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Welcoming Our Newest Neighbors – Idaho's Refugees, Elizabeth Ramsey, Kamal Rizal
Welcoming Our Newest Neighbors – Idaho's Refugees, Elizabeth Ramsey, Kamal Rizal
Elizabeth Ramsey
Each year more than 1,000 refugees from nations all over the world are resettled in Boise and Twin Falls. This presentation looks at who these refugees are, how they came to Idaho, and the challenges they face in their new life. Through increased awareness of these new community members, we might better position ourselves and our libraries to assist them with their transitions to life as American citizens.
Innovation, Collaboration And Models: Proceedings Of The Clir Cataloging Hidden Special Collections And Archives Symposium, March 2015, Cheryl Oestreicher
Innovation, Collaboration And Models: Proceedings Of The Clir Cataloging Hidden Special Collections And Archives Symposium, March 2015, Cheryl Oestreicher
Cheryl Oestreicher
This volume documents the capstone event to the seven-year Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The two-day symposium and unconference brought together more than 180 participants, including many past and current grant recipients. In the proceedings, more than 20 symposium presenters examine inter-institutional collaboration, student and faculty involvement, cataloging, arrangement and description, audiovisual collections, science collections, and outreach.
Catching Their Attention: Slide Shows As Outreach, Elizabeth Ramsey
Catching Their Attention: Slide Shows As Outreach, Elizabeth Ramsey
Elizabeth Ramsey
Albertsons Library at Boise State University has found slide shows to be an essential and easy to manage component in its outreach efforts and branding strategy. The slide shows run continually on a TV monitor in the library lobby as well as on all the computers in the library labs. This presentation focuses on the strategies used in the selection of topics, images and text, presenting examples of some of the most popular slides used at Albertsons Libraries categorized under recommended best practices.
How To Pack A Room: 3d Printing At Albertsons Library, Deana Brown, Amy Vecchione
How To Pack A Room: 3d Printing At Albertsons Library, Deana Brown, Amy Vecchione
Amy E. Vecchione
Libraries have a history of helping their communities create, whether it’s writing a paper or acquiring new information on a topic. Libraries have always helped communities learn new skills, and sometimes those skills are best acquired through creating. As technology has advanced, libraries too have evolved to boost individual’s digital fluency skills by providing tools and resources to help understand and experience new technology. Albertsons Library strives to helps students, staff, and faculty innovate by encouraging collaborative opportunities that promote information access and digital fluency skills. Providing campus-wide access to a 3D printer fits perfectly with this aim by bringing …
Standing On The Shoulders Of Management Giants, Gwyn Hervochon
Standing On The Shoulders Of Management Giants, Gwyn Hervochon
Gwyn Hervochon
The position of executive director is readily compared to the captain of the massive ship that is OSF. Working in cooperation with the artistic director, the executive director is responsible for maintaining a stable environment in which the creative work of the company may flourish.
Many Brave Noises, Gwyn Hervochon
Many Brave Noises, Gwyn Hervochon
Gwyn Hervochon
Thanks to grants and much hard work, OSF’s collection of film and sound spanning its entire history is now being preserved and made accessible.
Creative Commons – Saving The Internet One License At A Time, Michelle Armstrong
Creative Commons – Saving The Internet One License At A Time, Michelle Armstrong
Michelle Armstrong
Traditionally copyright has been inflexible, creating few opportunities for those who wish to share or use a new work. Copyright is automatically assigned as soon as an original creation is fixed in a tangible medium. Although registering a work with the U.S. Copyright Office may be beneficial, is not required for an author to receive the rights and protections provided by the federal law. Under this system, anyone wanting to use a creation is limited to the allowable uses outlined in the law or must justify their use through a fair use analysis. All other applications of a work are …
Ereading For Research, Michelle Armstrong
Ereading For Research, Michelle Armstrong
Michelle Armstrong
Data on ebooks is beginning to show that this format is transforming the library world. More and more libraries are developing ebook collections and patrons are learning to expect this format as an option. Much of this success is the result of devices like the Kindle and iPad which mimic a much more natural reading experience, at least in the traditional sense. Reading a novel or any text straight through works well on these devices. However, not every type of reader interacts with a book like this and in fact many academic faculty and researchers need more freedom to read …
No Fees Required: Opening Access To University Content (Tech Talk), Michelle Armstrong, Julia Stringfellow
No Fees Required: Opening Access To University Content (Tech Talk), Michelle Armstrong, Julia Stringfellow
Michelle Armstrong
This article shares information from a presentation at the 2011 Southwest Idaho Library Association Regional Conference, which explored increased access to university collections and scholarship and the great benefits this provides for all library communities. Access to university records and scholarship, both born digital and originally in paper, is improved by providing them in an open, electronic format. The session featured examples of institutional repositories and the types of digital content they include, and provided resources with information on creating and implementing an institutional repository.
Getting Social In A Small Academic Library, Elizabeth Ramsey
Getting Social In A Small Academic Library, Elizabeth Ramsey
Elizabeth Ramsey
Libraries of all shapes and sizes are being exhorted to take advantage of the outreach and promotion opportunities available to them for free through the use of social networking. However, to avoid the pitfalls of an unfocused or unsuccessful program most experts agree that you’ll need to first consider: why you want to use social networking, where in the wide, wide web you want to start building your community, who will be responsible for the content, what that content will be, and how the effectiveness of your social media efforts will be measured. This article will examine strategies advocated by …
Texting: Leveraging The Statistics To Your Advantage, Amy E. Vecchione
Texting: Leveraging The Statistics To Your Advantage, Amy E. Vecchione
Amy E. Vecchione
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An Alternative To Recording Hash Marks, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
An Alternative To Recording Hash Marks, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
Picture this: you just completed a 30-minute transaction where you helped a patron identify several relevant resources to answer their question, coached them in how to use the resources and helped them with several catalog searches. Basking in the glow of the patron’s enthusiastic praises, you record the transaction with a single hash mark on your statistics page. Were you tempted to put down more than on has mark to better represent the transaction? Are you looking for a better way to document the breadth and depth of the services you offer? This session will go over a few ideas …
Corralling Digital Collections From Across The Region: A Survey Of Digital Collections In The Pacific Northwest, Amy E. Vecchione, Rick Stoddart, Erin Passehl
Corralling Digital Collections From Across The Region: A Survey Of Digital Collections In The Pacific Northwest, Amy E. Vecchione, Rick Stoddart, Erin Passehl
Amy E. Vecchione
Digital collections exist at all types of institutions throughout the Northwest. Wrangling these online resources all into one place is quite a challenge. This poster will raise awareness of and highlight digital collections both big and small throughout the region. The range of collections spans from historical documents detailing local histories to the digital repositories of official government business to photographs and objects documenting Northwest culture (music, art, environment). Librarians and teachers will learn what collections are freely available to the public, relavant to the reference desk and classroom, and meaninful to patrons and students. Libraries, archives, and special collections …
Policies For Improving Accessible Web Development Techniques And Management, Michelle Armstrong
Policies For Improving Accessible Web Development Techniques And Management, Michelle Armstrong
Michelle Armstrong
When examining web site accessibility for individuals with disabilities, it is important to address development from the premise that web sites should be aesthetically pleasing and usable – as well as accessible. By applying these criteria, developers are encouraged to work as teams, utilize comprehensive management techniques, and address the need for long-term maintenance. This approach ultimately results in a web development infrastructure that can handle both high demand, as well as change. In the case of the WIND Web Services Team this infrastructure takes the form of a “Development and Guidelines and Recommendations” document, core values conveyed to all …