Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Understanding Discovery: Evaluating The Use And Impact Of Ebsco Discovery Service, Ronalee Ciocco, Jessica Howard, Donna Skekel

Jessica Howard

More than a year after implementing the EBSCO Discovery Service, we have used website statistics, usability tests, and interlibrary loan data to assess how the service is being used. In this session we discussed what we learned and the implications for our library and our patrons. Poster presented at Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) Annual Conference on October 1, 2012.

Making Your Mobile Device An Art Expert: Using Qr Codes To Tell The Story Behind Artifacts In Your Library, Jessica Howard, Carolyn Sautter

Jessica Howard

We explain how Gettysburg College is using QR codes to tell the stories behind public art in Musselman Library.

Launching An Institutional Repository And Library Publishing Platform With Digital Commons, Zach Coble, Carolyn Sautter, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Presentation given at Pennsylvania Library Association on October 2, 2012.

Chapter One: A Small College Library Joins The Open Access Movement, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

The open access movement has been going strong for over a decade. Large research universities tend to have the oldest and most active programs. Their work is inspiring, but it can be challenging for librarians at smaller institutions to identify ways to contribute to the movement. Gettysburg College launched its institutional repository in 2012. This presentation tells how we got started.

Accessible Electronic Resources For All, Angela Dresselhaus

Angela Dresselhaus

This webinar covers the library's role in providing equal access to electronic databases, streaming media, and other online materials. This webinar will cover accessibility-related legislation such as the Rehabilitation Act Section 504/508 and ADA law, their impact on library acquisitions, and current legal challenges. The webinar will introduce participants to policies, standards, and functional web requirements to frame a discussion on the barriers faced by people with disabilities, as well as discuss format specific needs for streaming media, websites, online journals, databases, e-books and e-readers. Finally, the presenter will demonstrate freely available tools that librarians can use to test and …

Buried Deep: How Data About Subseafloor Life Becomes Dark And Why, Peter Darch, Rebekah Cummings

Peter Darch

Earth scientists increasingly work in distributed, multidisciplinary projects. To promote the sharing of data across such a project, it is vital to improve long-term preservation of data in formats accessible to scientists in multiple disciplines with diverse needs, tools and scientific practices. When developing data management plans and infrastructure, it is important to ask: - What data are generated? - Where are these data preserved and shared? - What are the processes by which these data become 'dark'? - What are the infrastructural and social factors that shape these processes? In response to these questions, we present findings from the …

Teaching Online Library Workshops, Anne Grant, Diana Finkle

Diana Finkle

Interested in moving your face-to-face library workshops online, but not sure how to make that happen? Come to this session and see how librarians at Clemson did just that and walk away with pedagogical and technological hints and tips for success!

Teaching Online Library Workshops, Anne Grant, Diana Finkle

Anne Grant

Interested in moving your face-to-face library workshops online, but not sure how to make that happen? Come to this session and see how librarians at Clemson did just that and walk away with pedagogical and technological hints and tips for success!

Gobierno Abierto: La Transparencia Como Responsabilidad Compartida, Desde Lo Local, Jaime Mesina

Juan Jaime Mesina

Gobierno Abierto (open government) desde su implementación internacional, nacional y con un énfasis especial para gobiernos locales en México.

13 Surefire Ways To Kill Your Private Practice, Oscar T. Mcknight, Kerri Carmichael, Gregory Pollock

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

This program and research reviews by paradox the 13 surefire ways to kill your private practice. The program highlights common mistakes and stresses the areas needed to create a successful private practice. Data driven examples explore the myths and reality of private practice.

On The Empirical Failure Of Expected Utility, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Modeling A Shared #11;National Cross Digital Repository

Jean-Gabriel Bankier

No abstract provided.

Nuanced And Timely: Capturing Collections Feedback At Point Of Use, Jane Nichols, Richard A. Stoddart, Terry Reese

Rick A Stoddart

While libraries are using increasingly sophisticated metrics to determine electronic resources’ usefulness, impact and cost effectiveness, much of this data reflects past usage. More nuanced information is still needed to guide collection managers’ decisions about which content to purchase, borrow or deselect. To fill this gap, librarians at OSU Libraries and Press and Ohio State University Libraries are testing the utility of a pop-up survey to gather patron feedback at their point of use. By building an open-source application that inserts a survey between a citation and the full-text, librarians are better positioned to capture users’ real-time reasons for selecting …

Reimaging Information Literacy As Metaliteracy In A Credit Library Course., Vera J. Lux

Vera J Lux

Training The Trainers: Faculty Development Meets Information Literacy, Susan Gardner Archambault, Elisa Slater Acosta

Susan Gardner Archambault

5 New Librarians + 4 New Parapro + 1 New Brainstorming Tool = 6 Thinking Hats And Tutus In The Library, Linda M. Golian-Lui, Jennifer Sutcliffe, Ariel Turner, Hyun Chu Kim, Alan Lebish, Eli Arnold, Sandra Barclay

Eli Arnold

No abstract is currently available.

5 New Librarians + 4 New Parapro + 1 New Brainstorming Tool = 6 Thinking Hats And Tutus In The Library, Linda M. Golian-Lui, Jennifer Sutcliffe, Ariel Turner, Hyun Chu Kim, Alan Lebish, Eli Arnold, Sandra Barclay

Sandra Barclay

No abstract is currently available.

Higher Gasoline Taxes: Elitist Or Equitable?, Barry Bluestone, Stephanie Pollack

Stephanie Pollack

No abstract provided.

Higher Gasoline Taxes: Elitist Or Equitable?, Barry Bluestone, Stephanie Pollack

Barry Bluestone

No abstract provided.

Prosperity's Secret Ingredient, Barry Bluestone

Barry Bluestone

No abstract provided.

A Current Overview And Analysis Of The 21st Century Kansas Farmers Markets, Skylar M.G. Joyner

Skylar M.G. Joyner

A Current Overview and Analysis of the 21st Century Kansas Farmers Markets from a #11;Social Enterprise Perspective

An Assessment Of Goal-Free Evaluation: Case Studies Of Four Goal-Free Evaluations, Brandon Youker, Allyssa Ingraham

Brandon W. Youker Ph.D

This article provides a critical review of four goal-free program evaluations. Goal-free evaluation (GFE) is a lesser used evaluation model whereby the independent evaluator is intentionally screened from the program’s stated goals and objectives in hopes of reducing perceptual bias. The findings from these case studies are focused in three areas: (1) elements of the programs evaluated and the evaluation contexts (e.g., types of programs, pre-evaluation conditions, size of evaluation budgets), (2) the design of the GFEs (e.g., screening methods, data collection methods), and (3) the expertise of the goal-free evaluators (e.g., GFE-specific training, graduate degrees attained). With these evaluations, …

Becoming Hyperdisciplinary, Peter Darch

Peter Darch

No abstract provided.

Ethical Dilemmas For School Social Workers In An Electronic Age, Eleanor Pepi Downey, Sue Martin, Kim Marie Jordan

Sue Martin

No abstract provided.

Goal-Free Evaluation: A Potential Model For The Evaluation Of Social Work Programs, Brandon W. Youker Ph.D, Allyssa Ingraham B.S.

Brandon W. Youker Ph.D

Goal-free evaluation (GFE) is an evaluation model where the evaluator is deliberately kept from the stated (or implied) goals and objectives of the program; this is accomplished by appointing a screener to keep goal-related information from the goal-free evaluator. Screening the evaluator from program goals is designed to control bias inherent in goal-based evaluation (GBE), a bias that contaminates the evaluator’s ability to see the program’s true outcomes and true merit. Although GFE has been around for more than half a century, GBE continues to dominate evaluation practice and the literature on GFE remains sparse and highly theoretical. This article …

The Changing Face Of Scholarly Communication: University Libraries And Presses Transform The Book, Richard W. Clement, Cheryl D. Walters, Andrew Wesolek, M Spooner

Richard W. Clement

The rise of electronic publication is irrevocably altering the landscape of scholarly communication. Discussions of electronic modes of publication typically focus on new business models, open access, OAI protocols, and retaining the authority of the peer review process in a world increasingly relying on crowdsourcing. This presentation focuses on a less-discussed but very fundamental aspect of the epub revolution in scholarly communication: the evolution of codex-based monographs, and articles to the next form. We survey how university libraries and presses are pushing the boundaries of traditional scholarly monographs and articles, giving us a sneak preview, perhaps, of what scholarly communication …

Automating Your Way To Easy Faculty Scholarship Collection Development, Margaret Heller

Margaret Heller

Involving faculty liaisons in a collaborative collection development process is a time‐consuming but worthwhile effort to increase library staff and faculty buy‐in in the repository. Involvement levels can be improved when staff workflows are refined and streamlined as part of an overall plan. This presentation will describe the development of a new set of procedures to automate the majority of the collection development effort using the SHERPA/RoMEO API and OpenRefine, leaving liaisons to focus on the personal outreach portions of the process. The presentation will include an overview of the literature as well as step by step descriptions of the …

You're Starting A What?: Talking To Faculty, Staff, And Students About Digital Commons @ Spu, Kristen Hoffman

Kristen Hoffman

The Search Matrix -The Point From Which Something Else Develops, Lynette Leslie

Lynette A Leslie

No abstract provided.

Close Encounters Of The Digital Kind: Designing Effective Online Tutorials, Susan [Gardner] Archambault

Susan Gardner Archambault