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Hagerty Library Collection Development Internship, James Gross Dec 2014

Hagerty Library Collection Development Internship, James Gross

James Gross

Collection Development Internship at the Drexel University, Hagerty Library. Summary of several collection management projects. Heavy usage of excel for data extraction. Screenshots used for visual aid.


Chat Reference: To Schedule Or Not To Schedule?, Michael Mungin Mar 2014

Chat Reference: To Schedule Or Not To Schedule?, Michael Mungin

Michael Mungin

Students in distance programs often have no way of visiting the physical reference desk to seek assistance from and engage in a reference interview with a librarian. Lack of access to this crucial research resource presents a major challenge to distance education. Luckily, chat reference services, available through various products and software, are becoming an increasingly common service offered by libraries. This technology allows the students and librarians to work together in real time to achieve the back and forth dialogue required in reference interviews. Unfortunately, the literature on creating and providing a chat reference service does not delve deeply …


Performance And Prediction Of Surcharge And Vacuum Consolidation Via Prefabricated Vertical Drains With Special Reference To Highways, Railways And Ports, Buddhima Indraratna, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Xueyu Geng Mar 2014

Performance And Prediction Of Surcharge And Vacuum Consolidation Via Prefabricated Vertical Drains With Special Reference To Highways, Railways And Ports, Buddhima Indraratna, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Xueyu Geng

Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

Much of the world’s essential infrastructure is built along congested coastal belts that are composed of highly compressible and weak soils up to significant depths. Soft alluvial and marine clay deposits have very low bearing capacity and excessive settlement characteristics, with obvious design and maintenance implications on tall structures and large commercial buildings, as well as port and transport infrastructure. Stabilising these soft soils before commencing construction is essential for both long term and short term stability. A system of vertical drains combined with vacuum pressure and surcharge preloading has become an attractive ground improvement alternative in terms of both …


Photomicrographs, The Npr 100, And Student Teaching: Library Liaison Ideas That Really Work, Katherine Furlong, Janelle L. Wertzberger Feb 2014

Photomicrographs, The Npr 100, And Student Teaching: Library Liaison Ideas That Really Work, Katherine Furlong, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

In 1997, Gettysburg College's Musselman Library revived a dormant liaison program. Librarians were assigned to each department and program on campus and expected to serve as the first point of library contact for the teaching faculty. Some core communications and activities emerged that we now encourage every liaison to practice; attending department meetings, sending reviews of new materials, tracking faculty book orders, and visiting faculty offices are seen as standard liaison activities. We were delighted to find that almost every librarian had some unique and interesting experiences to report. The authors collected these experiences so that they could be shared …


Data Backup: Save Your Data And Browser Bookmarks, James Gross Jan 2014

Data Backup: Save Your Data And Browser Bookmarks, James Gross

James Gross

Article discusses the need to back up one's data. Stresses the need for a backup plan and for periodic backups. Also reference to saving a copy of one's computer browser bookmarks in case of a computer failure.