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Digital Commons Annual Report, Brad S. Matthies
Digital Commons Annual Report, Brad S. Matthies
Digital Collections Reports
The Digital Commons Annual Report is a document that interested parties may use as a means of monitoring the yearly progress of the Butler University Libraries’ institutional repository.
From The Editor: You Might Find You Get What You Need, Julie Miller
From The Editor: You Might Find You Get What You Need, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
When the O-Jays sang their hit song "Give the People What They Want" in 1975, they could have had no idea that thirty-three years later it would become one of the theme songs for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The sentiment resonates as strongly now as it did then. As any political leader knows, the challenge is to determine just what the people want, and then to have the resources, means, and will to deliver it.
Baiting The Hook: Building Faculty Collaboration To Improve Student Information Literacy, Julie Miller
Baiting The Hook: Building Faculty Collaboration To Improve Student Information Literacy, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
On Sept. 17, 2009, EWU Libraries hosted a workshop that drew 27 faculty from across disciplines (four of the six colleges of EWU were represented) and with varying classroom experience (full professors worked alongside newbie teaching assistants) to focus on improving student information literacy. How did we do it?
From The Editor, Julie Miller
From The Editor, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
Summer may not be the best time to write about impact and influence. If you're heading for a long weekend at the Oregon coast (or at "the lake," for those of you on the eastern side of the state), I won't hold it against you if this issue of the Alki doesn't make it into your beach bag. Or it may be the perfect time to consider your influence on others and their impact on you. A good friend (and long-time high school librarian) once told me that "learners reflect." The phrase has stuck with me. Consider these articles to …
Creating An Institutional Repository "On The Cheap", Brad Matthies, Kenetha Frisby
Creating An Institutional Repository "On The Cheap", Brad Matthies, Kenetha Frisby
Presentations
Digital Commons is a product from bepress™ for creating an open access institutional repository. Butler University Libraries have used Digital Commons to create a repository for Butler theses and faculty research, Selected Works pages to highlight the publications of Butler faculty and staff, and open electronic journal access for a discontinued journal and a continuing print-based journal, both published by Butler. This presentation demonstrate the utility of the Digital Commons product for the development of an open access repository for Butler University and shares the methods we have employed to maximize the use of the resources available to us to …
From The Editor, Julie Miller
From The Editor, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
Have you read Rita Dove's poem, "The First Book"? It's one of my favorites, a deceptively short and simple poem about the transformative power of reading. "Open it," Dove writes. "Go ahead, it won't bite./Well, maybe a little."
Preparing Science Librarians For Success: An Evaluation Of Position Advertisements And Recomendations For Library Science Curricula, Amanda Starkel, A. D. Oster, E. A. Overhauser, M. K. Palos, S. M. Powell, K. K. Sago
Preparing Science Librarians For Success: An Evaluation Of Position Advertisements And Recomendations For Library Science Curricula, Amanda Starkel, A. D. Oster, E. A. Overhauser, M. K. Palos, S. M. Powell, K. K. Sago
Scholarship and Professional Work
Science librarianship is a rapidly changing professional specialization that requires unique skills and experiences for science librarians to perform at the highest level. A content analysis of recent job advertisements was conducted to determine the most desirable qualifications for science librarians. It was found that the most frequently cited qualifications include formal education and professional experience, and also, significantly, interpersonal skill sets in areas such as customer service, communication, and teaching. Furthermore, subject-specific scientific knowledge and experience was also found to be desirable for science librarian positions or departmental liaison roles. These results suggest that library schools should re-evaluate their …
Selected Works Manual, Kenetha Frisby
Selected Works Manual, Kenetha Frisby
Scholarship and Professional Work
This manual provides instructions for creating Selected Works pages and for adding content to those pages, including the copyright permission process. The Table of Contents can help you to navigate this document. All entries in the Table of Contents are hyperlinked to the actual section. To activate the hyperlinks, hold down your Ctrl key and select the desired topic. Within in the instructions, there are hyperlinks that will take you to additional information you may need or will take you to the next step you must follow based on the results of the current step. To use those hyperlinks, hold …
"Reinventing The Library" At Eastern Washington University: An Intensive Strategic Planning Experience With Faculty, Julie Miller
"Reinventing The Library" At Eastern Washington University: An Intensive Strategic Planning Experience With Faculty, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
In the spring of 2006, Eastern Washington University Libraries received an institutional strategic planning grant to hold a two-week strategic planning institute with faculty members representing the six colleges at Eastern Washington University (EWU). The purpose of the institute, titled “Reinventing the Library,” was to articulate a five-year vision for the role of the library within the university. The institute was held at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library on the Cheney campus of EWU from July 24 through August 4, 2007, and was planned and facilitated by Dean of Libraries Patricia Kelley. Thirteen faculty members, including two members of …