Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Blueprint For Planning A Successful Program, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. Macdonald, Andree J. Rathemacher

Joanna M Burkhardt

Discusses program planning for librarians whose experience in this area is limited. How to plan and coordinate the program; Dealing with details; What to do on the day of the event; Ways to follow up; The program packet and what to include.

Does Gender And Race Have An Impact On Earnings In The Library And Information Science Labor Market In The United States Of America?, Darren Sweeper, Steven A. Smith Phd

Steven D. Smith

Using data from the 2003 US National Survey of College Graduates, a longitudinal survey administered by the US Bureau of Census for the National Science Foundation, this study examines earnings in the library and information science labor market and assesses the impact of gender and race on the earnings attainment process. This cross-sectional dataset is used to determine if there are significant differences in income among library and information science professionals with respect to gender and race. The approach taken in this study is to build a theoretical model of earnings attainment for librarians and information scientists. This is followed …

Ereaders And Apps: Two Librarians Weigh In, Alison Depollo, Rebecca Tolley-Stokes

Rebecca Tolley

A Meeting Of The Minds: Enhancing Collaboration With The Department Of Psychiatry Through The Institutional Repository, Lisa A. Palmer, Len L. Levin

Lisa A. Palmer

This presentation will provide an overview of an ongoing collaboration between the Lamar Soutter Library and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) to promote faculty research. The Library has a long-standing liaison relationship with the Department of Psychiatry to share information about library collections and services, and to support the department’s teaching, clinical, and research needs. In 2009 the Library formally established a Research and Scholarly Communication Services department, with one librarian overseeing the university’s institutional repository, eScholarship@UMMS. eScholarship@UMMS is a digital archive offering worldwide access to the research and scholarly output of the …

Psychiatry Issue Briefs: A Librarian/Faculty Publishing Collaboration, Lisa A. Palmer, Kathleen Biebel

Lisa A. Palmer

Describes the collaboration between the Lamar Soutter Library and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School to publish an electronic journal via the university's institutional repository.

Presented at the MAHSLIN 2011 Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011 in Waltham, Mass.

Building An E-Science Portal For Librarians: A Model Of Collaboration, Donna Kafel, Myrna E. Morales, Robert Vander Hart, Sally A. Gore, Andrew Creamer, Javier Crespo, Elaine R. Martin

Sally A. Gore

Purpose: This poster focuses on the collaboration among science and medical librarians from multiple diverse New England research institutions in designing and aggregating content for an e-Science portal. Brief Description: This project is funded through a subcontract with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region. It is based on a collaborative framework consisting of a project advisory board, an editorial board of content editors, and a web development technical team. This comprehensive portal, aimed at librarians, provides news, links to annotated e-Science resources, and a discussion forum. Members of the portal editorial board include science and medical …

Information Workers In The Academy: The Case Of Librarians And Archivists At The University Of Western Ontario, Melanie Mills

Melanie Mills

For much of its history, the organizational culture for academic librarians and archivists at The University of Western Ontario was primarily a culture of the practitioner. While librarians and archivists supported teaching, research and service at Western, they did not directly engage in it. As a result of grassroots efforts undertaken by members of Western’s academic community in the mid-2000s however, the potential contributions of information workers to the teaching, research and service mandate of University began to garner recognition. Born out of this collective awakening, a successful union drive and shortly thereafter an inaugural Collective Agreement for The University …

From Embedded To Integrated: New Teaching Models For Academic Librarians, Rob Morrison, Larissa Garcia, Marisa Walstrum

Rob Morrison

No abstract provided.

My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Jason Puckett

Jason D Puckett

The author describes the contents of his own private library. He reportedly uses a podcast media player for listening to audio files of authors like science fiction and nonfiction writer Cory Doctorow and fantasy writer Mur Lafferty. It is stated that Podiobooks uses Really Simple Syndication (RSS) which enables setting up of automatically delivered chapters at regular intervals and that Librovox functions as an online library of audiobooks in the public domain.

Eighty-Four Percent Women & Academics: Demographics From A 2010 Study Of Tennessee Libraries Book Reviewers, Rebecca Tolley-Stokes

Rebecca Tolley

No abstract provided.

An Empirical Study Of The Impact Of Nla Conference Attendance On Librarians' Professional Development, Helen N. Eke Miss

Helen Nneka Eke-Okpala

No abstract provided.