The author of the above mentioned article is Ruth Sara Connell, an Associate Professor of Library Services and Electronic Librarian at Christopher Center Library Services of Valparaiso University, Indiana, USA. Up to date, she has published 11 journal articles and one printed book (Valparaiso University, 2015).
This article is taken from the journal titled Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). ITAL is the official scholarly peer reviewed journal of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). This journal reviews and publishes articles in the following areas related to library automation, the Internet and other aspects of information technology (American Library Association, 2015).
The purpose of this study was to “examine Content Management System (CMS) usage within the academic library market and to provide librarians quantitative and qualitative knowledge to help make decisions when considering switching to, or between, CMSs.” (Connell, 2013) The author’s purpose was concisely and clearly stated and was in agreement with the title of the article.
The objectives of this study were four folds, namely “to determine (1) the level of saturation of CMSs in the academic library community; (2) the most popular CMSs within academic libraries, the reasons for the selection of those systems, and satisfaction with those CMSs; (3) if there is a relationship between libraries with their own dedicated
In LIS 600 students evaluate democratic principles, major information policies, ethical policies, and the role information agencies play in preserving information. In the paper the student determines the role of librarians in the implementation of policy and the role of continuing education no user relations.The instructor describes my paper as “excellent research and smart thoughts.” I earned a B for the paper. The final exam is a culmination of knowledge and discussion of ethical policies, evolution of policies, and education of librarians. These topics provide a knowledge base for anyone entering the library profession. The understating of policy also intertwines with other coursework such as the strategic plan. One cannot create a strategic plan without understanding information policies. I received a letter grade of A for the final exam. Instructor comments for the exam include “a job well done.” These artifacts for LIS 600 build a foundation of library profession providing the theories for future librarian and library development.
Tonight, Carly faces he biggest challenge yet and her most important chance at rising to the top. The last time Carly was in the under card debate she rose to the top, and eventually was topping the polls for the entire month over Trump, Cruz, Carson, and Hillary Clinton in almost every state.
The author starts off with a rhetorical question: “What kind of problem is a library?” urging the readers to think about this question as they continue to read the article. The question grabs the readers’ attention, and intrigues them to read on to find and answer. She further utilizes this technique of rhetorical questions throughout the article for the same purpose of emphasis on the vitality of the role of public libraries. Moreover, Smith extensively employs the use of metaphors and personification. For example, she describes the internet as libraries’ “universal death knell”, which portrays the internet’s negative impact on the development of
The author of this article Mrs. Denise Davis is the director of the Office for Research and Statistics of the American Library Association. This means that Mrs. Davis is able to access and is responsible for the reports mandatory for each library across America to turn in each fiscal year, these reports are used to determine what changes the libraries need to make to better serve the public. Given her credibility to write on such topics she then chooses a topic each year to write on to prepare libraries and librarians across the country for the upcoming years. In 2010 Mrs. Davis choose to write on eBooks and their increasing popularity throughout the American population as well as the difficulties libraries have encountered in the past fiscal year to compete with eBooks. Because this article is written in 2010 it shows just how long libraries have struggled with the topic of eBooks and can demonstrate the new policies that have been used by the libraries throughout the past four years. This information can help my research in showing how eBooks have affected the library's behavior, and consequently give me the statistics needed to show the effects of eBooks on the libraries throughout the recent years. Understanding this source is outdated other sources will also likely be used in my final project from the American Library Association websites of statistics of more recent years.
The state of the current economic climate is common knowledge, resources for post-secondary educational institutions are not plentiful and budgets are tight! Some may question our motives for choosing this moment to embark on creating a digital repository to provide better access to the holdings of the archives, but I believe that we can tailor our strategy to the current climate and develop a plan that is creative, feasible, and sustainable. The resource that I would like you all to explore is a book titled Building a Digital Repository Program with Limited Resources, which is available as an eBook via the library catalogue. This book was written recently from the academic archives/library perspective by an expert in the field. Most importantly, the book focuses on how creating a well-designed, efficient, sustainable, fiscally responsible repository program “with realistic, quantifiable goals can help showcase...knowledge centers in this era of shrinking budgets and an increasingly digital environment” (Clobridge, 2010). The author intended the book to function as a handbook for both those beginning and well versed in digital repository work, so everyone in the DCTF should be able to come away from this resource more knowledgeable about the work ahead (Clobridge, 2010). Part One of the resource focuses on big picture stuff like
“Virginitie, Mariage and Widowhood” (MAINER). Stage one: A girl child is controlled by her father and other male figures around her. She grows up to be a young woman, a virgin, a prospective bride. Stage two: Marriage— decided again by powerful men around her. She has no freedom to choose her soul partner. No precedence for love or compatibility. This is the stage the submissive woman spends most of her life; her duty is to fulfill her dominant husband’s every wish and demand. She is entrusted to take care of the household, and bear and raise children. When her husband meets his end, she is now a widow and is looked down by society. At this juncture of her life again, she is sub-ordinate to men in her family circle. This was the typical
“Number of programs”, “Number of program attendees”, “Attendees per program” are used to measure the capability of the library to offer a broad base of programs to the community. “Number of programs” is a good indicator to measure our ability to offer a large number of diverse programs. “Attendees per program” assesses the popularity of different types of programs currently being offered, which can help us identify whether the services we are offering is appealing to the customer. However, “Number of program attendees” is a weak indicator, since it variation could have very diverse reasons
1. The video shows students are able to circumvent traditional methods of learning such as reading a classic novel. What affect does this have long term? Specifically in the workplace Ever since the advent of technology, the print industry and much of the traditional ways of conveying information stood in the way of an evolutionary process.
The DC Public Library has many gaps; however the one that seems to be a problem is communication, staff & technology. Staff needs better communication and more training to be up to date with technology as it surges forward. A rapidly changing information service environment are pushing libraries to think of new ways of how to provide better information services to their users. Technology seems to be the biggest informational Gap; those Librarians must be equipped with the necessary skills to provide better reference help to library users. SMART is a new way to keep libraries in track of learning new goals and reinforcing what they learn to managers, colleagues and library users. SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound
This will be a paper that has been a group effort with Matthew Gilliss (organizer and website account setup, homepage and student webpage template), Arlene Gulley (editor/poster), Renee Hicks (compiler), Kemara Mcintyre (summary), and Andrew Ginn (editor). The URL of our website is http://faboulousgroupb.weebly.com/.
Library System software was devised to computerized a sort of library operations, including materials check-in, cataloging, circulation, purchasing, and the online catalog (also known in the trade as an online public access catalog or OPAC) .The process of converting this functions to a computerized medium is referred to as library automation. This conversion movement opened up a software market aimed at libraries, permitting the purchase of the individual modules or of all the modules combined in to a suite, referred to as integrated library system (ILS) software. The advantage of opting for an ILS product is that installation command and routines are standardized throughout
Being a librarian and one who has always “had a fascination with gadgets” (Hanson, 2011), and a passion for both information and technology, Hanson states he has been working for five years to find a better way to join technology and information. He notes “libraries and librarians have perceived themselves as subject to near-constant technological upheaval and information revolution, largely due to the rise of microcomputing, desktop computing and Internet connectivity.” (Hanson, 2011) He believes libraries are situated in a place to encourage libraries to provide mobile library services. With nearly all Americans owning cell phones, accessing the internet via their cell phones and tablets and major service providers focusing on mobile applications instead of applications for the PC, Hanson suggests it is time for libraries to also focus their efforts on providing mobile services.
The Library Management System (LMS) must allow performance of all necessary procedures for librarians and patrons. According to customer requirements, the software to be developed must consist of three databases:
For students to be adequately informed about the value of the university library and resources such as the Internet in information retrieval there must be a careful collaboration between teaching staff and library staff (Kenney, 2007). The focus in this task, of course, is preparing students not just for the immediate research project at hand but rather to prepare them to be life long learners, to prepare them to be successful and productive once they leave the academic environment and take up their chosen careers (Lauer & Yodanis, 2012).
Enterprise Content Management is the strategies method and tools used to capture manage , store, preserve and deliver content and documents related to