Focusing on the need for basic yet broad perspective training resources, the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) collaborated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Data Conservancy to produce ...

Through a description of a specific research design, the author details various merits of qualitative research. Using concrete examples from an actual research project on the use of computers by individuals over the age ...

Released November 5, 2010, at the eBlackChampaign‐Urbana Campus‐Community Symposium, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 501 E. Daniel, Champaign, Illinois. Since Fall 2009 the eBlackChampaign‐Urbana ...

The 1990s have been defined as the decade of digitization, which has been hailed by its proponents as a true cause for celebration. Yet, other voices have warned of the very real ”threat,” which digitization, and more ...

Met with a voluminous stack of files filled with rich feedback, a librarian’s biggest barrier to utilizing qualitative assessment data is implementing a streamlined method for organization and analysis. This poster ...

While mobile apps provide immense benefits for the containment of the spread of COVID-19, privacy and security of these digital tracing apps are at the center of public debate. To understand users concerns and preferences ...

Public computing has traditionally been relegated to spaces that are distinct from the areas where collaboration occurs. Computer labs are often placed in separate rooms with computers arranged so that users are facing the ...

The proposed International Open Public Digital Library (IOPDL) is open public digital library for the public to access collections all over the world either free of charge or with fewest possible limitations as a non-profit ...

A 25% increase in Instant Messaging inquiries received at the University of Illinois at Urbana led us to create a “remote services” desk that would answer questions from IM, email, and SMS. To best fit this new service ...

In the course of a reference transaction, academic librarians are expected to help patrons both find the information they are seeking while educating the patron about the process of finding, evaluating, and using information. ...