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Your Library @ Home: Document Delivery For The Online Learner, Ashley T. Hoffman, Kiara Bynum Oct 2013

Your Library @ Home: Document Delivery For The Online Learner, Ashley T. Hoffman, Kiara Bynum

Ashley T. Hoffman

Kennesaw State University has a growing number of distance education degree programs, and a growing number of online learners as a result. Since these students either rarely or never come to campus, they are unable to take advantage of many of KSU’s library resources. To accommodate the research needs of distance education students, KSU’s Interlibrary Loan department looked to implement a document delivery program to connect online learners with the print materials they would otherwise be unable to access. This poster outlines the research conducted, including a survey of the policies of comparable institutions, as well as the proposed policy …


News With Views: Postobjectivism And Emergent Alternative Journalistic Practices In America’S Corporate News Media, Farooq A. Kperogi Mar 2013

News With Views: Postobjectivism And Emergent Alternative Journalistic Practices In America’S Corporate News Media, Farooq A. Kperogi

Farooq A. Kperogi

One of the inchoate yet defining features of journalism in the twenty-first century has been the profession’s unannounced but nonetheless consequential repudiation of the time-honored journalistic ethos of ‘‘objectivity.’’ In this paper, I argue that the gradual renunciation of the ideals of objectivity in contemporary journalistic practice, especially in the United States which birthed the concept, is both a return to journalism’s roots and a back-handed, if profit-inspired, embrace of certain hallmarks of ‘‘alternative journalism,’’ which emerged as a counterfoil to nineteenth-century notions of ‘‘objective journalism.’’ I demonstrate my thesis by historicizing ‘‘objective journalism’’ and linking its emergence to multiple …


Cert Presentation For Sturgis Library, Cheryl Stiles Feb 2013

Cert Presentation For Sturgis Library, Cheryl Stiles

Cheryl Stiles

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Library As Partner: Ir Collaborations On Campus And In The Community, David Evans Jan 2013

Library As Partner: Ir Collaborations On Campus And In The Community, David Evans

David Evans

Libraries are forming strategic partnerships on and off campus - with faculty, research institutes, community organizations, and scholarly associations. Repositories are playing a key role in facilitating these new relationships by enabling libraries to offer new and valuable services to these constituencies. This presentation describes the ways that the Sturgis Library at Kennesaw State University has used both journal and conference publishing services to foster these partnerships.


Give The Patrons What They Want -- Even If You Don't Have It Yet!, Ashley T. Hoffman, Ana Guimaraes Jan 2013

Give The Patrons What They Want -- Even If You Don't Have It Yet!, Ashley T. Hoffman, Ana Guimaraes

Ashley T. Hoffman

In the fall of 2013 Sturgis Library began investigating new collection development methods for serving the needs of students and faculty at Kennesaw State University (KSU), with the intent to enhance both collection and service excellence. One area targeted for improvement beginning in FY2013- 2014 was interlibrary loan service. With over 10,000 borrowing requests in FY 2011 -2012, Library Administration engaged the newly hired Collection Development Librarian and the ILL Paraprofessional to begin investigating and implementing a robust electronic book DDA (Demand Driven Acquisitions) program in conjunction with a PDA (Patron Driven Acquisitions) program. This presentation will highlight the process …


Ilibraries: Maintaining Relevancy In A Mobile World, Ariel K. Turner Jan 2013

Ilibraries: Maintaining Relevancy In A Mobile World, Ariel K. Turner

Ariel K Turner

Though the wealth of opportunities mobile technologies provide to libraries is widely acknowledged, some libraries continue to experience challenges when incorporating these technologies. These challenges include technological illiteracy, prohibitive cost, and the effect of these technologies on the traditional library environment. An examination of a variety of current literature and studies related to the incorporation of mobile technologies is necessary to determine how best to tackle these challenges, and suggests several methods of incorporating mobile technologies into academic libraries. Such methods include exploring technical blogs or classes, learning from technologically savvy peers, including tablets or other mobile devices in the …


The Poet And The Library: An Interview With Judson Mitcham, Cheryl Stiles Jan 2013

The Poet And The Library: An Interview With Judson Mitcham, Cheryl Stiles

Cheryl Stiles

In May 2012 Governor Nathan Deal appointed Judson Mitcham as the new Poet Laureate of Georgia. In this interview, Dr. Mitcham talks about the importance of public and university libraries in his own development as a poet, novelist, and teacher, and he discusses the vital role that libraries continue to play in the cultivation of new audiences for literary works.