Archive for the Field Studies Category

Spanish-Speaking Populations

Librarians who work with Spanish-speaking populations may be interested in two recent Field Initiated Studies entitled, Colorado Latinos and Information: Key Informant Interviews with Latino Organizations and Information-Seeking Behaviors of Spanish-Speaking Populations: An Annotated Bibliography.
These Field Initiated Studies are the result of a Service Learning Project completed by Catherine L. Meis, a graduate student at the University of Denver’s Library and Information Science program. The end goal of this study was to help AskColorado assess potential Spanish use of the AskColorado Spanish queue.

For more information, you may click on the above links or see our Field Initiated Studies section for more information.

~ Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Instant Messaging in Small Academic Libraries

Librarians working in academic libraries may be interested in the latest Field Initiated Study summarizing a Libnet inquiry posted by Gayle Gunderson, Director of the Colorado Christian University Library, entitled Instant Messaging in Small Academic Libraries.

For more information, you may click on the link above or see our Field Initiated Studies section for more information.

~ Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Graphic Novels and Instant Messaging Field Initated Studies

Public librarians may be interested in two recently posted Field Initatied Studies (FIS).
The Graphic Novels FIS is a summary of responses from public libraries to the inquiry regarding where to shelve graphic novels.
The Instant Messaging FIS is a summary of responses received from public libraries regarding an inquiry about policies on instant messaging using the libraries computers.
You may click on the titles above or see our Field Initated Section for more information.

~ Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Internet Filtering in Schools

School librarians may be interested in a Field Initiated Study posted regarding Internet Filtering in public and private schools. A survey was posted to Survey Monkey by Leroy Smith, inquiring about the implementation and effectiveness of internet filtering in public and private schools.

A summary of the survey results is available in our Field Initiated Studies section at:
http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/internet_filtering_in_schools.pdf

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Teacher Librarians/Media Specialists at the Elementary Level

School librarians may be interested in a Field Initiated Study posted regarding Teacher Librarians and Media Specialists in Colorado elementary schools. An informal survey was conducted by Connie Masson of the St. Vrain school district with 15 school districts responding. The results of the survey are available in our Field Initiated Studies section at:
http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/Teacher_Librarian_Summary_and_Spreadsheetict_summary.pdf.

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Materials Spending of Comparable Front Range Libraries

Steve Wasiekco of the City of Aurora, Library, Recreation & Cultural Services created a report demonstrating the annual materials spending for the years 2000-2006 of selected front range public libraries based on data supplied by each library.

The study is titled “Materials Spending of Comparable Front Range Libraries” and is located in our Field Intitiated Studies section at http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/materials_spending_analysis.pdf.

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Library Materials Security

The summary of a Libnet inquiry regarding library materials security has been posted to the Field Initiated Studies section of lrs.org.

The Library Materials Security Field Initiated Study can be found at http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/materials_security.pdf.

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Coffee Shops in Libraries

The summary of a libnet inquiry regarding coffee shops in libraries along with a document regarding requests for proposals has been posted to the Field Initiated Studies section of lrs.org.

The Coffee Shops Field Initiated Study can be found at: http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/coffee.pdf.

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Magazines and Databases in School Libraries

School Librarians may be interested in a newly posted Field Initiated Study on the LRS.org website.
The results of a libnet inquiry regarding magazines and databases in school libraries are summarized and can be found at http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/Magazines_databases.pdf.

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

Shelving Foreign Language Materials

A Field Initiated Study that may be of interest to public librarians has been posted to the LRS.org website.
The results of a libnet inquiry regarding shelving foreign language materials in public libraries are summarized at http://www.lrs.org/documents/field_stats/shelving_foreign_language_materials.pdf

Daphne
Eastburn_D@cde.state.co.us

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