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2014

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Small School, Big Reach: Open Access Outreach On A Liberal Arts College Campus, Janelle L. Wertzberger Dec 2014

Small School, Big Reach: Open Access Outreach On A Liberal Arts College Campus, Janelle L. Wertzberger

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The liberal arts college environment provides opportunities for campus-wide engagement of open access issues that may differ from those at larger institutions. Because we support fewer campus authors, we are able to provide a high level of service. Librarians’ close connections with faculty and students allow us to move beyond articles and theses and solicit a wide range of scholarly and creative works to share in our repository. In addition, we’ve fostered conversations about open access, open textbooks, altmetrics, and copyright among faculty, staff, and students. This poster will present a snapshot of a variety of outreach and education strategies …

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Reaching Our Students Using Instagram, #Hashtags, And National Library Week, Mallory R. Jallas, Stephanie Bowen Oct 2014

Reaching Our Students Using Instagram, #Hashtags, And National Library Week, Mallory R. Jallas, Stephanie Bowen

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Academic librarians are striving to outreach and promote libraries to students where they are. We oftentimes find ourselves asking… how do we find the students and how do we interact? At Gettysburg College we tackled these questions and devised engagement opportunities using social media and anchoring activities around popular spaces in the library. Our session will explain the planning, execution, and assessment of our projects and how it can be adapted to other libraries.

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You’Ve Gotta Read This! Connecting With Readers At An Academic Library, Kerri Odess-Harnish, Clinton K. Baugess Sep 2014

You’Ve Gotta Read This! Connecting With Readers At An Academic Library, Kerri Odess-Harnish, Clinton K. Baugess

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At our small, liberal arts college, the library has developed a vibrant browsing collection of popular fiction and nonfiction titles in both print and ebook formats. Additionally, we have developed extensive outreach and programming initiatives to support the recreational reading habits and intellectual engagement of our students and faculty outside of the classroom. Some of these efforts include an annual summer reading booklet, an online featured reader column, and first year and other thematic reading and discussion groups. Learn how librarians on our campus continue to successfully promote recreational reading in support of lifelong learning.

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The Cupola Infographic (2014), Janelle Wertzberger Aug 2014

The Cupola Infographic (2014), Janelle Wertzberger

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This infographic displays key facts and figures about Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College, as of 5/31/14 (end of fiscal year).

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Scholarly Communications Committee Report On Activities 2013-14, Janelle Wertzberger Jun 2014

Scholarly Communications Committee Report On Activities 2013-14, Janelle Wertzberger

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2013-14 annual report for Musselman Library's Scholarly Communications Committee, including Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. Covers June 2013-May 2014.

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