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Giving Credit: How Well Do Librarians Cite And Quote Their Sources?, Peter Genzinger, Deborah Wills

Library Publications

The practice of citing references is integral to scholarship. This paper focuses on three prominent journals for library science: College and Research Libraries, Library Resources and Technical Services, and Reference and User Services Quarterly. Errors in both citations and quotations were found in all three journals, although no statistically significant differences among journals were discovered. Citation errors of less than 10 percent were found for all three journals, while in total, 30.3 percent of quotations were judged to be questionable in some way. The paper includes recommendations for authors, editors and librarians. It also recommends further study of errors in …

Check Out The Library, 2017 Fall Issue, Humboldt State University Library

Library Publications

Issue 6

• Meet Kimberly Stelter First Year Experience Librarian
• OneSearch
• Access Services: Books are Just the Beginning
• Students are Talking
• What can I find in the Library?
• SkillShops

Librarian On The Loose: A Roving Reference Desk At A Small Liberal Arts College, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

Discusses the roaming reference service provided by Briggs Library at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Bernard Lonergan’S Functional Specialties And Academic Libraries, Lisa Madeleine Rose-Wiles

Library Publications

I apply the framework of Bernard Lonergan’s functional specialties to academic libraries. This process helped to identify and situate the challenges that libraries face today. These largely stem from historical changes that align with the three challenges to higher education that Lonergan identified in Topics in Education nearly 60 years ago: “the masses”, “the new learning”, and “increasing specialization”. Despite lofty Mission Statements and Strategic Plans (policy making and planning), the foundations of today’s academic libraries are unclear, largely because dialectics surrounding those historical changes have not been resolved. This has led to considerable concern about the future of academic …

Games People Play, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

An academic and public library collaborate on a tabletop gaming event for the whole community.

Check Out The Library, 2017 Spring Issue, Humboldt State University Library

Library Publications

Issue 5

• Updates from the Academic Technology Team
• HSU Authors Celebration
• ideaFest
• ideaFest Journal
• News from HSU Press
• A New Future for Humboldt’s Past
• 360 Degrees of Innovation

Supporting Sixth Grade History Projects, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

A small academic library supports elementary school history projects by coordinating local resource presentations with a public library and historical society as well as offering individualized research sessions.

Legislating Usability: Freedom Of Information Laws That Help Users Identify What They Want, Mark Weiler

Library Publications

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Enhancing Information Literacy Using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method: A Three-Year Case Study In A First Year Biology Course., Lisa Madeleine Rose-Wiles, Marian Glenn, Doreen Stiskal

Library Publications

This paper describes a three-year long collaborative project between a science librarian, a biology professor and a physical therapy professor to improve information literacy in an undergraduate biology laboratory course. The authors used Bernard J. Lonergan’s Generalized Empirical Method (GEM) as a cognitional framework, emphasizing the role of experience, understanding, judgement and action in conducting research. They focused on the selection, integration and citation of scholarly articles in formal laboratory reports. The science librarian became embedded in the course, delivering information literacy instruction sessions, grading and providing feedback on the use of information sources in the lab reports. Overall the …

Annual Report, 2017-2018, Humboldt State University Library

Library Publications

• Celebrating Student Learning & Humboldt
• Native Voices Traveling Exhibit
• Welcome Leah Gazan
• Learning by Making
• Publish with HSU Press
• Diversity & Equity in the Library
• Students Build Flight Simulator
• Rocks, Socks, & Other Fun Summer Activities
• Grant to Support Local Community
• Building Connections Through Course Materials on Reserve
• Study Spaces
• By the Numbers

Putting The Cart Before The Horse: Creating Online Information Literacy Modules For A Reluctant Faculty. Loex Conference Proceedings 2017, Cecelia Parks

Library Publications

Many libraries face the challenge of meeting increasing demand for information literacy instruction with decreasing library resources. This paper explores one library’s answer to that challenge: using online modules to replace in-person instruction for a required undergraduate writing course, addressing the development of the modules and assessment of faculty perceptions of the modules. Though the modules went through several cycles of feedback and revision, a recent faculty survey showed persistent instructor reluctance to embrace online information literacy instruction in the place of in-person library instruction. This paper examines ways to balance faculty feedback and desires with the realities of library …

Beyond Compliance, Cecelia Parks

Library Publications

Privacy is governed by an array of laws in the United States, and this paper examines one facet of privacy regulation: the privacy of students’ academic records. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects the privacy of these records, but how do students understand their rights under FERPA, especially with the development of big data and learning analytics technologies that demand unprecedented sharing of student data? This paper begins to answer that question by examining existing literature on privacy in general and with regards to FERPA specifically. It suggests that FERPA places most of the power in controlling …