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Free Web App Trello: Your Key To Institutional Memory In Your Subject Librarian Departments, Robert Heaton Jan 2015

Free Web App Trello: Your Key To Institutional Memory In Your Subject Librarian Departments, Robert Heaton

Robert Heaton

A new subject-liaison assignment carries with it a daunting information-management challenge: Who are the faculty members in this department, and how have they worked with the previous subject librarian? Often librarians step into such a role completely blind to this history, but with an easy-to-use online tool, helpful information such as faculty photos, CVs, syllabi, assignment descriptions, research interests, collection needs, teaching schedules, notes on planning meetings and library-instruction sessions, and more can be given to a librarian along with their new subject assignment. Legwork to gather the information from department websites and personnel is required up front, but Trello, …


Channeling Don Draper: Dabbling In Database Marketing, K. Wesolek, Robert Heaton, G. Lebeau May 2013

Channeling Don Draper: Dabbling In Database Marketing, K. Wesolek, Robert Heaton, G. Lebeau

Robert Heaton

Utah State University Libraries' Collection Development Department embarked on a marketing campaign to increase awareness of our databases. This poster displays a small sample of the images used and discusses the impact on database usage during each marketing period. The results of our study were inconclusive, suggesting that online promotion efforts are best combined with departmental outreach, classroom instruction opportunities, and other marketing approaches.