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Falling In And Out Of Love: The Impact Of Moving To A Remote Location On Cataloging Workflow, Jean Dickinson, Charity K. Martin, Margaret Mering
Falling In And Out Of Love: The Impact Of Moving To A Remote Location On Cataloging Workflow, Jean Dickinson, Charity K. Martin, Margaret Mering
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
As academic libraries undergo renovation and building projects, various technical service operations are frequently moved out of the main building and housed in an off-site location. The aim of this research was to discover, by means of a questionnaire, what the impact of such a move is on the workflow of professional catalogers. The researchers concluded that a positive experience on the part of the catalogers depends upon detailed planning, thoughtful administrative support, and an element of luck. However, some problems are unavoidable in moving catalogers away from the main collection.
Librarians And Link Rot: A Comparative Analysis With Some Methodological Considerations, David C. Tyler, Beth Mcneil
Librarians And Link Rot: A Comparative Analysis With Some Methodological Considerations, David C. Tyler, Beth Mcneil
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
The longevity of printed guides to resources on the web is a topic of some concern to all librarians. This paper attempts to determine whether guides created by specialist librarians perform better than randomly assembled lists of resources (assembled solely for the purpose of web studies), commercially created guides ('Best of the web'-type publications), and guides prepared by specialists in library science and other fields. The paper also attempts to determine whether the characteristics of included web resources have an impact on guides' longevity. Lastly, the paper addresses methodological issues of concern to this and similar studies.
Computer Literacy: Necessity Or Buzzword?, Scott Childers
Computer Literacy: Necessity Or Buzzword?, Scott Childers
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
While the concept of computer literacy has existed for some time, the name has certainly changed. Whatever the name, the concept of computer literacy still has merit. By looking af the history of the computer literacy movement for grounding, we can build a definition for the next century and affirm that learning computer basics is a good thing for library staf to do.
The term computer literacy seems to have faded from library literature, but has the belief that the general populace should possess a basic computer-skill level faded as well? Have we already achieved this nebulous goal, or has …
Are They Really Teachers? Problem-Based Learning And Information Professionals, Michael Anderson, Virginia Baldwin
Are They Really Teachers? Problem-Based Learning And Information Professionals, Michael Anderson, Virginia Baldwin
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Traditionally, working with teaching faculty is the primary consulting role for most faculty development professionals. The boundaries, however, are not always clear regarding instructional assistance that is provided to other personnel. This chapter demonstrates how collaboration among faculty consultants and information specialists can result in enhanced library utilization and bett er research-related instruction. Our model uses problem-based learning (PEL) as a vehicle for teaching research and retrieval skills in either a single class experience or in multiple classroom visits with an engineering librarian.
Caveat Relocator: A Practical Relocation Proposal To Save Space And Promote Electronic Resources, David C. Tyler, Brian L. Pytlik Zillig
Caveat Relocator: A Practical Relocation Proposal To Save Space And Promote Electronic Resources, David C. Tyler, Brian L. Pytlik Zillig
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Despite ever-increasing electronic information, space on library shelves continues to be a problem. This article discusses one library's efforts to find space on overcrowded library shelves by moving selected resources to off-swite storage and at the same time promoting use of electronic resources, namely the electronic journals that make up the JSTOR database. Issues explored include in-house use of bound periodicals, circulation statistics, interlibrary loan requests, and computer printing vs. photocopying for print titles available through JSTOR.
Building A New Infrastructure For Digital Media: Northwestern University Library, M. Claire Stewart, H. Frank Cervone
Building A New Infrastructure For Digital Media: Northwestern University Library, M. Claire Stewart, H. Frank Cervone
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
The Northwestern University Library has been a pioneer in text and media digitization. From early efforts primarily focused on enhancing access to reserve material to current projects involving vast quantities of streaming media, in great part these projects have been the result of close collaboration between the library and other units on campus, particularly Academic Technologies. As the depth and breadth of digitization efforts have increased, so have the technological and organizational issues. This article examines the history of digitization efforts at Northwestern University as a context for exploring the emerging issues most libraries face as digitization enters a new …
A Model For Strategic Business Instruction, Signe Swanson, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
A Model For Strategic Business Instruction, Signe Swanson, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
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Review Of In The Shadow Of The Pali: A Story Of The Hawaiian Leper Colony By Lisa Cindrich; Putnam, 2002, Sue Ann Gardner
Review Of In The Shadow Of The Pali: A Story Of The Hawaiian Leper Colony By Lisa Cindrich; Putnam, 2002, Sue Ann Gardner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
The leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai has been covered in a number of books over the years, both fiction and nonfiction, many focusing on the efforts of Father Damien of Belgium, who sacrificed his own health to improve the conditions of the exiles. This latest volume is written from the perspective of a 12-year-old Hawaiian girl, Liliha, who contracts the disease from her cruel grandmother, and the novel is set in the years before Father Damien arrived at the colony in 1873. Before his arrival, there was anarchy, little food for the inhabitants, no health care, and …
Strategies For Providing Access To A Specialized Collection: Cataloging Decisions Affecting The Quilt Newsletter Collection At The University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Charity K. Martin, Mary Cassner
Strategies For Providing Access To A Specialized Collection: Cataloging Decisions Affecting The Quilt Newsletter Collection At The University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Charity K. Martin, Mary Cassner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Libraries often receive gifts of unique, specialized materials to add to their collections. In 1999, the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln received a quilt newsletter collection as an addition to the American Quilt Study Groups quilt collection. In order to provide the best access to the collection, the cataloger in charge of the quilt newsletters developed a unique classification number for the collection and organized the collection by state of origin, followed by organization.