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Libraries Across The Curriculum: A Collaborative Model For The Strategic Delivery Of Information, Signe Swanson, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

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The Hybrid Librarian: The Affinity Of Collection Management With Technical Services And The Organizational Benefits Of An Individualized Assignment, Gail Z. Eckwright, Mary K. Bolin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Collection management and technical services have a natural affinity that is not reflected in the organization of many academic libraries, where subject librarians are often aligned with reference. This article examines organizational and individual approaches to librarian assignment, along with the place of collection management in the organization.

Libraries are organized to provide service. The division of functions is designed to acquire materials, provide intellectual access to them, house and circulate them, and assist library users in finding information. The assignment of responsibility to librarians follows this organizational pattern. Specialties, positions, and job descriptions generally reflect a functional or departmental …

Conference Connections: A Great Way To Get Involved!, Charity K. Martin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

The purpose of the New Members Round Table is to help new librarians and other library workers make contact with people in the library profession. So, we are very excited about our new project called Conference Connections. The first annual Conference Connections festivities will kick off this year at the NLNNEMA annual convention in Kearney, October 17-19. We have activities scheduled for people who are new to NLA. Even those who have been to the conference many times are welcome to participate!

Intellectual Property Policy Of The University Of Nebraska

Digital Commons / Institutional Repository Information

Central to the University of Nebraska’s mission is the creation, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.

The University of Nebraska is committed to providing an environment that supports the research, teaching, and service activities of its faculty, students, and staff. As a matter of principle and practice, the University encourages all members of the University community to publish their articles, books, and other forms of scholarly communication in order to share openly and fully their findings and knowledge with colleagues and the public. This Policy is intended to promote and encourage excellence and innovation in scholarly research and teaching by identifying …

Creativity - Handout, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

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Integrated Academic Student Support Services At Loyola University: The Library As A Resource Clearinghouse, Elizabeth Orgeron

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Higher education has seen the emergence of new models of student support services. These models vary greatly, ranging from those that, for example, simply streamline the registration process, to others that base new building construction on studies done about the information and service access needs of students.

In the recent past, colleges and universities have felt the impact of significantly higher drop out rates among freshman, and they have made attempts to assuage these rising attrition rates. Through extensive study of college campus culture and student needs, many institutions are changing long-standing protocols and adding a technology rich, user friendly …

Teaching Information Literacy In 50 Minutes A Week: The Crush Experience, Judith Faust

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

The development of information literacy is central to the academic success of undergraduates, yet few universities require formal, credit-bearing courses taught by librarians to ensure that students develop these lifelong learning skills and abilities. Where such courses do exist, they are often isolated in the curriculum and rarely linked to the General Education experience. This article describes a General Education program begun in 1998-1999 at California State University, Hayward (CSUH), in which a cohort of students and faculty spend the year exploring a common theme in a series of linked courses, which include an information literacy class. Librarians teach a …

Nmrt To Welcome New Conference Attendees At Nla/Nema 2001 Conference In Kearney, Charity K. Martin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

In order to help new members of NLA/NEMA acclimate to the conference New Members Round Table will be establishing Conference Connections this fall at the 2001 conference in Kearney. The purpose of this program is to help first and second time attendees to make contacts, and hopefully friends, with their colleagues in NLA/NEMA. Any NLA/NEMA member or conference attendee can participate in Conference Connections.

Advanced Keyword Searching, Charity K. Martin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

On December 4, 2000 the University Libraries replaced the Libraries catalog's keyword search with a new Advanced Keyword Search (AKS). This keyword index includes all words in the author, title and subject sections of the numerous on-line catalog records, as well as information from selected notes. These notes contain information pertaining to contents, summaries of materials and the source of acquisition. Summary notes are provided for items in the curriculum section, usually children's materials. Content notes are usually found in records for anthologies. Notes for the source of acquisition pertain to items in Archives/special collections. These notes contain information about …

The Absent American Indian Treaties: A Guide To Treaties Never Referenced At The Federal Court Level, Charles D. Bernholz

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

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Collection Development In The New Millennium–Evaluating, Selecting, Annotating, Organizing For Ease Of Access, Reevaluating, And Updating Electronic Resources, Virginia A. Baldwin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

The literature of the early 1990s suggested changes in the structure of collection management itself in order to accommodate the changes both now occurring and those foreseen. Sheila Creth wrote in 1991 "Until recently, the primary focus of collection development has been on building collections." She outlined the functions of collection management in academic libraries to include: selection of materials, weeding, preservation, liaison with faculty and academic departments, reference and user education, fiscal responsibility, and policy development. Creth saw the necessity for a basic change in the library’s organization structure. "According to the principles of organizational design, the traditional structure …

All In A Day’S Work: What’S A Reference Librarian To Do?, Sandra B. Placzek

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library

Although reference librarians today have much in common with yesterday’s counterparts, their days are much more hectic. Technological advances, changes in law and society, demands from a diverse group of library users, and an increased workload make time and stress management important issues to explore. This article examines reference librarianship in the academic environment, discusses how reference librarianship has changed, and offers suggestions on coping with the stresses those changes have caused.

Nebraska Prestatehood Legal Materials, Sandra B. Placzek

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library

The purpose of this work is to provide a resource for identifying and locating prestatehood legal materials in Nebraska. Documents and resources are organized in six categories: historical background, state constitution, judicial branch, legislative branch, executive branch, and municipal documents/county records. Where appropriate, an annotation is provided when a resource is discussed; where an annotation is redundant (e.g., session laws), a discussion of the document type is substituted for an annotation. Because materials from this era are often reprinted in multiple resources, some publications contain documents that fit into more than one category; a notation is made in each relevant …

Learning Styles: Teaching Technology Subjects Can Be More Effective, Ronald I. Sutliff, Virginia A. Baldwin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Learning style theory has been developed and applied in various curricula for all levels of education. Kolb (1985) developed one particular method of assessing student learning style. The use of this method has been documented in the engineering and technology programs of several universities. Variations in learning style due to cultural diversity have been studied and are described in the literature.

This article describes and recommends the use of learning style theory to assess individual learning styles in the classroom and the use of teaching methods to accommodate various learning styles. Sutliff (one of the authors) administered the Learning Style …

The Impact Of Unmediated Document Delivery On Faculty Use Of Traditional Interlibrary Loan At Wichita State University, Kathy A. Downes, Ted Naylor

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

In these times of growing journal prices and shrinking budgets, alternative methods of information access are a necessity. Document delivery services have become an important alternative to providing information access beyond traditional interlibrary loan services. This article analyzes the effect the "unmediated" EbscoDoc document delivery service had on traditional interlibrary loan in a medium sized academic library. Access to the service was provided to faculty members at Wichita State University for a period of approximately two years. Use of the service varied from faculty members who ordered one article to the "super" users who ordered from 100 to 400 documents. …