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- Health disparities; Cancer; Queens; Partnership; Community organizing; Immigrants (1)
- Mentoring programs; Academic libraries; Tenure-track faculty; First-year librarians (1)
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A Content Analysis Of The Strategic Plans Of The Coalition Of Urban Serving Universities’ Academic Libraries, Tom Bielavitz
A Content Analysis Of The Strategic Plans Of The Coalition Of Urban Serving Universities’ Academic Libraries, Tom Bielavitz
Urban Library Journal
As academic libraries support the curricular mission of the university, the strategic plans of academic libraries often reflect the priorities and initiatives of the larger institution. Urban universities often incorporate concepts of community engagement in their mission. The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (http://www.usucoalition.org), a federation of 43 urban universities, has developed initiatives which seek to establish the university and city as partners. Using the publicly-accessible strategic plans of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) affiliated libraries as a data set, the research will perform a content analysis, using Atlas.ti software, to look for evidence that the libraries are …
In Review: Academic Library Outreach: Beyond The Campus Walls, Rachel Jorgensen
In Review: Academic Library Outreach: Beyond The Campus Walls, Rachel Jorgensen
Urban Library Journal
Book review
Redesigned With Them In Mind: Evaluating An Online Library Information Literacy Tutorial, Rebeca Befus, Katrina Byrne
Redesigned With Them In Mind: Evaluating An Online Library Information Literacy Tutorial, Rebeca Befus, Katrina Byrne
Urban Library Journal
This study investigates Wayne State University Library System’s redesigned information literacy tutorial: re:Seach. Seventy-two students participating in the 2010 Wayne State Federal TRIO Student Support Service Summer Residential Program participated in the questionnaire. The questionnaire measured student learning via a multiple choice knowledge based test. Confidence and satisfaction were also measured using a five point Likert scale. Students received an overall average score of 71% on the knowledge portion and student responses varied on the confidence and satisfaction portions of the questionnaire. Results clearly indicated the necessity for future revisions. The discussion will address the specific revisions being undertaken and …
First-Year Library Mentorship Opportunities, Crystal Goldman
First-Year Library Mentorship Opportunities, Crystal Goldman
Urban Library Journal
The first-year experience at any university library sets the foundation for the future relationship between the new faculty member and the library as a whole. Not only is the librarian being acculturated to the organization, but he or she must decide if the library and university will provide a supportive environment for his or her career goals. In this probationary process, the tenured librarians evaluate their tenure-track colleagues’ professional progression and merit. Many libraries institute a formal first-year mentoring program in order to facilitate the immersion of new faculty members into the organizational culture of the library and university. There …
Queens Library Healthlink: Fighting Health Disparities Through Community Engagement, Tamara A. Michel, Eilleen Sabino, Alexis J. Stevenson, Elisa Weiss, Alison Carpenter, Bruce Rapkin
Queens Library Healthlink: Fighting Health Disparities Through Community Engagement, Tamara A. Michel, Eilleen Sabino, Alexis J. Stevenson, Elisa Weiss, Alison Carpenter, Bruce Rapkin
Urban Library Journal
Queens, New York is a diverse urban environment and home to many recent immigrants and low-income populations, which are known to have lower access to healthcare and are thus at higher risk for a wide range of negative health outcomes. Queens residents face serious cancer disparities, with late-stage cancer detection rates for breast, colorectal and prostate cancers far surpassing national averages. Developed to address such disparities, Queens Library HealthLink (HealthLink) is a four-way partnership that seeks to increase access to cancer screening, care and education in medically underserved neighborhoods in Queens. Through 20 of the 62 Queens Public Libraries, HealthLink …
Young Adult Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Questioning (Lgbtq) Non-Fiction Collections And Countywide Anti-Discrimination Policies, Kynita Stringer-Stanback
Young Adult Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Questioning (Lgbtq) Non-Fiction Collections And Countywide Anti-Discrimination Policies, Kynita Stringer-Stanback
Urban Library Journal
This study examines news articles and anti-discrimination ordinances that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) communities in the four most populous counties from five Southeastern states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The possible impact of such policies on the collection of non-fiction young adult materials in the public libraries in those counties is explored. The holdings of each county are compared to a list of 23 titles compiled from literary award winners selected from the time period 1996-2003 using the Lambda Literary Foundation Awards, the American Library Association Stonewall Awards, and an American Library Association …