...MBS Library Service A Quick Guide to Electronic Resources www.mbs.ac.uk/library The MBS Library website provides a convenient gateway to a wide range of business information resources and services: • • MBS Library service Use this link for details of resources and support provided by the MBS Library Service. It also includes links to: Library Catalogue Provides details e-books (where available) held by MBS Library service and the wider the John Rylands University Library. Note: Using the Catalogue is the easiest way to search for electronic books Electronic Resources Use this link for access to electronic journals and our collection of business & management databases. • Accessing library resources where you are Our electronic resources are provided by information suppliers and publishers. To access these resources from home, you need to show that you are a student of the University of Manchester. There are two ways to do this: • Access with VPN: (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!) The VPN software provides a secure connection between your computer and the University network so that you can access resources normally used on campus, such as library catalogues, faculty intranets and datasets. Please note: download VPN to a personal computer/laptop and not one in your workplace as local firewalls often prevent successful installation. The University’s VPN service gives your PC a University of Manchester IP address which automatically shows that you are a student of the University. More...
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...Literature Libraries are not about books. They are about information and knowledge. The past librarianship has been associated with books only because books were the primary manifestation of information. In today’s world, information manifests itself in various media one of which is the most notable medium (Bajoyo, 2011). Technology has unlocked a universe of electronic information resources. Electronic resources and services have become the most popular tools for research and academic activities. These electronic information resources provide faster and reliable information according to Bhukuvhani, Chiparausha and Zuvalinyenga (2012). Libraries are now universally recognized as important social institutions for diffusion of knowledge and information. No community, institution or an organization is considered complete without the support of a library and its effective service. Library is a growing organization which requires constant change in order to maintain a high degree of relevance to the environment. Scarcity of resources, information and document explosion and the demand for consistent, responsive and prompt services for clientele pave the way for librarians to find out solution for effective and efficient management of libraries (Egberongbe, 2012). According to Gakibayo (2013), electronic information has gradually become a major resource in every University library. The emergence of electronic information resources simply referred to as electronic resources has tremendously...
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...DIGITAL LIBRARY SERVICES 1.0 Introduction After the past few decades, the new environment of technologies has brought changes to the users and the ways of life. Digital library changes the users all over the globe. Digital library is one of the types of the library. Digital library world constitute variety digital information resources that usually we will found in traditional library include texts, images, audios and videos. Digital libraries have been known as an online library or virtual library or e-library. In other aspect it has its own characteristics that offer high management of the collections. A digital library is understood to have the information stored predominantly in an electronic or digital medium. (Sreenivasulu, 2000). Digital...
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...What Do Faculty Need? Academic Library Resources and Services That Increase Research Productivity1 Ethelene Whitmire Abstract This paper describes a theoretical model of the relationship between faculty research productivity and academic library resources and services and a proposed empirical study that will reveal which academic library resources and services contribute to increased faculty research productivity. Introduction According to the latest available figures from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Academic Library Survey (ALS), during the fiscal year 1998 the 3,658 academic libraries in the United States spent a total of $4.6 billion dollars on operating expenditures, held a total of 878.9 million volumes in their collections, and had 175.4 million circulation transactions (U.S. Department of Education, 2001). What is the impact of these figures on faculty research productivity? Higher education institutions have to make decisions about the allocation of limited funds among a number of programs. Academic library administrators need to be able to make a case to Ethelene Whitmire is Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin (Madison), email: ewhitmire@facstaff.wisc.edu. &'%$$"# !¥£¨©§¤¥¦£¤¡¢ institutional decision makers and education policy makers in order to determine appropriate levels of funding and be able to make more informed decisions about the distribution of the allocations...
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...GCU Fleming Library Scavenger Hunt and Gathering Resources Worksheet Overview: The GCU Fleming Library will be a vital resource for you during your academic career. The Library contains a wealth of resources that will help you find, research, and broaden your understanding on any given topic. Learning to correctly use resources to support your writing is an essential component of your academic success. Directions: Each step of this assignment will ask you to navigate and explore different components of the GCU Fleming Library. There are seven steps, each containing a question. Record your answers to the questions in the appropriate sections. Before starting this Scavenger Hunt, review the short walk-through tutorial on the GCU Fleming Library. This tutorial consists of five short segments: http://tutorials.gcumedia.com/libraryWalkThrough/vp02.swf If you have time, you can also attend the GCU Library Introduction Webinar. Sign up on this page: http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library/Webinar-Sign-Up.php Step 1: How to Access the Library There are a number of ways to access the library’s website. Use one of these to reach the Library Research & Resources page: 1. Go directly to the GCU Library Research & Resources page by typing http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library.php into your Internet browser and clicking “Enter”. 2. Under the “Access Library Resources” section on the right, select the “Library Research and Resources Page”. Question 1: List three ways you can...
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...choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the CAPITAL LETTERS of your answers on the spaces provided in your answer sheet. For numbers 1-49, read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the CAPITAL LETTERS of your answers on the spaces provided in your answer sheet. GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully. Write all your answers on the ANSWER SHEET provided. GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully. Write all your answers on the ANSWER SHEET provided. 1-14 knowledge 1. learning style 2. scheduling 3. managing time 4. DDCS, LCCS 5. DDCS, LCCS 6. using the dictionary 7. using library resources 8. using library resources 9. taking notes 10. using library resources 11. using library resources 12. using library resources 13. using library resources 14. using library resources 15-49 comprehension 15. organizing and planning 16. organizing and planning 17. organizing and planning 18. learning style 19. scheduling 20. scheduling 21. scheduling 22. 10 Ps/5 Qs 23. 10 Ps/5...
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...The digital library brings the library to the user. It brings the information to the user's own counter; with a digital library on the desk top, user never visits a library building. The library is wherever there is a personal computer and a network connection. The user of the digital library can access information anywhere and at any time. The idea of electronic books means to access information needed digitally and the user need not to go to library physically. Since the introduction of digital library in academic libraries, the physical boundaries of data have been eliminated and do not depend on the physical form of documents. It provides tremendous opportunities for a wide range of users to find appropriate research materials all in one place. Wholly, modern trend academic library starts of transition from physical to digital. 2. 24X7: With the advent of the Internet, libraries began to offer online services to their users at any time i.e., the digital technology. Library provides all the time flexible service to the user to access relevant information. It is round the clock availability. Digital Library is an overall knowledge solution Centre for everyone and has been helping users to...
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...THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FACED IN ACCESSING AND UTILIZING INFORMATION RESOUR RESOURCES IN LIBRARIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA LIBRARY. BY KENNEDY LESHAN SANKALE 112P04744 A research project submitted to the school of Information and Communication Studies, Department of Information and Knowledge Management, in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the award of a Diploma of Technology: Library and Information Technology Technology. 2014 DECLARATION STUDENT I hereby declare that this is my original work and has never been presented in any other institution for an award of a diploma Name: Kennedy Leshan Sankale College Number: 112P04744 Sign: ……………………………………………………….. Date: ……………………………………………………….. SUPERVISOR This project has been presented to examination with my approval as the supervisor in The Technical University of Kenya. Name: Mrs. Tabitha Ndiku Sign: ………………………………………………………….. Date: …………………………………………………………. [i] DEDICATION This research project is dedicated to my friends and classmates whom I have been closely worked with them to accomplish this program. I thank them for the special ideas in terms of creativity, innovativeness and life in general that we have been sharing together. It has been a good time being with them and may the almighty...
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...Social Networking: A Good Platform for Libraries and Librarians Abstract ‘Social Networking’ refers to a range of web-enabled, it enabled software programs that allow users to interact and work collaboratively with other users. It includes ability to browse, search, invite friends to connect and interact, share film reviews, comments, blog entries, favorites, discussions, events, videos, ratings, music, classified ads, tag and classified information and more. A social network allows individual to join and create a personal profile, then formality connect with other users of the system as social friend. This paper is mainly discusses about the social network, social networking, definition of social networking, its various important features,...
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...SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER (IMD122) TITLE: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT PREPARED FOR: MADAM HAZILA BINTI TIMAN PREPARED BY: SITI NURHAYATI BINTI RUSIDI (2013XXXXXX) SUBMISSION DATE: 20TH DECEMBER 2013 NO | TITLE | PAGE | 1.0 | Introduction about School Resource Centre (SRC) | 2 | 2.0 | Experiences using School Resource Centre during school time | 3 | 3.0 | Services, activities, programs, or projects done at your School Resource Centre | 4-5 | 4.0 | Your expectation towards the SRC and staff(s) | 6 | 5.0 | Your recommendations/ suggestions to improve the SRC | 6 | 1.0 INTRODUCTION ABOUT SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTRE (SRC) School library and library staff are important resources for the classroom teacher in connecting students with books and other reading materials. Library staff offers variety of services to teachers in order to support student reading. Library staff can help students find books that match with their interests and reading levels. Besides, they provide other reading-related services such as offering reading promotions and other reading-focused activities. In addition, they provide service of adding new titles to the library in response to teacher and student recommendations and promoting books to students through book talks, book clubs, reading aloud to the classes, and providing lists of recommended reading for different interests. My secondary school is a SMK Shahbandaraya. My school resource centre have four part first is library which...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS. ACKNOWLEDGMENT INTRODUCTION TO SCHOOL RESOURCES CENTRE. The term School Resource Centre (SRC) emerged in Malaysian education since 1st May 1983 when the Ministry of Education directed all schools to use this term instead of school library. The directive was issued to signify the variety of SRC’s collection which not only limited to printed materials but also other formats including audio visual collection. Doucette et. al (1999), defined SRC programmes as consisting of planned learning activities which support the school curriculum and contribute to the development of life-long learners. In addition, Loertscher (2000) suggested that an ideal SRC programme is built on the foundation of an information infrastructure that includes materials, equipment and facilities, and direct services to students and teachers. He further identified four areas of SRC programme that needed to be given attention namely collaboration, reading, enhancing learning through technology, and information literacy. The Government of Malaysia has put a lot of emphasis on the development of human capital in the Ninth Malaysia Plan. The Malaysian Ministry of Education, in turn, has taken further steps including the creation of smart schools, empowering the national schools and the setting up of school clusters. As such, schools are seen as the institution responsible for realising the nation’s aspiration of building a new generation with creative, innovative...
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...Rhoades | GCU Fleming Library Scavenger Hunt and Gathering Resources Worksheet Overview: The GCU Fleming Library will be a vital resource for you during your academic career. The Library contains a wealth of resources that will help you find, research, and broaden your understanding on any given topic. Learning to correctly use resources to support your writing is an essential component of your academic success. Directions: Each step of this assignment will ask you to navigate and explore different components of the GCU Fleming Library. There are seven steps, each containing a question. Record your answers to the questions in the appropriate sections. Before starting this Scavenger Hunt, review the short walk-through tutorial on the GCU Fleming Library. This tutorial consists of five short segments: http://tutorials.gcumedia.com/libraryWalkThrough/vp02.swf If you have time, you can also attend the GCU Library Introduction Webinar. Sign up on this page: http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library/Webinar-Sign-Up.php Step 1: How to Access the Library There are a number of ways to access the library’s website. Use one of these to reach the Library Research & Resources page: 1. Go directly to the GCU Library Research & Resources page by typing http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library.php into your Internet browser and clicking “Enter”. 2. Under the “Access Library Resources” section on the right, select the “Library Research and Resources Page”. Question 1:...
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...off-campus students, you will need to log in through the remote server (sremote) in order to access the resources in the guide. Logging in first will allows you to access the library databases as an authenticated Pitt user. Steps to logging in remotely from off-campus: 1. Begin at www.library.pitt.edu 2. At the right side of the page, click the link Connecting from off campus? 3. Click on Connect to Secure Remote Access 4. Login using your Pitt username and password. Select Web Connect from the Connection method drop-down 5. Click Pitt Digital Library (University Library System) 6. You are now properly logged in from off campus and can access library resources Steps to accessing the online research guide: 1. Click on tab Use the Libraries 2. Select Libraries & Collections 3. Select Business Library 4. Under the heading “Research Guides”, click on Strategic Management – Oakland Campus Need help? Go to http://www.library.pitt.edu/reference to ask a question online or email the business library at: uls-businesslibrary@mail.pitt.edu Online Strategic Management Research Guide Follow these steps to use the Online Research Guide for Strategic Management. Because you are off-campus students, you will need to log in through the remote server (sremote) in order to access the resources in the guide. Logging in first will allows you to access the library databases as an authenticated Pitt user. Steps to logging in remotely from off-campus: 1. Begin at www...
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...A.Y. 2014-2015 WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER/ LEARNING CENTER Submitted by: Elton John F. Violanda Submitted to: Dr. Adelina Acelajado Learning Resource Center Purpose Information and communication development opportunities and information flow are the big challenges arising from a dedicated review of most educational questions, whether from theoretical frames or material facilitations. School libraries are then considered one of the most important resources within educational facilities. The need to develop school libraries is urgent in that, on the one hand there is a need to convey information via a wide diversity of technologies and resources, and on the other hand, there is a myriad of new teacher and student roles to support. Within this view, came the project of learning centers. The objective is to raise school libraries to an international and more technical standard. Learning Resource Centres can also be institutionalized in various institutions for teaching and learning purposes. The purpose of a resource center is to advanced the learning experience of students and teachers in any educational sector Concept A school utility driven by a qualified expert. It contains several information resources and their techniques, which the teacher directly deals to acquire searching skills of information, analyze and evaluate to build a new knowledge and experience, then develop them using several learning methods. It also provides services...
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...Assignment #5 – Library Navigation Description In this assignment, you are beginning the exciting stage of researching and gathering resources for your final paper in the course. Additionally, your work performed for the Library Navigation assignment will help you prepare for the two assignments in Week 5. Before beginning this assignment, please read through this week’s Lesson, including the Reading and Resources section of Week 4 Lessons. Directions For this assignment, you will be completing several steps that will help you in navigating through the APUS Online Library and its vast resources, in searching for and locating resources for your final paper, and in creating the reference page entries following proper APA formatting for your chosen sources. Begin preparing for your assignment by watching brief videos created by the APUS Online Library to assist you in locating trustworthy resources. Then, you will use the information you learned from the videos to identify, analyze, and synthesize your research. Visit the COLL 100 Course Guide at http://apus.campusguides.com/COLL100. On the Home page of the site locate and click on the “library tour” inside the “Welcome to the COLL100 Course Guide!” box. View all five videos – “Start here!”, “Articles”, “eBooks”, “Websites”, and “Library Help” and address the questions for the assignment. Scripts are available for each video under the “Need a transcript?” section of the web page. After review of the library tour videos...
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