Pub Date : 2021-04-08DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1906718
Patrick ODonnell, L. Anderson
Abstract University libraries are constituted in the literature by a range of overlapping and shifting conceptual models that are deployed to capture, express and legitimise their repurposing, progressive status and function within the university campus. Over the last two decades university libraries have been increasingly characterised as highly responsive and receptive to the fast-moving currents of technological innovation, and emergent teaching and learning paradigms. This paper charts and discusses the evolutionary trajectory of the university library set within an historical context, exploring the discursive influences that have both stimulated and propagated what might be described as progressive transformation. The paper seeks to portray and unpack the Zeitgeist of the academic library that has been cultivated in contemporary times; positioning the university library against a backdrop of global developments that have shaped the university sector from the early 1990s, and offering a macro-level exploration of the increasing status of the university library.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1906715
A. Echedom, Omorodion Okuonghae
Abstract This paper focuses on the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic library operations. In the quest to render fast, effective and efficient services, academic libraries have adopted different technologies in the past. Artificial intelligence technologies is the latest among the technologies currently being introduced in libraries. The technology which is considered an intelligent system, come in the form of robots and expert systems which have natural language processing, machine learning and pattern recognition capabilities. This paper examined the features of AI, the application of AI to library operations, examples of academic libraries with AI technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the need for AI in libraries and the challenges associated with the adoption of AI in libraries. The study concluded that AI holds a lot of prospects for the improvement of information services delivery in African academic libraries. Consequently, its adoption is a sinequanon to delivering robust library services in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1765817
J. Fagan, Hillary Ostermiller, Elizabeth Price, L. Sapp
Abstract A survey concerning perceptions of academic librarians was conducted at a large, 4-year university with three populations: librarians, faculty, and undergraduate students. The high response rate and the use of an instrument based on previous studies offers the possibility of longitudinal comparison and the identification of relationships between groups within one environment. This article focuses specifically on academic librarian perceptions about what librarians know (expertise and skills), what librarians do (roles and duties), and what librarians are like (motivations and affective behaviors). Twenty librarians employed in James Madison University Libraries responded to an online survey (62.5% response rate); four follow-up interviews and card sorts were conducted later to provide context to the data. Results have implications for libraries specifically in the areas of outreach, instruction, management, and collaboration. Differences in the responses of liaison and nonliaison groups are not generalizable to the population, but patterns were found that suggest future research in this area should include examination of differences related to the type of librarianship or focus on specific aspects of librarianship. Subsequent articles will situate these findings with those from surveys of faculty and undergraduate students and discuss implications for practice.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1944747
L. Appleton
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2021.1913884
G. Walton, L. Appleton
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Pub Date : 2020-10-22DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1819354
J. Fagan, Hillary Ostermiller, Elizabeth Price, L. Sapp
Abstract A survey concerning perceptions of academic librarians was conducted at a large, 4-year university with three populations: librarians, faculty, and undergraduate students. This paper presents results from the faculty population, with comparison to the librarian sample. The major research questions address perceptions about what librarians know (expertise and skills), what librarians do (role and duties), and what librarians are like (motivations and affective characteristics). Results showed faculty perceptions to be more in-line overall with librarians’ perceptions of themselves than the literature might otherwise indicate, at least in domains where the faculty are actively engaged. Faculty also identified a role not explicitly mentioned on the survey: that of librarians as conduits between students and faculty. Gaps between librarian and faculty perceptions still exist relating to the extraordinary extent and diversity of librarian knowledge, skills, duties, and capacities, and with respect to the extent of librarians teaching. The study points to an ongoing need for marketing of library services and continued demonstration of library value.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1784762
L. Appleton
Abstract The term ‘student engagement’ has a broad meaning and is used freely as an expression in several different contexts of academic librarianship. This literature review covers scholarship from across several of these areas and is structured so that four broad themes are systematically addressed: student engagement in learning; students as partners; student voice; methods and techniques for student engagement. The granular review of the literature reveals many sub-discussions about a range of academic librarianship topics and provides some discussion about how they cross over into the area of student engagement. The literature covers different innovations, techniques and strategies for student engagement, and the review illustrates how many techniques and tools are transferable across the different intentions and objectives of student engagement. The review concludes that many academic librarians are very proactive in student engagement activities and that student engagement itself has become a fundamental element of academic library management.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1779761
Benjamin Meunier
Abstract The paper will explore how the UCL Student Centre, opened in 2019, responds to the emphasis on ‘research-based education’ in the UCL Education Strategy. It discusses the high levels of engagement at different levels, which characterised the design of the building, and how services and spaces were designed around student needs. The paper will aim to provide insights on both successful characteristics and lessons learned from the construction and first year of operation of the Student Centre, to benefit library staff and designers in planning, designing and operating research library spaces. The article will also consider how the building provides a showcase for the talent and creativity of the diverse staff and student community of the university.The building has elicited a strong emotional response from students, creating a stronger sense of belonging to the UCL community and encouraging students’ pro-active approach to learning.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/13614533.2020.1830244
T. Jewell Beckett, O. Murphy
Abstract Academic libraries have long employed student workers to assist with routine tasks, creating beneficial outcomes for both the student and the library. Traditionally, these tasks primarily consisted of checking in/out materials, shelving books, and monitoring the library; however, libraries have also started allowing students to assist in a peer-reference capacity. This article details how academic libraries can create a major aligned, student-centric, and personalised student worker program. This approach is a significant change from the task-oriented, library-centric design that is currently used in many academic settings. This case study describes how an academic library can work with student workers, employed, and voluntary, who from the initial interview, are provided with an individualised program design, library instruction, and mentoring while contributing to the greater mission and vision of the library.
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