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Open Access: A Brief Overview, Florence Mugambi Oct 2014

Open Access: A Brief Overview, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

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Adding Up To Success? Assessing Freshman Skills In Information Literacy, Susan Archambault Sep 2014

Adding Up To Success? Assessing Freshman Skills In Information Literacy, Susan Archambault

Susan Gardner Archambault

Loyola Marymount University (LMU) designed a 4-module online tutorial to meet the information literacy outcomes associated with a First Year Seminar course. The four modules that comprise the tutorial (Starting Your Assignment, Types of Information, Finding and Evaluating Information, and Using Information Ethically) were integrated into each First Year Seminar course through Blackboard, the university's Learning Management System (LMS). After completing each tutorial module, students were also required to take a quiz. The effectiveness of the tutorial and quizzes was assessed through a mixed methods approach using direct and indirect measures. Overall areas of weakness are were evaluated and addressed, …

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Charting Your Course: Using Curriculum Mapping To Enhance Information Literacy, Susan Archambault Aug 2014

Charting Your Course: Using Curriculum Mapping To Enhance Information Literacy, Susan Archambault

Susan Gardner Archambault

Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) Reference Department launched a “curriculum mapping project” to support information literacy in a new core curriculum. Subject librarians at LMU are completing a curriculum map for every undergraduate major degree program on campus. The purpose is to pinpoint strategic information literacy opportunities within each Department, discipline, or program.

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Sustainable And High-Impact Special Collections In Digital Commons, Michele Gibney, Benjamin Gaunt Jul 2014

Sustainable And High-Impact Special Collections In Digital Commons, Michele Gibney, Benjamin Gaunt

Michele Gibney

Looking to grow your IR? When identifying new projects, don’t overlook Special Collections!

Increasing the discoverability of and access to rare collections can help researchers, enhance your institution’s visibility, and drive valuable traffic to your repository.

In this webinar, Benjamin Gaunt and Michele Gibney of the bepress Digital Commons Consulting Services team explain the transformative impact of digitized special collections, sharing download statistics, LIS scholarship, and examples from the Digital Commons community. Ben and Michele also explore how Digital Commons can effectively showcase a variety of multimedia materials and share strategies for outreach and uploading workflows.

Presented by Michele Gibney, …

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Digitizing Engineering Senior Design Project Reports, Florence Mugambi May 2014

Digitizing Engineering Senior Design Project Reports, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

Senior engineering design project reports dating back to the 1960s have been digitized and made publicly available. Is it worth the effort? Usage data will be shared.

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