Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Publication
- File Type
Articles 1 - 13 of 13
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
I Want That! [Poster], John Whisler, Stacey Knight-Davis, Ellen Corrigan
I Want That! [Poster], John Whisler, Stacey Knight-Davis, Ellen Corrigan
Ellen K. Corrigan
Title of poster session: I Want That! Letting Patrons Request On-Order MaterialsBooth Library at Eastern Illinois University has traditionally displayed bibliographic records in its online catalog for materials that are in the acquisition and cataloging process, resulting in patrons often discovering desirable materials that are not yet available. To speed these materials through the acquisition and cataloging processes and into the hands of eager users, we designed a web link in each bibliographic record that patrons can use to request notification when the item is available for use. The technology is simple, the workflow manageable, and the good will …
Building A Best Practices Team: Creating Stronger Online Tutorials Together, Jennifer Deberg, Chris Childs, Amy Blevins
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
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 …
Making Decisions: Using Electronic Data Collection To Re-Envision Reference Services At The Usf Tampa Libraries, Lily Todorinova, Andy Huse, Barbara Lewis, Matt Torrence
Making Decisions: Using Electronic Data Collection To Re-Envision Reference Services At The Usf Tampa Libraries, Lily Todorinova, Andy Huse, Barbara Lewis, Matt Torrence
Barbara Lewis
Declining reference statistics, diminishing human resources, and the desire to be more proactive and embedded in academic departments, prompted the University of South Florida Library to create a taskforce for re-envisioning reference services. The taskforce was charged with examining the staffing patterns at the desk and developing recommendations to give librarians greater flexibility and to better respond to the information-seeking needs of users. These recommendations were based on statistics of desk usage, collected with the newly adapted online tool Desk Tracker, and structured interviews with library administrators. The taskforce was interested in how these stakeholders use quantitative data in decision-making.
Open-Source Based Solutions For Processing, Preserving, And Presenting Oral Histories, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy Jr.
Open-Source Based Solutions For Processing, Preserving, And Presenting Oral Histories, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy Jr.
Mark I. Greenberg
For more than a decade, the University of South Florida Library's Oral History Program has sought to develop cost-effective, open-source solutions to improve workflow management, increase public access, and preserve oral history collections. Recently, it established two open-source solutions to meet these goals. Bull-OH-Base enables Oral History Program staff to manage its many oral history projects and associated data in a secure and efficient manner. OHPi (its oral history player interface) offers researchers the ability to access and search its collections through a web-based application that synchronizes audio and video files with a full-text transcript. USF continues to improve upon …
Superpower Your Browser With Libx And Zotero, Jason Puckett
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
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
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.
Beyond Foursquare: Library Treks With Scvngr, Amy E. Vecchione, Margaret Mellinger
Beyond Foursquare: Library Treks With Scvngr, Amy E. Vecchione, Margaret Mellinger
Amy E. Vecchione
SCVNGR is a game-based geolocation application where users can earn points or gain rewards by completing challenges and treks. Builders design questions that involve text based answers (open ended or multiple choice), QR codes, or photo challenges. Librarians at Boise State University and Oregon State University have built treks and challenges using SCVNGR for library orientations and instruction. They have found SCVNGR a better environment than Foursquare for these purposes. With SCVNGR, students can participate in the challenges and treks using not only their smart phones and mobile devices, but also via text-messaging and laptops. Librarians can easily create multiple …
Reference Is Neither Here Nor There: Connecting Through Sms, Amy E. Vecchione, Margie Ruppel
Reference Is Neither Here Nor There: Connecting Through Sms, Amy E. Vecchione, Margie Ruppel
Amy E. Vecchione
Have you ever wondered what your patrons think about SMS reference service? Do you wonder what other libraries are doing with SMS? Or what types of questions you would be asked through SMS reference service? Don’t try to reinvent the wheel! Join Boise State University librarians Amy Vecchione and Margie Ruppel to learn the results from their recently conducted national and local surveys on SMS reference. By attending this session participants will learn the most common types of questions asked through SMS, ways to market this service, best practices for answering SMS reference questions, and patrons’ perceptions of this new …
Editorial: Journeys And Pathways: A Different Road, Connie Foster
Editorial: Journeys And Pathways: A Different Road, Connie Foster
Connie Foster
No abstract provided.
"Change Or Perish: Implementing Aeon In The University Of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections", Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis
"Change Or Perish: Implementing Aeon In The University Of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections", Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis
Mark I. Greenberg
No abstract provided.
Caught In The Middle: Managing Competing Expectations., Jamie Kearley, Deborah Mccarthy
Caught In The Middle: Managing Competing Expectations., Jamie Kearley, Deborah Mccarthy
Jamie Pielstick Kearley
No abstract provided.