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History Allies: Helping Protect Your Past: Resources On Managing Archives & Records For Community-Based Organizations, Ruth E. Bryan, Sarah Dorpinghaus, Matthew Strandmark
History Allies: Helping Protect Your Past: Resources On Managing Archives & Records For Community-Based Organizations, Ruth E. Bryan, Sarah Dorpinghaus, Matthew Strandmark
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Since 2015, the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center (UK SCRC) has offered “archives basics” workshops for community-based organizations in central Kentucky. These workshops, titled “History Allies: Helping Protect Your Past,” are free and open to the public and often hosted in partnership with area public libraries. Attendees have been from African American churches, LGBTQIA organizations, genealogical groups, museums, and more. Topics include the historical value of organizational records, selecting records for permanent retention, inventorying and storing physical and digital records, providing access to researchers, managing volunteers and volunteer projects, digitization methods and standards, and outreach and exhibits. The workshops …
Dangerous Liaisons: Brainstorming The 21st Century Academic Liaison, Antje Mays
Dangerous Liaisons: Brainstorming The 21st Century Academic Liaison, Antje Mays
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
Academic liaison roles have seen massive changes over time and grown into an ever-broadening range of duties. What began as subject-focused collection involvement has evolved into a mix of instruction, reference, and various forms of course-embedded services, all while also retaining the earlier focus on subject-specific collection management.
This paper outlines current research on academic liaison roles and summarizes the interactive exchanges from the 2018 Charleston Conference Lively Session on academic liaisons. Through live polling and discussion, session participants identified key functions and core competencies for liaisons, as well as factors contributing to success or hindrance for liaison success. Key …
Beautiful Connector: Collection Showcase Exhibits As Teaching Tools And Community Builders, Antje Mays
Beautiful Connector: Collection Showcase Exhibits As Teaching Tools And Community Builders, Antje Mays
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
Libraries’ quest to strengthen connections with their constituencies often finds expression in new services and repurposed user spaces. Some literature portrays libraries as focusing away from collections toward new trends in library portfolios, but showcasing collections can prove very effective in bringing the library and user communities closer together. This article recounts two recent library collection showcase exhibits as successful examples of bolstering stakeholder connections: The first collections exhibit showcased books on Chinese language, literature, culture, art and architecture, history, and medicine received through the Window of Shanghai program. The second collections exhibit showcased scholarly books, U.S. government publications, citizen …
Future And Value: The Library As Strategic Partner [Ebug 2019], Antje Mays
Future And Value: The Library As Strategic Partner [Ebug 2019], Antje Mays
Library Presentations
This keynote presentation was based on the 2018 Charleston Library Conference. The session outlined broader economic shifts facing higher education and libraries, then facilitated audience participation vis anonymous live poll at the Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group (eBUG) annual conference focused on library systems.
Broader economic trends spawn budget pressures for education and libraries, prompting a plethora of studies on the value and relevance of libraries. Numerous reports on economic decline in libraries and studies with mixed pronouncements on the value of libraries have led to a negative self-image within the library profession. Yet libraries' leadership in connecting learners to …
Dangerous Liaisons: Brainstorming The 21st Century Academic Liaison, Antje Mays
Dangerous Liaisons: Brainstorming The 21st Century Academic Liaison, Antje Mays
Library Presentations
Academic liaison roles have seen massive changes over time and grown into an ever-broadening range of duties. What began as subject-focused collection involvement has evolved into a mix of instruction, reference, and various forms of course-embedded services, all while also retaining the earlier focus on subject-specific collection management. This paper outlines current research on academic liaison roles and summarizes the interactive exchanges from the 2018 Charleston Conference Lively Session on academic liaisons presented November 7. Through live polling and discussion, session participants identified key functions and core competencies for liaisons, as well as factors contributing to success or hindrance …
From Adair To Woodford County And All Points In-Between, Jason Keinsley, Lauren Robinson
From Adair To Woodford County And All Points In-Between, Jason Keinsley, Lauren Robinson
Library Presentations
At the Agricultural Information Center (AIC) we are trying to provide relevant content for Cooperative Extension personnel located throughout the state of Kentucky. The College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment is the University of Kentucky's largest college and has employees located in all of the 120 Kentucky counties. Therefore, we are working to create and maintain relevant outreach services for a geographically and culturally diverse user group. Throughout this process, we have realized that creating online tutorials and virtual training sessions is not enough to support outreach services—we must stay visible. To stay visible, we have visited regional meetings and …
Reaching Out To Faculty: Leveraging Professional And Social Interactions To Meet Information Needs, Valerie E. Perry
Reaching Out To Faculty: Leveraging Professional And Social Interactions To Meet Information Needs, Valerie E. Perry
Library Presentations
Objectives: To apply the subject expertise of a life sciences librarian in serving the One Health information needs of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture faculty and other researchers employing animal research protocols through professional involvement, education, and social activities.
Methods Setting: A large research university with diverse use of animal research across the disciplinary faculties. Population: Researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and those in the medical, social, and life sciences--such as dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, biology and psychology--who use animals in their research. Exposure: Provide and promote information resources and services during 2010-2012 through a …
What Are Archives?, Ruth Bryan