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Empirical Evaluation Of Metadata For Video Games And Interactive Media, Rachel I. Clarke, Jin Ha Lee, Andrew Perti

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

Despite increasing interest in and acknowledgment of the significance of video games, current descriptive practices are not sufficiently robust to support searching, browsing, and other access behaviors from diverse user groups. To address this issue, the Game Metadata Research Group at the University of Washington Information School, in collaboration with the Seattle Interactive Media Museum, worked to create a standardized metadata schema. This metadata schema was empirically evaluated using multiple approaches—collaborative review, schema testing, semi-structured user interview, and a large-scale survey. Reviewing and testing the schema revealed issues and challenges in sourcing the metadata for particular elements, determining the level …

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Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Pushing The Vendor To Improve Customer Service, Stacey Marien, Bob Nardini

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Stacey Marien Profile

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Atg Interviews Franny Lee, Founder Of Sipx, And Kurt Sanford, Ceo Of Proquest, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

And They Were There--Reports Of Meetings, Ramune K. Kubilius, Anthony Watkinson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Decoder Ring--Reprints And Refrigerators In "The American Comic Book (Critical Insights)", Jerry Spiller

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Decoder Ring--Unexpectedly Musical Updates, Jerry Spiller

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Negotiating The Archive: Redefining The Event Of The Book Through Collaborative Engagement, Annie Smith, Christa Albrecht-Crane

Annie Smith

This collaborative paper draws on Jacques Derrida’s philosophical notion of the “archive” to argue that reading in the classroom becomes a historical and institutional activity that animates the archive as a method of organizing and referring to texts. Thus, instruction centers on intertextuality between and among texts—as in close reading, citation, quotation, and cross-referencing. The paper argues that undertaking library research means looking beyond the book to emphasize the contingent nature of the archive, focusing on the methods of information transmission and the cultural production of knowledge. Consequently, library instruction goes beyond basic searching skills to include a recognition of …

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 14, October 12, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Henderson News 4.1, W. Bede Mitchell, Fred Smith, Jessica Williams, Janet Burns

Henderson Library Newsletters (2010-2019)

In This Issue:

• Welcome From the Dean
• New Faculty: Meet Jeff Mortimore
• Banned Books Week Activities
• Zach's Sustainable Seeds
• Retirement: Ann Hamilton
• Farm to Table 2015

Watching Storytelling: Visual Information In Oral Narratives, James Ripley

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Oral narratives, though prolific, are increasingly being shared via some form of electronic mediation, and yet they are often glossed over in regard to the study of narrative. This study was designed to address the unique nature of oral narratives focusing on the information channels utilized by participants in their co-creation of stories.

A comparative case study was undertaken of three groups who employed a variety of synchronous and asynchronous electronic mediation in their storytelling. Viewed through the lenses of Narratology and Social Presence Theory a combination of participant observation and qualitative semi-structured exploratory narrative interviews were undertaken with participants …

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 …

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 05, September 10, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Squaring Up To Youth Unemployment Through Entrepreneurial Based Learning: The Library As A Panacea, Margaret Nwakaego Ngwuchukwu, Margaret Nwakaego Ngwuchukwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The unemployment situation in Nigeria is like a worm that has eaten deep into the nation’s fabric. The youth in Nigeria suffer the most because they make up the highest number of people in the country .The unemployment situation has caused macro-economic distortions in the country, it has also brought many crimes. As a result of this, there is need to train the youth to be entrepreneurial and self reliant so that the nation will be peaceful and as well prolific. The library has a role to play in inculcating the skills of entrepreneurship in the youth. Through the …

Himmelfarb Headlines - September/October 2015, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on Overleaf collaboration tool, video resources at Himmelfarb, and profiles on Brian McDonald and Leighton Ku.

Book Reviews--Monographic Musings, Regina Gong

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Collecting To The Core--Online Allied Health Resources For The Classroom And The Clinic, Anne Doherty, Ann Hallyburton

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

At Brunning: People And Technology--At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Gender Stereotypes Male Librarians Face Today, Heidi Blackburn

Criss Library Faculty Publications

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (USBLS) (2012), the library profession has seen a 48% (19,458) increase in males working in libraries since 1980 and the male influx is expected to increase (Minnesota, 2011) despite lingering professional stereotypes. Movies, books, and other popular media focus on the overall image of the librarian, as if only one type exists for both sexes (Duke, 1999; Garcia, 2011). These stereotypes may be misinterpreted on the faulty premise that men confront the same stereotypes in the library workplace as women. Social roles and norms are different for men and women and …

Entire Issue Volume 28, Number 2

The Primary Source

Complete issue of Vol. 28, No. 2 of The Primary Source.

Archival Vaudeville: Rethinking Outreach With Collaborative Programming, Jennie Benford, Rachel Grove Rohrbaugh

The Primary Source

When a group of archivists in Pittsburgh started meeting for happy hours, talk inevitably turned to the great things we were working on and how we wished more people knew about the archives found in our city. Comparing notes quickly turned to making plans for a public program that would allow local archivists to introduce themselves and their repositories to an audience beyond the circled wagons of our profession. In planning for this event, several decisions were made at a theoretical level that had real impact on the structure and success of the program. The loose formula created by the …

You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2015), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

With the 2015 collection, we again bring together recommendations from across the Gettysburg College campus—the books, movies, TV shows, graphic novels and even podcasts that have meant something special to us over the past year. Ninety faculty, administrators and staff offer up a list of 175 …

Starting Off On The Right Foot: A Library New Student Employee Orientation, James Williams Iii

South Carolina Libraries

This article is for administrators, department heads, supervisors and anyone who employs students to assist with the day to day operation of their organization and want to maximize the experience and benefit for both the student and the organization. As service is the heart of the librarianship, it is critical that anyone working in the library start with a good foundation of training, tools and expectations in order to provide high quality service regardless of what area they are employed in. This is particularly important for student employees hired by the library many of which have never held a job …

Don's Conference Notes--Don Reports On Anticipating Demand: The User Experience As Driver; The 2015 Nfais Annual Conference, Creating Sustainable Community; The 2015 Acrl Conference, Donald T. Hawkins

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Library System News, Spring 2015, Vccs Library Services

Library System News

No abstract provided.

Library Monthly - April/May 2015, Amy Filiatreau, Tsukasa Cherkaoui, Leecy Barnett, Alison Leonard, Sabine Dantus

Library Newsletter

In this issue:

• Possible Renovation: Pardon our Dust Jacket
• Lynn University's Music Library
• Let the Library Help You Enhance Your Courses
• Subjects Guide - Targeted Searching
• The Complete Recap to the Library's Spring Events

Little Red Herrings: The Moving Finger…Blinks And Having Blinked, Blinks On, Mark Y. Herring

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Decoder Ring: A Look At John Allison's Bobbins, Jerry Spiller

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.