Librarianship in the South

Collaborating with library course pages and Facebook : exploring new opportunities

Haycock, Laurel and Howe, Andy | 2011
  • Author(s): Haycock, Laurel and Howe, Andy
  • Publisher: Regis university. Dayton memorial library]
  • Pages: 157--162
  • Keywords: university and college libraries, training programmes, information services
A library course page was developed for a graduate-level education class and reviewed by an instructor. A librarian joined the course Facebook group to explore this venue as an embedded librarian. This article includes the librarian's and instructor's perspectives about this work.

Building research capacity : enabling critical thinking through information literacy in higher education in Africa

Hepworth, Mark and Duvigneau, Siobhan | 2012
  • Author(s): Hepworth, Mark and Duvigneau, Siobhan
  • Publisher: Institute of development studies (IDS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: research, university and college libraries, information sources, africa
Research was conducted to determine whether an institutional strategy could be developed that would plan, monitor and evaluate the building of information capabilities and research capacity among under-/post-graduate students in higher education in 3 African countries (Zambia, Malawi, Botswana).

How to assess the impact of an electronic document? : and what does impact mean anyway? : reliable usage statistics in heterogeneous repository communities

Herb, Ulrich | 2010]
  • Author(s): Herb, Ulrich
  • Publisher: E-prints in library and information science (E-LIS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: use studies, electronic publishing
This document is a preprint of the formal publication with the same title, written by Ulrich Herb, Eva Kranz, Tobias Leidinger, Bjِrn Mittelsdorf; OCLC Systems & Services, 2010, vol. 26, n. 2, pp. 133-145.

Discovering digital library user behavior with Google analytics

Hess, Kirk | 2012
  • Author(s): Hess, Kirk
  • Publisher: E-prints in library and information science (E-LIS)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, use studies, information management, information technology
Google Analytics has advanced features for tracking search queries, events such as clicking external links or downloading files, which you can use to track user behavior that is normally difficult to track with traditional web logging software.

Education for a digital world : advice, guidelines, and effective practice from around the globe

Hirtz, Sandy | 2008
  • Author(s): Hirtz, Sandy
  • Publisher: Commonwealth of learning (COL) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, information technology, library automation, library resources, education
Digital information technologies are transforming the way we work, learn, and communicate. Within this digital revolution are new learning approaches that transform hierarchical, industrial-based models of teaching and learning.
 

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