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Use, Experience And Future Of E-Books From University Libraries, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles Jul 2014

Use, Experience And Future Of E-Books From University Libraries, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles

Lisa M Rose-Wiles

Like most academic libraries, Seton Hall University Libraries have been increasingly investing in eBooks. This is partly a response to budget and space constraints, but also reflects an expectation that eBooks will follow the pattern of electronic journals and gain in popularity. In this research project I examine the use of our eBook collections and report on opinions of eBooks gathered from informal interviews with students and faculty members.


Ecology, Information Literacy And Bernard Lonergan: A Librarian Immersed, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles Jan 2014

Ecology, Information Literacy And Bernard Lonergan: A Librarian Immersed, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles

Lisa M Rose-Wiles

In spring 2013 a group of faculty and administrators completed a series of workshops exploring Bernard Lonergan's General Empirical Method (GEM) and ways to apply it to our teaching. GEM invites students to learn how to think for themselves and discover themselves as learners. There are three initial steps - experiencing, understanding, and judging - which can readily be applied to searching, discovering and evaluating information resources. I report on my collaboration with a Biology professor teaching "Ecology and Stewardship," where we jointly incorporated elements of GEM, information literacy and the research process and developed rubrics for assessing student work.


The Changing Role Of Digital Tools And Academic Libraries In Scholarly Workflows: A Review, Sharon Favaro, Christopher Hoadley Jan 2014

The Changing Role Of Digital Tools And Academic Libraries In Scholarly Workflows: A Review, Sharon Favaro, Christopher Hoadley

Sharon Favaro Ince, M.L.I.S, M.A.

In this paper, we review the literature on how information literacies are manifested in scholarly workflows for undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars, and the need to support integrating library resources into their knowledge practices, and how available tools support their needs. We argue that research is needed on how libraries and digital tools both support, and indeed teach, knowledge-building practices across the entire lifecycle of knowledge. Finally, we advocate for studying researcher and student workflows as a way to both improve the tools we make available, and more importantly, to inform us on the role(s) libraries can play in the …


Seven Reasons To Be Skeptical About Patron-Driven Acquisitions: A Summary, John Buschman Jan 2014

Seven Reasons To Be Skeptical About Patron-Driven Acquisitions: A Summary, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Habermas And Intellectual Freedom: Three Paths, John Buschman Jan 2014

Habermas And Intellectual Freedom: Three Paths, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Academic Library Leadership, Second-Wave Feminism And Twenty-First Century Humanism: Reflections On A Changing Profession, Marta Deyrup Jan 2013

Academic Library Leadership, Second-Wave Feminism And Twenty-First Century Humanism: Reflections On A Changing Profession, Marta Deyrup

Marta Deyrup

No abstract provided.


The Truth Is Out: How Students Really Search, Marta Deyrup, Beth Bloom Jan 2013

The Truth Is Out: How Students Really Search, Marta Deyrup, Beth Bloom

Marta Deyrup

No abstract provided.


Democracy, Market Solutions, And Educative Institutions: A Perspective On Neoliberalism, John Buschman Jan 2013

Democracy, Market Solutions, And Educative Institutions: A Perspective On Neoliberalism, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Libraries And The Right To The City: Insights From Democratic Theory Prepared For The 2013 Lacuny Institute: Libraries, Information, And The Right To The City, John Buschman Jan 2013

Libraries And The Right To The City: Insights From Democratic Theory Prepared For The 2013 Lacuny Institute: Libraries, Information, And The Right To The City, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Historical Roots Of Faith (In The Market): Neoliberalism Before The “Neo”, John Buschman Jan 2013

Historical Roots Of Faith (In The Market): Neoliberalism Before The “Neo”, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Circulation @ Seton Hall, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles, Sulekha Kalyan Jan 2012

Circulation @ Seton Hall, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles, Sulekha Kalyan

Lisa M Rose-Wiles

No abstract provided.


Information Rights, Human Rights, And Political Rights: A Précis On Intellectual And Contextual Issues For Library And Information Science, John Buschman Jan 2012

Information Rights, Human Rights, And Political Rights: A Précis On Intellectual And Contextual Issues For Library And Information Science, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Lite Ethnography: An Essay Review, John Buschman Jan 2012

Lite Ethnography: An Essay Review, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Web 2.0 And The Academic Library, Marta Deyrup Jan 2010

Web 2.0 And The Academic Library, Marta Deyrup

Marta Deyrup

No abstract provided.


Building A Case Against Neoliberalism In Lis From The Ground Up: An Essay Review Of John Budd’S Self Examination: The Present And Future Of Librarianship And Knowledge And Knowing In Library And Information Science: A Philosophical Framework, John Buschman Jan 2010

Building A Case Against Neoliberalism In Lis From The Ground Up: An Essay Review Of John Budd’S Self Examination: The Present And Future Of Librarianship And Knowledge And Knowing In Library And Information Science: A Philosophical Framework, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Information Literacy: Discipline-Specific Or Core Competency?, Marta Deyrup Jan 2009

Information Literacy: Discipline-Specific Or Core Competency?, Marta Deyrup

Marta Deyrup

No abstract provided.


Talkin’ ‘Bout My (Neoliberal) Generation: Three Theses, John Buschman Jan 2007

Talkin’ ‘Bout My (Neoliberal) Generation: Three Theses, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


On Anonymity In Libraryland Blogging, John Buschman, Mark Rosenzweig, Kathleen De La Peña Mccook Jan 2007

On Anonymity In Libraryland Blogging, John Buschman, Mark Rosenzweig, Kathleen De La Peña Mccook

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Is The Revolution Over? Gender, Economic And Professional Parity In Academic Library Leadership Positions, Marta Deyrup May 2004

Is The Revolution Over? Gender, Economic And Professional Parity In Academic Library Leadership Positions, Marta Deyrup

Marta Deyrup

No abstract provided.


The Internet And Social Activism: Savage Inequalities Revisited, Dorothy A. Warner, John Buschman Jan 2000

The Internet And Social Activism: Savage Inequalities Revisited, Dorothy A. Warner, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.