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I Felt Like Such A Freshman’: Integrating First-Year Student Identities Through Collaborative Reflective Learning, Paula Dempsey, Heather Jagman

Heather Jagman

This poster reports on qualitative analysis of 97 first-year student essays generated from an information literacy exercise designed collaboratively by four academic support units at DePaul University in Fall 2013. Working as an ACRL Assessment in Action team, the Library, Writing Center, Office for Academic Advising, and Center for Students with Disabilities integrated a library experience into an academic skills unit led by peer mentors. First-year students were asked to consider a topic of personal or academic interest, use the library discovery tool to identify an item, physically find the item in the library, check it out, and reflect on …

The Chat Is Coming From Inside The House: An Analysis Of Perceived Chat Behavior And Reality, Elizabeth Berndt-Morris, Samantha Minnis

Samantha Minnis

Written Presentations, Poster Presentations, Abstracts: A Guide, Amy B. Smith Phd, Kristine A. Petre Mls, Cm, Ahip

Kristine A Petre, MLS, CM, AHIP

No abstract provided.

Connectivist Learning And The Role Of Librarians, Rachel Sandieson, John Barnett, Vance Mcpherson

Rachel Sandieson

No abstract provided.

Written Presentations, Poster Presentations, Abstracts: A Guide, Amy B. Smith Phd, Kristine A. Petre Mls, Cm, Ahip

Amy B Smith PhD

No abstract provided.

I Felt Like Such A Freshman: Creating Library Insiders, Heather Jagman, Lisa Davidson, Lauri Dietz, Jodi Falk, Antonieta Fitzpatrick

Heather Jagman

Independent learning activities, when coupled with reflection, are effective in providing an orientation to the library in particular and “academic life” in general. After participating in a self-guided library activity and reflecting on the process, students in DePaul’s First Year Experience program are able to articulate how the library can contribute to their success as academic learners.

The New Service Desk Model At Uwo’S Allyn & Betty Taylor Library, Rachel Sandieson, Bridget Morant

Rachel Sandieson

No abstract provided.

The Utilization Of An Emergency Medicine Specific Library Website In The Clinical Setting, Doron Korinow, Susanne Griffin, Nancy E. Harger, Jeffrey Cukor

Nancy E. Harger

Introduction: The need for efficient access to academic resources in the Emergency Department is crucial to the Emergency physician. Many academic medical libraries have a large volume of information that makes it difficult to find answers in a time-sensitive clinical setting. We designed an Emergency Medicine library guide, tested its efficiency and surveyed users about their preference of an EM library website compared to the general library website.Methods: We created an EM library guide using the Libguide software by Springshare. We then created two tests of similar clinical questions simulating cases in the Emergency Department where researching an answer would …

Inside Outreach: A Challenge For Health Sciences Librarians, Jane Fama, Donna Berryman, Nancy E. Harger, Paul Julian, Nancy L. Peterson, Margaret Spinner, Jennifer Varney

Nancy E. Harger

Like medical and health sciences libraries throughout the country, the Lamar Soutter Library (LSL) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is dealing with ever-increasing outreach needs in times of diminishing funding. With the goal of reshaping the library's outreach program to better serve our patron groups, the Outreach Study Group was formed to investigate existing models of outreach. METHODS: The group initially examined the current literature and subsequently conducted a nationwide survey of medical and health sciences libraries to identify trends in outreach. This article details the methods used for the survey, including establishing criteria for selecting participants, determining …

Embedded In The Irb, Nancy E. Harger, Judith M. Nordberg

Nancy E. Harger

The speakers describe their experience serving on the UMass Medical School’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and how their roles have evolved over the years. They give an overview of the IRB process and discuss their responsibilities in support of the reviewers. Presented at “Ethics Day: Engaging Librarians in the Responsible Conduct of Research,” University of Massachusetts Amherst,, October 8, 2010.

Dealing Strategies And Outcomes For The Difficult Patrons In The Library Environment, Muhammad Tufail Khan, Aneela Zahid

Muhammad Tufail Khan

The research paper elaborates the tactics and strategies of librarians they adopt to provide services to difficult patrons of the library. Through this research the professional librarians will be able to know the most common and succeeded ways of services and communications, which the professionals/librarians adopt or implement to get a fruitful results. The research work also focuses different ways of communications while dealing with difficult library patrons.

Are Journals Cost Effective? Subscriptions To Electronic Full Text Versus Pay-Per-View, Barbara J. Iobst Mls, Ahip, Linda M. Schwartz Mde, Ahip, Cm, Evelyn Little

Linda Matula Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM

No abstract provided.