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Full-Text Articles in Education
Positive Effects Of Mindfulness Practices On Academic Performance And Well-Being, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova, Ruth L. Baker
Positive Effects Of Mindfulness Practices On Academic Performance And Well-Being, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova, Ruth L. Baker
Library Faculty Publications
This qualitative study explored potential positive effects of mindfulness practices among university students. The mindfulness practices were provided at an experiential space, the Brain Booth at the university library, meant to learn about the mind-body connection, reduce stress, and optimize learning. The Brain Booth activities were available to students at any time during the library working hours. The findings showed that the Brain Booth was experienced as helping students to 1) Relax and Destress; 2) Calm down; 3) Foster focus and clarity; 4) Actively engage and reenergize. A strong preference was outlined for mindfulness activities without a digital component or …
Launching A 3d Printing Program For Students: Recommendations And Best Practices For Libraries, Wilhelmina Randtke, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Launching A 3d Printing Program For Students: Recommendations And Best Practices For Libraries, Wilhelmina Randtke, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Library Faculty Publications
The Georgia Southern University Libraries launched a 3D printing program for students in July 2022. Prior to launch, library employees at two of Georgia Southern University’s campuses investigated options for implementing safe, affordable, and sustainable 3D printing in existing academic libraries without retrofitting costly ventilation systems into existing facilities. This article describes the reasons why the Georgia Southern University Libraries thought that a 3D printing program could fulfill a service need for students across university colleges and departments and outlines some of the challenges, best practices, and unique innovations that the library’s employees experienced throughout the program launch process. The …
Providing Access With Bookmobiles: A Chapter In The History Of Georgia Libraries, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt
Providing Access With Bookmobiles: A Chapter In The History Of Georgia Libraries, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt
Library Faculty Publications
Providing access to information is one mission of libraries and librarians. Programs and outreach are important aspects of accomplishing this mission. The implementation of the bookmobile program in the United States in the early 1900s provided access to those who couldn’t easily travel to a library. There are many people, then and now, who struggle to access libraries and the valuable resources libraries provide. Those people are the benefiters of the utilization of this innovative idea. Bookmobiles were valuable programs in the early 1900s and continue to be a useable and needed program today.
Escape The Show And Tell: Engaging Primary Source Literacy Through Immersive Game-Based Instruction, Autumn Johnson, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech
Escape The Show And Tell: Engaging Primary Source Literacy Through Immersive Game-Based Instruction, Autumn Johnson, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech
Library Faculty Publications
Instruction using Special Collections and archival resources tends to play a minor role in library instruction programs. Special Collections is more often employed in exhibitions or public forums for lectures, presentations, and academic discussions. Hands-on opportunities to teach with Special Collections, if available, are typically limited to oneshot lecture sessions with a handful of resources specific to a singular course subject or assignment topic. While these “Show and Tell” sessions can be a great way to expose undergraduate students to archival primary sources, they often are used exclusively in history or humanities courses. A more engaging, tactile approach is certainly …
Book Review - Coming Of Age In A Hardscrabble World: A Memoir Anthology, Kristi L. Smith
Book Review - Coming Of Age In A Hardscrabble World: A Memoir Anthology, Kristi L. Smith
Library Faculty Publications
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From Soup To Nuts: Expanding Liaison And Technical Services For Oer Development, Dawn Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey M. Mortimore
From Soup To Nuts: Expanding Liaison And Technical Services For Oer Development, Dawn Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Library Faculty Publications
This case study highlights an ongoing library collaboration with faculty recipients of a statewide Wikipedia Image Open educational resources (OER) are free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes. OER textbook grant at a rural public research university in the southeast. It emphasizes the evolving needs of teaching faculty open to OER grant writing and development, and the necessity of librarians to be creative in delivering this support. The authors describe how they expanded liaison and technical service roles to educate faculty about the meaning and benefits of OERs, guided selection …
Let The Right Ones In: Supporting Patrons As Content Creators With Libguides And Libguides Cms, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Ruth L. Baker
Let The Right Ones In: Supporting Patrons As Content Creators With Libguides And Libguides Cms, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Ruth L. Baker
Library Faculty Publications
With flexible access and permission features, LibGuides and LibGuides CMS offer an adaptable platform for hosting patron-created content. This paper highlights how librarians at Georgia Southern University opened their LibGuides CMS platform to host faculty and student projects and portfolios. Employing similar techniques, libraries can host a wide range of patron-created content while protecting library-managed guides and assets, controlling access to patron-created content, and protecting patron privacy. This paper provides a detailed overview of access and permission features available in LibGuides and LibGuides CMS, presents two case studies, and offers considerations and best practices for hosting patron-created content.
Review Of Reflecting On The Future Of Academic And Public Libraries By Peter Hernon And Joseph R. Matthews, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of Reflecting On The Future Of Academic And Public Libraries By Peter Hernon And Joseph R. Matthews, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
Review Excerpt: A book about trends and issues shaping the evolution of American libraries by Peter Hernon and Joseph Matthews is almost self-recommending. The authors have many years of teaching, research, and service to the profession under their belts and are recognized as significant and influential leaders. Reflecting on the Future of Academic and Public Libraries offers guidance to library leaders on how to anticipate and manage change. Hernon and Matthews fear that librarians who are reactive and deal only incrementally with today’s profound challenges will preside over the withering of libraries into little used warehouses of legacy collections. The …
A Note On Civil Disobedience And Professional Ethics Codes, W. Bede Mitchell
A Note On Civil Disobedience And Professional Ethics Codes, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
In her exemplary book The Ethical Archivist, Elena S. Danielson devotes a chapter to professional ethics codes and points out that “[m]any informed observers do not feel that complying with the law has any place in a statement on ethics since laws enforce existing power relationships, which may be unfair.” (p.45) I will argue that including civil disobedience principles in ethics codes may be preferable to rejecting legal compliance as a consideration.
A Comparison Of Searching Functionality Of A Vu-Find Catalogue Implementation And The Traditional Catalogue, Debra G. Skinner
A Comparison Of Searching Functionality Of A Vu-Find Catalogue Implementation And The Traditional Catalogue, Debra G. Skinner
Library Faculty Publications
As of spring semester 2010, Georgia Southern University began using a VuFind implementation as the default access to the library catalogue on the library Web page while maintaining a secondary link to the traditional Voyager “classic” catalogue. VuFind is an opensource product that has been adopted and adapted by all the state universities and colleges in the state of Georgia. For approximately ten years, Georgia libraries have used Voyager as their catalogue, and it remains available to users as the “classic” search option. This report examines the local VuFind implementation compared to the more traditional Voyager implementation, emphasizing the differences …
Review Of The Ethical Archivist By Elena S. Danielson, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of The Ethical Archivist By Elena S. Danielson, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
Citizen Ambassadorship On Behalf Of Libraries, Ann Hamilton
Citizen Ambassadorship On Behalf Of Libraries, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences as an ambassador to South Africa on behalf of libraries for the People to People organization.
Review Of Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, And Social Justice By Randall C. Jimerson, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, And Social Justice By Randall C. Jimerson, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
Selection And Cataloging For An Automated Retrieval Collection: Viewpoint Of A Cataloger, Debra G. Skinner
Selection And Cataloging For An Automated Retrieval Collection: Viewpoint Of A Cataloger, Debra G. Skinner
Library Faculty Publications
In the summer of 2004, Georgia Southern University began a library construction project that was to last 4 years. An important aspect was the installation of an Automated Retrieval System (ARC) to house a substantial portion of the library collections so that more space could be available for students, faculty, and the services to meet their needs. This paper traces the development of the use of the ARC to house collections, with emphasis on how materials were selected for the two phases of the project and how catalogers have adapted to the idea of collections that can only be browsed …
Review Of College And University Archives: Readings In Theory And Practice By Christopher J. Prom And Ellen D. Swain, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of College And University Archives: Readings In Theory And Practice By Christopher J. Prom And Ellen D. Swain, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
Spotlight On Construction: Expansion And Renovation Of Georgia Southern University’S Henderson Library Spurred By Quintupling Of Student Body, Ann Hamilton, Mark Holland
Spotlight On Construction: Expansion And Renovation Of Georgia Southern University’S Henderson Library Spurred By Quintupling Of Student Body, Ann Hamilton, Mark Holland
Library Faculty Publications
The article reports on the expansion and renovation of Georgia Southern University's Henderson Library. The Zach S. Henderson Library has been the hub of academic life at Georgia Southern University for more than 30 years. The library has been the focus of an extensive expansion and renovation to help meet the needs of the university's growing student body. The first phase of the $22.75 million project opened on October 1, 2006. The original building included 109,515 square feet of space. The additional building will feature seating on the first, second and third floors and a balcony on the fourth floor …
Review Of What Ever Happened To The Faculty? Drift And Decision In Higher Education By Mary Burgan, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of What Ever Happened To The Faculty? Drift And Decision In Higher Education By Mary Burgan, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
View From An Elder: Closing Essay, Joellen Broome
View From An Elder: Closing Essay, Joellen Broome
Library Faculty Publications
Excerpt: The history of the book seems direct and pure. It exemplifies only positive aspects of advances in civilization and the preservation of those accomplishments for generations to come. Rather indisputable, we assume. Yet there is the dark side, always a dark side, to human endeavors even the most well meant ones.
Review Of What Is Documentation? English Translation Of The Classic French Text By Suzanne Briet, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of What Is Documentation? English Translation Of The Classic French Text By Suzanne Briet, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
Review Of Higher Education For The Public Good: Emerging Voices From A National Movement By Adrianna J. Kezar, Tony C. Chambers, And John C. Burkhardt, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of Higher Education For The Public Good: Emerging Voices From A National Movement By Adrianna J. Kezar, Tony C. Chambers, And John C. Burkhardt, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
My Own Private Library: The Personal Libraries Of Librarians, Joellen Broome
My Own Private Library: The Personal Libraries Of Librarians, Joellen Broome
Library Faculty Publications
Excerpt: In most of the rooms of our unpretentious suburban home there are bookshelves lining the walls to hold a few thousand books. Are these treasures bound in fine leather or enshrined on hardwood shelves? Good heavens, no!
Review Of Babel And The Ivory Tower: The Scholar In The Age Of Science By W. David Shaw, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of Babel And The Ivory Tower: The Scholar In The Age Of Science By W. David Shaw, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
Using Rewards To Minimize Overdue Book Rates, W. Bede Mitchell, Fred W. Smith
Using Rewards To Minimize Overdue Book Rates, W. Bede Mitchell, Fred W. Smith
Library Faculty Publications
For as long as many libraries have charged fines for books returned after their due dates, this familiar practice has excited comment and controversy. Fines are thought by many to deter patrons from keeping materials too long. However, others believe there is little persuasive evidence that fines are more effective at minimizing overdues than are reminder notices. Further, some critics contend charging fines is unethical, especially in public or school libraries, and the meager results are not worth the harmful public relations fines incur. The authors experimented with an alternative approach using positive reinforcement.
Review Of Dismantling The Public Sphere: Situating And Sustaining Librarianship In The Age Of The New Public Philosophy By John E. Buschman, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of Dismantling The Public Sphere: Situating And Sustaining Librarianship In The Age Of The New Public Philosophy By John E. Buschman, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.