Regional cooperation has been a focused thread from the beginning for the development of libraries, the training of staff and the general sharing of resources in the English-speaking Caribbean. Historically, from the eighteenth century onwards, libraries have consisted of private libraries, cleric libraries, community collections for reading groups and one or two academic libraries in educational institutions in the English-speaking Caribbean. With time more public libraries in the form of subscription libraries were established, which eventually led to libraries being fully funded as governmental entities. Staffing for these early libraries took many forms and early on, expatriates were the main librarians, all coming from abroad. Prior to national independence, regional training was executed through “on the job’’ apprentice-like situations or through correspondence and examination via the Library Association in Britain. There were a limited few ‘West Indian’ trained librarians who went to the United Kingdom, Canada or the United States of America to study at significant cost. Early training of library staff was also supported by organizations like UNESCO and the British Council which added to the continued attention of the need for professionally trained staff for the libraries of the English speaking Caribbean. Looking at the growth of public library services in the English speaking Caribbean and the need for trained staff to manage these institutions, the central query for this thesis investigates the early training and education of library professionals in the English-speaking Caribbean through to the establishment of the Department of Library Studies at the University of the West Indies. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Information in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Spring Semester 2018. / April 5, 2018. / British West Indies, Caribbean librarianship, English-speaking Caribbean, Library and information education, Library education, Public libraries / Includes bibliographical references. / Kathleen Burnett, Professor Directing Thesis; Lynne Hinnant, Committee Member; Howard Mori-Rodriguez, Committee Member.

This study examined the educational orientation of academic bibliographic instruction librarians to identify whether they relate to andragogical or pedagogical statements. The Hadley Educational Orientation Questionnaire (EOQ) and a demographic questionnaire were used to collect data from a random sample of members of the Association of College and Research Libraries' Bibliographic Instruction Section. The data was analyzed using the chi square goodness of fit test. The data was also analyzed to reveal orientations within the six dimensions of the EOQ: Purpose of Education, Nature of Learners, Characteristics of Learning Experience, Management of Learning Experience, Evaluation, and Relationships: Educator/Learner and Among Learners. / As a result of the analysis it was possible to conclude respondents were more andragogic than pedagogic; female respondents were more andragogic than males; years of teaching may have some bearing on orientation; those with Ph.D.s in Library Studies may be more pedagogic in some dimensions than are others but are overall andragogic; those teaching short format courses are more andragogically oriented; those using videos to teach may be more pedagogical; those with any type of education coursework are more andragogic than others; those not currently teaching are more pedagogic; those teaching in institutions with enrollments of 1,001 to 11,000 are more pedagogic; those teaching classes with 16-30 students are more andragogic; and those teaching at institutions with less than 1,000 students or more than 11,000 students are more andragogic. / Based on the findings it was recommended that bibliographic instructors teaching credit courses may need to incorporate andragogical techniques; male bibliographic instructors may need to incorporate more andragogical methods; those planning to be bibliographic instructors to should take some courses in the Education department and, where possible, keeping BI classes in the 16-30 range may promote a more andragogical experience. / Recommendations for further study are also given. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: A, page: 1368. / Major Professor: Ronald D. Blazek. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1996.

The primary purpose of this study was to describe the historical development of archives and to relate that development to the development of archives in higher education, particularly in two-year institutions. Research methodology was modified historical research. Books, documents, journal articles, and computer data base searches were utilized. / The secondary purpose was to identify the role, scope, and nature of archives in two-year colleges in the southeastern United States. Research methodology used was descriptive survey. The population consisted of 320 public and private two-year colleges in 11 southeastern states identified in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' 1983 Member List. A two-stage survey was conducted. The first survey instrument contained four basic questions which defined which of the 320 queried institutions had an archive. To those institutions answering "Yes" to one or more of the basic questions, a second comprehensive survey instrument was mailed. / Since a study of this nature had never been conducted with two-year institutions, the author used, with adaptations, major aspects of a study by Burckel and Cook (1982) on college and university archives in the United States. / Findings of this study basically corroborated results set forth by Burckel and Cook (1982), namely that archives do not appear to have a high priority in their parent institutions; nor are the existing archives in two-year institutions utilized to their highest capabilities. However, interest does exist among the responding institutions in founding and/or expanding archives in the future. / Recommendations are: that a follow-up survey be conducted within a 10-year period to plot the progress of archival activity in the selected institutions; and that all remaining two-year institutions of higher education be surveyed for archival activity, under the auspices and control of each state's association of archivists. Upon completion of the regional surveys, results would be compiled and published by the Society of American Archivists. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, Section: A, page: 0414. / Major Professor: Marion Neil. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

This thesis proposes an innovative model for citation analysis and applies it to 1186 citations derived from twenty papers from one interdisciplinary journal: Global Environmental Change. The main aim of this thesis is to build, not to quantify, a model which facilitates understanding of how citations act, and are acted upon, in citing texts. The model builds on, extends and modifies certain aspects of some existing models on citation form, stance and function. This thesis argues that stance and function are different but related concepts in the analysis of citation. They operate in different directions and, when combined, can reflect the role of citation in the citing text. In order to achieve a fine-grained understanding of the role of citation, citations are analysed within and beyond the level of the statements in which they occur. To achieve this, a new level is proposed for the analysis of citation function: the ‘citation block’. In this thesis, it is argued that citations operate in different directions within and beyond the proposition-level. The current thesis aligns and compares analyses at the clause- and block-levels for every citation. This alignment results in the identification of conventional and unconventional patterns of citing. The model is applied to four sub-corpora of texts from two time periods and representing the more ‘science-like’ and ‘social science-like’ papers in the journal. The text-based analysis demonstrates the complexity of citation practices in interdisciplinary discourse. Overall it is suggested that in this journal the ‘social science’ papers over time have become more similar to the ‘science’ papers. The results also show variation in citation practices between the individual selected papers in each sub-corpus. This variation is attributed to the interdisciplinary nature of GEC. The proposed model has the potential to be used to investigate variation in citation practices beyond interdisciplinary discourse, within and between disciplines or genres.

The methodology of intermediary XML schemas is introduced and its application to complex metadata environments is explored. Intermediary schemas are designed to mediate to other ‘referent’ schemas: instances conforming to these are not generally intended for dissemination but must usually be realized by XSLT transformations for delivery. In some cases, these schemas may also generate instances conforming to themselves. Three subsidiary methods of this methodology are introduced. The first is application-specific schemas that act as intermediaries to established schemas which are problematic by virtue of their over-complexity or flexibility. The second employs the METS packaging standard as a template for navigating instances of a complex schema by defining an abstract map of its instances. The third employs the METS structural map to define templates or conceptual models from which instances of metadata for complex applications may be realized by XSLT transformations. The first method is placed in the context of earlier approaches to semantic interoperability such as crosswalks, switching across, derivation and application profiles. The second is discussed in the context of such methods for mapping complex objects as OAI-ORE and the Fedora Content Model Architecture. The third is examined in relation to earlier approaches to templating within XML architectures. The relevance of these methods to contemporary research is discussed in three areas: digital ecosystems, archival description and Linked Open Data in digital asset management and preservation. Their relevance to future research is discussed in the form of suggested enhancements to each, a possible synthesis of the second and third to overcome possible problems of interoperability presented by the first, and their potential role in future developments in digital preservation. This methodology offers an original approach to resolving issues of interoperability and the management of complex metadata environments; it significantly extends earlier techniques and does so entirely within XML architectures.

Appellate judges, in their roles as decision-makers, are extensive users of information. Information to assist the judges in making their decisions, is provided in court records, attorney's briefs and oral arguments. Judges also seek information externally, through colleagues, law clerks, the computer, and both personal and centralized libraries. / This research identified, isolated, and described the factors which comprise the information seeking behavior of appellate judges. Information seeking behavior is described by studying the how, when, why, where, and what about the information users seek, including what factors affect and contribute to the manner of information seeking. / The judicial group studied was the fifty-seven judges of the five Florida District Courts of Appeal. All districts were visited. No sampling occurred. Twenty factors organized in three categories were identified to guide the description of judicial information seeking behavior. Three data gathering techniques were employed. Qualitative data was gathered through personal interviews. Quantitative data was gathered through structured observation of oral arguments and a questionnaire survey. / When taken together, the data provides evidence that there are patterns of information seeking, affected by factors within the individual judges, their organization, and their legal environment. In total, the evidence supported the following thirteen conclusions. Judges do not trust the information provided to them. Judges have particular needs with regards to organizing information which are not met by any system. The time required for information seeking is predicated upon the judge's situation regarding the disposition of the case. A judge's years on the bench suggests a pattern of information seeking at oral argument. Two critical events affect when judges need information most. Judges seek information independently. Distance from the information source approximates its relevance, and value. Of the state-funded resources, two if absent, would most affect information seeking. The quality of information seeking by the judge is guided primarily by their feeling of satisfaction. Judge's use of the computer is affected most by the nature of their job. Judges prefer information in hardcopy. Information seeking is limited to the courthouse. Finally, time affects information seeking behavior. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: A, page: 2142. / Major Professor: F. William Summers. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.

This study, using the case study and cross-case analysis method, identified and analyzed the practices and procedures a community-based educational agency, the public library, used to link with its external environment, its community. The bond issue referendum was selected as the phenomena through which effective linkage practices could be observed. The following research objectives guided the course of the study: (1) to determine the practices and procedures public libraries used to establish and maintain linkages with their external environment; (2) to compare the linkage practices used by libraries that have been successful in passing a bond referendum proposition the first time the issue is presented with linkage practices used by libraries that have been unsuccessful; and (3) to identify and analyze the environmental and organizational factors that affect the linkage practices and procedures used. / Data were gathered through on-site personal interviews, community and library documents, local newspaper clippings, and personal observation. A major conclusion was that one particular environmental factor, the status of the community economy, can have an overriding influence on the success or failure of the most comprehensive referenda campaigns. Other conclusions include that there are commonalities of linkage practices used in both successful and unsuccessful referenda campaigns, differing only in extensiveness; that the kinds of linkage practices can be more important than the number of practices used; and that there appears to be a difference in the types of target populations contacted in successful referenda campaigns. / Recommendations for identifying and implementing linkage development during a referendum campaign were detailed. Recommendations for further research were also suggested. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-12, Section: A, page: 3002. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

This thesis is a typological investigation of the library, specifically examining how the digitization of information informs design. The agency of the book, which has historically been the protagonist of library design, has been radically transformed by the migration to the electronic, which cause specific spatial ramifications. This library is imagined as a place that enhances access to materials available online, while also providing opportunities for access to materials that cannot be digitized. It acknowledges that current patrons are using libraries to rapidly reconstitute information and, although the majority of the materials they produce will ultimately exist in the realm of the electronic, the building itself celebrates in its own physicality those rare objects, whether existing or yet to be created, that stand against the tide of the virtual.

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