Written by Georgianne Bordner, Head of Technical Services In the 2012 LibQUAL+® Library Survey we heard from a number of students and faculty who were concerned about the size of the Library’s journal collection, including the print subscriptions that we have had to cancel due to rising costs. We received comments such as “I feel [...]

Written by Sara Baron, Ed.D., Dean of the University Library In 2009, the Library decided to move from the traditional way of centering research assistance at a “reference desk” to an “on-call” model of offering reference service. While a number of studies have found benefits to this approach, over the years, many of our students [...]

Written by Leanne Strum, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the University Library You asked for additional JSTOR collections and the Library has responded! Regent University Library is pleased to announce the addition of two new JSTOR Collections: Arts & Sciences V & VI. Our subscription adds over 240 full-text scholarly journals to our collection. The JSTOR [...]

Written by Sandra Yaegle, Head of Public Services We received quite a few questions and comments in the 2012 LibQual+® Library assessment survey regarding e-books. Here are some particulars about e-books that we would like to share with you. Regent University Library provides access to over 150,000 e-book titles through seven online resources: EBSCO eBook [...]

Editor’s note: The Library faculty is in the process of analyzing the results of the 2012 LibQUAL+® Library Survey. In the coming weeks, we will use this space to address some of the concerns raised by the survey takers. In the LibQual survey, several students commented that when using the Library databases, they are sometimes [...]