Academic Library Department Experience Fosters the Development of Leadership Skills Relevant to Academic Library Directorship

Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library

a r t i c l e i n f o Technology has altered the traditional academic library beyond recognition. These dramatic changes have im-pacted significantly on the knowledge and skills requirements for LIS professionals practising in this environment. While there have been studies in other parts of the world which have investigated the knowledge and skills requirements for the digital era academic lib...

GIS Collection Development within an Academic Library

Locating usable spatial data is essential for the application and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS data collection development constitutes a core element of GIS services within academic libraries. Managers of geospatial resources require a fundamental understanding of the nature and use of GIS data. In the creation of a GIS collection development policy, library professionals sh...

Evolving academic library specialties

Academic Library Administrators' Perceptions of Four Instructional Skills

John D. Shank is Instructional Design Librarian and Nancy H. Dewald is Reference Librarian at Penn State Berks; e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected], respectively. The authors wish to thank Dr. Mary Lou D’Allegro, formerly Senior Director of Planning, Research, and Assessment at Penn State Berks, for her assistance in the survey analysis. © John D. Shank and Nancy H. Dewald This study seeks t...

Quality assessment of academic library performance: the case of an Iranian academic library

The present research aims to assess the performance of libraries at the Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Branch (IAUSRB) through gap analysis. To do this, a researcher-developed questionnaire which is based on available standards and quality assessment tools including ACRL standards, LibQUAL and ISO 11620, and some criteria included in the related literature was designed and distr...