Tag Archives for Library Service
What books? Where?
As part of a $50,000 planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the analysis is aimed at fostering engagement with print resources among library users, particularly with open stack print collections and users within the local community. Read More
Demco Software transforms library event marketing with DiscoverLocal
Demco Software today highlighted the far-reaching capabilities of DiscoverLocal, its latest innovation that gives libraries priority in local search results. Read More
Rethinking Liaison Programs for the Humanities
For generations, most research libraries have had employees with deep subject expertise. Once known as bibliographers, these scholars and librarians originally focused their efforts on selection for collection building. Today, there is real anxiety about the role of subject expertise … Continue reading
Robot librarian designed by Aberystwyth University students
Pasi William Sachiti and Ariel Ladegaard, robotics students at Aberystwyth University, combined existing robot technology with information from the university’s online library search facility to create Hugh, a library robot capable of tasks such as taking verbal book requests. Read … Continue reading