Showing papers in "The Journal of Academic Librarianship in 1993"

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of attitudes toward and skills in conducting library research among a group of undergraduate library assistants was conducted, where focus groups and individual interviews were used to obtain qualitative data.

TL;DR: A survey sent to research, doctorate-granting, comprehensive, and liberal arts institutions across the U.S. provides information on how evaluation criteria for academic librarians vary among different types of institutions.

TL;DR: New document delivery services are enabling librarians to revisit collection development issues and several remote 'and on-site access systems are examined.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe their application of TQM principles to preparing for and implementing a restructuring of the library and discuss the results of this reorganization, and describe the use of the TQMs in their own work.

TL;DR: This article found that almost no empirical research on the status, roles, and benefits of faculty, librarians, and administrators to support this model, and posits several alternative approaches to the faculty status issue.

TL;DR: The Board of Editors and readers were polled to find out what they had to say about what academic librarians view as the major professional issues of the coming decade.

TL;DR: In 1990, after years of status quo operations, the Harvard College Library began a process of unprecedented and intense change as discussed by the authors, focusing on eight key success factors for strategic planning in an environment of continual change.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present data on a year-by-year basis from 1971 to 1990, revealing that on a nationwide basis, this six percent figure has never come close to being realized.

TL;DR: Higher Education; International Education; Multicultural Education; *Student Mobility; *Study Abroad; Undergraduate

TL;DR: A project using a CL strategy known as “pairing” to introduce undergraduates to electronic database searching was succesful as a means of allowing a large number of students to use a limited number of computer terminals.

TL;DR: In this paper, a formula-based plan for redistributing materials funds that uses data on program level and the price of materials available in each discipline is presented, based on which the authors propose to cancel journal subscriptions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that library leaders must resist the pressures of hierarchical thinking to focus on how they can best enable staff to grow in knowledge and commitment to librarianship.

TL;DR: A library-based instructional module developed at the University of Central Florida for freshman athletes is described in this paper, where the authors discuss the development and implementation of the BI sessions and discuss the academic success of the athletes.

TL;DR: The authors examines the ineffectiveness of search and screen committees in hiring for professional positions in academic libraries and advocates educating all staff in interviewing skills and increasing their participation in the search and screening process.

TL;DR: The difficulties encountered in romanizing Chinese and Japanese scripts are explored, a separate East Asian collection is recommended, and a separate Latin-script library catalog is recommended.