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Our Blawg Community, Debbie Ginsberg Dec 2005

Our Blawg Community, Debbie Ginsberg

Librarian Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Peer Institutions Of The University Of Rhode Island Library Based On Spending (2004 Acrl Statistics), William T. O'Malley Oct 2005

Peer Institutions Of The University Of Rhode Island Library Based On Spending (2004 Acrl Statistics), William T. O'Malley

Collection Development Reports and Documents

No abstract provided.


Call For Nominations - Sela President’S Award Oct 2005

Call For Nominations - Sela President’S Award

The Southeastern Librarian

A call for nomination for the SELA President's Award. The purpose of the President’s Award is to honor an individual outside the library profession who has made a significant contribution to the development or promotion of libraries in the Southeast.


Monographic Acquisitions And Copy Cataloging (Macc) Annual Report 2004-2005, Karen M. Ramsay Sep 2005

Monographic Acquisitions And Copy Cataloging (Macc) Annual Report 2004-2005, Karen M. Ramsay

Monographic Acquisitions and Copy Cataloging Reports and Documents

Annual report of the Monographic Acquisitions and Copy Cataloging (MACC) Unit, University Library, University of Rhode Island. Covers staffing, hardware and software, monograph acquisitions, inventory project, and other MACC activities during the fiscal year 2004-2005.


The Carothers Years, The Sequel: Some Observations On Acrl Library Stats, William T. O'Malley Sep 2005

The Carothers Years, The Sequel: Some Observations On Acrl Library Stats, William T. O'Malley

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Comparison of the University Library, University of Rhode Island with the libraries of the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire, based on statistics compiled by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Comparisons include total budget, volumes, materials expenditures, and staffing for the years 1993 and 2004. The additional spreadsheet file updates the comparisons to include 2006 and notes percentage change over time for each category.


Technical Services Department Statistics, 2004-2005, William T. O'Malley Jul 2005

Technical Services Department Statistics, 2004-2005, William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual statistics for the Department of Technical Services, University Library, University of Rhode Island, for 2004-2005.


Library Web Site Statistics 2004-2005, Andree J. Rathemacher Jul 2005

Library Web Site Statistics 2004-2005, Andree J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of visits to the University of Rhode Island Libraries Web site for 2004-2005. Includes distinct hosts served and total successful requests. A comparison of the Libraries Web site with the Web site of the University of Rhode Island as a whole is provided. Includes breakdown by specific Web page. Statistics for this year are incomplete.


Reference Database Usage Statistics 2004-2005, Andree J. Rathemacher Jul 2005

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2004-2005, Andree J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2004 through June 2005. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.


Nelinet Costs 2004-2005 Jul 2005

Nelinet Costs 2004-2005

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

This report lists the total charges paid by the University of Rhode Island Libraries to the bibliographic utility NELINET during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. Costs are broken down by invoice date and category. Categories include cataloging, interlibrary loan, tattletape/barcodes, membership, DIALOG search charges, conference fees. Cataloging total: $31,011.78. ILL total: $29,127.43. Tattletape: $5,831.50. DIALOG searches: $476.58. Membership: $1,800.00. Grand total: $113,174.29.


Serials Unit Statistics 2004-2005 Jul 2005

Serials Unit Statistics 2004-2005

Serials Unit Statistics

No abstract provided.


Department Of Technical Services, Goals And Priorities (2005), William T. O'Malley Jul 2005

Department Of Technical Services, Goals And Priorities (2005), William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

No abstract provided.


Refworks Usage Statistics 2004-2005 Jul 2005

Refworks Usage Statistics 2004-2005

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

RefWorks is a subscription-based, online software product that helps researchers save, organize, and format bibliographic citations. This report provides monthly statistics on the usage of RefWorks by the URI community for 2004-2005. Data provided include total monthly users, new users, repeat users, total sessions per month, average sessions per user, total references added, and average number of references added per user. Note that only one month's data are available for 2004-2005.


It Takes A Village: How Can The Library Support The Academic Development Of Your Students?, Sonya Shepherd Feb 2005

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

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Professional Values: Priceless, Debbie Ginsberg, Bill Crowley Jan 2005

Professional Values: Priceless, Debbie Ginsberg, Bill Crowley

Librarian Scholarship

It's our educational mission, not merely our marketing, that will secure librarianship's cultural cachet in the 21st century.


Paradoxical Views Of "Librarian" In The Rhetoric Of Library Science Literature: A Fantasy Theme Analysis, Richard A. Stoddart, Adrienne R. Lee Jan 2005

Paradoxical Views Of "Librarian" In The Rhetoric Of Library Science Literature: A Fantasy Theme Analysis, Richard A. Stoddart, Adrienne R. Lee

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.