Browse Items (89 total)

  • Collection: International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL)

Shifting Instruction for Sustainability: Lessons from COVID

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The COVID-19 pandemic irrevocably changed the ways that libraries function. Libraries had to shift and our skills as librarians and educators were put to the test in new ways. As the Instruction Coordinator at New Mexico State University Library…

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Illinois Fire Service Institute Library Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) Library provides fire and emergency library and information assistance and services to the Institute’s instructional staff, students, Illinois fire departments and firefighters, and other…

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Integrating Immersive Experiences to Instruction through BreakoutEDU: Lessons Learned

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This study employed an escape room motif to engage students to use information literacy course material to solve puzzles. Students practiced research techniques in a classroom environment that bypassed their expectations of traditional course…

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Content and Context: A Case Study of Cross-departmental Metadata Collaboration

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This paper demonstrates how taking differences in end user behavior and differing interdepartmental perspectives on metadata into account can strengthen the digital object workflow to serve a greater variety of users. The University of Illinois…

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Content and Context: A Case Study of Cross-departmental Metadata Collaboration

wangyo,+12-234-Li.pdf
This paper demonstrates how taking differences in end user behavior and differing interdepartmental perspectives on metadata into account can strengthen the digital object workflow to serve a greater variety of users. The University of Illinois…

Position: 992 (172 views)

Academic Librarians’ Perceptions of Productivity While Working From Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This research study assessed academic librarians’ perceptions of productivity while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Information was collected via an online survey that was sent out to several Association of College and Research…

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Academic Libraries in Ghana and Their Strategies for Coping with the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In March 2020, institutions of higher education shut down in compliance with the directives of the President of Ghana to curb the spread of COVID-19. In July 2020, when the lockdown restrictions were eased, universities resumed teaching, learning,…

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Creating New Correctional Programs and Services in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This article explores the changed and changing COVID-19 pandemic programming implemented by Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Public Library's correctional outreach teams. Every program or service offered by the correctional outreach teams was…

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Library Services to Multicultural Populations through the Lens of History: A Literature Review

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In today's increasingly globalized and interconnected world, libraries play a critical role in the integration of their culturally and ethnically diverse service populations into the mainstream of American society. This literature review traces the…

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