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Well, That Took A While: An Anecdotal Comparison Of The Job Application Process Between Public And Academic Libraries, Jessica Garner

Library Faculty Presentations

When a position for Interlibrary Loan Librarian came open at Georgia Southern University in the latter part of 2015, I was intrigued. Although ensconced happily in a public library position and a 10-year veteran of public systems, the lure of an academic position-along with logistical considerations-prompted me to apply for the position. I believe my observations about the hiring, though anecdotal, begin to unravel a conversation comparing and contrasting academic libraries with public libraries, possibly to the benefit of both institutions.

String Manipulations For The Non-Programmer: Transforming Metadata For Cleanup And Migration (2017-11-09), Darnelle O. Melvin

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation will introduce to the non-programmer tools and techniques intended to clean, re-purpose, or transforms legacy metadata in anticipation of a metadata cleanup project or metadata migration. The presenter will cover string manipulations using Excel functions, pattern matching basics using regular expressions, and will share a variety of open source tools to aid the remediation process.

Right Under Their Noses: Helping Patrons Identify The Resources At Their Fingertips, Jessica Garner, Fred W. Smith, Jessica Williams, Jermaine Bryant

Library Faculty Presentations

A concern of all academic Interlibrary Loan Departments is having faculty/ staff & students request materials already owned by their home library. Jessica Garner, Jessica Williams, Fred Smith, and Jermaine Bryant conducted a qualitative research study with IRB approval to explore this concern. In this session, the presenters will describe how data suggest a more streamlined approach to redirecting searches originating in the library for outside sources to assets already physically (or electronically) stored in the library.

Game, Set, Match: Conquer Your Library’S Content Management Needs With Libguides Cms, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Ruth L. Baker, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech, Jessica Garner, Billy Glasco, Debra G. Skinner

Library Faculty Presentations

With the ability to create uniquely branded groups of guides limited to specific content creators and audiences, LibGuides CMS significantly expands the flexibility of the LibGuides platform to support libraries’ content management needs. During this session, presenters will share a series of use cases with LibGuides CMS, including two limited-access staff intranet sites; two limited-permission student-curated course sites; a uniquely branded special collections event site; a uniquely-branded peer-reviewed literary journal; and two faculty-curated conference presentation sites. This session will be of interest to anyone using LibGuides, LibGuides CMS, or similar content management systems.

Zach’S Ladder: Librarians Helping Future Librarians Climb To New Heights, Jessica Garner, Lisa P. Smith

Library Faculty Presentations

This session details the MLIS career development program entitled Zach’s Ladder. Jessica C. Garner and Lisa Smith, two librarians at the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University, created a roundtable group designed for MLIS Students or anyone interested in earning their MLIS. Participants had opportunities for open discussion about current trends in libraries and librarianship. Librarians who are working in the field were invited to share their experience in a conversational setting. Presenters will share the steps taken to design the program, recruit participants, and invite librarians to speak . Participants of the program will also share their …

Libguides Assessment Following The Acrl Webinar Essentials Of Usability Design For Library Research Guides, Kristi L. Smith

Library Faculty Presentations

Workshop Overview:

Participants will discuss major takeaways from webinar, and work collaboratively to assess their own institutions’ LibGuides.

Workshop Structure:

After the webinar, the host will thank everyone for attending, and invite people to stay for a hands-on workshop. The host will lead the class into a discussion of the webinar by posing the question, “What stood out to you most from the webinar?” After this brief discussion, the host will ask people to gather into groups; depending on the number of attendees, groups will be comprised of 2-3 or 4-5 people.

The groups will be tasked with assessing a …

Instruction Assessment Following The Acrl Webinar Fighting Fake News With The Acrl Framework, Kristi L. Smith

Library Faculty Presentations

Workshop Overview:

Participants will work collaboratively to discuss ways to incorporate the ACRL Framework into their current information literacy instruction, which includes differentiating fake news from real news.

Workshop Structure:

After the webinar concludes, the six frames comprising the ACRL Framework will be displayed on the screen. The audience will be asked if they want a brief overview explaining the frames (this will be done for the benefit of media specialists, public librarians, etc.).

Next, participants will be asked to take five minutes to write down their current information literacy instruction activities/methods that are applicable to fake news. Then, participants …

Essential Audits For Proactive Electronic Resource Access Support, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Jessica M. Minihan

Library Faculty Presentations

As electronic resource access (ERA) issues increase in frequency and complexity, technical services librarians are on the lookout for proactive techniques to identify and address these issues before they become a problem for patrons. This poster presents a series of “essential audits” employed by the ERA support team at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA, to catch access issues before they are reported by patrons or public services librarians. Regular audits include bi-weekly link tests on the library’s A-Z Database List, quarterly link asset tests in LibGuides, rolling authentication audits of link resolver records, and ad hoc audits of 856 …

Business In The Front, Party In The Back: Revising Metadata Processes Up-Front To Benefit Back-End Workflows, Scott Bacon

Library Faculty Presentations

When faced with the prospect of manually uploading thousands of collection objects into our digital repository, I knew I needed to create a workflow to automate batch uploading processes. This resulted in a workflow that allows me to take a metadata spreadsheet containing thousands of rows and transform it into a series of MODS XML files contained in one master file, using OpenRefine's templating tool. The csplit command can be used to split the master file up into thousands of fully-formed MODS XML files. Using a Perl script, the files can be batch renamed to match their corresponding digital object …

Reusing Description: Dacs To Dublin Core, Emily Lapworth

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation discusses reusing archival description for a
large-scale digitization project. The process described involves re-purposing
file-level description from a DACS (Describing Archives: A Content
Standard)-compliant finding aid to create Dublin Core descriptive metadata
for groups of digitized photographs.

Promoting A Service Culture Across Technical And Public Services: Lessons From Electronic Resource Access (Era) Troubleshooting And Support, Jeffrey M. Mortimore

Library Faculty Presentations

This session explores the public and technical services nexus from the viewpoint of electronic resource access (ERA) support. The presenter considers competencies for delivering effective ERA support, including recent research that suggests communication and referral skills fostered in reference work may rank more highly than technical skills alone. In addition, the presenter will consider the importance of triage and communications planning for managing expectations of library personnel and shaping user needs.

Examining The Subject Heading "Illegal Aliens", Tina Gross

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation will report on the process and discussions of the CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee working group charged with investigating the Library of Congress Subject Heading "Illegal aliens," including thought-provoking dilemmas and difficult questions encountered. Given the peculiarity of intense focus on single subject heading and other highly unusual circumstances (such as attempted legal intervention by members of Congress), the presentation will consider what aspects of the saga of the subject heading "Illegal aliens" might be relevant in future efforts to address problems with LCSH.