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Business Community Outreach: Exploration Of A New Service Role In An Academic Environment, Patrick Griffis, Sidney Lowe
Business Community Outreach: Exploration Of A New Service Role In An Academic Environment, Patrick Griffis, Sidney Lowe
Library Faculty Publications
A recent special issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship focusing on business librarianship and entrepreneurship includes many case studies detailing entrepreneurship outreach initiatives from academic libraries. The introductory article, "Entrepreneurship Outreach: A New Role for the Academic Business Librarian" by Karen MacDonald, outlines entrepreneurial outreach initiatives in the issue, stating that they “describe three very different approaches libraries have taken to align themselves with a key mission of the university – economic development” (MacDonald, 2010, p. 159). This chapter elaborates on this previous work in describing the exploration of a new role in business community outreach as …
Sustainability And Climate Models For The Intermountain West: An Annotated Bibliography, Marianne A. Buehler, William E. Brown Jr.
Sustainability And Climate Models For The Intermountain West: An Annotated Bibliography, Marianne A. Buehler, William E. Brown Jr.
Brookings Mountain West Publications
This resource on climate models and sustainability in the Intermountain West, a region that includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, is a collaborative effort between the UNLV Libraries (http://library.unlv.edu/) and Brookings Mountain West (http://brookingsmtnwest.unlv.edu/).
The selected citations include academic, government, and non-profit information that highlight ongoing research on climate models and sustainability efforts in the region. The websites, government studies, independent reports, scholarly articles, and media reports reflect the diversity and complexity of climate change and sustainability issues in a region that contains widely varying ecosystems. The Intermountain West, with its deserts, basins, mountains, …
Moving Forward With Electronic Content Procurement, J. Cory Tucker, Emilie Delquie
Moving Forward With Electronic Content Procurement, J. Cory Tucker, Emilie Delquie
Library Faculty Publications
Over the last several years, libraries have experienced a myriad of changes that have affected the marketplace and changed the way they purchase electronic resources. With the move from print to electronic, the variety of options available to purchase library materials has increased. Acquisitions in libraries have further been complicated by decreasing budgets, fewer staff, new technology, and user behavior. The issues related to electronic content purchasing will be discussed in this article, including an overview of how academic libraries currently purchase materials, a review of issues facing libraries, and a summary of new business models being introduced in the …
Navigating To Success: Finding Your Way Through The Challenges Of Map Digitization, Cory K. Lampert, Katherine Rankin
Navigating To Success: Finding Your Way Through The Challenges Of Map Digitization, Cory K. Lampert, Katherine Rankin
Library Faculty Presentations
This presentation highlights the key steps and decision points essential to completing a successful map digitization project. Topics to be covered include: overcoming the challenges of scanning large-scale materials (including file sizes and encapsulation), descriptive metadata for map collections, copyright and privacy issues for geographic materials, adding geographic coordinates to map collections, image viewer and interface options for online maps, and methods to track the impact of map digitization with users. Using University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries’ digital project Southern Nevada: History in Maps as a case study, the authors will discuss the challenges inherent in map digitization and …
Introduction To Resource Description And Access (Rda), Katherine Rankin, Cyrus Zarganj Ford
Introduction To Resource Description And Access (Rda), Katherine Rankin, Cyrus Zarganj Ford
Library Faculty Presentations
Resource Description and Access or RDA is a set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access for the cataloging of library materials covering all types of content and media. RDA is the successor to the second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACR2, the current standard set of cataloging. This new set of cataloging rules was needed to bring together different editions and formats of a work, to fit better with emerging technologies, and to be a better way of cataloging digital materials. This talk is an introduction to RDA.
Connections Newsletter Fall 2011, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Connections Newsletter Fall 2011, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Connections Newsletter
Table of Contents
- UNLV Center for Gaming Research
- From the Dean
- Welcome Home, Howard Digital Collection Now on Flickr
- Hotel College Faculty Partner with Library Faculty on Course Design
- Census Provides More than Population Statistics
- Lied Library 10th Anniversary Celebration
- Library Advisory Board Welcomes New Members
- Three Top Students Win Calvert Awards
- Going WEST Preserves Journal Archives Efficiently
Do Libraries Still Need Book Vendors And Subscription Agents?, Stephen Bosch, Christopher Sugnet, J. Cory Tucker, Lauren Corbett
Do Libraries Still Need Book Vendors And Subscription Agents?, Stephen Bosch, Christopher Sugnet, J. Cory Tucker, Lauren Corbett
Library Faculty Publications
Digital content blurs the lines of traditional library acquisition workflows and organization. For example: link resolvers and the loading of order confirmation record files may be handled by systems staff in one organization and by technical services staff in another. Lines are being crossed between acquisitions and interlibrary loan functions, notably with electronic versions of theses and dissertations. Regardless of this blurring of lines, library staff use vendors still in acquiring content for the library collection. The reasons for using vendors have stood for decades, but are changes in the information industry having an impact? In the current environment, what …
Keeping Track Of Objects And Metadata At Unlv: From Material Selection Through Metadata Quality Control, Silvia B. Southwick, Jane Skoric
Keeping Track Of Objects And Metadata At Unlv: From Material Selection Through Metadata Quality Control, Silvia B. Southwick, Jane Skoric
Library Faculty Presentations
Often times a large amount of time is spent in organizing materials and tracking workflow in digital collection projects. Time is a precious resource in most projects since they are constrained by a rigid schedule. This problem is exacerbated in collaborative environments where different people collaborate in various stages of the project. Silvia Southwick and Jane Skoric with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present effective and efficient simple tools to manage digital objects and metadata throughout the life cycle of a digital collection project. Using actual work processes, we will describe and demonstrate the tracking of physical and …
Using Lean To Teach The Technical Services Value Stream: An Online Continuing Education Course, Tamera Hanken
Using Lean To Teach The Technical Services Value Stream: An Online Continuing Education Course, Tamera Hanken
Library Faculty Presentations
Lean Principles:
• Identify steps in the process that add customer defined value
• Identify waste in transportation, wait, overproduction, defect, inventory, motion, or extra processing
• Eliminate the steps in the process that don’t add value or are unnecessary
• Make sure the steps flow in an efficient sequence
• Establish pull, i.e., make sure the steps in the sequence don’t create bottlenecks
• Continue to improve the process
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part Two, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part Two, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Library Faculty Presentations
Part Four: Quick Tour of the Current Marketplace:
- "The Big 5"
- Similarities and differences
Part Five: It's Not All Sliced Bread:
- Shortcomings of web scale discovery
Part Six: Implementation (pre launch steps):
- Selecting and preparing implementation staff
- Preparing and communicating process/decisions with all staff
- Working with the vendor (roles, expectations, timeline)
- Workflow changes and implications (technical services)
Part Seven: Specific implementation tasks, issues, and considerations:
- Record loading and mapping (catalog content)
- Harvesting and mapping digital/local content
- Working with central index data (internal & external content)
- Web integration and customization
- Assessment and continuous improvement
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part One, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part One, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Library Faculty Presentations
Preface: Before Web Scale Discovery
- A very brief overview
Part 1: What is Web Scale Discovery
- Content
- Technology
Part 2: Why is Web Scale Discovery important?
- What’s the need?
- How is it different from earlier attempts at broad discovery?
Part 3: A Framework for Evaluating Web Scale Discovery Services
- What we did at UNLV
- Other options
Strategic Planning For Sustaining User-Generated Content In Digital Collections, Cory K. Lampert, Su Kim Chung
Strategic Planning For Sustaining User-Generated Content In Digital Collections, Cory K. Lampert, Su Kim Chung
Library Faculty Publications
Experimentation and exploration are hallmarks of innovative libraries, but as experiments become on-going projects and investigations become long-term commitments, it is important to gain perspective on how the roles of librarians, archivists, and information professionals are changing. As social computing becomes routine for computer users, libraries of all types are responding to these new expectations by building interactive communication features into their on-line collections. Social features and user-generated content raise several compelling issues as organizations strive to balance agile adaptation to the ever-evolving user environment with the realities of limited staff resources and greater administrative expectations. This paper examines the …
Management And Support Of Shared Integrated Library Systems, Jason Vaughan, Kristen Costello
Management And Support Of Shared Integrated Library Systems, Jason Vaughan, Kristen Costello
Library Faculty Publications
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries has hosted and managed a shared integrated library system (ILS) since 1989. The system and the number of partner libraries sharing the system has grown significantly over the past two decades. Spurred by the level of involvement and support contributed by the host institution, the authors administered a comprehensive survey to current Innovative Interfaces libraries. Research findings are combined with a description of UNLV’s local practices to provide substantial insights into shared funding, support, and management activities associated with shared systems.
Engaging Your Campus In Utilizing Institutional Repositories, Marianne A. Buehler
Engaging Your Campus In Utilizing Institutional Repositories, Marianne A. Buehler
Library Faculty Presentations
Essentials of IR Success
- Institutional repository (IR) best practices: engagement with administrators, faculty, staff, and students
- Acquisition of research scholarship, publications, theses/dissertations, and other research objects
- Successful marketing strategies, best practices for garnering IR content, and developing open access mandates
Columbia University Libraries’ Digital Collections, Tom D. Sommer
Columbia University Libraries’ Digital Collections, Tom D. Sommer
Library Faculty Publications
Columbia University Libraries has assembled a group of fascinating digital collections that span a wide range of subjects. These include 18 online exhibitions that highlight their collections in a way that provides a comprehensive look into American and World history.
Adaptation Of The Nevada Climate Change Data Portal Web Interface To Small-Screen Mobile Devices, Tsvetan Komarov
Adaptation Of The Nevada Climate Change Data Portal Web Interface To Small-Screen Mobile Devices, Tsvetan Komarov
Festival of Communities: UG Symposium (Posters)
Robust and convenient access to the Nevada Climate Change Data Portal is vital for the project’s success, because of the researchers’ need to gather and analyze large volumes of data with minimal effort. However, the current version of the data portal web interface is not optimized for small-screen mobile devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, iPads, NetBooks, and others. The proposed research will address this issue by exploring the current methods for creating a client-aware web interface adaptable to the variety of small-screen devices, designing and implementing the most appropriate solution, and finally, user testing of the implemented solution.
Iug Regional Forum, Kristen Costello, Christine Rigda
Iug Regional Forum, Kristen Costello, Christine Rigda
Library Faculty Presentations
Regional and Special Interest Groups
Events Calendar:
- Regional and Special Interest Groups meeting dates display on the IUG calendar.
Hosting Services – Website:
- Free service - IUG regional liaisons update pages for you within the IUG site.
- For a fee – You have your own area within the IUG site and full control.
Hosting Services – Listserv:
Contact the IUG Regional Liaisons for more information about listserv hosting.
Advantages:
- Customization
- Control who subscribes
- Good way of sharing information
Why Not Just Google It? An Assessment Of Information Literacy Skills In A Biomedical Science Curriculum, Karl Kingsley, Gillian M. Galbraith, M. Herring, Eva Stowers, Tanis Stewart, Karla V. Kingsley
Why Not Just Google It? An Assessment Of Information Literacy Skills In A Biomedical Science Curriculum, Karl Kingsley, Gillian M. Galbraith, M. Herring, Eva Stowers, Tanis Stewart, Karla V. Kingsley
Library Faculty Publications
Background: Few issues in higher education are as fundamental as the ability to search for, evaluate, and synthesize information. The need to develop information literacy, the process of finding, retrieving, organizing, and evaluating the ever-expanding collection of online information, has precipitated the need for training in skill-based competencies in higher education, as well as medical and dental education.
Methods: The current study evaluated the information literacy skills of first-year dental students, consisting of two, consecutive dental student cohorts (n = 160). An assignment designed to evaluate information literacy skills was conducted. In addition, a survey of student online search engine …
Toward A Nevada Digital Collaborative, Jason Vaughan
Toward A Nevada Digital Collaborative, Jason Vaughan
Library Faculty Publications
In mid-2008, through Library Services and Technology Act funding, the Nevada State Library and Archives brought together members for a newly established Nevada Statewide Digital Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as “NSDAC”) to engage in a comprehensive, statewide digital planning process. As stated in the charge, “Advisory committee members participate in the identification of issues regarding digitization in Nevada, collaborate in the planning and development of a statewide digital initiative . . . and contribute to effective communication among the key digital stakeholders in Nevada.” The full charge is provided in Appendix A. By design, the committee included members from …
Under The Influence: First-Year Seminars And The Librarian Teaching Role, Steven Hoover, Randy Hensley
Under The Influence: First-Year Seminars And The Librarian Teaching Role, Steven Hoover, Randy Hensley
Library Faculty Presentations
The discussion will address the benefits and challenges of teaching as a librarian outside of the library.
How can a librarian's experiences prepare them to teach a semester-long course?
What factors influence the design and delivery of a first-year seminar?
What challenges might arise when teaching outside of the library?
Developing A Library Value Indicator For A Disciplinary Population, Jeanne M. Brown
Developing A Library Value Indicator For A Disciplinary Population, Jeanne M. Brown
Library Faculty Publications
Three different ways of documenting library value were presented to fourth year landscape architecture students in the UNLV School of Architecture: a contingent valuation survey, a library calculator, and a survey to rate importance and impact of library services and features. Students used the three approaches, then discussed their experiences with the author. Their input suggested improvements in the instruments and provided feedback on possible positive and negative consequences of inviting this kind of valuing. Working with a focused collection and population provided a relatively safe environment to explore concerns about negative consequences.
Demonstrating Library Value: Examples And Applications For Arts Libraries, Jeanne M. Brown
Demonstrating Library Value: Examples And Applications For Arts Libraries, Jeanne M. Brown
Library Faculty Publications
Demonstrating library value is of critical importance to all libraries, both to protect services and to serve patrons effectively. This paper presents suggestions for art and architecture libraries as they engage in determining what patrons value and documenting that value for library and campus administrators. Methods for calculating worth and for presenting a case are provided, as are ways of using strategic thinking and the assessment process to ensure the continuance of valuable services should budget reductions be unavoidable.
Metadata Dictionary Database: A Proposed Tool For Academic Library Metadata Management, Silvia B. Southwick, Cory Lampert
Metadata Dictionary Database: A Proposed Tool For Academic Library Metadata Management, Silvia B. Southwick, Cory Lampert
Library Faculty Presentations
Efficient management of metadata is critical for developing quality, sharable metadata. A variety of metadata challenges arise from metadata designed in a project-specific context versus taking a comprehensive metadata management approach applied across multiple digital collections in academic libraries.
Faculty Institute On Research Based-Learning In High Impact Courses, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Faculty Institute On Research Based-Learning In High Impact Courses, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Libraries-Greater Western Library Alliance Conference
In Spring 2009, the Library Advisory Board agreed to fund a proposal for the Libraries to collaborate with campus partners to provide support to faculty who were faced with several initiatives that impact the way faculty deliver their course content, develop their assignments and assess their success. These initiatives include the movement to large enrollment classes, especially for large impact, core courses; the redesign of the general education requirements around universal learning outcomes; and, enhancing the first-year experience for incoming students. There is no single entity on campus in a position to provide the faculty support and development needed.
The …
Unlv Faculty Institute On Research-Based Learning For High Impact Classes, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Unlv Faculty Institute On Research-Based Learning For High Impact Classes, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Libraries-Greater Western Library Alliance Conference
IF YOU ARE A FACULTY MEMBER . . .
- Teaching a large-enrollment, lower-division course in Fall 2010
- Coordinating a multi-section, high-impact, lower-division course in Fall 2010
- Seeking ways to enrich your course and engage your students
- Committed to including substantive research and critical thinking components that utilize the Libraries’ collections in your course
- Interested in exchanging teaching ideas with colleagues from across the UNLV campus
- Eager to explore creative and effective ways to work with University partners to bring research into the classroom
- Interested in utilizing technology to create active learning environments in …
Flyer — The University Libraries Lance And Elena Calvert Award For Undergraduate Research, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Flyer — The University Libraries Lance And Elena Calvert Award For Undergraduate Research, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Libraries-Greater Western Library Alliance Conference
You’ve earned the grade. Now earn a cash reward!
Up to four prizes in two categories
Seniors: $1000 prize
Freshmen — Junior: $750 prize
Recognizing undergraduate students who demonstrate sophistication and originality in research projects
Unlv-Gwla Program, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Unlv-Gwla Program, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Libraries-Greater Western Library Alliance Conference
No abstract provided.
Unlv-Gwla Presenter Bios, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Unlv-Gwla Presenter Bios, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Libraries-Greater Western Library Alliance Conference
No abstract provided.
National Writing Project: Internet Resource, Priscilla Finley
National Writing Project: Internet Resource, Priscilla Finley
Library Faculty Publications
The National Writing Project (NWP) is a federally funded program that focuses on the teaching of writing, and coordinates and supports professional development for writing teachers (K-16) at over 200 college and university partner sites.
Promoting Professionalism In Master’S Level Teachers Through Research Based Writing, Jesus Garcia, P. S. Mcmillen, David A. Bolin
Promoting Professionalism In Master’S Level Teachers Through Research Based Writing, Jesus Garcia, P. S. Mcmillen, David A. Bolin
Library Faculty Presentations
Presentation of how the creators came together to redesign a course for social studies teachers.