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Ipad 2s For Everyone! Catching Students’ Attention In Library One-Shots, Ngoc-Yen Tran Feb 2012

Ipad 2s For Everyone! Catching Students’ Attention In Library One-Shots, Ngoc-Yen Tran

Faculty and Staff Publications

“You are an exercise science major and you have a mid-term essay due in two weeks. You’ve chosen to write about the benefits of yoga. The assignment requires you to find at least 2 peer-reviewed articles (also known as scholarly articles).” This is the scenario that I have given to students during one-shots and although that does not excite them, seeing iPads being distributed in conjunction with the activity certainly does. But, instead of using the iPad as a parallel to a computer (meaning that students use the web app to find materials), the students use the iPads to scan …


Information Outlook January/February 2012, Special Libraries Association Feb 2012

Information Outlook January/February 2012, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2012

Volume 16, Issue 1


Still A Librarian, Ken Haycock Jan 2012

Still A Librarian, Ken Haycock

Faculty Publications

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Ebook Opportunity" in the November 15, 2011 issue, "Library Science Without the Library" in the January 12, 2012 issue, and "Beyond the Stars" in the November 1 2011 issue, which discusses advocacy for public libraries.


Diversity Symposium On Cultural Intelligence: Are You Culturally Competent?, Michele Lucero Jan 2012

Diversity Symposium On Cultural Intelligence: Are You Culturally Competent?, Michele Lucero

Faculty Publications

Have you ever wondered if you are culturally competent and how important it is in the workplace? Have you ever considered if librarians and your stakeholders are culturally competent and how it impacts you? The 2012 AALL Diversity Symposium this past July addressed just that – with insights from presenter and AALL Diversity Committee member, Michele Lucero.


Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2011-2012, San Jose State University Jan 2012

Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2011-2012, San Jose State University

Innovate Magazine (School of Information)

This year's issue highlights some of the ways the SJSU School of Library and Information Science is being a catalyst for global innovation, explores the tools SJSU SLIS master's students and faculty use to interact in our innovative online learning environment, and describes some of the exciting career pathways our alum are pursuing.


Cataloging Images Using Contentdm, Silke Higgins Jan 2012

Cataloging Images Using Contentdm, Silke Higgins

Faculty and Staff Publications

The project description provides insight into the author's first steps at creating and publishing a small collection of digital images with the use of the CONTENTdm digital collection management system and the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set in an effort to enhance the online finding aids of the university library's Special Collections & Archives department with visual materials.


Demand-Driven E-Books + Usage Data = Informed Collection Development, Emily K. Chan, Susan Kendall, Carole Correa-Morris Jan 2012

Demand-Driven E-Books + Usage Data = Informed Collection Development, Emily K. Chan, Susan Kendall, Carole Correa-Morris

Faculty and Staff Publications

San José State University’s (SJSU) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library implemented a patron-driven acquisition program on March 1, 2011 to make electronically available a wide collection of items without concurrency limits, meet users’ needs on a timely basis, and maximize the collections budget by purchasing materials as needed and selected by University users. In September 2011, SJSU’s Library implemented a simple widget that requested demographic data from its EBL users. Users identified their status (i.e., faculty, staff, or student) and area of discipline. Correlating these data points with EBL-usage statistics, SJSU librarians and staff have begun to question the …


School Of Nursing And Department Of Nutrition, Food Science And Packaging At San José State University: Bibliometric Study 2006-2011, Valeria Molteni, Emily Chan Jan 2012

School Of Nursing And Department Of Nutrition, Food Science And Packaging At San José State University: Bibliometric Study 2006-2011, Valeria Molteni, Emily Chan

Faculty and Staff Publications

• Bibliometrics, the quantification of research output and productivity, offers a way for liaison librarians to learn more about the interests, impact, and specialties of departments. Understanding the inputs and outputs to the scholarly and research enterprise specific to a librarian’s liaison area facilitates a librarian’s ability to tailor and subsequently improve future library services. • This bibliometric study was undertaken to accomplish the following objectives: - Identify current knowledge areas of research in the School of Nursing and the Nutrition, Food Science, and Packaging Department at San José State University, limited to the last five years, - Identify researchers’ …


Game On At The Library, Teresa Slobuski Jan 2012

Game On At The Library, Teresa Slobuski

Faculty and Staff Publications

The Games and Gaming at the Library Round Table (GameRT) is new to the ALA Round Ta-ble scene this Midwinter. Previously, librarians interested in gaming bonded over discussion groups or out of conference session time. With the increasing popularity of National Gaming Day @ your Library, an increasing number of libraries collecting games, and innovative gamification projects, a fully fledged Round Table has been born.


Establishing And Publicizing Library Instruction With Educators, Teresa Slobuski Jan 2012

Establishing And Publicizing Library Instruction With Educators, Teresa Slobuski

Faculty and Staff Publications

The ACRL Instruction Section Discussion Group Session at Midwinter was led by Frances A. May and Yunfei Du from the University of Texas. The session explored the dynamics between what we, as instruction librarians, think we do to help students and how we can relay that to the campus community outside of the library. The core of the session consisted of small group brainstorms on various questions followed by the groups presenting what they discussed to everyone in attendance.


Digital Reading, Ziming Liu Jan 2012

Digital Reading, Ziming Liu

Ziming Liu

No abstract provided.


Is It Time For Wider Acceptance Of E-Textbooks? An Examination Of Student Reactions To E-Textbooks, Ziming Liu Jan 2012

Is It Time For Wider Acceptance Of E-Textbooks? An Examination Of Student Reactions To E-Textbooks, Ziming Liu

Ziming Liu

No abstract provided.


"Oral History Core": An Idea For A Metadata Scheme, Nancy Mackay Jan 2012

"Oral History Core": An Idea For A Metadata Scheme, Nancy Mackay

Faculty Publications

The best way gain a handle on the vast amount of information within oral histories is to develop standards for collecting and organizing this information that institutions of all kinds and sizes can easily adapt. This report presents an idea for such a solution: a metadata scheme for oral histories with the working title Oral History Core.


Digital Reading, Ziming Liu Jan 2012

Digital Reading, Ziming Liu

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Is It Time For Wider Acceptance Of E-Textbooks? An Examination Of Student Reactions To E-Textbooks, Ziming Liu Jan 2012

Is It Time For Wider Acceptance Of E-Textbooks? An Examination Of Student Reactions To E-Textbooks, Ziming Liu

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Leading Change, Ken Haycock Jan 2012

Leading Change, Ken Haycock

Faculty Publications

The article focuses on how school librarians could lead change in their schools. It states that some people do not want change because it is considered as a threat to familiar behavior. It says that in introducing change there should be a sense of urgency, a group that has the power to lead the change, communicate the vision of change. It adds that school librarians must consider all aspects including the involvement of principals, school staff, and the community.