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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
A Librarian As A Managing Editor, Erin E. Rushton
A Librarian As A Managing Editor, Erin E. Rushton
Library Scholarship
Four years ago, Binghamton University Libraries was presented with an unique proposal. The School of Nursing was planning to take ownership of the OA journal,Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, and the new editor asked if the Libraries would assist with the editorial and managerial process. Erin Rushton, Web Services and Nursing Librarian, was named Managing Editor. She helps support the publishing system and prepares the pdfs for publication. She also ensures the journal is indexed and preserved in the Libraries’ preservation system. Many research libraries support alternative publication models through membership and through scholarly communications …
Assessing The Shared Usage Of Collaboratively Acquired Ebooks Withing The Borrow Direct Network, Adriana Popescu, Douglas Mcgee
Assessing The Shared Usage Of Collaboratively Acquired Ebooks Withing The Borrow Direct Network, Adriana Popescu, Douglas Mcgee
Library Scholarship
Established in 1999, Borrow Direct (BD) is a partnership of nine independent U.S. universities and the Center for Research Libraries providing expedited delivery of print materials. As such, it has facilitated the delivery of nearly two million items to patrons at these institutions. The rapid emergence of e-books has posed a challenge to this successful resource sharing venture as member institutions have expanded their acquisition of this type of content. How does one “borrow” an ebook from another institution and avoid the need to purchase one’s own copy? Different models are emerging to tackle this issue. Under the aegis of …
Internet Reviews: Iucn Red List Of Threatened Species, John Creech
Internet Reviews: Iucn Red List Of Threatened Species, John Creech
Library Scholarship
This review evaluates the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Threatened Species (available at http://www.iucnredlist.org).
Understanding Ultimate Use Data And Its Implication For Digital Library Management: A Case Study, Michele Reilly, Santi Thompson
Understanding Ultimate Use Data And Its Implication For Digital Library Management: A Case Study, Michele Reilly, Santi Thompson
Library Scholarship
Information professionals and librarians have been studying, discussing, and developing digital libraries for over two decades, but understanding ultimate use of images from digital libraries remains a mystery for many of them. Most articles written on digital library use focus on users’ search retrieval needs and behavior. Few mention how digital library patrons use the images they request. Like many digital libraries, archives, and special collections, the University of Houston Digital Library makes high resolution images available to their patrons. Image delivery is achieved by an automated system, titled the Digital Cart Service. An unexpected benefit of the Digital Cart …
How To Use Existing Residential Networks To Promote The Value Of The Library, Benjamin Andrus, Anne Larrivee
How To Use Existing Residential Networks To Promote The Value Of The Library, Benjamin Andrus, Anne Larrivee
Library Scholarship
This poster focuses on the value of working with residential life when planning library instruction programs within the residence halls.
Finding Roots, Gems, And Inspiration: Understanding Ultimate Use Of Digital Materials, Santi Thompson, Michele Reilly
Finding Roots, Gems, And Inspiration: Understanding Ultimate Use Of Digital Materials, Santi Thompson, Michele Reilly
Library Scholarship
The University of Houston Digital Library (UHDL) is the point of virtual access for digitized cultural, historical and research materials for the university’s libraries. UHDL developed a "digital cart” system (DCS) that allow users to download high resolution images from its collections. The DCS records important information supplied by the user regarding the ultimate use of the downloaded images. Until now, no formal analysis of the transaction log for the DCS has been completed. This research is significant because little is known about the ultimate use of digital library materials. Current literature suggests that this problem is not uncommon among …
Map Room To Data And Gis Services: Five University Libraries Evolving To Meet Campus Needs And Changing Technologies, Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino, Russell White, Jeff Essic, Lee Ann Fullington, Himanshu Mistry, Amanda Henley, Miriam Olivares
Map Room To Data And Gis Services: Five University Libraries Evolving To Meet Campus Needs And Changing Technologies, Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino, Russell White, Jeff Essic, Lee Ann Fullington, Himanshu Mistry, Amanda Henley, Miriam Olivares
Library Scholarship
Programs for geospatial support at academic libraries have evolved over the past decade in response to changing campus needs and developing technologies. Geospatial applications have matured tremendously in this time, emerging from specialty tools to become broadly used across numerous disciplines. At many universities, the library has served as a central resource allowing students and faculty across academic departments access to GIS resources. Today, as many academic libraries evaluate their spaces and services, GIS and data services are central in discussions on how to further engage with patrons and meet increasingly diverse researcher needs. As library programs evolve to support …
They Can And They Should: Undergraduates Providing Peer Reference And Instruction, Brett B. Bodemer
They Can And They Should: Undergraduates Providing Peer Reference And Instruction, Brett B. Bodemer
Library Scholarship
Peer learning dynamics have proven powerful in collegiate contexts. These dynamics should be leveraged at the undergraduate level in academic libraries for reference provision and basic information literacy instruction. Drawing on the literature of peer learning, documented examples of peer reference and instruction in academic libraries, and preliminary evidence from current practice at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, this article provides support from the pedagogical standpoint that undergraduates not only can provide peer reference and instruction, but should. The relevance to other institutions and additional assessment methods for establishing the efficacy of peer instruction are also discussed.
Internet Reviews: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility, John Creech
Internet Reviews: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility, John Creech
Library Scholarship
This column comprises a review of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) portal, which is maintained by some 52 participating countries and dozens of scientific organizations. The GBIF provides access to approximately 417 million individual occurrences of organisms. It is recommended for serious students, faculty instructors and research scientists.
Citizen Krueger: An Examination Of Cultural Province And Community Preservation, Stephen Hussman
Citizen Krueger: An Examination Of Cultural Province And Community Preservation, Stephen Hussman
Library Scholarship
This study describes the efforts of an educator to both engage and enlighten his local community regarding the importance of preserving primary resources, and a brief community history highlighting its origin. Finally, this study offers a narrative regarding a community’s collaborative effort to re-discover and reclaim its identity.
Supporting The Next-Generation Ils: The Changing Roles Of Systems Librarians, Ping Fu
Supporting The Next-Generation Ils: The Changing Roles Of Systems Librarians, Ping Fu
Library Scholarship
This paper compares current responsibilities of systems librarians supporting the traditional ILS with anticipated responsibilities associated with supporting the next-generation ILS and examines how the roles of systems librarians will change in migrating to the next generation ILS from the traditional ILS. The method used for this study is content analysis. The content sources are online job banks for keeping an archive of past listings over the past five years. The analysis results demonstrate a shift is happening where the primary roles and responsibilities of systems librarians supporting the next-generation ILS are becoming more human/organizations related, while those positions supporting …
Exploring The Stressors Of New Librarians, Anne Larrivee
Exploring The Stressors Of New Librarians, Anne Larrivee
Library Scholarship
This article describes the different stressors and anxieties that can haunt new librarians. It also addresses the various ways that new librarians can cope with location, emotional and work-related stressors. The article is broken into four different categories of stress; some stressors have been more explored than others. The research is based on an extensive review of the literature and the writer’s own experience as a new librarian.
Promoting The Value Of Special Collections: A Subject Librarians' Approach, Anne Larrivee, Leslie Vega
Promoting The Value Of Special Collections: A Subject Librarians' Approach, Anne Larrivee, Leslie Vega
Library Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Integrating Theory Into Library Instruction To Help Students Understand Themselves, Anne Larrivee
Integrating Theory Into Library Instruction To Help Students Understand Themselves, Anne Larrivee
Library Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Reading Habits Across Disciplines: A Study Of Student E-Book Use, Lee Cummings, Anne Larrivee, Leslie Vega
Reading Habits Across Disciplines: A Study Of Student E-Book Use, Lee Cummings, Anne Larrivee, Leslie Vega
Library Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The New York City Doe/Cuny Library Collaborative: Bridging The Gap Between High School And College, Curtis L. Kendrick, Leanne Ellis, Lisa Castillo Richmond, Sharae D. Brown, Robert Farrell, Alison Lehner-Quam, Nathan Mickelson, Mehgann Walk
The New York City Doe/Cuny Library Collaborative: Bridging The Gap Between High School And College, Curtis L. Kendrick, Leanne Ellis, Lisa Castillo Richmond, Sharae D. Brown, Robert Farrell, Alison Lehner-Quam, Nathan Mickelson, Mehgann Walk
Library Scholarship
This white paper presents the progression and the processes of the New York Collaborative Curriculum Revision Project (CCRP), a collaborative of high school teachers, college faculty, and librarians, formed to build upon the new Common Core State Standards designed to help students develop and become more adept at reading critically, conducting rigorous research, and being better prepared for postsecondary success. This paper presents CCRP as a model to be replicated, modified and strengthened. The DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative is central to the development of the model and shares its successes and hard-learned lessons in its steps to recruit, engage, and facilitate …