Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

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Bet You Missed It, Bruce Strauch

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The Peripatetic Browser--A Book Review Of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store By Robin Sloan, James N. R. Walser

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The Scholarly Publishing Scene--The Prose Awards, Myer Kutz

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Collection Management Matters--Selecting Books On The Side, Glenda Alvin

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Changing Library Operations--Moocs: Some Thoughts From Library Experience, Allen Mckiel, Jim Dooley

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Biz Of Acq--Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays, Michelle Flinchbaugh

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Notes From Langlois--Prelude To Thoughts On Sustainability, Scott Alan Smith

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Analyze This--Usage And Your Collection: Usage Statistics At The Point Of Need: Developing A Collaborative Eletronic Usage Statistics Program, Anita K. Foster, Kathleen Mcevoy

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Hidden Collections--Are There "Hidden Collections" In Special Collection Libraries?, Allison Day

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Curating Collective Collections--Data For Collection Assessment At A More Granular Level: Icon As An Example, Amy Wood, Sam Demas

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Future Conference Dates

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Decoder Ring--Collaboration Is King In Cartozia, Jerry Spiller

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Commercial Publisher Ebook Platforms, Cris Ferguson

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University Press Ebook Platforms: A Brief Overview, Mark Johnson

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Sprite--A Poem, James Nicholas

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Collecting To The Core--Milton Studies And Surprised By Sin, Cecile M. Jagodzinski, Anne Doherty

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Questions And Answers--Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

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Incorporating Usability Into The Database Review Process: New Lessons And Possibilities, Ilana R. Barnes

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of incorporating user experience study methods into library database purchase and renewal. In the summer of 2013, Purdue libraries introduced a modified standard usability concept (heuristic evaluation, or expert review) into an existing yearly electronic resource evaluation process. Every year librarians already evaluated electronic resources in the collection using a set of parameters including usage statistics but never explicitly included database usability. Introducing more user experience parameters into process allows librarians to record usability errors to be communicated back to database vendors or to be considered for database renewal and …

Opportunities And Challenges Of Data Publication: A Case Study From Purdue, David Scherer, Lisa Zilinski, Courtney E. Matthews

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Beginning in 2011, there have been several policy changes directly affecting the management, preservation, and accessibility of publically-funded research and resulting research data in the United States. In January 18, 2011 the National Science Foundation (NSF) required data management plans to be submitted with all grant proposals. On February 22, 2013, the Office of Science and Technology Policy of the President of the United States extended a similar requirement to all federal agencies who have a research and development budget of more than $100 million. These requirements illustrate the need for further coordination and management of data as scholarship and …

Carpe Data: Data Curation Services At Four Different Institutions, Lisa Zilinski, Christina Chan Park, Robin Dasler, Natsuko Nicholls

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

As funding agencies require data management plans (DMP) and data sharing, institutions are developing data services in their libraries. Data services may include data curation, including metadata creation and data preservation; data discovery, such as data set registration and data linking; extended references services, such as DMP consultations and data needs assessments; and internal activities, such as environmental scans and support for institutional/data repositories.

The panel will discuss the evolution, status, and future of data services development in their respective institutions including:

• The status of data services development in their institution
• The steps taken to get to their current stage …

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From Your Editor, Katina Strauch

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

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Deadlines

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Lessons Learned: Jisc's Experience In Acquiring Multimedia Resources On Behalf Of Uk Academic Libraries, Lorraine Estelle

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Our Next Challenge: Integrating Video Into The Academy, Stephen Rhind-Tutt

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Mainstream Patron-Driven Acquisition: Topicality Over The Scholarly Record…And The Cello Suites, Aaron Wood

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

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Reinventing The Methods Journal: Increasing Reproducibility With Video Journals, Kira Henderson

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