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Istl9413 Lecture On Discovery Services, Athena Hoeppner Nov 2017

Istl9413 Lecture On Discovery Services, Athena Hoeppner

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Invited lecture for ISTL9413 Management of Elecronic Resources, taught by Instructor Chris LeBeau. Given each November 2015, 2016, and 2017.


The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Sociology, Fall 2017, Rebecca M. Murphey Oct 2017

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Sociology, Fall 2017, Rebecca M. Murphey

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.


The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Anthropology, Fall 2017, Rebecca M. Murphey Oct 2017

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Anthropology, Fall 2017, Rebecca M. Murphey

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Stay Savvy With Scholarly Communication: Open Access Tools, Athena Hoeppner Jul 2017

Stay Savvy With Scholarly Communication: Open Access Tools, Athena Hoeppner

Scholarly Communication Brown Bag Series

No abstract provided.


Last But Not Least: Ux Of Linking And Content Delivery, Athena Hoeppner Jun 2017

Last But Not Least: Ux Of Linking And Content Delivery, Athena Hoeppner

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Improving The Cala's Social Media Experience: The First Cala Social Media Survey, Sai Deng, Melody Leung, Anlin Yang, Chenwei Zhao Jun 2017

Improving The Cala's Social Media Experience: The First Cala Social Media Survey, Sai Deng, Melody Leung, Anlin Yang, Chenwei Zhao

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) currently uses three social media channels, CALA Facebook, WeChat, and YouTube. In order to improve their presence and better serve the CALA members, CALA's first social media survey was conducted at the end of 2016 to seek feedback from its members and friends. This poster will present the background information for the survey, its methodology, findings, recommendations and follow-up. 18 questions were compiled, added to LimeSurvey and distributed to the CALA members via its Listserv. These questions attempted to address the users' social media usage, participation level, time spent on the CALA's social media …


Handout For The Alcts Tsmal Interest Group Meeting, Sai Deng Jun 2017

Handout For The Alcts Tsmal Interest Group Meeting, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Chinese American Librarians Association: Embracing Diversity And Outreaching To The Global Community, Sai Deng, Ying Zhang Jun 2017

Chinese American Librarians Association: Embracing Diversity And Outreaching To The Global Community, Sai Deng, Ying Zhang

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


No, There Is No Ghost In The Campus Library Stacks, Meg K. Scharf May 2017

No, There Is No Ghost In The Campus Library Stacks, Meg K. Scharf

UCF Forum

Toward the end of an old favorite film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), a newspaper reporter tells Jimmy Stewart’s character, “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”


Mlis Day 2017 Website, Mlis Day Committee May 2017

Mlis Day 2017 Website, Mlis Day Committee

MLIS Information Day

Website for the event.

The University of Central Florida invites you to the John C. Hitt Library, on Friday May 19th, 2017, for an honest and up-close look at Librarianship in today’s society. This full-day professional conference addresses some of the current problems facing MLIS graduates entering the job market, how new trends in technology are changing libraries, and how to cope in an ever changing library environment.

This FREE conference is open to anyone who is interested in, currently working on, or has already earned their MLIS degree. Along with the host of speakers, giving talks on a variety …


Honors Undergraduate Thesis Submission Guide, Kerri Bottorff Apr 2017

Honors Undergraduate Thesis Submission Guide, Kerri Bottorff

STARS Documentation

Instructions for uploading an Honors Undergraduate Thesis to STARS.


Poking The Bear: Promoting Textbook Affordability In The Face Of A Restrictive Institutional Environment, Penny Beile, Aimee Denoyelles, Rich Gause, Sarah A. Norris, John Raible Mar 2017

Poking The Bear: Promoting Textbook Affordability In The Face Of A Restrictive Institutional Environment, Penny Beile, Aimee Denoyelles, Rich Gause, Sarah A. Norris, John Raible

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Librarians and instructional designers formed an informal partnership to promote low-cost textbook solutions in the absence of formal initiatives at a public, four-year institution. Learn how we negotiated institutional barriers such as bookstore contract prohibitions and protected revenue streams. Our case examples describe solutions and workflows undertaken to transform course materials, in addition to activities being pursued to make textbook affordability an institutional priority.


Changing Landscape Of Discovery: Content, Linking, And User Experience, Athena Hoeppner Mar 2017

Changing Landscape Of Discovery: Content, Linking, And User Experience, Athena Hoeppner

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Discovery Duo: Examining Eds And Encore Duet Discovery Options., Athena Hoeppner Mar 2017

Discovery Duo: Examining Eds And Encore Duet Discovery Options., Athena Hoeppner

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Tomorrow's Technology Today: Imagining Better Eresource Access, Athena Hoeppner Feb 2017

Tomorrow's Technology Today: Imagining Better Eresource Access, Athena Hoeppner

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Cd-Rom's Acquaintances: What To Do With The Skeletons In Our Academic Libraries, Jeanne Piascik, Kristine Shrauger, Lindsey Ritzert Jan 2017

Cd-Rom's Acquaintances: What To Do With The Skeletons In Our Academic Libraries, Jeanne Piascik, Kristine Shrauger, Lindsey Ritzert

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries had a large number of CD-ROMs accompanying books that had not circulated, did not work, or both. This article outlines the evaluation process of withdrawal.


Two Barcodes, Many Headaches, Jeanne Piascik, Kristine Shrauger, Lindsey Ritzert, Tina Buck, Ying Zhang Jan 2017

Two Barcodes, Many Headaches, Jeanne Piascik, Kristine Shrauger, Lindsey Ritzert, Tina Buck, Ying Zhang

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Against the backdrop of 40 Florida state colleges and universities transitioning together from Aleph to Sierra/Encore-Duet in 2016-2017, the University of Central Florida is planning to improve patron and librarian experience at its 10 joint-use libraries across central Florida. Joint-use libraries reside at a state college where UCF classes are being taught. Collections are shared, and services are provided to patrons at both sites, but acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, collection management, and resource sharing are too complicated. Sierra to the rescue?! Learn how UCF and its partners plan to use Sierra to create seamless patron and staff interactions for all.


Disrupting The Model: Fostering Cultural Change Through Academic Partnerships, Aimee Denoyelles, John Raible, Penny Beile, Sarah Norris Jan 2017

Disrupting The Model: Fostering Cultural Change Through Academic Partnerships, Aimee Denoyelles, John Raible, Penny Beile, Sarah Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Book chapter featured in the book, "Affordable course materials: Electronic textbooks and open educational resources." This chapter highlights the University of Central Florida's efforts and experiences related to textbook affordability and open educational resources.