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A Review Of “Fundamentals For The Academic Liaison.”, Darren L. Sweeper Dec 2014

A Review Of “Fundamentals For The Academic Liaison.”, Darren L. Sweeper

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

Academic libraries have devoted considerable resources as well as a sizable body of scholarship to the concept of the library liaison. Often seen as the face of the library, the academic liaison bridges the gap between the library and university community.


The Maritime Information Network: Dividing Costs & Labor, Multiplying Benefits, Christopher Hoebeke Oct 2014

The Maritime Information Network: Dividing Costs & Labor, Multiplying Benefits, Christopher Hoebeke

Christopher H Hoebeke

No abstract provided.


What The Alumni Can Do For The Library -- And For Themselves, Christopher H. Hoebeke Oct 2014

What The Alumni Can Do For The Library -- And For Themselves, Christopher H. Hoebeke

Christopher H Hoebeke

No abstract provided.


What Does Homecoming 2014 Have To Do With Booksigning, Sarah Kimakwa, Edgar Burgara Oct 2014

What Does Homecoming 2014 Have To Do With Booksigning, Sarah Kimakwa, Edgar Burgara

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Implementation Of Rda In The Opal Consortium, Elizabeth A. Salt, David Powell, Jack Wu Jul 2014

Implementation Of Rda In The Opal Consortium, Elizabeth A. Salt, David Powell, Jack Wu

Library Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The RDA Working Group, an informal subcommittee of the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) Cataloging Committee was formed in 2011 to research the then under development RDA (Resource Description and Access) cataloging code and make recommendations to the entire membership of the OPAL Cataloging Committee on how to proceed with implementing RDA cataloging in the 24 small academic libraries which make up the OPAL Consortium. All of the OPAL libraries share one Innovative Interfaces, Inc. library system and share a public catalog, so it was important to develop some guidelines for RDA cataloging that all of the OPAL catalogers could …


Adventist Librarianship: Worth Writing About [Poster], Terry Dwain Robertson, Lauren Matacio Jul 2014

Adventist Librarianship: Worth Writing About [Poster], Terry Dwain Robertson, Lauren Matacio

Terry Dwain Robertson

A Festschrift style publication would provide a venue for SDA Librarians to publish research and develop a body of professional literature that addresses the needs of SDA libraries and librarians. It is proposed because it does not involve specific time dead- lines and allows for short-term commitments for editorial leadership. It is also an accepted method of acknowledging and recognizing esteemed colleagues.


Survey Of Music-Library Personnel Characteristics, 2009, Susannah Cleveland, Mark A. Puente Apr 2014

Survey Of Music-Library Personnel Characteristics, 2009, Susannah Cleveland, Mark A. Puente

Susannah Cleveland

Results from the 2009 Music Library Association (MLA) Survey of Personnel Characteristics are presented and analyzed. Areas covered include education and training, status and salaries, professional activities, and demographics of MLA members. In each area, comparisons are made to results from the study of the same name conducted in 1997.


James White Library Hidden Treasures Isaac Newton: Early Adventist Pioneer? A Physicist’S Perspective, Sarah Kimakwa Apr 2014

James White Library Hidden Treasures Isaac Newton: Early Adventist Pioneer? A Physicist’S Perspective, Sarah Kimakwa

Faculty Publications

A Digital reproduction of the Newton Manuscript is available here


A History Of Collaboration, A Future In Crowdsourcing: Positive Impacts Of Cooperation On British Librarianship, Sally Ellis Mar 2014

A History Of Collaboration, A Future In Crowdsourcing: Positive Impacts Of Cooperation On British Librarianship, Sally Ellis

Library Staff Publications and Research

This article looks at the varying definitions and usage of the term ‘crowdsourcing,’ including those that insist the term may only be applied to online activities. An argument is made that, semantics aside, the activities known as crowdsourcing, collaboration, and/or citizen science, were in use long before the current online medium was invented and should be recognized not for the terminology employed but for the mutual benefits reaped. The article addresses the strengths of such activities, including user engagement, the accomplishment of tasks otherwise not possible because of budget cuts, and diversity of viewpoint. In addition, the possible weaknesses of …


A Discussion And Suggestions On Ethical Barriers In Librarianship: Information Privacy, Controversial Materials, And Personal Beliefs, Spyros Tsompanakis Mar 2014

A Discussion And Suggestions On Ethical Barriers In Librarianship: Information Privacy, Controversial Materials, And Personal Beliefs, Spyros Tsompanakis

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

In this work, the author discusses three ethical issues that have become barriers in the library environment: information privacy, controversial materials, and personal beliefs. The specific issues are covered by the ALA Code of Ethics, which is a general but clear guideline. In the library’s everyday life, however, these guidelines are being challenged by the occasional or consistent behaviors of librarians, users, and administrators. The author has witnessed situations when the above mentioned ethical issues caused conflicts and threatened to challenge librarianship as a concept and the values that come with it. The author presents the LIS literature on the …


A Discussion And Suggestions On Ethical Barriers In Librarianship: Information Privacy, Controversial Materials, And Personal Beliefs, Spyros Tsompanakis Mar 2014

A Discussion And Suggestions On Ethical Barriers In Librarianship: Information Privacy, Controversial Materials, And Personal Beliefs, Spyros Tsompanakis

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this work, the author discusses three ethical issues that have become barriers in the library environment: information privacy, controversial materials, and personal beliefs. The specific issues are covered by the ALA Code of Ethics, which is a general but clear guideline. In the library’s everyday life, however, these guidelines are being challenged by the occasional or consistent behaviors of librarians, users, and administrators. The author has witnessed situations when the above mentioned ethical issues caused conflicts and threatened to challenge librarianship as a concept and the values that come with it. The author presents the LIS literature on the …


The “Weisure” Class: The Elusive Goal Of Work-Life Balance, Jennifer A. Bartlett Feb 2014

The “Weisure” Class: The Elusive Goal Of Work-Life Balance, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This column summarizes key books, articles and other resources on the topic of librarian and library staff work-life balance.


Looking At The Socialization Of Lis Students Through A Pop Culture Lens, Mary Wilkins-Jordan, Lisa Hussey Jan 2014

Looking At The Socialization Of Lis Students Through A Pop Culture Lens, Mary Wilkins-Jordan, Lisa Hussey

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The LIS field is filled with pop culture images, seen and learned by our students. Learning about these images relevant to our students is indeed a task worthy of our time. We are preparing student to enter a profession with their own identity as a professional; pop culture may provide a useful tool in equipping them to do this successfully. We surveyed library students across the country to discover the LIS images they knew before starting their LIS studies and those they know now. Then we looked at sources, to discover what images they are drawing from their student life, …


Academic Libraries And The Crisis In Legal Education, Genevieve B. Tung Jan 2014

Academic Libraries And The Crisis In Legal Education, Genevieve B. Tung

Librarian Scholarship at Penn Law

Today’s law schools are threatened by declining enrollments and poor job prospects for graduates. Prominent reformers are exposing dysfunctions within the current system and recommending improvements, but many of these proposals misunderstand academic law libraries and their contributions to student and faculty success. This article examines four possible curricular reforms and suggests ways that law librarians can participate in a comprehensive effort to make legal education more useful.


Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays Jan 2014

Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

This article presents data-rich findings of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge, and the results broken out by discipline are presented.


What Does Homecoming 2014 Have To Do With Booksigning, Sarah Kimakwa, Edgar Burgara Jan 2014

What Does Homecoming 2014 Have To Do With Booksigning, Sarah Kimakwa, Edgar Burgara

Sarah Kimakwa

No abstract provided.


James White Library Hidden Treasures Isaac Newton: Early Adventist Pioneer? A Physicist’S Perspective, Sarah Kimakwa Jan 2014

James White Library Hidden Treasures Isaac Newton: Early Adventist Pioneer? A Physicist’S Perspective, Sarah Kimakwa

Sarah Kimakwa

No abstract provided.


Controlled Vocabulary Standards For Anthropological Datasets, Celia Emmelhainz Jan 2014

Controlled Vocabulary Standards For Anthropological Datasets, Celia Emmelhainz

Celia Emmelhainz

This article seeks to outline the use of controlled vocabulary standards for qualitative datasets in cultural anthropology, which are increasingly held in researcher-accessible government repositories and online digital libraries. As a humanistic science that can address almost any aspect of life with meaning to humans, cultural anthropology has proven difficult for librarians and archivists to effectively organize. Yet as anthropology moves onto the web, the challenge of organizing and curating information within the field only grows. In considering the subject classification of digital information in anthropology, I ask how we might best use controlled vocabularies for indexing digital anthropological data. …


Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays Jan 2014

Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays

Antje Mays

This article presents data-rich finding of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge.


Librarianship, Art, And Activism. A Transatlantic Interview With Alycia Sellie, Alycia Sellie, Martin Persson Jan 2014

Librarianship, Art, And Activism. A Transatlantic Interview With Alycia Sellie, Alycia Sellie, Martin Persson

Publications and Research

Alycia Sellie is an activist, librarian and the editor of the zine The Borough is My Library. She joined Martin Persson for a talk about hardships and possibilities for librarianship today, the intersection between art and libraries, and the struggle to promote free/open access culture and readers' rights.