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New E-Resources At The University Libraries, Andrée Rathemacher May 2012

New E-Resources At The University Libraries, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

LibGuide providing a list of electronic resources purchased by the University of Rhode Island libraries in recent months.


Finding My Way Into Opposition: Joel And Jon, Michael C. Vocino Oct 2010

Finding My Way Into Opposition: Joel And Jon, Michael C. Vocino

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short story about homophobia and gay life in the 1970s.


What Color Is Your Paratext?, Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée J. Rathemacher Oct 2009

What Color Is Your Paratext?, Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

In the final vision session of the 2009 NASIG Annual Conference, Geoffrey Bilder from CrossRef discussed the problem of how to identify trustworthy scholarly information on the Internet. This problem is exacerbated by readers’ growing distrust of intermediaries such as publishers and librarians, by the fact that the Internet lacks the traditions that have developed in scholarly communication to ensure trust, and by the sheer amount of information now readily available. Paratext is understood as anything outside of a text that sets expectations about that text. In the past, paratext, for example a publisher logo, provided important clues as to …


Library Offers New Databases, Peter Larsen, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2004

Library Offers New Databases, Peter Larsen, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Brief article on new databases available through the University Libraries in fall 2004.


Remote Access To On-Line Resources: New, Seamless Proxy, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2002

Remote Access To On-Line Resources: New, Seamless Proxy, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short article on the University of Rhode Island Libraries' implementation of a seamless proxy server to enable remote access to Library online resources.


Champlin Grant Funds Wireless Classrooms, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2001

Champlin Grant Funds Wireless Classrooms, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short article announcing that the University of Rhode Island Libraries received a $132,250 grant from the Champlin Foundations to fund the acquisition of mobile media carts networked to portable laptop computers.


Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, Mary Macdonald, Andrée Rathemacher Jun 1999

Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, Mary Macdonald, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Article about the University of Rhode Island Libraries' information literacy program, with a focus on the credit-bearing course LIB 140.


Expanded Academic Index (Asap) Via Helin, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 1996

Expanded Academic Index (Asap) Via Helin, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short newsletter article on the availability of the database Expanded Academic Index ASAP through the HELIN Library Consortium online public access catalog.