop pedagogic skills and techniques which acknowledge the arts education environment in which they are working and some of the specific differences which need to be considered when teaching art and design students. This paper presents some of the approaches and initiatives that have been deployed to achieve this.

scholarly journals The role of "open" in strategic library planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Petrides ◽  
Letha Goger ◽  
Cynthia Jimes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Strategic Integration ◽  
Teaching Learning

Academic libraries are undergoing evolutionary change as emerging technologies and new philosophies about how information is created, distributed, and shared have disrupted traditional operations and services. Additionally, the population that the academic library serves is increasingly distributed due to distance learning opportunities and new models of teaching and learning.  This article, the first in this special issue, suggests that in today’s increasingly networked and distributed information environment, the strategic integration of open curation and collection development practices can serve as a useful means for organizing and providing structure to the diverse mass of available digital information, so that individual users of the library have access to coherent contexts for meaningful engagement with that information. Building on insights from extant research and practice, this article proposes that colleges and universities recognize a more inclusive open access environment, including the integration of resources outside of those owned or created by the institution, and a shift toward policies that consider open access research and open educational resources as part of the library’s formal curatorial workflow and collection building. At the conclusion on this article, authors Lisa Petrides and Cynthia Jimes offer a commentary on the six remaining articles that comprise this special issue on Models of Open Education in Higher Education, discussing the significant role that “open” policy and practice play in shaping teaching, learning, and scholarship in the global context of higher education.

Best Practices in Arts and Science College Libraries in Dindigul District

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (S1) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
P. Karuppasamy ◽  
S. Manohari ◽  
G. Amudha
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Science College ◽  
College Libraries

The Best practices are helping the users to derive maximum satisfaction from the library services. It is customer satisfaction through product or service. In an academic library student and teachers are the customers who are part of the academic community. Tiwari (2016) has proved that innovate services are more significant than heavy advertisements. This study has concluded that the library innovations service of the library can help the purpose of advanced teaching and learning. Yasmin and Gnanaprasad (2017) have adopted fourteen best practices of the library services. This study concluded that best practices help to improve the quality of library services. This study has to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the Content Management Software, Web page information sources, awareness programme of the Arts and Science College libraries of Dindigul District. Primary data was collected through questionnaire method. Garret’s Ranking Techniques was used for this study to analyze the data. E-mail alert facilities are necessary to improve the quality of the best practices of the library service.

scholarly journals EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

2020 ◽  
pp. 286-290
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Educational Evaluation ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Learner Performance ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Teaching Learning

In education evaluation plays an important role in the teaching-learning process. In Evaluation analysis it contributes to formulation of objectives. Structuring of learning experiences and assessment of learner performance. It is very useful to bring improvement in teaching and learning process. It provides accountability to the society, parents, and to the education Systems. Educational and Statistical Evaluation scrutiny provides the accurate results as approved judgments In evaluation process good evaluation always coordinated by Validity, Reliability, practicability, fairness, and Usefulness. In Statistical Analysis process we can identify the Quantitative Data, Continuous and Discrete Data, Qualitative, primary and Secondary Data. In Educational Evaluation Statistical Techniques plays a vital role Standard graphic forms will always provide evaluation confirmation in easy understanding method in the form of Graphical representations.

scholarly journals Applying Gamification to the Library Orientation

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Reed ◽  
A Miller
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Building Layout ◽  
Library Use ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Online Library

By providing an overview of library services as well as the building layout, the library orientation can help newcomers make optimal use of the library. The benefits of this outreach can be curtailed, however, by the significant staffing required to offer in-person tours. One academic library overcame this issue by turning to user experience research and gamification to provide an individualized online library orientation for four specific user groups: undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and community members. The library surveyed 167 users to investigate preferences regarding orientation format, as well as likelihood of future library use as a result of the gamified orientation format. Results demonstrated a preference for the gamified experience among undergraduate students as compared to other surveyed groups.

scholarly journals Academic Activity of Students and Smartphone: A Study with Reference to College Students of Udupi Area of Karnataka

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Ms Deekshitha ◽  
Ms Manjula ◽  
Gaonkar Gopalakrishna M
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Mobile Phone Applications ◽  
Teaching Learning

Nowadays, smart phones have become a part of every person’s life. People around the world have adopted this new and exciting technology as one of the most important required facilities in their everyday life. A variety of smart phones applications, available to be used in a wider range of usage situations. It is no doubt a smart phone is a new gadget that can change people’s lives while focusing on the usage of mobile phone applications and its impact on teaching and learning within a unique population. The purpose of this study is to investigate the smart phones use for academic purposes by students studying in graduate and post graduate classes and its outcome. The study is based on primary as well as secondary data sources. The primary data are collected by conducting field surveys in colleges in Udupi taluk of Karnataka. To collect the data wellstructured questionnaire was circulated among the student of the colleges. Totally more than 150 students are included in the sample size. Analysis is made by using some statical tools. The findings of the study are, students have used smart phones extensively as a means of knowledge sharing tool, teaching, learning etc. But study found, despite the benefits of smart phone use, students have been negatively affected by smart phone like over use of smart phone to time pass, spreading rumors etc. However,the study concluded that use of smart phones to college students is really a blessings rather than curse.

Challenges Posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for South African Higher Education Institutions

10.28945/2679 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Herselman ◽  
HR Hay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the major driving forces of globalised and knowledge-based societies of a new world era. They will have a profound impact on teaching and learning for two decades to come. The revolutionary change which is taking place in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), has dramatic effects on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research, particularly on the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge. These developments pose unprecedented challenges to higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries particular in South Africa as South Africa is viewed as the leading country on the continent.

A sketch of the education landscape in biomimetic and biohybrid systems

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Mura ◽  
Tony J. Prescott
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Course Development ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
Discipline Programs

The Living Machines approach, which can be seen as an exemplar methodology for a wider initiative towards “convergent science,” implies and requires a transdisciplinary understanding that bridges from between science and engineering and to the social sciences, arts, and humanities. In addition, it emphasizes a mix of basic and applied approaches whilst also requiring an awareness of the societal context in which modern research and innovation activities are conducted. This chapter explores the education landscape for postgraduate programs related to the concept of Living Machines, highlighting some challenges that should be addressed and providing suggestions for future course development and policy making. The chapter also reviews some of the within-discipline and across-discipline programs that currently exist, particularly within Europe and the US, and outlines an exemplar degree program that could provide the multi-faceted training needed to pursue research and innovation in Living Machines.

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