Sentences with phrase «of academic library»

If there is a university in your hometown, you can even apply for SCONUL access and take advantage of their academic library.

Though I lived my professional life in the rarified air of an academic library, I knew who was really on the front line of the profession.

All of these circulation totals are substantially smaller than the average collection listed by each type of academic library.

Jill Emery is the Collection Development Librarian at Portland State University Library and has 20 years of academic library experience.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is a critical element of academic library research collections.

Consortia of academic libraries (includes groups of universities that share access or large state ‐ wide licenses)

The four chapters in the second section, «Academic Librarians and Services Today,» give readers an understanding of the basic services of academic libraries, including reference, collection development, and technical services.

Currently, ebooks represent an average of almost 10 percent of academic libraries» acquisitions budget, and respondents expect that share to grow to almost 20 percent by 2017.

Ian Singer of Media Source quoted adoption rate statistics that ebooks are in over 90 % of academic libraries and over 80 % of public libraries.

And it seems that many traditionally «academic» publishers are getting on the «professional publishing» bandwagon, with publications priced beyond the reach of academic libraries.

Many papers deal with community use of academic libraries.

Based on qualitative and quantitative data from over 2250 researchers and 300 librarians, its aim is to guide the future development of academic libraries in responding to researchers» information needs.

Not exact matches

Khan Academy, based in Mountain View, is known for its free web - based library of instructional videos and academic exercises.

You registered for that last class, you signed up with an advisor, you checked out stacks of thick academic books from the library.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation Edited by Hans J. Hillerbrand; Four volumes Oxford University Press, 1,977 pages, $ 45 It's a reviewer's cliche, and a way of damning with faint praise, to say of a book that no academic library can afford to be without it.

These include the criteria that the academic program be at a «postgraduate» level — that is, that students have completed an undergraduate degree; that there be a certain level of library holdings; that faculty members themselves hold graduate «research» degrees; that there be provisions protecting academic freedom such as academic tenure; and so forth.

Explore our library of up - to - date resources, from in - depth academic papers on plant - based and clean meat to job opportunities at companies working on creating and selling good food

The Fatherhood Institute, supported by the Nuffield Foundation, has been compiling (and continues to compile) a literature library of mainly academic articles, book chapters and reports about fathers and fatherhood in the UK.

With the school year beginning, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System reminds you that one of the simplest ways to support a child's academic success is by using your local library.

PhD students can now elect representatives to a national students» council and to the academic senate of an increasing number of universities, enjoy economic benefits similar to those of undergraduate students, choose to write their thesis in a foreign language, appeal following a failed defence, and hold their title right after a successful defence, because all further bureaucratic requirements like filing copies of the thesis to the national libraries have been transferred to the universities.

This can be between 5 and 15 hours, and the work might be lectures, supervision of undergraduate practical classes, and exams, or general support and administrative tasks for professors and academic services such as the library.

Another way of pinning down high - profile MS academics is by flicking through a publication you will find in your library, Current Research in Britain, and a search on the Internet should come up with companies working in the field.

«We very much welcome» Smits's comments, says Alma Swan, Director of European Advocacy of SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries promoting open access.

In the Netherlands, for example, Elsevier — the world's biggest academic publisher — has agreed to make only 30 % of Dutch - authored papers freely available by 2018, and only after a significant increase in the annual sum libraries pay.

An academic library at the University of Nevada, Reno, put more than half of its inventory into storage, freeing up 1700 square metres for maker tools and working space.

«I'm disappointed,» says Heather Joseph, executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), a Washington, D.C. — based group which represents academic liAcademic Resources Coalition (SPARC), a Washington, D.C. — based group which represents academic liacademic libraries.

The Molecular Libraries initiative of the roadmap is specifically intended to put HTS and other drug discovery tools into the hands of academic researchers to help them develop new research tools and drugs.

«By providing AstraZeneca's annotated library to our network of academic collaborators, we will facilitate opportunities to unveil new discoveries and investigate uncharted biology,» said Anna - Lena Gustavsson, platform director of CBCS.

The Call is open to a wide range of people and organisations, including mediators and practitioners of science communication; STEM festival organisers; universities and institutes of technology, science centres, museums and other cultural attractions; artists; educators; industry professionals and academics in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM); arts agencies; production companies; schools; local authorities (libraries, city / county councils etc.); youth clubs; community groups; and research institutes.

Indeed, recalling Britton's discussion of the importance of determining «the sakes» of a film, scholars scouring university libraries and online scholarly databases for film books and essays also need to be discriminating the sakes of academic scholarship.

Quizziz comes with a library of quizzes, some academic, many not.

Her current publications include, a co-authored chapter titled «Leadership Capabilities in the Midst of Transition at Harvard Library» in Leadership in Academic Libraries Today: connecting practice to theory (2014); co-authored an open access article titled: «Lifelong learning in the digital age: A content analysis of recent research on participation» (2015).

Gutman librarian John Collins was named last week the 2008 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award recipient by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, which represents 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals.

Low - income kids can lose vast amounts of learning over the summer when they don't have access to the same enriching activities as their higher - income peers, such as vacations, visits to museums and libraries, or even just time spent with family discussing academic concepts or everyday events.

In the two schools that had reopened, the Ed School students provided administrative and academic support in a number of areas, including in - classroom support through reading groups, one - on - one tutoring, and substitute teaching; organization and distribution of school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess clubs.

Since joining Harvard College Library in 2007, Fliss has achieved closer collaboration and partnerships between its libraries and in supporting the academic mission of the FAS with focus on curricular support programs and partnerships that support teaching, learning and research through direct services to faculty and students.

The channel, called Horizons TV, will telecast events such as lectures, academic debates, and literary readings from universities, museums, libraries, and arts centers around the country, said Lawrence K. Grossman, a former president of PBS and of NBC News, who is spearheading the venture.

Learn important leadership concepts and apply them to the practical challenges of leading and managing the contemporary academic library.

«The new library will be a lively academic hub of the school — a place which will instil a love of reading, research and learning for staff and pupils alike and will encourage exploration and the pursuit of knowledge, as well as collaboration and the sharing of ideas.»

«The very definition of a library, especially an academic library, is being challenged,» he said.

Kathy Schrock has been a school district Director of Technology, an instructional technology specialist, and a middle school, academic, museum, and public library librarian.

One of the biggest challenges facing academic libraries and their leaders is the rapid digitization of information services.

Washington — About 350 librarians from across the country gathered here last week to urge members of Congress to avert the establishment of a «cultural and educational deficit» by continuing federal support for public and academic libraries.

The lower school library program contributes in an essential way to the development of the knowledge and skills so important to academic success.

In support of Dana's diverse academic curriculum, the library is a complete information resource center designed to serve students, faculty and staff.

«Students across the city rely on their neighborhood branch libraries as an extension of their academics, taking advantage of services such as our online tutoring and coding workshops, and this gift will allow us to further our efforts to help every student succeed.»

The library media center provides a variety of learning and teaching resources supporting academic standards, information literacy skills and general interest topics for students

When the library media specialist is actively involved in the instructional program of the school, collaborating with teachers and teaching information literacy skills, academic achievement is higher.

Administrators and all instructional staff benefit from an understanding of how school library media center instructional programs result in increased academic achievement.

The research for this project has encouraged collaboration with curriculum and technology leaders and has resulted in a better awareness of the role of school library media specialists and school libraries in meeting the academic needs of students.