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Nebraska Libraries - Volume 4, Number 4 (November 2016)

Nebraska Libraries

Editor's Message — Willa Bitney-Garay

Lincoln Central Library Planning: Needs, Considerations, and Trends — Pat Leach

Mid-Plains Community College Learning Commons: Transforming Libraries and Beyond —Sky Seery

When the Future Is Present: Developing a Virtual Learning Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries — Andrew J. Cano

Treasurer's Annual Report — Christa (Burns) Porter

Technical Services Round Table —The Future of Library Catalogs: What Will Linked Data Look Like? — Emily Dust Nimsakont

Book Review: Man & Wife by Katie Chase — Jennifer Gravley

NLA's Goals for the Future — Angela Kroeger

Build-a-Paper: Old Tools With a new Twist — …

A Digital Celebration Of The National Park Service Centennial, Joshua Morgan, Rachel Wittmann

Presentations

After six years of digitization, metadata, and web-development, the Open Parks Network repository is online to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial. We have campfire stories to share on lessons learned from a rocky trail, which will help other institutions steer clear of hidden obstacles and persevere through tough projects.

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

• Cochrane Library Now Available on the Wiley Online Platform!

How To Download An E-Book (Ebrary Academic Complete), Jan Whitfield

BI Class Material

No abstract provided.

Library Workflow Exchange: Community Documentation Of Best Practices, A Neatrour, Liz Woolcott

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Big Picture: A Holistic Viewpoint Of E-Book Acquisitions, Ron Lewis, Marie R. Kennedy

LMU Librarian Publications & Presentations

Description of the session.

This presentation details the complete process map of e-book acquisitions at Loyola Marymount University‘s William H. Hannon Library. In this presentation, we extend and update the model used by Beisler & Kurt (2012) for current workflow considerations. In particular, we will highlight an expansion of the paths that an e-book can take, discuss the improvement of discoverability through cataloging services and review, and look at quality control techniques such as access and link checking.

Objective of the session.

While most literature focuses on certain aspects of e-book workflow, this presentation attempts to portray a holistic viewpoint …

Hello Bibframe 2.0: Changes From 1.0 And Possible Directions For The Future, Angela J. Kroeger

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This presentation discusses: BIBFRAME is...; BIBFRAME is intended to...; BIBFRAME Development; BIBFRAME Upheavals; RDF Statements, aka Triples; Subject - Predicate - Object; LC Linked Data Service; BIBFRAME 1.0 MODEL; BIBFRAME 2.0 MODEL; BIBFRAME 1.0 Core Classes; BIBFRAME 2.0 Core Classes; Holdings Information in BIBFRAME 1.0; Holdings Information in BIBFRAME 2.0; BIBFRAME 2.0 Key Concepts; Events; AV Modeling Study: Content Data Description Model; Official BIBFRAME Website; Delete your bookmark; Bibframe Lite (Zepheira); Bibframe Lite; Two Editors, Two Different Approaches; BIBFRAME and Schema.org; Mixing Metadata; BIBFRAME AV Assessment; BIBFRAME 2.0 + schema.org + PREMIS +...; BIBFRAME 2.0 is...; and Selected and Condensed …

Notes From The Stacks, October, 2016, Friends Of The Brooks Library

Friends of the Brooks Library

No abstract provided.

Fall 2016 Newsletter: The Docket, Emma Wood

Law Library Newsletter

Copy of the Fall 2016 issue of the UMass Law Library Newsletter, The Docket.

Checking Out Things At The Library – Including These Myths, Meg K. Scharf

UCF Forum

It is wonderful to work at our university: It’s vibrant, it’s a beautiful place, and people on campus are fascinating.

09-2016 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for September 2016.

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

• Library Open House- Free Pizza and T-Shirts

Altmetrics In The Library, Anne E. Rauh

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

Research libraries assist scholars in demonstrating the value of their scholarly output through citation metrics and other measures. As the forms of scholarly communication change, so do the metrics used for assessing them. The services libraries offer must evolve in concert with these changes. This talk will provide a general overview of the ways in which altmetrics complement traditional citation metrics and will explore how libraries can benefit from engaging with a broader set of metrics to reach a wide range of users. The talk will cover the roles librarians can play in helping researchers and institutions understand the benefits …

Nebraska Libraries - Volume 4, Number 3 (August 2016)

Nebraska Libraries

Editor's letter -- Willa Bitney-Garay

Student spotlights -- Rachel Kenny, Dana Still, and Kristine Woods

La Vista Public Library & Sarpy Center: Serving students and the community -- Rose Barcal

Arbor Day 2016 — Morton-James on Main: Transforming Nebraska City's library for a day -- Tom Boeche and Denise Davis

Technical Services Round Table: Technical services competencies and library science education -- Emily Dust Nimsakont

The Knee Bone's connected to the ...: Educational games from the National Library of Medicine -- Christian Minter

Acrl Peer Comparison For University Of Rhode Island Libraries, 2011-2015, Andrée J. Rathemacher

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

Comparison of the University of Rhode Island Libraries with peer institutions (as defined by the University's Office of Institutional Research). Data used are from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Statistical Survey covering fiscal years ending 2011-2015. Metrics compared are: total library expenditures, total library materials/services expenditures, ongoing commitments to subscriptions, one-time resource purchases, total professional staff salaries & wages, all other paid staff salaries & wages, professional staff (fte), all other paid staff (fte), gate count (annual), initial circulation - physical, student population, total library expenditures per student, and total library materials expenditures per student.

Library I.T.: Information Technologists Or Information Thought-Leaders?, Craig A. Boman, Whitni Watkins

Roesch Library Staff Presentations

Library staff employed in information technology departments are often seen as support staff, only providing services when something breaks. But what more can library IT staff do to support the mission of their libraries? In this presentation we will explore why library IT staff should maximize their ability to work across various library departments to collaboratively design new library services rather than being relegated to support staff. We will also explore how library IT staff may challenge traditional bureaucratic organization structures to lead change efforts.

College Of The Holy Cross Libraries Annual Report 2015-2016, Karen Reilly

Holy Cross Libraries Annual Reports

At the end of the fiscal year, the Director of the Holy Cross Libraries issues an annual report that provides a review of library services, details budgets and regular operations, and highlights programs, projects and activities that were initiated, sponsored or assisted by the Libraries.

Much More Than Storage: Re-Positioning The Repository As A Cornerstone Of Campus Collaboration, Amanda Makula, Connie Ghinazzi

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

“Repository” belies the dynamic potential of the IR. Much more than a publishing mechanism for campus scholarship and an archive of college history, it is an opportunity to partner with nearly every entity across campus in order to advance the institution’s mission and goals, to build community by uniting disparate groups around a common purpose, and to call attention to the library’s unique ability to facilitate campus-wide collaboration. More specifically, the IR can play an important role in recruiting new students, strengthening institutional engagement among alumni, enhancing partnerships with the surrounding community, and more. But to come to fruition, these …

Converging On Nutrition Education Competencies: Aligning Library Instruction With Undergraduate Pre-Professional Program Requirements, Lee Ann Fullington, Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Susan Jakuboski

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Libraries - Volume 4, Number 2 (May 2016)

Nebraska Libraries

Editor’s Message

Featured Nebraska Library: Omaha Public Library

-- Willa Bitney-Garay interviews OPL’s

Facilitation Team

Teens and Community in the Public Library:

The Algebra of “Pack” -- Sarah Dale

Bookmobiles: Communities on the Move -- Emily McIllece, Rebecca Hueske & Christine Walsh

If You Digitize It, Will They Come? The Architectural Drawings of H. A. Raapke -- Angela Kroeger

Book Clubs Build Communities -- Anneka Ramirez

Storytime 4 Niños:

Collaborative Success 4 Bellevue Public Library --Alice Boeckman

Technical Services Round Table -- Emily Dust Nimsakont

The Knee Bone’s Connected to the... -- Christian Minter

Book Bites: Book Reviews …

05-2016 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for May 2016.

Low Tech, High Tech, Just The Right Tech: Find The Perfect Tools To Create Multimedia For Your Library, Marisa L. Mendez-Brady, Shiva L. Darbandi

Library Staff Publications

The purpose of this presentation is to share our techniques for creating easy to use tutorials for your library. Whether you serve a small academic community, or a large university, we hope to present ideas that work for your library. We will cover the basic pedagogy behind tutorial creation and use, and then present both licensed and open sourced tools for creating multimedia tutorials at all funding levels. Participants will be asked to participate in storyboarding exercise where they put together a learning object they can take back to their institution. Our goal is to demystify the tutorial creation process.

Institutional Repositories: Characteristics, Benefits And Software Platforms, Ping Fu, Liu Hua

Library Scholarship

Based on the theories and practices of institutional repositories (IRs)，this paper reviews and summarizes definitions，features，development，benefits and software systems selection process. Hopefully it will provide insight and bring inspiration to those domestic libraries and interested parties planning to work in this area. The authors take Central Washington University Library as a case study to illustrate an approach to implement an IR within a short time frame. IRs have many merits, including collecting and showing an institution's scholarly output. There are four or five main software platforms for institutions to choose from. An institution can decide to adopt one depending on its …

Building An Assessment-Focused Information Literacy Program For Agriculture And Related Disciplines: A Collaborative Approach, Katherine O'Clair

Library Scholarship

Students pursuing degrees in STEM fields, including agriculture and related sciences, need to develop discipline-specific information skills in order to be successful in their educational pursuits and to meet tomorrow’s challenges in their future work as agriculture professionals. Oftentimes, information literacy programs are situated in general education or liberal arts courses, leaving the discipline-specific courses to incorporate information literacy only when and where possible. As STEM librarians, we know this is not sufficient, but the challenge of building a STEM-specific information literacy program can be overwhelming, especially when instructors have little time to incorporate any additional content into their already-packed …

Color Me Calm: Adult Coloring And The University Library, Heidi Blackburn, Claire E. Chamley

Nebraska Library Association: Conferences

An activity often reserved for children, coloring books for adults rose from hipster trend to global phenomenon beginning in 2013. Adults flocked to the activity for a variety of reasons, including stress relief, socialization, a way to unplug from technology or even as a way to gain social status by appearing trendy. Participants reported enjoying the tactile, interactive nature of the books as a respite from constant screen time. Coloring books became big business for craft suppliers and bookstores by 2015. Coloring books shot to the top of the Best Sellers list on Amazon and were prominently displayed in book …

Do I Need Clearance? Serving As The Library Liaison To Usstratcom Fellows, Heidi Blackburn

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This presentation discusses: STRATCOM... Like, that STRATCOM?; And How Can the Library Help?; Sensitive Topics and Starbucks; and Making it Work.

Spring 2016 Newsletter, Emma Wood

Law Library Newsletter

Copy of the Spring 2016 UMass Law Library Newsletter.

If You Build It, Will They Come? Collateral Benefits Of Changing Strategies To Facilitate Faculty Participation In A Campus Ir, Lindsay Van Berkom, Elaine M. Lasda Bergman

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

In October, 2014, the University at Albany Libraries launched Scholars Archive (SA), the University’s Institutional Repository (IR). Our first year of trial and error generated mixed results and low participation by non-library faculty. In year two, we redeveloped our strategy to yield benefits beyond simply increasing repository content. The new approach has three prongs: targeting outreach to deans, department heads and campus wide meetings instead of targeting to individual faculty members; second, we now provide a “full service” model for submitting content instead of merely mediating a “self-service” workflow model; third, we strategically highlight the IR platform’s available metrics to …

Ouachita Special Collections Opening Honors Hickey, Holley And Knight, Trennis Henderson, Rachel Gaddis

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Ouachita Special Collections Opening Will Honor Hickey, Holley And Knight March 3, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

No abstract provided.