The Experts below are selected from a list of 1071 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform

Kevin Johnson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Sponsorship as a Library Revenue Source
    New Library World, 1991
    Co-Authors: Kevin Johnson
    Abstract:

    Believes that sponsorship can be a source of income for libraries and notes that the Office of Arts and Libraries is keen to assess its potential. Explains that a marketing and PR firm has been recently commissioned to research sponsorship in libraries. Concludes that while sponsorship clearly offers the potential of generating additional income it will never be the sole or even major part of Library Funding.

Denise M. Davis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

I.m.n. Kigongo-bukenya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Library Funding : Adequate financial support for African university Funding, John Willemse
    South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2013
    Co-Authors: I.m.n. Kigongo-bukenya
    Abstract:

    Funding university libraries in the East, Central and Southern Africa (ECS) region, as elsewhere on the continent, has been of great concern to university Library administrators, managers and users. The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) took the bull by the horns and decided, "to develop, formulate and finalize guidelines, norms and standards, suitable for practical application by university librarians/libraries." The strategies were to examine and recommend what percentage of the host university budget should go to the Library; what percentage of the students' fees should be apportioned to the Library; which income-generating activities would be undertaken by the Library; and the system to control university Library funds. To study the status quo and establish possible solutions, INASP commissioned Professor John Willemse, a LIS educator, renowned academic Library manager, prolific writer and with a long experience of IFLA, particularly the section on university libraries. He undertook a survey of the university libraries in the ECS region from which certain findings were established. Recommendations derived from these findings are fully discussed in the respective chapters of this book.

  • Library Funding : Adequate financial support for African university Funding, John Willemse : book review
    South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2005
    Co-Authors: I.m.n. Kigongo-bukenya
    Abstract:

    Extracted from text ... 205 Tel. +41 531530 Email: jnyumba@easlis.mak.ac.ug Library Funding: Adequate financial support for African university Funding. John Willemse Oxford: INASP, 2002, 64p. ISBN 1 902928 13 X (sb) Cost: ?6.00 (incl. p&p) Funding university libraries in the East, Central and Southern Africa (ECS) region, as elsewhere on the continent, has been of great concern to university Library administrators, managers and users. The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) took the bull by the horns and decided, "to develop, formulate and finalize guidelines, norms and standards, suitable for practical application by university librarians/libraries." The strategies were to examine ..

John Carlo Bertot - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • public libraries in the new economy twenty first century skills the internet and community needs
    Public Library Quarterly, 2012
    Co-Authors: Natalie Greene Taylor, Paul T Jaeger, Abigail J Mcdermott, Christie Kodama, John Carlo Bertot
    Abstract:

    This article examines the Internet-related responses of public libraries to the sustained economic downturn of recent years. Following a discussion of the changes to the economy and the expected skills for employment that have resulted from the advent of the Internet, this article presents the services that libraries are providing to help patrons transition to this new economy. Drawn from the findings of the 2011–2012 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study (PLFTAS) survey and site visits to public libraries, the data demonstrate the changes in job skills and employment-seeking services since the beginning of the ongoing prolonged economic downturn and the breadth and depth of the electronic information services that libraries currently provide to users. Designed to meet the needs of the local communities that libraries serve, these services rely on the capacities of the Internet, public access technologies, and Internet-enabled services provided by the Library. This article concludes with a di...

  • Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Study 2011-2012
    2012
    Co-Authors: Judy Hoffman, John Carlo Bertot, Denise M. Davis
    Abstract:

    The report provides information that can help Library directors and Library IT staff benchmark and advocate for technology resources in communities across the nation. The data are also of importance for policymakers at local, state, and federal levels, manufacturers of information and communication technologies, and the communities served by public libraries.

  • libraries connect communities public Library Funding technology study 2011 2012
    2012
    Co-Authors: Judy Hoffman, John Carlo Bertot, Denise M. Davis
    Abstract:

    The report provides information that can help Library directors and Library IT staff benchmark and advocate for technology resources in communities across the nation. The data are also of importance for policymakers at local, state, and federal levels, manufacturers of information and communication technologies, and the communities served by public libraries.

  • Chapter 2: Public Libraries and the Internet
    Library technology reports, 2011
    Co-Authors: John Carlo Bertot, Paul T Jaeger, Emily E. Wahl, Kathryn I. Sigler
    Abstract:

    Since 1994, the Public Libraries and the Internet and Public Library Funding and Technology Access national surveys have charted the involvement with and use of the Internet by US public libraries. During that time, thirteen national studies have provided longitudinal data that track trends in the public-access computing and Internet access provided by public libraries to the communities that they serve. This chapter of The Transforming Public Library Technology Infrastructure provides an overview and review of selected data from these national studies; identifies key trends and changes in Internet-enabled services and resources provided by public libraries to their communities over the course of the seventeen years of conducting the national surveys; examines key issues that emerge from the data regarding public Library Internet use and involvement; and considers selected future issues regarding public Library Internet-enabled services, particularly as the public access that libraries provide their communities takes on increasing importance in supporting a range of services such as e-government, jobs and employment, health information, and education.

  • Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Study 2010-2011
    2011
    Co-Authors: Judy Hoffman, John Carlo Bertot, Denise M. Davis, Larra Clark
    Abstract:

    The report provides information that can help Library directors and Library IT staff benchmark and advocate for technology resources in communities across the nation. The data are also of importance for policymakers at local, state, and federal levels, manufacturers of information and communication technologies, and the communities served by public libraries.

Paul T Jaeger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • public libraries in the new economy twenty first century skills the internet and community needs
    Public Library Quarterly, 2012
    Co-Authors: Natalie Greene Taylor, Paul T Jaeger, Abigail J Mcdermott, Christie Kodama, John Carlo Bertot
    Abstract:

    This article examines the Internet-related responses of public libraries to the sustained economic downturn of recent years. Following a discussion of the changes to the economy and the expected skills for employment that have resulted from the advent of the Internet, this article presents the services that libraries are providing to help patrons transition to this new economy. Drawn from the findings of the 2011–2012 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study (PLFTAS) survey and site visits to public libraries, the data demonstrate the changes in job skills and employment-seeking services since the beginning of the ongoing prolonged economic downturn and the breadth and depth of the electronic information services that libraries currently provide to users. Designed to meet the needs of the local communities that libraries serve, these services rely on the capacities of the Internet, public access technologies, and Internet-enabled services provided by the Library. This article concludes with a di...

  • Chapter 2: Public Libraries and the Internet
    Library technology reports, 2011
    Co-Authors: John Carlo Bertot, Paul T Jaeger, Emily E. Wahl, Kathryn I. Sigler
    Abstract:

    Since 1994, the Public Libraries and the Internet and Public Library Funding and Technology Access national surveys have charted the involvement with and use of the Internet by US public libraries. During that time, thirteen national studies have provided longitudinal data that track trends in the public-access computing and Internet access provided by public libraries to the communities that they serve. This chapter of The Transforming Public Library Technology Infrastructure provides an overview and review of selected data from these national studies; identifies key trends and changes in Internet-enabled services and resources provided by public libraries to their communities over the course of the seventeen years of conducting the national surveys; examines key issues that emerge from the data regarding public Library Internet use and involvement; and considers selected future issues regarding public Library Internet-enabled services, particularly as the public access that libraries provide their communities takes on increasing importance in supporting a range of services such as e-government, jobs and employment, health information, and education.

  • broadband for public libraries importance issues and research needs
    Government Information Quarterly, 2010
    Co-Authors: Lauren H Mandel, John Carlo Bertot, Bradley Wade Bishop, Charles R Mcclure, Paul T Jaeger
    Abstract:

    Abstract U.S. public libraries provide free public internet services to the communities that they serve, but require robust, high-speed broadband internet connections to continue meeting public demands. The 2008–2009 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study (PLFTAS) illustrates challenges that public libraries encounter in achieving broadband connectivity and equipment upgrades, and maintaining acceptable levels of services as they meet continually increasing internet-enabled service demands. This article: 1) analyzes the ability of public libraries to serve as a community-based public internet access point in the context of limited Funding and access to telecommunications services and equipment; 2) discusses key policy issues that affect the provision of public Library internet-enabled services through broadband; 3) provides recommendations for policy makers to include libraries as part of a larger national-level telecommunications policy; and 4) identifies a number of topics and issues that need further investigation and research in this shifting policy environment.

  • public libraries values trust and e government
    Information Technology and Libraries, 2007
    Co-Authors: Paul T Jaeger, Kenneth R Fleischmann
    Abstract:

    As public libraries are becoming e-government access points relied on by both patrons and government agencies, it is important for libraries to consider the implications of these roles. While providing e-government access serves to reinforce the tremendously important role of public libraries in the United States social infrastructure, it also creates new demands on libraries and opens up significant new opportunities. Drawing upon several different strands of research, this paper examines the nexus of public libraries, values, trust, and e-government, focusing on the ways in which the values of librarianship and the trust that communities place in their public libraries reinforce the role of public libraries in the provision of e-government. The unique values embraced by public libraries have not only shaped the missions of libraries, they have influenced popular opinion surrounding public libraries and fostered the confidence that communities place in them as a source of trusted information and assistance in finding information. As public libraries have embraced the provision of Internet access, these values and trust have become intertwined with their new social role as a public access point for e-government both in normal information activities and in the most extreme circumstances. This paper explores the intersections of these issues and the relation of the vital e-government role of public libraries to Library Funding, public policy, Library and information science education, and research initiatives.