Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Online Teaching Practices (Both Best And Worst), Michael Nelson, Bhagyavati, Gail Miles, Amber Settle, Dale Shaffer, Jake Watts, Robert P. Webber

Amber Settle

Utilizing The Power Of Continuous Process Improvement In Technical Services, Lisa A. Palmer, Barbara C. Ingrassia

Lisa A. Palmer

In summer 2003 the Lamar Soutter Library initiated a Continuous Process Improvement project. The project’s goal was to reduce time and/or save money by examining and improving work processes. The charge for the Technical Services team was to reduce turnaroud time of certain processes by 50% or more, including (1) book acquisitions (from order to shelving) and (2) implementation of serials title changes. The team utilized value-added flow analysis to examine the processes and then did a six-month pilot project testing their recommendations.

The Team met weekly over four months to identify the specific steps involved in each process, review …

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes In The Library Information Commons, Lori Critz, Robert Fernekes, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

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If You Build It They Will Come, But Are They Learning? The Role Of Library Information Commons In Assessing Student Learning Outcomes, Robert Fernekes, Lori Critz, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

Preventing Student Plagiarism With Online Tools And Guidelines For Intellectual Property, Ludwika Goodson, Judi Repman, Jocelyn Poole, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

Library Resources For Faculty And Information Resources Shortcuts, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes

Sonya S. Gaither

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Library Tools For Connecting To Online Resources: A Faculty Development Workshop, Debra Skinner, Robert Fernekes, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

Blogging And Libraries, Annie Smith, Jenny Semenza

Annie Smith

This presentation takes a close look at blogs and how they are being used in academic libraries. It explains what blogs are, which additional information on their prevalence online. The second half of the presentation shows how blogs are being used to market library services, communicate with other librarians, etc.

Digital Preservation In Action: Toward A Campus-Wide Program, Richard Fyffe, Deborah M. Ludwig, Beth F. Warner

Deborah M. Ludwig

Building A Usable Infrastructure For E-Science: An Information Perspective, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

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Understanding From Context: Pairing Ead And Digital Repository Description, Ann Hanlon, Jennifer Roper

Ann Hanlon

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Critical Memory, Collecting, And Documenting Culture And Community: The Experiences Of Two 19th Century Black Book Collectors, William Welburn

William C Welburn

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The Use Of Portal Technology In Library User Education, James A. Van Fleet, B Stockland

James A. Van Fleet

Introduction: During the summer of 2004 Information Services and Resources (ISR) at Bucknell University installed both the Sirsi Rooms software and SCT Luminis Portal software. These web-based portals have allowed us to make profound changes to our web presence and web-based services. In addition, they have changed the way we provide library user education to undergraduate students, from freshman seminars to engineering senior design courses.

Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop, Steven Miller, Wendy Robertson

Wendy C Robertson

This pre-conference covered the first four sessions of the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program’s Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop, focusing on electronic resources. Steven Miller defined integrating resources and how to identify them. He then explained initial decisions to make when cataloging these resources. He covered the MARC fields and AACR2 rules that are unique for integrating resources and new to people accustomed to cataloging e-journals. Miller discussed how records should be updated to reflect changes in the resources, including how to update records created before the new rules. He concluded by discussing the difficulties of maintaining records for these resources. …

Periodicals Price Survey 2005: Choosing Sides, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Lee C. Van Orsdel

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The Social Embeddedness Of Embedded Networked Sensing, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

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The Information Commons Service Model: Off The Map And Through The Rapids, Patricia Mileham

Patricia Mileham

Evaluating An It Help Desk: An Assessment Report, Fredrick Miller

Fred Miller

This is a report on what we learned as part of a recent assessment of the Information Technology Help Desk at Illinois Wesleyan University. The evaluation examined the services and operation of the Help Desk. It looked at existing data, and collected original data from a brief survey of our campus community. While a good percentage of our campus community is satisfied with technology services, we found that many, particularly students, want service improvements.

Assessing A Sherlock Holmes Collection, Christy Allen

Christy Allen

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Big Jump, Little Splash: Reindexing A Large Unicorn System With Minimal Downtime For Patrons & Staff, Christopher Hoebeke, Mary Ann Couch

Christopher H Hoebeke

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Open Access Or Differential Pricing For Journals: The Road Best Traveled?, David Stern

David Stern

Open access (OA) is becoming a reality, with new cost models under development. The various cost models will have serious short- and long-term implications for libraries and dangerously impact the scholarly communication network. I believe that the adoption of the OA model for journals will create serious instabilities within the existing scholarly publication industry. OA, as a business model, is neither necessary nor desirable. With or without the often-discussed author charges approach, it would be almost impossible to obtain the same amount of total revenue through selected libraries as now exists from the much larger base of library subscriptions. Tiered …

It Takes A Village: How Can The Library Support The Academic Development Of Your Students?, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

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Teaching Roles Of Librarians: New Variations, Melissa Harvey

Missy Harvey

Librarians have had to adapt in many ways over the last 20 years, and approaches to teaching information literacy have had to be modified. Not only do we have to think about online, 24/7 access to digital resources both inside and outside of the library, we often have to look at the larger role of our impact on workers in the digital economy.

Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister

Paul D. Callister

For so long as it has been important to know “what the law is,” the practice of law has been an information profession. Nonetheless, just how the information ecosphere affects legal discourse and thinking has never been systematically studied. Legal scholars study how law attempts to regulate information flow, but they say little about how information limits, shapes, and provides a medium for law to operate.

Part I of the paper introduces a holistic approach to “medium theory”—the idea that methods of communication influence social development and ideology—and applies the theory to the development of legal thinking and institutions. Part …

The Shadow Knows: Exporting Unicorn Data To Home-Grown Systems, Christopher Hoebeke, Erin Stalberg

Christopher H Hoebeke

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Nomination Of Stuart M. Basefsky: Suny Chancellor's Award For Excellence In Librarianship, Edward J. Lawler, Gordon Law

Stuart Basefsky

[Excerpt] Enclosed are a summary presentation and vita in support of Stuart M. Basefsky as the nominee of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations for the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship. Stuart is our senior reference librarian at the Catherwood Library having assumed his responsibilities here at the school in 1993.

Africa Is Not A Country: Teaching African Culture Through Picture Books, Dorothy Bowen

Dorothy N. Bowen

When you hear a news report from Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, or South Africa, what comes to your mind? Is it a part of the world that interestsyou? Do you listen intently to what follows? Do you view Africa as one big country or are you aware of the many languages, 7 -F7 cultures, and countries that are there? Or do you just turnoff until the next news item comes up? up?

Reframing Our Viewpoint: The 6th Acrl/Harvard Leadership Institute, Linda Masselink, Kelly Jacobsma

Linda Masselink

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Reframing Our Viewpoint: The 6th Acrl/Harvard Leadership Institute, Linda Masselink, Kelly Jacobsma

Kelly Gordon Jacobsma

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List Of Thomas Hardy's Letters At Colby, Karen Gillum

Karen J Gillum

Annotated list of Colby College's Special Collections' holdings of letters written by Thomas Hardy. For those letters that appear to relate to letters described in Carl J. Weber's book, Thomas Hardy's Correspondence at Max Gate, the corresponding numbers in that book are given for reference.