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Research Rewarded: Engaging Students And The Campus Community Through Library Research Award Programs, Laura Hibbler, Karen Storz, Matt Bejune

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

Librarians and other library workers foster student research through a wide array of services. Yet we don't often see the fruits of this research in students' final projects, nor does the campus community often hear about the library's impact on students' research. Library research award programs are a powerful way for libraries to reward our students' exemplary work while highlighting how central libraries are to student research activities. In this panel, librarians from three institutions, a small liberal arts college, a small research institution, and a public university, will share their diverse experiences starting and coordinating library research award programs, …

Primary Rights And The Inequalities Of E-Book Access, Roën F. Janyk, Arielle R. Lomness

Charleston Library Conference

The e-book landscape is in a constant state of flux. More recent developments include new acquisition models, advances in platform usability and navigation, more lenient DRM provisions, and improvements to simultaneous user access licenses. However, what has not been addressed recently are the inequalities in e-book access for libraries across the world due to ‘primary rights.’ Territorial rights versus world rights is a licensing issue affecting libraries globally, and yet little is being done to address the inequalities of access. Join our discussion that will examine the ‘unavailable in your country’ message libraries often see alongside e-book purchase options, review …

Relationship Building In Special Collections, Ethan Henderson, Blynne Olivieri

ALADN

No abstract provided.

The Big Shift: How Vcu Libraries Moved 1.5 Million Volumes To Prepare For The Construction Of A New Library, Ibironke Lawal, Patricia Selinger, Barbara Anderson

Charleston Library Conference

Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries (VCUL) has been faced with serious space problems for more than a decade. Initiatives to correct this include the digital shift. VCUL’s new policy stipulates that journal subscriptions should be electronic only, wherever available. Where publishers offer both print and online for the same price, the library donates the print instead of keeping them on the shelves. Replacing print series with the electronic version as they become available is another ongoing practice. Added to these is moving infrequently used or superseded materials to storage as a continuous activity. All these were short‐lived measures until now. In …

Reaching Out To Business Communities: Best Practices For Libraries, Patrick Griffis, Sidney Lowe

Scholarship Colloquium

Origin of Book Project

• Presented about Business Community Outreach

– Reference Renaissance Conference: August 2010

• Approached by Managing Editor of Libraries Unlimited

– Asked to submit proposal for a book

• Proposal accepted and book contract signed

Slighting Certain Kinds Of Readers: Searching For Comic Book And Graphic Readers In Library And Information Science Literature, Lucia Cederia Serantes

Connections 2010

No abstract provided.