scholarly journals The university library as a proactive system

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-36
Author(s):  
R. A. Baryshev ◽  
O. I. Babina ◽  
I. A. Tsvetochkina ◽  
M. M. Manushkina
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
University Library ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
World Information ◽  
The University

The preparedness and ability to accept, understand and create innovations is a factor of efficient development of modern society. The modern libraries have to be information centers to concentrate the world information resources within. The libraries’ main task is to generate, preserve and systematize resources and make them accessible to the users. The library is examined as a system being influenced by external and internal factors. The library as an independent element in its turn impacts the information and education environment of the universities. The e-libraries offer the wide scope of services to support universities’ education and research activities. Therefore, the university educational strategy should facilitate the transfer to an innovative model. The priority development of education system has to prepare individuals for competing in the society of dominating intellectual resources and innovations. The libraries have to be proactive in generating their own strategic programs and the university strategies, too.The authors examine the university library as an integrated system comprising the elements of diverse characteristics and complexity influence of external and internal factors. The e-library services and possibilities being offered to users are analyzed. The concept of “active university library” is defined as the system of user information services provided in any format and with any media based on traditional and networked services as well as on query-leading basis. The e-library promotion through information selective dissemination is discussed. The principle of active e-library’s impact on the library’s proactivity is promoted.

scholarly journals The model of a dynamic university library based on the leading query services

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslan Baryshev ◽  
Olga Babina ◽  
Margarita Manushkina ◽  
Irina Tsvetochkina
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The Core ◽  
University Library ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Services ◽  
Data Subject ◽  
Suggested Classification

The university libraries are analyzed as an integrated system of elements with various characteristics. Within any system, any structural changes will inevitably impact its every component. The authors describe the mechanism for leading query and corresponding services. They also define the term “dynamic university library” which is the traditional or networked user information services with any media based on the leading query services. The dynamic library services are classified by the library specialization (library, research and academic services) and by information delivery method (traditional, online traditional and the leading query services). The core collection structure comprises three equally-weighted elements: the basic, intermediary, and intellectual one. The scheme of useable library operation is revealed. Along with sources ordered, the libraries can offer a series of additional services: reviews, author’s bibliography, citation data, subject bibliographies, etc. Based on the suggested classification, the core structure and operation scheme, the model of a dynamic university library is designed.

scholarly journals STRATEGI LAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN PERGURUAN TINGGI PADA MASA NEW NORMAL (STUDI KASUS UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS RIAU)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Sastria Izprilla ◽  
Vita Amelia ◽  
Hadira Latiar
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Library Services ◽  
New Normal ◽  
University Library ◽  
Normal Period ◽  
It Department ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
The University

This research is entitled strategy of university library services in the new normal period case study of the technical implementation unit (UPT) of the University of Riau library. The purpose of this study was to determine the service strategy taken by the technical implementing unit (UPT) of the Riau University library in the new normal era. The method used in this research is qualitative with a descriptive approach. The processing method uses data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The informants in this study were the head of the library, the head of the service sector, and the head of the IT department. The results of this study are that there are several strategies taken by the Riau University library, that is the development of digital libraries that must be accelerated and add supporting applications to ensure the smooth distribution of information to users.

Developing library services in the university’s digital environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Zhezherya ◽  
◽  
Oksana Petrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Library Services ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
University Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University

The library services provided by Samara University Library in the digital environment are discussed. The functionality of «Library» module within the AIS «IWC: University Management» implemented on the platform «1C: Enterprise», and of crawlers in various messengers are demonstrated. Library services are integrated into the university’ account as a key instrument of digitalization in the University.

Facing the shortage in Benin: a strategy for information and documentation access at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Eustache Mêgnigbêto ◽  
Khadidjath Kouboura Osseni Bachabi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Library ◽  
Republic Of Benin ◽  
The University ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to describe the response of students to the shortage of materials at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Republic of Benin). Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted with over 2,000 students of the Université d’Abomey-Calavi in 2014, and the data were analysed. The paper deals with two questions related to the university library services they use. Findings To satisfy their information and documentation needs, students visit several university library services even on different campuses. Practical implications The study recommends the setting up and the implementation of a long-term development plan for the University of Abomey-Calavi libraries. Originality/value The study describes the behaviour of students of a developing country when faced with a lack of relevant information and documentation resources.

The University Library: Services or Resources?

1952 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-179
Author(s):  
E. B. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Library Services ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Northumbria University: impact on improving students' confidence and competence in information and IT skills

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (91) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Complex Interaction ◽  
Satisfaction Survey ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Performance Indices ◽  
University Library ◽  
Library Users ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University ◽  
It Skills

The University Library and Learning Service (ULLS) already measure their performance by the usual parameters - recording various usage and performance indices, including a user satisfaction survey. By endeavouring to measure 'impact' however, this project offered ULLS a different opportunity - to gain a deeper understanding of the complex interaction between library users and library services and resources.

scholarly journals Library as Research Lab

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Schell ◽  
Meghan Sitar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The University

Information literacy at the graduate level can happen at the intersection of research method education and mentorship into a disciplinary community of practice with its own traditions of inquiry, communication, and knowledge creation. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Library as Research Lab Project at the University of Michigan enables graduate students, academic librarians, and information science faculty to engage in a series of research activities together, illuminating tacit knowledge in information studies and librarianship, both as a discipline and as a profession. In the project, three interconnected labs pursue authentic research questions emerging from challenges faced by the Library while providing School of Information students with mentorship, new skills, and a fellowship stipend. A common curriculum across the labs includes research ethics, publishing, project management, and current issues in higher education research. Engaging with the frames of “Research as Inquiry” and “Scholarship as Conversation” from the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education​, students also learn how to effectively discuss, iterate upon, and present their research activities to different audiences. At the end of the fellowship, students enter the profession with an understanding of complex challenges facing libraries and with new strategies for responding to ambiguity and pursuing new solutions through research. As we complete the final year of the grant, the librarians from the Design Thinking for Library Services Lab will reflect on lessons learned and share student perspectives as a way of discussing how similar initiatives might facilitate positive and critically engaged research projects at other institutions. Attendees will be able to describe strategies for developing similar environments in support of authentic research experiences and will be able to apply strategies documented in a mentoring handbook from the project in their own work.

Students-Physicists Informative Foreign Language Reading E-Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Святкина ◽  
E. Svyatkina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Physics Institute ◽  
Foreign Language Reading ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

The need of introduction the e-learning course “Academic skills” for the third year students-physicists after their having completed a two-years compulsory English course is substantiated in the article. The course contributes to further communicative competence forming. It implies informative foreign language reading skills development. This could allow engineering students to better understand general and complex scientific notions while reading articles on their future speciality. The author considers e-learning to be in demand in our modern society and this form of getting education distantly is regarded as most popular one successfully involved in educational milieu. It is e-learning developed within INFOMEPHIST system based on Moodle and having strong methodical, didactical and technical support that became popular in National Research Nuclear University (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute). The announced e-learning course is expected to be inserted in the unique education environment of the University.

Are library electronic resources providing adequate support for research? A case study of a federal university in the United Arab Emirates

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Lilly Hoi Sze Ho
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Library ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The University

Purpose Middle Eastern universities have recently been included in international rankings, driving a shift in priorities from teaching to research. However, research-centric collection assessments are rarely applied in the region. The Library and Learning Commons of Zayed University has recently completed the first phase of collection assessment for this transition. This study aims to provide an overview of how electronic resources adequacy was measured, and correlations between utilization of resources and research output were determined. A systematic approach is presented to assess electronic resources impact and to investigate and demonstrate the Library’s support of research output in local research and the scholarly environment. Design/methodology/approach Journal article publications from 2009 to 2016 with at least one Zayed University affiliated author were collected from Scopus, the abstract and citation database operated by Elsevier BV. Sources used within these articles were analyzed. COUNTER usage statistics of three indicators (searches, sessions and full-text downloads) were collected from the most used electronic resources in the Library to define the correlation between usage and research activities in the university during the assessment period. Findings The change in university direction toward research is apparent in the data since Fall 2014. Since then, faculty publication output grew rapidly and was positively correlated with library resources use. Sessions and searches displayed a strong positive relationship with research output while the correlation with full-text downloads was moderate. This was true for individual colleges as well as for the university as a whole, supporting the assumption that library utilization is highly correlated with the growth of research productivity. Practical implications Results of this assessment were used to justify the budget allocation of Zayed University Library for supporting research and improve the focus of collection development to better meet researchers’ needs. The most important outcomes were to provide evidence-based information to Library management for strategic planning and evaluation of their changing role in the digital age. Originality/value The systematic approach described has enabled Zayed University library to assess the relevance of its resources to its changed focus toward research, both for the university as a whole and among the more research-productive colleges. This initial approach may be useful for other libraries going through a similar transition, particularly within the region.

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