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This paper investigates the moderating influence of library size on the relationship between library space attributes and learning satisfaction. Employing a quantitative methodology, a sample of 196 university library users in Ghana was selected to investigate the perceived impact of repurposed library spaces on learning satisfaction. The author conducted an empirical analysis to examine how organizational size (the total number of workers at a particular location) moderates the association between library space attributes (including access and linkages [physical location and proximity to campus resources], usage patterns [highlights the hours when users are most active and displays when a specific app is utilized during the day], sociability [the propensity and corresponding abilities to look for friendship, interact with others, and take part in social activities], and comfort [a state of physically ease and freedom from pain or constraint]) and the learning satisfaction of users. The research, administered through a closed-ended questionnaire, underscored the significant influence of access and linkages, usage patterns, sociability, and the physical environment on users' satisfaction levels. These four library space attributes together accounted for 13.1% of the variance in learning satisfaction, according to a multiple regression study conducted with SPSS version 27. Nevertheless, moderation analysis showed that there was no statistically significant relationship (p = 0.3370) between the characteristics of the library space and learning satisfaction through organizational size. The paper recommends adaptations to library designs to better align with the evolving learning needs of university library users in Ghana. A notable suggestion is the transformation of university libraries into dynamic physical spaces known as "learning commons" on campuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Libraries are places where patrons find resources that can help them accomplish their information needs. One of the key elements of this need is being able to find what they are looking for. While much has been written about information seeking behavior and library wayfinding, however, there is a more fundamental argument. That is merely finding the item when the Library Management System says it should be on the shelf. In these little moments, the library has an opportunity to build a sense of trust with the patron. The patron can trust that an item that the library says is there, is there. It is also an opportunity for a library to have a small victory in a positive patron library experience. However, if the item is not there that small victory is squandered. The challenge though is large scale shelf checks for shelving integrity is cost and time prohibitive. What is needed is a quick way to determine library and catalog health. This paper will demonstrate how this can be accomplished by looking at the ILL statistics. While this may seem like a simple answer demonstrating it with statistical relationships confirms what many libraries may view as a forgone assumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A discussion of long-term thefts in the library suggested creating a highly punitive policy that captures the dynamics of the context through a holistic approach. The study inquired about how the penalty regime affects the attitudes of students and library staff toward fines. Data was collected through in-depth interviews to reveal three groups' attitudes: offenders, principled users, and staff. Twenty staff were interviewed, and forty of the students interviewed were registered users, 20 of whom had previously been fined for attempting to steal books, while the rest had no record of policy violations. The findings show that 30% of students were aware of the existence of the written policy only after being punished, which indicates that they were not given proper library orientation at the outset. The paper discusses how heavy fines and banishment from the library impacted attitudes toward the services offered in the building. Feedback from participants can be part of an early warning system used to maintain a high-level of service quality minimizing security issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most university libraries are dedicated to aiding people with disabilities or special needs, including the deaf or hearing impaired. However, there are people who suffer from tinnitus - a malady that causes a ringing, buzzing, or other sounds in their heads that can not only interfere with hearing, as the deaf or hearing impaired but causes other problems for the sufferer. Too often, people with tinnitus are grouped together with the deaf or hearing impaired by librarians and the special considerations necessary to make tinnitus sufferers fully functional, information seekers are either overlooked or not known. This paper discusses the problems tinnitus causes to people and makes several suggestions to librarians unfamiliar with this plight to aid the sufferer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the spring and fall semesters of 2016 and the spring semester of 2017, Kingsborough Community College, part of the City University of New York, launched an initiative to loan over 5,000 books for the entire semester to students in its Learning Communities and other special programs. This paper is a case study that describes the challenges of implementing the Textbook Learning Initiative by the Access Services department of the college's Robert J. Kibbee Library and its ongoing work as all of these specially purchased titles are now in the general collection for all students on a first come, first served basis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the accessibility of North American library and library school Web sites for all users, including those with disabilities. Web accessibility data collected in 2006 are compared to those of 2000 and 2002. The findings of this follow-up study continue to give cause for concern: Despite improvements since 2002, library and library school Web sites still tend to contain many barriers. A low correlation between the 2002 and 2006 data point to much up-and-down movement in Web accessibility. Contrary to findings derived from the early data sets, the comparison of the 2002 and 2006 data shows that redesign had a positive impact on accessibility. The paper concludes with the warning that advocates of accessible Web sites cannot yet relax: despite the overall positive trend, with so much up-and-down movement in Web accessibility occurring, today's leaders may turn into tomorrow's laggards—unless special vigilance and efforts keep this from happening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1992, the “electronic library” was beginning to entice researchers into the sense that the delivery of information resources could be vastly improved by the ongoing technological innovations of full-text formats and the emergence of the Internet. However, the more common experience for delivery of information resources was a frustrating process tied significantly to print resources owned by individual libraries. This paper takes a look back at this discussion and compares the current reality in the delivery of information resources to what was envisioned and hoped for in the “electronic library” in 1992. It argues that great strides have been made in improving easy and effective delivery of information resources in, primarily, electronic form, but the hybrid nature of libraries today still dictate a need for much of the same attention to delivery of print resources as there was in 1992. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many patrons of libraries have one or more print disabilities that partially or totally impair their ability to use standard print. However, many devices and services are available to aid patrons who can not use print in the conventional manner. This paper provides an overview of typical assistive technology devices and services available to students with print disabilities. Barriers to access and solutions to these barriers are also discussed. In addition, original research results are presented from a survey of two-year college libraries of the University System of Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Orange County (Florida) Library System is utilizing wireless technologies such as wireless communication devices and hand-held computers to create a new service paradigm that enables library staff to offer proactive and customer-friendly point-of-need service to public library patrons. This paper discusses planning and implementation of the point-of-need service paradigm in the Orange County Library System. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The digitization of library materials has had a tremendous impact on libraries. By using the Internet, readers can access digital library materials from any place in the world. The BMCC Library started several programs to provide more digital materials to its patrons in the forms of electronic books, periodicals, full-text materials, and webpage links to other databases. A test program began in spring 2002 for course reserves, and electronic archiving was about to start in fall 2001. This paper describes a survey conducted to measure the response to the implementation of ERes for digitizing course reserves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]