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Building Librarians’ Research Skills Through Experiential Learning, Raeda K. Anderson, Katherine Fisher, Emily Williams, George Usmanov Feb 2022

Building Librarians’ Research Skills Through Experiential Learning, Raeda K. Anderson, Katherine Fisher, Emily Williams, George Usmanov

Georgia Library Quarterly

Experiential learning programs are an effective method to teach data-focused research skills and statistical analysis. We examine the effects of a participatory research training program developed and executed by a data librarian and administered to library employees at a large academic library. The program aimed to improve research skills and increase research productivity. This study employs a survey within a concurrent mixed methods methodological framework to examine the outcomes of the training program. Our findings show that the program served as a low-cost, short-term, effective method of teaching data collection and quantitative analysis that increased participants’ knowledge of the research …


Book Review - Dixie Highway: Road Building And The Making Of The Modern South, 1900-1930, Rebecca Rose Jul 2017

Book Review - Dixie Highway: Road Building And The Making Of The Modern South, 1900-1930, Rebecca Rose

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Book Review - Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice In Appalachia, Rebecca Rose Jan 2016

Book Review - Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice In Appalachia, Rebecca Rose

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


News - Georgia State University - Gsu Library Receives $210,000 Neh Grant, Christian J. Steinmetz Apr 2013

News - Georgia State University - Gsu Library Receives $210,000 Neh Grant, Christian J. Steinmetz

Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia State University Library recently received a $210,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for “Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s – 1990s”, submitted by librarian Joe Hurley (Principal Investigator) and history professor Kate Wilson (co-PI).


Review: Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, And One Woman's Quest To Make A Difference, Amy Harris Jul 2010

Review: Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, And One Woman's Quest To Make A Difference, Amy Harris

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the book "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference," by Warren St. John.


Ecgrl Unveils Valuable Local Resource For African Americans, Dorothy Demarest Oct 2009

Ecgrl Unveils Valuable Local Resource For African Americans, Dorothy Demarest

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports on the creation of an African American Funeral Program collection of resources by Dottie Demarest, a librarian and a genealogy and local history specialist at the East Central Georgia Regional Library (ECGRL) inspired by the donation from the funeral programs of African American Eula Mae Ramsey Johnson. The collection provides information on the lives of the deceased. About 1,2000 funeral programs now consist the collection following digitization of the programs through the help of Georgia HomePlace.


Review: The Body In The Reservoir: Murder And Sensationalism In The South, April Renfroe-Warren Jan 2009

Review: The Body In The Reservoir: Murder And Sensationalism In The South, April Renfroe-Warren

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "The Body in the Reservoir: Murder and Sensationalism in the South," by Michael Ayers Trotti.


Review: Downhome: Dispatches From Dixie, Christine Zuger Jul 2008

Review: Downhome: Dispatches From Dixie, Christine Zuger

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Downhome: Dispatches from Dixie," by Bob Dart.


Review: Southern Comforts: Rooted In A Southern Place, Kathy Pillatzki Jul 2008

Review: Southern Comforts: Rooted In A Southern Place, Kathy Pillatzki

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Southern Place," by Sudye Cauthen.


Review: Foodways: The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture, Volume 7, Vanessa Cowie Apr 2008

Review: Foodways: The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture, Volume 7, Vanessa Cowie

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Foodways: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 7," edited by John T. Edge; Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor.