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Google Tips & Tricks, Amanda Izenstark
The Future Of Digital Reference Services, James Gross
The Future Of Digital Reference Services, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 740, Professor Alison Miller. This paper will discuss how reference librarians are embracing new online reference technologies, via the synchronous as well as asynchronous delivery, as they seek new ways and methods to meet the current and future information-seeking needs, of their online users.
Library Impact Statement For Csc 423 Network Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark
Library Impact Statement For Csc 423 Network Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 423 Network Intrusion Detection and Defense. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.
Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark
Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Library Impact Statement for CSC 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection and Defense. No new library resources are required to support this course.
Library Impact Statement For Csc 424 Live Forensics And Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark
Library Impact Statement For Csc 424 Live Forensics And Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 424 Live Forensics and Incident Response. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.
Digital Commons As An Educational Tool, John Jesperesen
Digital Commons As An Educational Tool, John Jesperesen
Kresten Jespersen
This paper explores the educational use of an Institutional Repository at Rhode Island College. The focus is on selected units of our College's Digital Commons and the students who have helped to make it a reality. The Chet Smolski Collection, comprising an Image Gallery and a table for Op-Ed texts, is joined by relational portals that are not yet operative but approaching partial functionality. We claim that there has been real educational benefit for the students by using them to help construct an IR. Our educational approach of letting students teach each other can be of value to other Colleges …
Sadie, My Grandmother, Michael C. Vocino
Sadie, My Grandmother, Michael C. Vocino
michael c vocino
Recollections on the author's maternal grandmother.
Library Impact Statement For Bps 455 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino
Library Impact Statement For Bps 455 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino
michael c vocino
Library Impact Statement for BPS 455 Protein Molecular Modeling. No new resources were required to support this course.
Library Impact Statement For Bps 555 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino
Library Impact Statement For Bps 555 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino
michael c vocino
Library Impact Statement for BPS 555 Protein Molecular Modeling. No new resources were required to support this course.
Report Of The Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force, Michael Vocino, Michael Cerbo, Margaret J. Keefe, Sarina Wyant
Report Of The Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force, Michael Vocino, Michael Cerbo, Margaret J. Keefe, Sarina Wyant
michael c vocino
March 2010 report to the faculty of the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island by the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force. On December 17, 2009 in a letter to its members, the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force was created by Dean David Maslyn at the request of the December 2009 Library Faculty Meeting. The charge from the Dean read: “Based upon the motion made at the faculty meeting of 12/4/2009, the Dean appoints the following people to an Ad Hoc Task Force to 'study and establish policy and procedures' for the possible establishment and implementation of a library …
Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries Jan 2010 - Jun 2010, Michael C. Vocino
Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries Jan 2010 - Jun 2010, Michael C. Vocino
michael c vocino
Listing by donor name and quantity of materials donated to the University of Rhode Island Libraries, Jan 2010 - June 2010.
Library Impact Statement For Psc 441 Women And Politics, Michael Vocino
Library Impact Statement For Psc 441 Women And Politics, Michael Vocino
michael c vocino
Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for PSC 441 Women and Politics. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.
Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, July 2010 - June 2011, Michael C. Vocino
Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, July 2010 - June 2011, Michael C. Vocino
michael c vocino
List of donor names and types and quantities of materials donated to the University of Rhode Island Libraries from July 2010 - June 2011.
Jon And His Dead Lover, Michael C. Vocino
Jon And His Dead Lover, Michael C. Vocino
michael c vocino
Short story about a doctor who discovers a crime.
Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino
Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino
michael c vocino
Brief short story or observation about life in a small southern Italian town.
Digital Collaboration: The Development Of A National Preservation Program By The Library Of Congress And The Ndiipp, James Gross
Digital Collaboration: The Development Of A National Preservation Program By The Library Of Congress And The Ndiipp, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info756, Professor Matienzo. A review of the national digital preservation program developed and managed by the Library of Congress and the LOC's NDIIPP department.
The Doi Identifier, James Gross
The Doi Identifier, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 756, Professor Matienzo. Short review of the DOI identifier and its usage to help identify published web based research data.
Zotero/Mendeley: Hands-On With Two Free Citation Managers (Presentation), Amanda Izenstark
Zotero/Mendeley: Hands-On With Two Free Citation Managers (Presentation), Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Learn about the features of and get hands-on experience with two big names in the free citation management scene: Mendeley and Zotero. This session will cover the essentials from adding and importing references to organizing citations and generating bibliographies.
Weeding Your Garden: The Back End Of Collection Development, Joanna M. Burkhardt
Weeding Your Garden: The Back End Of Collection Development, Joanna M. Burkhardt
Joanna M Burkhardt
This power point provides tips for weeding a library collection.
Assessing The Strategic Credibility Of Special Collections, Erin Passehl, Rick A. Stoddart
Assessing The Strategic Credibility Of Special Collections, Erin Passehl, Rick A. Stoddart
Rick A Stoddart
In this time of often precarious funding at many colleges and universities, any case that can be made to illustrate how a department strategically fits into the overall university mission is not only worth merit, but an essential survival technique. This “strategic credibility” within the university is a vital form of currency in determining institution-wide resources prioritization, collaboration opportunities between organizational units, and overall direction of departments. This paper presents a case study of academic special collections in the Northwest and examines the methods these departments use to demonstrate value to the university. This paper considers how well do special …
Digital Preservation Policy Report: University Of Utah Marriot Library Initiative, James Gross
Digital Preservation Policy Report: University Of Utah Marriot Library Initiative, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, INFO 756, Professor Matienzo, Digital preservation policy report: University of Utah Marriot Library Initiative. Briefly examines four areas of the digital preservation policy initiative as drafted and created by this library.
Personal Digital Information Project, Part 2: Hands-On Exercise, James Gross
Personal Digital Information Project, Part 2: Hands-On Exercise, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 756, Professor Matienzo. Digital information class assignment (Part 2, Hands-on exercise) to select an organizational website and review select files for file type usage.
Analytical Essay: The Oais Model And Preservation Planning, James Gross
Analytical Essay: The Oais Model And Preservation Planning, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, INFO 756, Professor Mark Matienzo. Brief analytical essay on the usage of Significant Properties in preservation planning for digital records.
Records Management Case Study: The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, James Gross
Records Management Case Study: The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 755, Dr Miller, class assignment #3, Records management case study.
Engaging New Partners In Transportation Research: Integrating Publishing, Archiving, And Indexing Of Technical Literature Into The Research Process, Mark P. Newton, Darcy M. Bullock, Charles Watkinson, Paul J. Bracke, Deborah K. Horton
Engaging New Partners In Transportation Research: Integrating Publishing, Archiving, And Indexing Of Technical Literature Into The Research Process, Mark P. Newton, Darcy M. Bullock, Charles Watkinson, Paul J. Bracke, Deborah K. Horton
Darcy M Bullock
transportation research. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) annually invests approximately $180 million in State Planning and Research (SPR) and University Transportation Centers (UTC). This investment generates an extensive portfolio of “grey literature” that is not yet uniformly cataloged or accessible, despite the best efforts of the National Technical Information Service, the Transportation Research Board, and the National Transportation Library. This paper reports on a review of publishing and archiving practices for transportation research technical reports, summarizes best practices, and recommends that UTC and SPR research programs seek and strengthen partnerships with libraries to facilitate improved production, stewardship and …
Which Database Components Are Records, James Gross
Which Database Components Are Records, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel university, Info 755, Dr Miller, Class assignment #2, position paper.
Pdf And Pdf/A: A Technology Used In Creating Records, James Gross
Pdf And Pdf/A: A Technology Used In Creating Records, James Gross
James Gross
Drexel University, Info 755, Professor miller, Class assignment #1.
Libguide To Business Resources, Mary Wilson
Libguide To Business Resources, Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson
LibGuide to business resources in the Horace W. Sturgis Library. Includes relevant reference sources, how to find articles, evaluating websites, and more.