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Here a blog, there a blog, what about the library blog

Ingle, Megan J. (2006)

This small-scale research project investigated publicly accessible library blogs published in English in mid-2006. A total of 457 active library blogs from 11 countries were located using a variety of online resources and ...
How Adult Fiction Readers Select Fiction Books in Public Libraries: a Study of Information-Seeking in Context

Ooi, Kamy (2008)

This study examines from the viewpoint of twelve adult fiction readers, who are members of book clubs, how they go about selecting fiction books to borrow from the public library. The methodological approach taken was a ...
How Good Is Survey Design in Medical Libraries? A Systematic Review of User Surveys

Esson, Rachel Margaret (2009)

Introduction: Medical libraries very often base the decisions they make about library services on information gathered from user surveys. Is the quality of information obtained in this way sufficient to enable evidence-based ...
How Lawyers Search When No-One Is Looking: A Transaction Log Analysis to Evaluate the Educational Needs of the Legal Profession

Robinson, Karlene Michelle (1998)

Lawyers are increasingly responsible for conducting research using legal databases and are looking to law librarians for training. As there is little information regarding law practitioner training, and even less which ...
How 'Social' Are New Zealand Public Libraries?: An Evaluation of the Use of Social Media for Relationship Marketing

Henjyoji, Diane (2011)

Introduction: The use of social media by businesses to communicate with their customers and to encourage repeat business is growing. Are New Zealand public libraries strategically employing social media in order to develop ...
Impact of changes in cartography and mapping on the selection of cartographic materials in New Zealand map libraries

Bagnall, Mark James MacLaren (2002)

Changes to cartography and mapping in New Zealand have had impacts on map library identification, evaluation and selection of maps and other tools that convey spatial data. In semi-structured interviews, five map librarians ...
Impact of digital reference on the delivery of reference in New Zealand public libraries

Barnaby, Suzanne Alison (2006)

This study looks at digital reference services in New Zealand public libraries to find out what types of services are being provided and what impact they are having on traditional reference services. A survey was sent to ...
The Impact of IT Developments on Space Usage in Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) Library

Ling, Fred Ping-Him (2009)

There are numerous claims of whether physical spaces of academic libraries still required as more resources moved from print to electronic. This project set out to investigate the impact of IT developments on space usage ...
Information literacy : how do librarians and academics work in partnership to deliver effective learning programmes?

Ivey, Ruth (2002)

The growing awareness in universities of the need to produce graduates who are information literate is resulting in the need for academics and librarians to provide learning programmes that develop students' information ...
Information needs and information seeking behaviour of paediatric nurses of Christchurch hospital

Rowe, Kim Nicola (1996)

The professional information needs of nurses, and the situations which cause nurses to seek information have not been widely studied. A small scale study involving questionnaire based interviews of paediatric nurses at ...
Information Seeking and Information Sharing Behaviour in the Climate Change Community of Practice in the Pacific: Implications for Models of Library Services in Scientific and Technical Libraries

Murgatroyd, Peter Warren (2011)

Focusing on one ‘community of practice’ – climate change – this research examines the extent to which traditional concepts of library services in scientific and technical libraries (and consequently models of library ...
Information-seeking needs and behaviours of complementary health (chiropractic) practitioners and students

Bennett, Helen (2007)

Background: Research into the information-seeking behaviours and needs of alternative and complementary health professionals continues to be limited. Interest in complementary medicine is growing worldwide, reflected in ...
Information Seeking Needs of Mothers Who Bottle-Feed Their Young Infants: How the Information Seeking Process Affects Them and What Libraries Can Do to Help Them

Smith, Shiobhan Alice (2010)

Aim: The aim of the study is to examine the information seeking experiences of mothers who bottle feed young infants. What are their information needs and how do they seek to fill them? What emotional impact does the ...
Investigation into library staff attitudes, knowledge and skills relating to information literacy in NZ public libraries

Peart-Baillie, Katrina Helen (2005)

The National Library of New Zealand defines information literacy as "locating, evaluating, managing and using information effectively from a range of sources for problem solving, decision making and research". The attitudes ...
An Investigation Into the Interactive Teaching Practices of Librarians in Information Literacy Instruction at the University of Auckland Library

Zdravkovic, Neda (2011)

The development of constructivist learning theory has greatly influenced the design and delivery of the Information Literacy instructional programmes. Student-centred teaching methodology has been widely adopted in the IL ...
An Investigation of Cultural Influence on Academic Library Usage and Experience of International Medical Students from Asian Countries: a Case Study of Students at the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch

Pibulsilp, Thanawadee (2010)

This research uses a qualitative methodology to analyse the academic library usage and experiences of International Medical (IM) students from an Asian cultural background studying medicine at the Christchurch School of ...
Lay litigants' access to legal information in libraries

Blake, Angela Ann (2006)

This study examines the availability and accessibility of legal information for lay litigants - those people who have chosen to represent themselves in legal proceedings. It looks specifically at the information held in ...
Librarian myths and legends for Maori : he kupu, he whakaaro, he waiata

Warren, Geraldine T. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

Library Management in libraries that profess commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi principles and biculturalism strive to acknowledge the uniqueness of both Maori and Pakeha, and their individual and group identities. This ...
Library instruction services for international students in New Zealand's tertiary libraries : a survey

Ward, Heather M. (1998)

This research project examines the issue of library instruction services for international students studying at New Zealand tertiary institutions. The aim of the project was to ascertain the measures that New Zealand ...
Library requirements of Masters of Art (Creative Writing) students : is the class library of the International Institute of Modern Letters meeting their information needs?

Callaghan, Samantha April (2006)

To investigate whether the Class Library of the International Institute of Modern Letters was meeting the information needs of the students in the Master of Arts (Creative Writing) an exploratory research approach was used. ...