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Preserving Kentucky’S Newspapers: Analogue Beginnings To Digital Frontier, Kopana Terry, Eric Weig

Eric C. Weig

Over fifty years ago an historian and a library director traveled the back roads of Kentucky (USA) with a portable microfilm camera, two lights, and a dream of preserving Kentucky’s newspapers. From their ambitions arose a successful newspaper preservation program at the University of Kentucky Libraries (UKL). Now in its sixth decade, the program has developed a new way of preserving contemporary born-digital newspapers. This paper explores some of the people and events behind the early success of UKL’s program, as well as an in-depth look at the development and functionality of Paper Vault: a largely automated, in-house process delivering …

Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays

Antje Mays

This article presents data-rich finding of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge.

Oclc Worldshare Marc Record Delivery (Previously Bibliographic Notification), Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

No abstract provided.

Authorized Access Points In Rda, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

Describes changes to authorities for personal name, family name, and corporate body headings due to RDA implementation. Includes examples and references to guidelines in RDA Toolkit.

Batch Editing: Software And Regular Expressions At Uk Libraries, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

No abstract provided.

Global Data Change: Overview, Tips, And Tricks, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

No abstract provided.

Gdc: Data Change Rule To Prepend A Subfield, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

Screen shot for regex to prepend a subfield in a Data Change Rule.

Changing Locations Using Gdc, Pick And Scan, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

Screen shots for using GDC, Pick and Scan and Access to change locations. (Voyager 8.2)

Authority Control: A Conversation, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

No abstract provided.

Information Literacy & Pogil: A New Approach To Using Inquiry Learning In Libraries, Margie Ruppel

Margie Ruppel

[Poster Presentation] Pre-service teachers at Boise State University enrolled in a piloted one-credit library research course, in which the POGIL method was used to teach information literacy and Web 2.0 skills. The faculty librarian employed the POGIL learning method in order to improve students’ depth of learning and increase their engagement with the information-seeking process. Learning outcomes included building pre-service teachers’ content knowledge; increasing familiarity with inquiry learning; recognizing and solving information problems using the Big6 Skills framework; evaluating primary and secondary sources; and utilizing state-funded information resources in their teaching. The overall goal of the course was two-fold: to …

Communication Overload: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Academic Reference Librarianship, C. Sean Burns, Jenny Bossaller

C. Sean Burns

Purpose – This study aims to provide insight on the meaning of communication overload as experienced by modern academic librarians. Communication is the essence of reference librarianship, and a practically endless array of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools (ICTs) are available to facilitate communication. Design/methodology/approach – This study relied on a phenomenological methodology, which included nine in-depth interviews with academic librarians. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using RQDA, a qualitative analysis software package that facilitates coding, category building, and project management. Findings – Seven themes about librarianship emerged from this research: attending to communication abundance, librarians of two types, …

A Library Is Not The Books: An Ethical Obstacle To The Digital Library, James M. Donovan

James M. Donovan

Casual and thoughtful speakers alike frequently use “library” as though it were the collective noun for “book”: A herd of cows, a murder of crows, a library of books. In practice it matters little whether “book” is understood as a specific physical artifact of ink and paper, or whether it refers more generically to any information-containing entity. The consistent point appears to be that in the presence of a sufficient number of those items, a library necessarily rises into existence.

This implied relationship proves critical to debates over the implications of digital formats for libraries. If libraries are reducible to …

Social Justice And An Information Democracy With Free And Open Source Software, C. Sean Burns

C. Sean Burns

This paper includes some thoughts on the implications of proprietary software versus free and open source software with regards to social justice, capital, and notions of an information society versus an information democracy. It outlines what free and open source software is and why it is important for social justice, and it offers three cases that highlight two salient themes. This includes a case about preference ordering & decision-making and two cases about knowing and knowledge.

An Analysis Of Bibliographic References Collected By A Social Computing Group, C. Sean Burns

C. Sean Burns

This research presents an analysis of references collected by an established group of users who share a common interest on a social computing website. The purpose is to demonstrate how social computing functions as an instrument for measuring scholarly communication. The goal is twofold: to reveal how an analysis of the references collected by interested users compares to and complements citation studies.

What Are Archives?, Ruth Bryan

Ruth E. Bryan

No abstract provided.

Pastperfect And The Rmf Archives, Ruth Bryan

Ruth E. Bryan

No abstract provided.

Elements Of An Archives Program, Ruth Bryan

Ruth E. Bryan

No abstract provided.

Tying Collection Development's Loose Ends With Interlibrary Loan, Margie Ruppel

Margie Ruppel

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discover the characteristics and quality of interlibrary loan (ILL) titles, and determine whether purchasing ILL titles is a useful collection development method.
Design/methodology/approach - The study analyzed document containing 18,322 monographic education and psychology monographs borrowed by Southern Illinois University Carbondale patrons through I-Share, Illinois' statewide catalog, during the 2004 calendar year. Education and psychology books account for 574 of the 18,322 titles. The study located 132 reviews for 92 of the titles by searching PsycINFO and Education Abstracts. It recorded reviewer recommendation, publication date, publisher, source of review, and list …

Behavioral Citation Analysis: Toward Collection Enhancement For Users, Beth E. Fuchs, Cristina M. Thomsen, Randolph G. Bias, Donald G. Davis Jr.

Beth Fuchs

A pilot study was developed to determine use of the University of Texas at Austin General Libraries’ research collections in the fields of civil engineering and educational psychology and to investigate the research behavior of graduate students. First, the authors sampled bibliographic citations from dissertations completed during the years 1997 and 2002 in the above-named fields. Then, a survey was sent to the dissertation writers to gain insight into use and opinions of library services for their graduate research. Analysis of information provided by both collection- and user-centered data-gathering techniques serves to underscore the value of the merged evaluation methods.

Instant Messaging Reference: Users' Evaluation Of Library Chat, Margie Ruppel, Jody Fagan

Margie Ruppel

This article analyzes survey results of university students who used Morris Messenger, the instant messaging (IM) reference service at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Morris Library. It focuses on the complete results of two surveys, including a comparison of IM reference and traditional reference desk experiences. An overview of the IM reference system and usage data are also discussed. Survey respondents indicated overall enthusiasm for the IM reference service and provided useful suggestions for improvements, which are also listed.

What's With The Web?, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

Progress Report On Kentucky State Publications Cataloging Grant, Kate Seago

Kate Seago

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Information Technology And Academic Medical Centers: Planning For Integration, Robert A. Aken, Patty Powell

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Stephen Collins Foster: A Guide To Research, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] How To Overcome Fear Of Dentistry, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Usa By Numbers: A Statistical Portrait Of The United States, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Disease Prevention/Health Promotion: The Facts, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] It's Not All In Your Head: A Couple's Guide To Overcoming Impotence, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Male Sexual Awareness: Increasing Sexual Satisfaction, Robert A. Aken

Robert A. Aken

No abstract provided.