Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to discover which social networking sites international students prefer for information dissemination activities. As more libraries experiment with social networking to inform and connect with students, there is a need to determine the effectiveness of this strategy for reaching international students. The paper seeks to address three questions: what social networking sites do international students prefer and why? Which sites do they use to socialise and which do they use to gather and distribute information? How can libraries leverage this information to enhance the international student experience? Design/methodology/approach -Information on social networking preferences and usage was gathered from 13 per cent of students at Bond University via an online survey. Findings -The findings confirm that for some international student populations, social networking preferences differentiated between the domestic students' preferences. In addition to social activities, international and domestic students are using particular social networking sites for a wide range of educational purposes, including group work and sharing and gathering information. Although Facebook is still the predominant choice for the majority of students, the findings suggest particular sites such as Twitter and YouTube should be considered by libraries as a means to engage both international and domestic students. Institutions with large Chinese student populations should consider the use of Renren. Originality/value -As of yet there have been no studies that have investigated and compared international students' social networking preferences to domestic students. The study connects the findings to practical implications for academic library use of social networking sites.
2014),"23 Mobile Things: self-directed and effective professional learning", Library Management, Vol. 35 Iss 8/9 pp. 582-593 http://dx.Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:403907 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -(yiny ang in Pinyin) is about interconnectedness rather than opposites. The purpose of this paper is to highlight how collaboration connects and strengthens the efforts across the sector and reinforces how the sum of the parts is greater than any one university alone. This paper shares the experience of conducting a collaborative project with three universities. It illustrates the fine balancing act of collaboration (yin) with competition (yang) amongst three of Australia's higher education institutions at a national level, with the aim of contributing to the career development of professionals in the fields of library services and eResearch. Design/methodology/approach -Bond University, University of Western Australia and Griffith University have collaborated to develop a career mapping toolkit which builds on an earlier commissioned project completed by Council of Australian IT Directors (CAUDIT) focusing on enterprise information technology roles. This tri-institutional collaborative project reviews in detail the skills, knowledge and abilities of library and eResearch management roles in the respective organisations.Findings -This project has been hugely rewarding for the initial three project partners who worked and collaborated well together, successfully completing project goals within agreed timeframes. Looking forward, career pathing will become more widespread as managers receive the requisite training, take ownership of these activities and grow to fully realise the value and potential of active career management to team performance. Ultimately, the use of the career pathing toolkit will enhance career satisfaction of the individual which in turn will lift the productivity of the organisational unit. Research limitations/implications -To ensure the ongoing viability of the career pathing toolkit, it is necessary to measure its relevance and effectiveness: each institution is confident in adopting/modifying the fina...
PurposeThe paper aims to provide an overview of how the University of Queensland (UQ) library has prepared itself for the changes and challenges of the future and positioned itself in readiness for some of the forecast mega trends of 2020.Design/methodology/approachThe experience of the complete makeover of the UQ Library is used as a case study to demonstrate how a library has responded to the challenges from planning to the implementation stages.FindingsIn the first decade of the twenty‐first century, Australian libraries are faced with a number of new challenges such as the Bologna Process in Australia; the implementation of the Research Quality Framework process; the ongoing internet revolution; the impact of the Open Access Initiative; further development of e‐research and e‐prints; the trends of internationalisation and globalisation on higher education; the implications of copyright; and the challenges and changes in the age of user‐generated technologies. This paper reveals the strategies and activities undertaken by an Australian academic library in meeting those future challenges.Originality/valueThe paper identifies four major areas that present most challenges to academic libraries such as international trends, government and education policies, information and communication technology and new modes of teaching and learning. It discusses how the UQ Library has responded to those challenges. This paper will be of interest to other academic libraries.
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