The Physical and the Virtual: The Relationship between Library as Place and Electronic Collections

Gerke, Jennifer; Maness, Jack M.

doi:10.5860/crl.71.1.20

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“…There is also a high demand for the Library as a physical place and space in the digital environment, which is supported by previous research findings (Cocciolo, 2010;Gerke & Maness, 2007). The flexible and adaptable nature of the learning spaces is one of the winning features in the design.…”

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confidence: 55%

Changes in Academic Library Space: A Case Study at The University of New South Wales

Bailin¹

2011

Australian Academic & Research Libraries

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 55%

Changes in Academic Library Space: A Case Study at The University of New South Wales

Bailin¹

2011

Australian Academic & Research Libraries

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“…A possible argument to this expectation is found in the surprising discovery of Gerke and Maness (2010), who found a significant correlation between patron perception of electronic resources available and the physical library he uses. "Newer facilities with more study space, regardless of a patron's age, discipline, or frequency of use, were significantly related to patron perceptions of e-resources" (Gerke and Maness, 2010, p. 25).…”

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confidence: 99%

What are we really doing to market electronic resources?

Kennedy

2011

Library Management

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Purpose: This research identifies which marketing activities libraries are using to promote electronic resources and examines how libraries are measuring the successes or failures of their marketing plans. Methodology: This research analyzes the literature published in library science on marketing techniques for electronic resources in use at libraries; the corpus is composed of 24 documents published from 1994-2009. The literature is qualitatively analyzed to determine the techniques in use, the libraries' goals, targeted groups, budgets, and assessments of their marketing plans. Findings: Thirty-eight unique marketing techniques were discovered in the 24 documents consulted for this research. The four most popular techniques were patron training in a group setting, flyers/brochures, emails to patrons, and surveys. Libraries were generally unclear about stating the goals for their marketing plans but were able to easily identify the target of their marketing efforts. Budgeting was inconsistent among libraries included in this research; nine libraries reported having either no budget for marketing or did not mention budgeting in the article. Assessment was the weakest part of the marketing plans, with four libraries not documenting an awareness of the need for assessment and seven libraries noting an understanding of the need to evaluate their plan but unsure how to do so. Value: Based on this analysis it is clear that as libraries engage in marketing activities they should make themselves aware of general principles before beginning their plan. Special focus should be given to selecting activities that match the goals of the marketing plan and choosing an appropriate evaluation technique before beginning the marketing activities.

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“…Digital formats represent a significant part of modern library collections (Anderson & Pham, 2013;Gerke & Maness, 2010;Staiger, 2012;Terrell, 2015). But the physical collection is still heavily used and several patrons prefer analog books to digital.…”

Section: Providing Seamless Access To Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating the COVID-19 slipstream: A case study on living and managing access services during a global pandemic

Garner

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2020

Journal of Access Services

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Access Service Departments are dynamic units that often thrive in an ever changing environment. This became more apparent as libraries across the world faced the outbreak of COVID-19. The Access Services Department of one mid-sized academic library was one of a handful of libraries in the state that remained open to serve patrons on campus. This case study will address the challenges Access Services faced during COVID-19 including concerns about patron and staff safety along with the sanitation of physical materials and spaces was balanced with the need to provide access to equipment, physical collection, and library support.

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The Physical and the Virtual: The Relationship between Library as Place and Electronic Collections

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Changes in Academic Library Space: A Case Study at The University of New South Wales

Changes in Academic Library Space: A Case Study at The University of New South Wales

What are we really doing to market electronic resources?

Navigating the COVID-19 slipstream: A case study on living and managing access services during a global pandemic

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