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The Library As A Campus Sustainability Champion, Mandi Goodsett

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Library collaboration with other campus departments is a key method of cultivating and demonstrating value, both in terms of fruitful connections and increased impact. A library collaboration with the campus sustainability office accomplishes this task, and helps to promote a cause that is important to the entire campus community. This poster will explore how collaborative projects between the library and campus sustainability officer resulted in the increase in the library’s status as a champion of innovative and important initiatives, the opportunity to work with students to accomplish projects, and the chance to make a positive difference in the world. Initiatives …

Five Ways To Cultivate Open Education On Your Campus, Mandi Goodsett

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

As academic institutions focus attention on student retention and rising higher education costs, increasing attention has been paid to reducing the costs of instructional materials. Studies show that the high cost of textbooks, for instance, can impact student course choices, academic performance, and retention. Many faculty have found free, open textbooks and other open educational resources to be a successful alternative to expensive commercial textbooks. However, initiating an open education or affordable learning program on your campus can be tricky. Faculty are sometimes resistant to open education, administrators don’t always understand it, and librarians only have so much time to …

Halfway Between Oratorio And Opera: Early Moravians Love Of Sacred Dramatic Music, Barbara J. Strauss

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Imagine being in the Moravian settlement of Nazareth, Pennsylvania during January and February, 1797. The weekly concerts at the Nazareth Paedagogium included selections from Handel's Messiah, symphonies by Haydn, Eichner, Pleyel and Stamitz, Rolle's Thirza und ihre Sohne (divided over three weeks), Haydn's Stabat Mater (divided over two weeks) and the first section of Graun's Der Tod Jesu. This schedule of performances were recorded in the Verzeichniss derer Musicalien welche im Concert sind gemacht worden, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1796 zum 1845.

The early Moravians loved sacred dramatic music (musikalishes Drama). How do we know? Through the evidence in the Register of …

Can We Post It? Streamlining The Permissions Workflow, Marsha Miles

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Many libraries are doing more with less, and few have the luxury of having staff solely devoted to populating their institutional repositories. Learn how Cleveland State University streamlined the permissions verification process. Find out what worked well and where there are still opportunities for time-saving. No two libraries are the same, but some of the pieces may fit into your workflow.

Meeting The Accessiblity Standards For Digital Content At Csu, Marsha Miles, Barbara Loomis

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Presentation to the Ohio Digitization Interest Group on Cleveland State University’s Michael Schwartz Library workflows for processing files to meet the accessibility standards.