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Where Roads Meet: Electronic Resources And The Current Information Management Climate, William M. Blick Jun 2014

Where Roads Meet: Electronic Resources And The Current Information Management Climate, William M. Blick

Publications and Research

Information management is in flux. Electronic resources are now an essential aspect of Library operations. This presentation was designed to explain the role of electronic resources in an academic library. It traces the "life-cycle" of electronic resources and how the implementation of these resources is determined.


Information Literacy Instruction And Assessment : A Collaborate Design, Carlos Arguelles Jun 2014

Information Literacy Instruction And Assessment : A Collaborate Design, Carlos Arguelles

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Now What!?! Exploring The Next Steps For Large-Scale Library Assessment Projects, Kate Peterson, Jan Fransen, Shane Nackerud, Kristen Mastel Jun 2014

Now What!?! Exploring The Next Steps For Large-Scale Library Assessment Projects, Kate Peterson, Jan Fransen, Shane Nackerud, Kristen Mastel

CUNY Library Assessment Conference

This presentation was offered as part of the CUNY Library Assessment Conference, Reinventing Libraries: Reinventing Assessment, held at the City University of New York in June 2014.


You're On Candid Camera: Using Time Lapse Photography To Assess The Library Learning Commons, Angie Brunk, Cynthia Kane Jun 2014

You're On Candid Camera: Using Time Lapse Photography To Assess The Library Learning Commons, Angie Brunk, Cynthia Kane

CUNY Library Assessment Conference

This presentation was offered as part of the CUNY Library Assessment Conference, Reinventing Libraries: Reinventing Assessment, held at the City University of New York in June 2014.


Problems With Authority, Meagan Lacy Jun 2014

Problems With Authority, Meagan Lacy

Open Educational Resources

These presentation materials were used to create an online tutorial for undergraduate students about how to evaluate the authority of an information source. It includes a PowerPoint presentation and lecture notes on an event-driven publication cycle and uses the death of pop star Michael Jackson as its primary example. This resource was designed with the Association of College & Research Libraries' Framework for Information Literacy (2015) in mind and addresses two of the threshold concepts that the Framework identifies: 1) "Authority is Constructed and Contextual," and 2) "Information Creation as a Process." These materials can be easily adapted for …


Two Tech Services Wikis @ Cuny, Monica Berger Apr 2014

Two Tech Services Wikis @ Cuny, Monica Berger

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Whose To Use? And Use As They Choose? Creative Commons Licenses In Wikipedia And Scholarly Publishing, Jill Cirasella Jan 2014

Whose To Use? And Use As They Choose? Creative Commons Licenses In Wikipedia And Scholarly Publishing, Jill Cirasella

Publications and Research

Unlike traditional scholarly journals, Wikipedia and open access journals do not ask contributors to sign away their rights. Contributors to these venues retain the right to copy, distribute, and reuse their own words and works. This presentation takes a careful look at the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (used by Wikipedia) and the Creative Commons Attribution License (used by many open access publishers).


Talking About Open Access: Smash And Subtler Tactics, Jill Cirasella Jan 2014

Talking About Open Access: Smash And Subtler Tactics, Jill Cirasella

Publications and Research

This slideshow covers different ways of answering the question “Why open access?” It reviews the knee-jerk reactions many people have when they hear about open access, describes the many benefits of open access, invokes @openaccesshulk’s strategy of SMASH, and discusses what arguments work best with different populations (students, faculty, administrators, etc.). Finally, it addresses why librarians should try to talk about open access without resorting to constant use of the term “open access” and describes a few ways to sneak open access advocacy into other conversations.