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The Evolution Of The Karst Information Portal, Todd A. Chavez

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

The Karst Information Portal (KIP) is a digital library initiative linking scientists, resource managers, and explorers with quality information resources concerning karst, an understudied natural environment that is crucial to the health and well-being of one out of every four people on Earth. Beginning in 2006 as a partnership between the USF Libraries, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute, the University of New Mexico Library, and the Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS), KIP has expanded to include databases concerning cave minerals, speleothem dating, and coastal cave surveys. This presentation outlines the evolution of the project and describes ongoing developments …

Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 12 (December 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Jordan Park Collection [Finding Aid], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Marta L. Jones, Heather Husted

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

The materials in the Jordan Park Collection nearly were discarded; the good fortune of the preservation of these items is considerable. Poynter Library received the various photographs, property records, maps, documents, and scrapbooks from Dayton Stone on 18 June 2009. Stone had discovered these items while cleaning out an abandoned property in St. Petersburg. Subsequent review of the materials revealed the necessity of some conservation work and arrangement due to the condition in which these items had existed prior to his fortunate discovery. These records fill an important gap in our history. The initial Jordan Park residential units were constructed …

Sapl Board Meeting : 2009 : 11 : 19, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

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Success Strategies For Thesis Students: Creating A Video Toolbox, Claudia J. Dold, Ardis Hanson

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

With an increase in our pool of users and a cap on hiring, the librarians in our shop needed a way to clone themselves in order to deliver the same good service on which we pride ourselves and on which our constituency has come to rely.

Our proposed solution was to create video segments on how to use the library effectively. Funded by a grant, a project was undertaken to produce a series of fifteen videos designed to guide students through the research and writing skills that their program chairs deem essential for top-quality work. This paper presents the thought …

Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 11 (November 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Sapl Newsletter : 2009 :11 (Fall), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

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Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 10 (October 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Collection Assessment : Journalism, Usfsp, 2009, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

All-Library Assessments Reports, Summaries & Misc Reports

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Coa Chairs Perspective, Vicki Gregory

School of Information Faculty Publications

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Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 09 (September 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Categorical And Specificity Differences Between User-Supplied Tags And Search Query Terms For Images. An Analysis Of Flickr Tags And Web Image Search Queries, Eunkyung Chung, Jungwon Yoon

School of Information Faculty Publications

Introduction. The purpose of this study is to compare characteristics and features of user-supplied tags and search query terms for images on the Flickr Website in terms of categories of pictorial meanings and level of term specificity.

Method. This study focuses on comparisons between tags and search queries using Shatford's categorization schemes and the level of specificity based on the basic level theory.

Analysis. Frequency distributions and chi-squared analyses were performed on the data. The results of statistical analyses demonstrated that there were significant differences in categories among tags and different stages of search query terms. The …

Rev. Ray Brubaker Evangelical Booklet Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Marta L. Jones, James Anthony Schnur

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

Ray Metzler Brubaker (5 April 1923-1 May 2009), the son of a minister, grew up in a conservative Christian Pennsylvania household where he was forbidden to listen to the radio. Eventually his parents permitted him to listen to religious broadcasts and news programs; this, along with his Christian upbringing, undoubtedly influenced the course of Rev. Brubaker's life. Although clergy had preached over the air since the earliest days of radio, Brubaker took religious broadcasting a step further by discussing current news events and connecting them with his religious message. A great believer in the Second Coming of Christ, Brubaker often …

Summary Report On Special Collections And Archives, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, For The 2008-2009 Academic Year, James Anthony Schnur

Library Department and Committee Reports

Annual report of Special Collections and University Archives for the 2008/2009 academic year.

Twentieth Century Sheet Music (1908-1968) : A Collection [Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Marta L. Jones, Patrick Quinn

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

The collection includes sheet music scores printed between 1908 and 1968. Quite a few of the pieces date back to the earlier part of the twentieth century; these are the selections that generally have the most elaborate cover art. Pieces are numbered by box and folder.

Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 08 (August 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Public Services Department Annual Review : 2008-2009, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Library Department and Committee Reports

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Rethinking Staff Resources In The E-Serials Environment, Carol Ann Borchert

Digital Scholarship Services Faculty and Staff Publications

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Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 07 (July 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Keeping Up With The Youtube Generation: Collaborating With Student Video Bloggers To Enhance Instruction, Susan A. Ariew

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Undergraduates can make significant contributions as members of multimedia production teams for academic libraries. In this case, at USF Tampa Library, an undergraduate “YouTube video blogger” worked with library faculty and graduate students to create an information literacy video, “Databases!” The video was used as part of the USF instruction program during the fall 2006 semester. In addition to an information literacy video, the video team also created a humorous rap video that included an anti-anti-plagiarism theme and highlighted USF library services. The video, entitled “The Chronicles of Libraria,” is currently available at the YouTube Web site. This presentation would …

Cave Mineral Database: A Joint Collaboration Between Geologists, Librarians, And Programmers, Beverly Caggiano, Bogdan P. Onac, Todd A. Chavez

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

The Cave Mineral Database (CAMIDA) is a collaborative project of the University of South Florida Libraries, UIS’s Cave Minerals Commission, the Karst Information Portal, “Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology (Romania), and the Karst Research Group at University of South Florida (USA). CAMIDA is an open-access collection of geological, mineralogical, crystallographical, and protection/conservation information on all minerals discovered in caves (including lava tubes) around the world. It holds and organizes large amounts of information (including polarizing, scanning, and transmission microscope photos), and makes any item immediately accessible. It also provides links to many other integrated database of Raman spectra, X-ray diffraction …

Sapl Newsletter : 2009 : 07 (Summer), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

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Finding A Voice: Results Of A Youth Participatory Action Research Survey, Richard A. Chapman, Claudia J. Dold

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Participatory action research [PAR] combines systematic research with the development of a practical intervention. PAR methodology draws on the knowledge of the user population to identify problems, to tailor treatments, and to disseminate the results, in combination with professional guidance and project oversight. This exploratory study was designed to gain an understanding of the expectations of the various stakeholders in the system of care for children with mental health challenges: providers of services, researchers, evaluators, youth who had used services, administrators, policy-makers, family, and advocates. We conclude that stakeholders do have reasonable expectations of participatory action research as a process, …

Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 06 (June 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 05 (May 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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The Role Of Academic Libraries In Mentored Undergraduate Research: A Model Of Engagement In The Academic Community, Anthony Stamatoplos

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

Mentored undergraduate research is an emergent pedagogy in higher education. It differs fundamentally from course-related student research and is largely independent of the curriculum. Academic libraries should engage formally with the undergraduate research community. To do so, librarians will need to think and work beyond traditional models of library service, most notably in information literacy programs. The intent of this article is to raise awareness about opportunities for library involvement with undergraduate researchers and programs. Lessons from one university, including a formal partnership between a library and an undergraduate research center, suggest some general strategies that academic libraries might explore.

Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 04 (April 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Sapl Board Meeting : 2009 : 03 : 20, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

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Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 03 (March/April 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Since You're Here : Vol. 03, Issue 02 (February 2009), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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