| Are School Library Websites Age-Appropriate? Cognitive and Affective Information Seeking Domains of Youth. |
2011 |
31 |
PowerPoint slides from a paper presented at the North Carolina School Library Media Association Annual Conference, October 6-8, Winston Salem, NC. Presentation discusses a UNCG study of how school library websites compare to recommended best practice... |
| Changing Times, Changing Requirements: Implications for LIS Education |
2011 |
22 |
The purpose of the study is to identify how library and information studies educators are refining curricula to ensure students are learning the knowledge and skills necessary to work in our rapidly changing field. This study, utilizing a mixed-metho... |
| College students' perceived threat and preference for seeking help in traditional, distributed and distance learning environments |
2007 |
1331 |
The purpose of the present study was to examine how college students' help seeking behavior varied across different instructional learning environments. Four hundred and seventy four (N = 472) students enrolled in distance, distributed, and tradition... |
| Educational informatics: designing performance-based measurement systems for rapid response learning environments. |
2011 |
204 |
This study examines the design and preliminary implementation of a performance data system which utilizes the science of informatics in an educational systemic change setting. Collectively referred to as educational informatics, this performance data... |
| For Service or Profit: How come our library café is not profitable? A Case Study of a Downtown Public Library Cafe. |
2011 |
145 |
PowerPoint slides from a A paper presented at the bi-annual North Carolina Library Association conference, October 5-8, Hickory, NC. Presentation examines one library cafe to determine how the goals of the cafe align with that of the larger organizat... |
| How am I Doing? School Librarian Self-Efficacy and Gauging Relationships with Other School Stakeholders. |
2012 |
19 |
Power Point slides from a paper paper presented at the North Carolina School Library Media Association Annual Conference, October 6-8, Winston Salem, NC. The presentation discussed a case study of 4 school libraries that introduced strategic planning... |
| The Impact of Computer Augmented Online Learning and Assessment |
2005 |
332 |
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of an experimental online learning tool on student performance. By applying cognitive load theory to online learning, the experimental tool used was designed to minimize cognitive load during the... |
| Information-Seeking Behavior and Reference Medium Preferences |
2012 |
90 |
The article looks at the differences in information seeking behavior among faculty, staff, and students at a university in the southeastern United States and what it means for library reference support strategies. The number of individuals using publ... |
| Library Design & Technology. |
2012 |
105 |
PowerPoint slides from a presentation from the bi-annual North Carolina Library Association conference, October 5-8, Hickory, NC. Presentation discusses how patrons use technology and interact with the library space, library trends in design and tec... |
| School Librarians and Web Usability: Why Would I Want to Use That? |
2011 |
37 |
The usability of a statewide curriculum website was evaluated involving 876 participants. Site usage differed based on user group and overall site content and relevance was found to be good along with high levels of satisfaction with graphic design. ... |
| School Library Strategic Planning: Case Studies in Four North Carolina Public Schools. |
2011 |
127 |
PowerPoint slides from a paper presented at the North Carolina School Library Media Association Annual Conference, October 6-8, Winston Salem, NC. Presentation covers case studies on the impact of strategic planning on school libraries.... |
| Shaping the Future: Strategic Planning and School Libraries. |
2011 |
4 |
Power Point slides from a paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Conference, November 9-11, Jacksonville, FL. The presentation discussed a disconnect between librarians and other school stakeholders, t... |
| To Flash Or Not To Flash? Usability And User Engagement Of HTML Vs. Flash. |
2004 |
416 |
Of the many challenges facing developers of museum Web sites, usability and
engagement rank high. Many developers have adopted Macromedia Flash as a
useful tool that allows greater interactivity and multimedia compared to HTML
pages. This paper re... |
| What does a typical library website look like? Comparisons of public and academic library websites from a nationwide study. |
2011 |
60 |
PowerPoint slides from a paper presented at the bi-annual North Carolina Library Association conference, October 5-8, Hickory, NC. Presentation discusses a nationwide study involving all academic and public libraries in all 50 states examining websit... |