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Not Your Parents' Library Video, Deeann Allison
Not Your Parents' Library Video, Deeann Allison
DeeAnn Allison
A video with Buffy, a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows her parents how to do research the "NU" way. Using a computer in her dorm room she is able to search the catalog to find books, renew books, and save search preferences so she can repeat them without having to re-enter the searches later. She also shows her parents how she saves time writing papers by finding articles using a new tool that searches across many databases at the same time and then connects to the full article, which she reads on her computer. She also demonstrates how …
Database Selection: One Size Does Not Fit All, Deeann Allison, Beth Mcneil, Signe Swanson
Database Selection: One Size Does Not Fit All, Deeann Allison, Beth Mcneil, Signe Swanson
DeeAnn Allison
With increasing costs and decreasing budgets, it is important for librarians to make sound purchasing decisions for electronic resources. What factors are important to consider in making a decision? How can librarians balance these factors, which may appear to be contradictory, and also meet the expectations of administrators, staff, and users? This article describes a strategy for making delivery decisions that address local conditions, pricing, feature options, hardware costs, and network availability. Finally, a model is presented for evaluating the decision based on dollar requirements and local issues.
Index Relativity And Patron Search Strategy, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers
Index Relativity And Patron Search Strategy, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers
DeeAnn Allison
This study compares searches in two different keyword indexes with similar content. Search results are dependent on the quality of the search strategy, the search engine execution, and the content the search is run against. This study examines the degree to which changing the search engine execution with only slight changes in index content would have on search results. The results indicate that search engine execution has a dramatic impact on the number of matches for most searches. Analysis also reveals that user search strategy did not change even though the way the search engine executes the search changed dramatically …
Computer Network Security And Arl Libraries, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers
Computer Network Security And Arl Libraries, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers
DeeAnn Allison
This article will review current recommendations for computer security practices for staff computing, summarize current practices in US Association of Research Libraries and propose further areas to explore.