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Describing vernacular literacy practices to enhance understanding of community information needs: A case study with practical implications.
(2009)
Key documents guiding United States library service, including Reference and User Service Association (RUSA) guidelines and the American Library Association (ALA) Code of Ethics and Bill of Rights, focus on equitable public ...
Library and information needs of Latinos in rural Dunklin County, Missouri.
(Public Libraries, 2004)
Libraries in rural Missouri are struggling to provide adequate services to a growing number of Spanish-speaking residents. This article examines the barriers to effective library services through the evaluation of a survey ...
LIS student learning styles and web-based instruction methods
(2005)
This article looks at learning styles of library and information science (LIS) students. Felder and Solomon’s Index of Learning Styles was administered to 108 LIS students between 2001 and 2002. These results were analyzed ...
Changes in public library youth services : a content analysis of youth services job advertisements.
(Public Library Quarterly, 2004)
This article investigates requirements and responsibilities for public library youth services librarians. Position advertisements were published in American Libraries in five-year increments, from 1971 to 2001. Youth ...
Literature and technology skills for entry-level children's librarians : what employers want
(Children & Libraries, 2004)
Public libraries are increasingly advertising for children's librarians with "technological savvy." In a field that used to be dominated by books and reading, this new focus on technology has been somewhat unexpected. This ...
Latino librarians on becoming LIS educators : An exploratory investigation of the barriers in recruiting Latino faculty
(Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2004)
LIS schools have produced a limited number of Latino MLS graduates, but they have not attracted them back to pursue doctoral studies and teaching positions. Using a semistructured interview technique, eight “expert” Latino ...
Scholarly productivity of U.S. LIS faculty
(Library & Information Science Research, 2006)
One aspect of faculty effectiveness can be measured through research productivity, and publication and citation rates can serve as an indicator of that productivity. This study, the fourth in a series to examine LIS faculty ...
Library service planning using GIS and census data.
(Public Libaries, 2004)
This paper reviews the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Census 2000 data in library planning. An example of the data accessible through Census 2000, and how libraries can use that data, is given.
An exploratory survey of reference source instruction in LIS courses
(Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2006)
We surveyed 40 reference instructors at 28 North American ALA-accredited programs of library and information studies about instructional methods they used in teaching about reference sources in print and electronic formats. ...
Unintentional recruiting for diversity
(Public Libraries, 2005)
Based on interviews with Latino undergraduate students, Latino and Native American graduate students in library and information science, and Latino librarians, this paper documents some techniques librarians unintentionally ...
Whitepaper on design and collaborative practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2009)
Coming to a large state university, many students have not yet mastered how to effectively learn and study. Creating a freshman learning strategy website would be a step in the right direction to guide and inform students ...
Book review: Everything Bad for you is good For you
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2009)
Instead of the typical argument against a two-sided issue (such as whether moral ambiguity is justified), Steven Johnson changes the roles of the main separation of agreement between the evolution of popular culture and ...
Reading sources and reading spaces in Honduras
(IFLA Journal, 2009)
Though literacy is often presented as a universal and monolithic achievement, it is in fact context-dependent, and largely dependent upon the kinds of texts available in a particular community. This paper presents an ...
Education for library service to youth in five countries
(Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 2006)
Youth services instructors from five countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) were surveyed as to the content of youth-oriented courses they had taught between 2000 and 2003. A ...