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Auckland libraries as a multicultural bridge in New Zealand: Perceptions of new immigrant library users
No full textThe purpose of this research is to explore how immigrant library users view Auckland Libraries as a multicultural bridge in New Zealand. The research explored the various factors keeping different cultures apart in the New Zealand socio cultural systems and to find out the gaps in the provision of multicultural services in Auckland public libraries. The study also discusses the specific roles Auckland public libraries play in the development of multiculturalism in New Zealand from the perspective of immigrant users
Transformation of open distance flexible learning at the intersection of national reform of vocational education and training
No full textA reflection on the development of an Erasmus Mundus Digital Library Learning (DILL) programme
No full textThe purpose of this article is to reflect on the development of an Erasmus Mundus Digital Library Learning (DILL) program to understand the impact of the changes in technology on the role, skills and competencies of the digital librarian in contemporary society. This reflective article is based on the writer’s experience as a participant observer of the DILL program on its 10 years of development. A literature review was also employed to gather information from scholarly articles that were analyzed to help answer the research questions. Analysis of data followed a thematic approach where key ideas were identified and grouped together into themes that have been used to structure the discussions in the article. The discussions in this article have implications for further developments of education for information, particularly relating to the development of digital library learning programs in different contexts. Any effective digital library program should focus on content within a specific context, with required technology and a unique digital library education curriculum that is separate from LIS syllabi. The program may also be more effective if its curriculum content is designed to evenly assess the professional knowledge, generic skills and specific personal competencies of today’s digital librarians
Source use by second-year psychology students in online distance learning
No full textLiteracy skills and behaviours of university-level students are of wide interest today. The
research reported here fits in this tradition. It examines second-year psychology students’
source use in a course taught through online distance learning (ODL). The number of
sources used increased across assignments. Most used were the textbook, instructor sources,
and librarian-selected sources. The mark achieved increased with number of sources,
instructor sources, and librarian-selected sources. Compared with previous research on firstyear
students, instructor and librarian-selected sources were frequently referenced by both
sets of students, and source use related positively to their marks. This research expands the
literature by comparing beginning and more advanced students; by replicating previous
results; and by examining two assignments from ODL students
