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Good Enough: The New Face Of Reference, Doug Way, Colleen Lyon Dec 2010

Good Enough: The New Face Of Reference, Doug Way, Colleen Lyon

Doug Way

College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries continue to pour time and money into print reference collections that are rarely used and take huge amounts of our libraries’ limited space. While libraries have responded to space and access concerns by turning to electronic books, title-by-title selection is a time-consuming affair for a collection that sees low use. In this paper we examine the factors that have led to the point where libraries need to reexamine how they collect and provide access to reference sources. Through a content analysis of reference transcripts and …


American Archives Month, 2010 Celebrating The History Of The Graduate School Of Nursing, Kristine Sjostedt Dec 2010

American Archives Month, 2010 Celebrating The History Of The Graduate School Of Nursing, Kristine Sjostedt

Kristine M. Sjostedt

This article describes the panel discussion and luncheon event held October 19, 2010 in celebration of the history and twenty-fifth anniversary of the Graduate School of Nursing.


Competing Perspectives: Communicating The Value Of School Librarians And Ict Skills To School Principals/Administrators, Rick A. Stoddart Dec 2010

Competing Perspectives: Communicating The Value Of School Librarians And Ict Skills To School Principals/Administrators, Rick A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

This paper will examine how LIS schools prepare pre-service librarians to communicate with school principal/administrators the importance and implementation of Information & Communication-Technology (ICT) standards. A recent state-wide study has shown that many school principals/ administrators derive their understanding as to the role of school libraries/ librarians from three main sources: personal experience (84.7%), on-the-job experience (81.3%), and informal communication with school librarians (80.7%).1 Obviously, school librarian interaction with principals/administrators has large impact on an administrator’s viewpoint on school libraries’/librarians’ educational efficacy. Unfortunately, those principals/administrators who relied on on-the-job experience as a knowledge base tended to assess their school or …


Incorporating Millennium Catalog Records Into Serials Solutions’ Summon, Jeffrey D. Daniels, Patrick J. Roth Dec 2010

Incorporating Millennium Catalog Records Into Serials Solutions’ Summon, Jeffrey D. Daniels, Patrick J. Roth

Patrick Roth

No abstract provided.


Clustering Algorithm Identification System Using Wavelet Transform, Philadelphia University Dec 2010

Clustering Algorithm Identification System Using Wavelet Transform, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Authentic Learning Is Not Just For Students: It’S For Librarians, Too!, Joyce Yukawa, V. H. Harada Dec 2010

Authentic Learning Is Not Just For Students: It’S For Librarians, Too!, Joyce Yukawa, V. H. Harada

Joyce Yukawa

No abstract provided.


Here Lies The Precious Babe (Paradox) - Women's Choir, Keith D. Rowley Dec 2010

Here Lies The Precious Babe (Paradox) - Women's Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

An original Christmas carol for women's (SSA) choir and piano with words by Angelus Silesius.