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Charleston Conference Dates, Editor

Against the Grain

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Full Page Ads, Editor

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

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Op Ed -- The Devil Is In The Details, Mary Ann Liebert

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People Profile: James Bradley, Editor

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Atg Interviews Joanne Sparks, Katina Strauch

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Case Studies In Collection And Technical Services -- Case Study Five: In Presentations, Demographics Are Key, Anne Langley

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People Profile: Joanne Sparks, Editor

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Adventures In Librarianship -- Haiku, Ned Kraft

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Papa Abel Remembers -- The Tale Of A Band Of Booksellers, Richard Abel

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Little Red Herrings -- Golden Apples Of Deceit, Mark Y. Herring

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People Profile: Pam Cowart, Editor

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From Your (Home Remedy) Editor, Katina Strauch

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Biz Of Acq -- Learning @ Your Library [Conference]: Kolb's Experimental Learning Model And The Institutional Learning Process, Adam Murray

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Mmm...Vanillin: Reaching Graduate Students Through Ice Cream Seminars, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

While there is no required chem. literature course for graduate students at Purdue University, a series of library ice cream seminars is offered throughout the semester as an alternative. These seminars are targeted toward new graduate students to help them adjust to the wide variety of library resources now available to them. Each seminar is focused on either a particular resource (SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein, etc.) or a topical theme (patents, citation searching, spectral information, etc.). Implementation of the seminar series will be explained as well as content presented and effective marketing methods. Results of evaluations and future directions will also …

Providing For Graduate Student Information Needs At A Large Research University, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Graduate students at a large research university often have many information needs-from choosing a research advisor, to creating and pursuing their research agenda, to deciding on where to go after graduation. In addition., many of them have insufficient information seeking skills. The M.G. Mellon Library of Chem. at Purdue U. attempts to address many of these issues by the focused and proactive provision of resources and services to graduate students. Besides instructing graduate students on common chem. information resources, the staff of the Chem. Library provides additional services, such as after-hours access and assistance with bibliographic management software, to enhance …

Current And Future Status Of Chemistry Collections And Chemistry Libraries At Arl Institutions, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Research Publications

The process of consolidating science and technology branch libraries in academic institutions is not new, but with ease of access to electronic resources, and with shrinking budgets and interdisciplinary research the norm, the idea of consolidation has become more attractive in the past decade. This article reports on the results of a 2005 survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions and the status of their chemistry-related library resources and facilities. The past, present, and future of these chemistry collections will be discussed with emphasis on those having consolidated in the last ten years or those who plan to consolidate …

Ice Cream Seminars For Graduate Students: Imparting Chemical Information Literacy, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Research Publications

This article provides information on a chemical information literacy program designed primarily for new graduate students. The full implementation of this program is discussed, including defining its purpose, topics covered, content presented, methods of marketing, and evaluation. The result is a series of voluntary seminars given biweekly throughout the academic year. Seminars are based either around a particular resource or database or are centered on a topical problem that may be addressed using multiple resources. Evaluations show that graduate students are pleased with the seminars, including content covered and the format. Areas for future development and experimentation are also suggested.

Changing Nature Of Academic Librarianship: Implementing A Distributed Institutional Repository, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Librarians at Purdue University are adapting to the implementation of a distributed institutional repository (DIR). Traditionally, a librarian's role in the cycle of scholarly communication has been focused on the products of research: books, articles, dissertations, etc. The DIR is pushing the librarian's role further back in the cycle by assisting and advising researchers on how their data can best be collected, tagged, and stored. In some cases, librarians are even becoming embedded within research groups. Once in the DIR, these data sets and other non-traditional types of information are just as accessible as books and journal articles. The DIR …