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2011

Library and Information Science

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Building A Best Practices Team: Creating Stronger Online Tutorials Together, Jennifer Deberg, Chris Childs, Amy Blevins Oct 2011

Building A Best Practices Team: Creating Stronger Online Tutorials Together, Jennifer Deberg, Chris Childs, Amy Blevins

Jennifer DeBerg

Purpose: The purpose of this poster is to demonstrate the value of having a best practices working group to explore software programs and develop policies and procedures for the creation of online instructional materials. In addition, we would like to emphasize the importance of partnering with the other libraries within a University or other organization to share ideas and avoid duplication of effort. Methods: In order to determine the best software for creating tutorials, the University libraries put together a taskforce to investigate Jing, Panopto, Camtasia and Captivate. After deciding which products to purchase and support, a new team formed …


Simulations, Outreach And Health Sciences Libraries: A Triple Play For Success, Jennifer Deberg, Sarah Andrews, Linda Walton, Amy Blevins, Chris Childs Oct 2011

Simulations, Outreach And Health Sciences Libraries: A Triple Play For Success, Jennifer Deberg, Sarah Andrews, Linda Walton, Amy Blevins, Chris Childs

Jennifer DeBerg

Purpose: Our library staff has been partnering with faculty to develop curricula using simulation equipment for various outreach programs to youth in the state. The simulation center is housed and managed by our library. This presentation will recount the development and expansion of this two-year old program and describe its various components. The programs are aimed at grades 5-12 to stimulate interest in science and health care professions through engagement and participation in a variety of interactive educational sessions using simulation equipment, such as eye exams, neurological/cognitive assessments, and cardiac rhythm evaluation. Methods: The focus of the paper will be …


Superpower Your Browser With Libx And Zotero, Jason Puckett Mar 2011

Superpower Your Browser With Libx And Zotero, Jason Puckett

Jason D Puckett

Open-source web browsers like Firefox make it possible for libraries to offer free research tools built into the browser itself. Two such tools are LibX, a search and discovery aid, and Zotero, a citation and reference manager. LibX allows libraries to customize its features to offer users easy search access to specific collections, as well as automatically inserting library links into other web pages. Zotero allows researchers to easily save citations from library catalogs, databases, and other websites, to create bibliographies in many citation styles, and to share references with its group features.


Digital Rights Management As Information Access Barrier, Jason Puckett Mar 2011

Digital Rights Management As Information Access Barrier, Jason Puckett

Jason D Puckett

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a type of technological control used by information publishers and vendors to restrict use of electronic information. Librarians should be concerned about DRM because it privileges the rights of information providers to the point of infringing upon users’ fair use and other rights. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 put commercial interests first, casting information users as potential “pirates.” DRM causes difficulties for users of library search tools, audio books, e-books and other electronic media, and for libraries and archives in the area of long-term preservation. Librarians must advocate for users’ rights to …


My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Jason Puckett Mar 2011

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.


Caught In The Middle: Managing Competing Expectations., Jamie Kearley, Deborah Mccarthy Dec 2010

Caught In The Middle: Managing Competing Expectations., Jamie Kearley, Deborah Mccarthy

Jamie Pielstick Kearley

No abstract provided.