Library Management: Volume 38 Issue 1

Using ethnographic research techniques to find out the story behind international student library usage in the Library Impact Data Project

Alison Sharman

Phase two of the JISC funded Library Impact Data Project (LIDP) identified low library usage amongst Chinese students in comparison to their UK peers. Further research was needed…

Possibility and imagination: a personal exploration of research and librarianship

Alex Byrne

Libraries and research have a symbiotic relationship. Researchers depend on libraries and the collections and information services we curate and libraries depend on researchers…

How are we doing in tribal libraries?: A case study of Oglala Lakota College Library using information visualization

Hsuanwei Michelle Chen, Tawa Ducheneaux

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the operation and management as well as the activities of tribal libraries in general, providing insights and implications in five…

Librarians and compensation negotiation in the library workplace

Shannon L. Farrell, Aliqae Geraci

The purpose of this paper is to report on survey results from a study about librarians’ experience with compensation (salary and benefits) negotiation in the library workplace in…

Competencies for information specialists in emerging roles

Melissa Fraser-Arnott

Librarians are increasingly involved in projects and teams that require them to exhibit a broad range of knowledge and competencies which extend beyond traditional librarianship…