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Online Teaching Practices (Both Best And Worst), Michael Nelson, Bhagyavati, Gail Miles, Amber Settle, Dale Shaffer, Jake Watts, Robert P. Webber

Amber Settle

Challenges Documenting Early Era Regional Leaders, Danelle L. Moon

Danelle L. Moon

No abstract provided.

Beyond The Statistical Abstract, Stacey Knight-Davis, Jocelyn Tipton, Jan Sung

Stacey Knight-Davis

Access to government numeric data and statistical information has changed dramatically in recent years. By making it easier to find, patron demand continues to grow. Where will the look for it, and how will the use it? This session will include sources for finding data, examples of how to manipulate it, and ways to incorporate it into mapping programs.

Utilizing The Power Of Continuous Process Improvement In Technical Services, Lisa A. Palmer, Barbara C. Ingrassia

Lisa A. Palmer

In summer 2003 the Lamar Soutter Library initiated a Continuous Process Improvement project. The project’s goal was to reduce time and/or save money by examining and improving work processes. The charge for the Technical Services team was to reduce turnaroud time of certain processes by 50% or more, including (1) book acquisitions (from order to shelving) and (2) implementation of serials title changes. The team utilized value-added flow analysis to examine the processes and then did a six-month pilot project testing their recommendations.

The Team met weekly over four months to identify the specific steps involved in each process, review …

Georgia Archives, Lydia F. Knight

Lydia F. Knight

No abstract provided.

Supercharging Online Instruction: Amplifying Interactivity Using Interactive Simulation Software, Maryellen Allen, Steven Osler, Matthew Torrence

Matt Torrence

As the trend toward online and distance learning courses in higher education continues, educators and instructional designers continually struggle with efforts to engage and motivate learners located in electronically distributed, asynchronous environments. Studies in the professional literature point to active and problem based learning strategies as possible ways to successfully involve students while raising achievement levels, yet importing such methodologies to the online environment is challenging. Emerging technologies offer hope for the integration of active/problem-based learning with the online instructional environment. One of the most promising of these technologies includes interactive simulation software applications.

Hidden Jewel Of Information Uncovered, Madeleine K. Charney

Madeleine K. Charney

Describes the library at the New England Small Farm Institute (NESFI), located at 275 Jackson Street in Belchertown, MA.

Building A Usable Infrastructure For E-Science: An Information Perspective, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

No abstract provided.

Information Science, Suresh D. H

Suresh D H

No abstract provided.

What’S So Special About Women’S History; Next Steps Facing Historians And Archivist Documenting Regional Women’S History, Danelle L. Moon

Danelle L. Moon

No abstract provided.

Library World Wide Web Sites At Medium-Sized Universities : A Re-Examination, Bradley P. Tolppanen, Joan Miller, Martha H. Wooden, Lori M. Tolppanen

Bradley P. Tolppanen

No abstract provided.

Librarians As Disciplinary Discourse Mediators: Using Genre Theory To Move Toward Critical Information Literacy, Michelle H. Simmons

Michelle Holschuh Simmons

No abstract provided.

Slicing The Pie: A Discussion Of Seminary Book Budget Allocation At Andrews University, Terry Dwain Robertson

Terry Dwain Robertson

The allocation of a materials budget is a challenge. This paper discusses a solution for Andrews University that accounts for the more specialized needs of Ph.D. students, even though the materials may see less usage.

Relying On Electronic Journals: Reading Patterns Of Astronomers, Carol Tenopir, Donald King, Peter Boyce, Matt Grayson, Keri-Lynn Paulson

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Two Hundred Years Of Young Adult Library Services: A Chronology, Anthony Bernier, M. K. Chelton, C. A. Jenkins, J. B. Pierce

Anthony Bernier

No abstract provided.

Refworks: A Vehicle For Information Literacy, David Mac Court, Madeleine K. Charney

David Mac Court

Conference Abstract: RefWorks receives rave reviews across our campus! Experience how this online product manages citations and generates bibliographies. Learn about "teaching moments" that occur during a session. Understand how RefWorks upholds ACRL's Information Literacy Standard 2, #5. We will also explore how RefWorks may free the researcher, allowing for improved scholarship. Presented with Madeleine Charney, Reference Services Librarian, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Periodicals Price Survey 2005: Choosing Sides, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Lee C. Van Orsdel

No abstract provided.

The Social Embeddedness Of Embedded Networked Sensing, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

No abstract provided.

The Information Commons Service Model: Off The Map And Through The Rapids, Patricia Mileham

Patricia Mileham

Evaluating An It Help Desk: An Assessment Report, Fredrick Miller

Fred Miller

This is a report on what we learned as part of a recent assessment of the Information Technology Help Desk at Illinois Wesleyan University. The evaluation examined the services and operation of the Help Desk. It looked at existing data, and collected original data from a brief survey of our campus community. While a good percentage of our campus community is satisfied with technology services, we found that many, particularly students, want service improvements.

Assessing A Sherlock Holmes Collection, Christy Allen

Christy Allen

No abstract provided.

Microforms: Marriages, Mergers, And Migrations, Anna H. Perrault

Anna H. Perrault

“Migration” is a term used to describe the reformatting of materials or the moving of information from one format to a different format. The conversion of printed and original documents to microformats was a migration from paper, which was regarded as impermanent, to film, which was regarded as permanent. Today the term “migration” is most often used to denote the conversion of print or microform texts to electronic format to another. This paper begins with a brief history of the development of microforms as a storage and preservation medium with emphasis on the last two decades of the twentieth century …

Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister

Paul D. Callister

For so long as it has been important to know “what the law is,” the practice of law has been an information profession. Nonetheless, just how the information ecosphere affects legal discourse and thinking has never been systematically studied. Legal scholars study how law attempts to regulate information flow, but they say little about how information limits, shapes, and provides a medium for law to operate.

Part I of the paper introduces a holistic approach to “medium theory”—the idea that methods of communication influence social development and ideology—and applies the theory to the development of legal thinking and institutions. Part …

Nomination Of Stuart M. Basefsky: Suny Chancellor's Award For Excellence In Librarianship, Edward J. Lawler, Gordon Law

Stuart Basefsky

[Excerpt] Enclosed are a summary presentation and vita in support of Stuart M. Basefsky as the nominee of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations for the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship. Stuart is our senior reference librarian at the Catherwood Library having assumed his responsibilities here at the school in 1993.

Africa Is Not A Country: Teaching African Culture Through Picture Books, Dorothy Bowen

Dorothy N. Bowen

When you hear a news report from Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, or South Africa, what comes to your mind? Is it a part of the world that interestsyou? Do you listen intently to what follows? Do you view Africa as one big country or are you aware of the many languages, 7 -F7 cultures, and countries that are there? Or do you just turnoff until the next news item comes up? up?

Reframing Our Viewpoint: The 6th Acrl/Harvard Leadership Institute, Linda Masselink, Kelly Jacobsma

Linda Masselink

No abstract provided.

Reframing Our Viewpoint: The 6th Acrl/Harvard Leadership Institute, Linda Masselink, Kelly Jacobsma

Kelly Gordon Jacobsma

No abstract provided.

John D. Macdonald Collection Processing Plan, Florence Turcotte, Dina Benson

Dina Benson

No abstract provided.

Learning Objects And Repositories, Win Shih

Win Shih

No abstract provided.

Virtual Evidence: Analyze The Footsteps Of Your Users, Win Shih

Win Shih

This paper will discuss a practice of utilizing Web logs and usage statistics to maximize library resource and improve services at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Library. Like many of its peers, in 2004 the Library switched most of its print journals to online subscription. In this transformational process, the Library was faced with unique issues related to digital resources and services. Questions concerning reliable usage measurements, proficient access management and control, adequacy of user licenses, robust system performance and IT infrastructure, strong compliance of copyright laws and contractual agreements lead to the development of a decision-support mechanism …