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DORNER, Daniel G., GORMAN, G.E. and CALVERT, Philip, J. Information needs analysis: principles and practice in information organizations. London: Facet. 2015.
Get PDFVARNUM, Kenneth J. The Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know: A LITA Guide. London: Facet. 2014.
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The usage of e-resources among agricultural researchers and extension staff in Tanzania
Get PDFThis article investigates the accessibility and usage of e-resources among agricultural researchers and extension staff in five out of seven agricultural zones in Tanzania. The study identifies sources of e-resources used by these researchers and staff, as well as assessing their information literacy levels and the factors influencing their usage of e-resources. The research used a survey approach based on convenient non-probability sampling.
Findings show that usage of e-resources from popular agricultural databases remains low. Factors limiting access to e-resources include poor institutional ICT infrastructure, limited funds for e-resources and low information literacy levels. Recommendations include improvements to ICT infrastructure and budgets, as well as developing electronic institutional repositories to improve extension staff access to research outputs, creating a sustainable link between agricultural research and farming activities. Information literacy modules in agricultural training institutes could also support effective access to, and use of, e-resources
Demonstrating impact: a possible approach for the LIS researcher
Get PDFFor many years, research has been judged according to the number of citations it attracts. However, this criterion may be criticised for paying no attention to differences in the nature of individual citations. This article shows how researchers can produce an impact continuum, with one pole highlighting situations where their work is integral to a later study and the other scenarios where it is only peripheral. The continuum presented here suggests ten categories of use and examples from the author’s own work are given as illustrations. The paper also outlines problems associated with the continuum. These include subjectivity in the placement of the categories and the potential difficulty of determining how far a particular study has actually influenced the thinking of a later researcher. Nevertheless, there are clear ways in which the structure may be helpful to readers seeking to highlight their research impact through typologies and case studies
Assessing varied instructional approaches in the instruction of online graduate students
Get PDFDistance learners, and in particular distance graduate students, can be a neglected portion of the student body; however, the library needs for this growing student group are real and important. This paper explores an Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Assessment in Action: Academic Library and Student Success project which examined two different instructional methods offered to students in an online graduate education programme. Specifically, the study assessed the effect of an online tutorial and individual contact with a librarian. The tutorial showed a statistical difference between pre- and post-test results. The limited number of students participating in the individual contact did not allow for the establishment of statistical difference, but the study did provide evidence on how to improve the current reference system
BEYOND E-LIB: How does e-lib fit into the wider context of Electronic lnformation Research?
Get PDFDiscussion of how e-lib fits in with research into electronic libraries, presented at a one-day seminar organised by the Library and Information Research Group held in September 1997 at the University of Hertfordshire
SHAPER, Sue. The CILIP Guidelines for Secondary School Libraries. 3rd ed. London: Facet. 2014.
Get PDFTowards the digital library: how relevant is e-lib to practitioners?
Get PDFDiscussion of the Electronic Libraries Programme, presented at a one-day seminar organised by the Library and Information Research Group held in September 1997 at the University of Hertfordshire