Browsing by Author "Weare, William H., Jr."
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Weare, William H., Jr. (2021-12-20)The author recommends a more intentional Web search strategy that will help students retrieve better search results. Teachers and librarians can help students to improve their searching skills by asking these four key ...
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By and For Us: The Development of a Peer Review of Teaching Program by and for Pre-Tenure Librarians Alabi, Jaena; Huisman, Rhonda; Lacy, Meagan; Miller, Willie; Snajdr, Eric; Trinoskey, Jessica; Weare, William H., Jr. (2012)Seven pre-tenure librarians at the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), concerned about the effectiveness of their library instruction, created a peer review of teaching (PROT) ...
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Circulation Policies for External Users: A Comparative Study at Public Urban Research Institutions Weare, William H., Jr. (2019-10-11)This paper is a study of the policies that govern the use of the main university library by external users at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and twelve peer institutions used by IUPUI for comparative ...
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Moffett, Paul; Weare, William H., Jr. (2022-06-16)This paper will describe a study in which we examined service philosophy statements at a diverse group of North American academic libraries. We used qualitative content analysis to examine their form and content to identify ...
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Weare, William H., Jr. (2021-12-17)Federated search provides a single search interface that allows users to search multiple online resources simultaneously—subscription databases, library catalogs, and other electronic resources—with one query that returns ...
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Weare, William H., Jr. (2021-12-22)The author discusses the applicability and effectiveness of phrase searching, the use of natural language, Boolean logic, nesting, proximity, truncation, and wildcards to web search engines.
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Weare, William H., Jr.; Toms, Sue; Breeding, Marshall (2020-02-13)This article explores two emerging solutions—next-gen catalogs and discovery products. A next-gen catalog provides an intuitive interface designed in accordance with current web standards. It incorporates features such as ...
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Weare, William H., Jr. (2019-10-14)While trying to access microform content, patrons at the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources at Valparaiso University were often hampered by unfamiliar equipment, temperamental software, and a puzzling ...
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Alabi, Jaena; Weare, William H., Jr. (2019-10-14)Many academic librarians who provide library instruction have never received formal training in educational theory and methods. In an effort to bridge this gap and improve the teaching skills of instruction librarians, ...
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Weare, William H., Jr.; Moffett, Paul; Cooper, John P. (Taylor & Francis, 2016-08-05)University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is in the process of repurposing space currently occupied by the print collection. To prepare for further reallocation of library space, reliable ...
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Moffett, Paul; Weare, William H., Jr. (2020-10-13)Like many public services librarians, we spend much of our time focused on improving service quality. We think of excellent service quality as meeting or exceeding customer expectations consistently over time. One approach ...
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Moffett, Paul; Weare, William H., Jr. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)Some academic libraries use service philosophy statements to strengthen the quality of their service culture. A service philosophy statement communicates directly to users what they can—and should—expect from the library. ...
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Weare, William H., Jr. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)It has been widely projected in the library literature that a substantial number of librarians will retire in the near future leaving significant gaps in the workforce, especially in library leadership. Many of those ...
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Weare, William H., Jr. (2021-12-20)The author describes the functionality of field searching, a search technique which locates specific terms in a specific field. The author points out field searching options available via the advanced search page of the ...
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Weare, William H., Jr. (2019-10-17)This piece was an invited contribution to Bell, S. (2013), Open to the public: Risks and rewards of serving the local community.
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You Talkin’ to Me? Communicating Service Expectations to Users through Service Philosophy Statements Weare, William H., Jr.; Moffett, Paul (2017-03-15)Could customer service at your library be better? Some academic libraries are using a service philosophy statement to strengthen the quality of their service culture. A service philosophy statement communicates to users ...