Academic Library COVID-19 Subject Guides

Evolving academic library specialties

Book Availability: Academic Library Assessment

In the climate of increasing calls for academic assessment, the authors undertook a study to ascertain book availability in an academic library. The study described here uses the methodology pioneered by Tefko Saracevic, W. M. Shaw, Jr., and Paul Kantor and is a follow-up of earlier research reported in College & Research Libraries in 1987. The authors designed the study to identify any improve...

Terms for Academic Library Directors

IN 1973, ARTHUR MCANALLY AND ROBERTDOWNSauthored a seminal article on the changing role of the university library director. This article takes a look at McAnally and Downs’s findings twenty years later to determine whether the changes outlined in 1973 are still valid today. Additional sources of strife for university library directors are outlined and requirements for today’s library directors ...

Subject Guides: Two Different Libraries, Two Different Approaches

The libraries at both Wichita State University and Butler Community College recently implemented new content management systems to create and manage library subject guides. These systems allow library staff to create online resources for instruction and library information quickly, and with no coding knowledge required. Both libraries chose a different option from many content management system...

The Relationship between COVID- 19 Anxiety and Academic Burnout with the Moderating role of Academic Commitment in Medical Students

Introduction: Academic burnout is one of the major challenges during the academic year that is affected by various factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between COVID- 19 anxiety and academic burnout with the moderating role of academic commitment in medical students. Methods: This is an analytical cross- sectional study. the research population consisted...