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Do’S And Don’Ts: Everyday Etiquette (And Good Manners) For Everybody, Linda Driggers Williams May 2017

Do’S And Don’Ts: Everyday Etiquette (And Good Manners) For Everybody, Linda Driggers Williams

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A note from the author: To demonstrate good manners, we show thoughtfulness, consideration, and kindness toward everyone we meet. To enhance good manners, we learn and use rules of etiquette, a code of conduct that systematizes our daily routines. When we practice good manners and apply etiquette rules every day, they become part of who we are. Then, we confidently accept social invitations, enjoy a business lunch, converse with a potential boss, have dinner with a president, meet a sweetheart’s parents, attend presentations and formal banquets, write letters correctly, make proper introductions, and much more. It is hoped that “Do’s …

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Occupy Wall Street, Mark Y. Herring Dec 2014

Occupy Wall Street, Mark Y. Herring

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Perhaps someone can help me with this. Since the discovery of a library at the “Occupy Wall Street” site in New York, the library press has been nothing short of gaga. Like Neanderthals discovering fire, the library press has been all atwitter about the library, books, donations to same, and, of course, the destruction — OMG, no, please say it isn’t so! — of said library when the police moved in.

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Designer Codes, Mark Y. Herring Nov 2014

Designer Codes, Mark Y. Herring

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If you’ve made it this far—and I’m sure many of you have—then you know what this article is about: QR codes, or Quick Response codes (also referred to, though less frequently, as mobile codes 2d barcodes, or 2d codes). QRs are not new by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, they’ve been around for about a decade and a half.

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“The True University Of These Days Is A Collection Of …” Ebooks?!, Mark Y. Herring Nov 2014

“The True University Of These Days Is A Collection Of …” Ebooks?!, Mark Y. Herring

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We do live in interesting times, don’t we? This is especially true of those of us who spend most of our working lives in libraries. The last ten years have been so filled with change that it’s almost become a byword: if you don’t like something, just wait a few hours and it will change. This isn’t a complaint, just an observation.

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The Book Vs. E-Book: E-Book Survey Report, Susan R. Silverman Oct 2014

The Book Vs. E-Book: E-Book Survey Report, Susan R. Silverman

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During the Spring Semester 2014 at Winthrop University an E-book survey was administered to Winthrop faculty, staff, and students. The objectives of the survey were (1) to inform the patrons that the library does have e-books available to them, (2) to ascertain if they have used any of the e-books for their research, (3) to determine which format, print or e-book, is their primary preference and (4) which format do they think is most important as part of the permanent library collection. The results, including comments from the faculty, staff and students, were compiled and are presented in this paper.

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Here's Looking At You, Selfie, Mark Y. Herring Sep 2014

Here's Looking At You, Selfie, Mark Y. Herring

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By the time you read this column this story may have lost all it relevance but it has made a bit of a dust up lately and so I think it deserves some further treatment. About two weeks ago, the cyberverse was all a twitter about naked selfies, mainly of celebrities, that had been hacked right out of the cloud. Imagine that. What goes online isn’t exactly private. Doh!

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Collaboration Is The New Black, Mark Y. Herring Jul 2014

Collaboration Is The New Black, Mark Y. Herring

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Orange may be the new black, but as I have seen only five minutes of that show, I can’t really use it here. Besides, based on the five minutes I saw, I would assume it is a series written by males. Not since the Victoria’s Secret catalog have I seen so many women wearing fewer clothes, or engaging in so many unmentionable acts. I’ll stop there because my Victorianism is showing, I’m sure.

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Now, Don’T Go Chasing Rabbits, Mark Y. Herring Jul 2014

Now, Don’T Go Chasing Rabbits, Mark Y. Herring

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The Ithaka US Faculty Survey 2012 (http://bit.ly/10NnQw9) is out, and by the time you read my blurb, it will have cobwebs on it, and the 2013 will be well on the way. So, why write about it at all? It’s always important to find out what people think of you, in this case libraries and their main clientele, faculty, even if what you find out may have to have a dozen qualifications surrounding it. Libraries and librarians are either on the cusp of something new and exciting, or on the edge of the abyss, soon to fall into oblivion, so …

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Is The Google Book Decision An Unqualified Good?, Mark Y. Herring May 2014

Is The Google Book Decision An Unqualified Good?, Mark Y. Herring

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Unless you’ve been living on a deserted island or stranded (or not?) like the pelagic castaway Jose Ivan (http://bit.ly/1fq6JsJ) for over a year, you could not possibly have missed the news thatGoogle’s mass digitization project, Google Books, won its case.

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Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays Jan 2014

Pda, Ebooks, Print Books Usage And Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix, Antje Mays

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This article presents data-rich findings of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge, and the results broken out by discipline are presented.

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A Mentor’S Manifesto: Moving From Legacy To Innovation, Antje Mays Apr 2013

A Mentor’S Manifesto: Moving From Legacy To Innovation, Antje Mays

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Current library trends and ongoing shifts are driven by numerous factors including macroeconomic environments, technological impacts, and institutional changes. Strategic needs are as varied as the many individual libraries and their circumstances, but the need is universal for thoughtful leadership in navigating change. While worldlows adapt to changing environments in the short term, long-term shifts require thoughtful leadership and long-range thinking. As libraries and collection management navigate continuing shifts, businesses face similar challenges; this article distills strategies' philosophical underpinnings from library and business scholarship.

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Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays Feb 2013

Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays

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This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials’ circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.

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Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays Feb 2013

Pda, Circulation, And Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data To Inform Library Strategies, Antje Mays

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This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials’ circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.

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An Environmental Analysis Corroborating Pda And The Winthrop Example, Antje Mays Apr 2012

An Environmental Analysis Corroborating Pda And The Winthrop Example, Antje Mays

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Libraries seek active ways to innovate amidst macroeconomic shifts, growing online education to help alleviate ever-growing schedule conflicts as students juggle jobs and course schedules, as well as changing business models in publishing and evolving information technologies. Patron-driven acquisition (PDA), also known as demand-driven acquisition (DDA), offers numerous strengths in supporting university curricula in the context of these significant shifts. PDA is a business model centered on short-term loans and subsequent purchases of ebooks resulting directly from patrons' natural use stemming from their discovery of the ebooks in library catalogs where the ebooks' bibliographic records are loaded at regular intervals …

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Bordering On Disaster?, Mark Y. Herring Feb 2011

Bordering On Disaster?, Mark Y. Herring

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Borders, the bookstore, provides us with an instructive case study regarding our collective futures. While Amazon and Barnes & Noble made changes that both streamlined and changed their services, Borders followed the “business as usual” model. That led to Chapter 11, the closing of nearly a third of their stores, and a complete restructuring of all that’s left. Not many industry analysts think even this will be enough to keep the company afloat.

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Can Open Access Save Us?, Mark Y. Herring Dec 2010

Can Open Access Save Us?, Mark Y. Herring

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Just about every time I open a journal or read a blog online, I see something about e-books saving newspapers and magazines. Both magazines and newspapers–and really all scholalry communication–are going the way of all flesh, we’re told, but e-book reading may provide a stay of execution, however short that may be. It got me to thinking if there might be something else that would provide a similarDies Irae proroguement for scholarly communication in general. That’s when it occurred to me it could well be open access (OA), or at least as I envision it here.

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Hacked Off In The Web, Mark Y. Herring Nov 2010

Hacked Off In The Web, Mark Y. Herring

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According to a new report (http://tinyurl.com/2g6ghps), if you are on the Web at all you’re not safe from hackers, phishers, and spammers (oh my!). The Norton Cybercrime Report: The Human Impact (http://cybercrime.newslinevine.com/) of 7,000 Web users tells us that 65% of all users globally, and 73% of U. S. users, have been hacked in some sort of cybercrime. Globally, the U. S. ranks very high but in this case we’re not first in line. China wins Number One with 83% of its users web-abused in some manner. These are figures to give one pause.

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The Value Of Using Interns In The Academic Library, Antje Mays Nov 2010

The Value Of Using Interns In The Academic Library, Antje Mays

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Graduate programs in library and information science programs provide strong theoretical foundations in information systems, library organization, library history, management, collection management to support user needs, reference, information literacy instruction, and specialized information resources. While practical course projects create approximations of professional librarianship, the best hands-on learning experiences include work-based learning through internship placements in actual libraries. Internships immerse students in valuable hands-on practical work in real-workd settings. Internships also learn from the interns' perspectives on library processes and challenges, while also providing library professionals with enriching opportunities to mentor library students and convey knowledge to future generations of professionals.

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The Generation Gap: What Generation Gap? : Management, Technology, Training, And Evolving Skills, Antje Mays Nov 2010

The Generation Gap: What Generation Gap? : Management, Technology, Training, And Evolving Skills, Antje Mays

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Contrary to divisive labels to describe generations, members of different age groups have much to teach each other: Younger workers bring fresh perspectives to old issues, while older workers' valuable organizational history help inform current contexts. All age groups in the workplace benefit in learning from each other's perspectives.

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A "Wall" By Any Other Name Remains Equally Inspired?, Mark Y. Herring Sep 2010

A "Wall" By Any Other Name Remains Equally Inspired?, Mark Y. Herring

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Is social networking for libraries? can social media lose its hebetude?

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Workflows In Paradise: E-Books, Acquisitions, And Cataloging, Antje Mays Sep 2010

Workflows In Paradise: E-Books, Acquisitions, And Cataloging, Antje Mays

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This article explores libraries’ technical workflow design and strategic considerations as various e-books business models and mobile devices and their management become a growing part of the information landscape.

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A Call To Arms, Mark Y. Herring Jun 2010

A Call To Arms, Mark Y. Herring

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This month I’m using my column to issue a call to arms. No, it isn’t a call to arms for war, though it is going to be battle. It is a call to professional librarians who are interested in their jobs lasting more than a few more years. That sounds a bit hysterical but I don’t mean for it to. Yet is it hyperbolic? I don’t think so. We need to rethink, recast, redefine, and refresh our professional métier. I think the last twenty-four months make it imperative that we do so now

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But A Whimper, Mark Y. Herring Apr 2010

But A Whimper, Mark Y. Herring

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In my last rustication, I opined the details of the 300-page Google Book Deal settlement made in late 2008 between Google and authors and publishers vis-à-vis Google’s massive digitization scheme (those cases, viz., Authors Guild et al v. Google and McGraw-Hill et al v. Google).

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Living On The Fringe, Mark Y. Herring Apr 2010

Living On The Fringe, Mark Y. Herring

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Just when you thought the news could not get any worse for libraries, a new twist emerges on an old theme. When I saw the headline, I couldn't help clicking: “Books Are Becoming the Fringe Media.”

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Library Permanently Closed: See Google, Mark Y. Herring Feb 2010

Library Permanently Closed: See Google, Mark Y. Herring

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magine if you will the near perfect statefunded program. Yes, I know, such words sound like an oxymoron, given the track record of both state and federally-funded programs, past, present and undoubtedly in the future. Indeed, such words sound almost mythological in light of recent attempts by the federal government to spend us out of the current recession with still doubtful results (so far, a record deficit). Yet, you’re an imaginative individual and can put aside petty political persiflage and visualize such a program. Not only does this program do precisely what it said it would do, it does it …

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Of Facebook, Twitter And Social Networking Sites, Mark Y. Herring Sep 2009

Of Facebook, Twitter And Social Networking Sites, Mark Y. Herring

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For those who have read even one of my musings, it will come as no surprise that I find Facebook, Twitter, social networking sites (SNS), and the rest of Webology less than inspiring. If you had read nothing other than the screed I blathered about Google a few columns back, you’d know that I find all this talk about the Web replacing libraries more than a little silly; I find it downright idiotic. Still, one must keep an open mind.

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We ' Re All Me-Ists Now, Mark Y. Herring Jun 2009

We ' Re All Me-Ists Now, Mark Y. Herring

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While greed isn't good, read is. But reading is taking a beating in this digital age. Can reading survive? If it can't, is there any hope for libraries?

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Not With A Bang, Mark Y. Herring Feb 2009

Not With A Bang, Mark Y. Herring

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Will libraries survive the Google Book Search deal?

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Kicking A Gift Horse In The Mouth, Mark Y. Herring Sep 2008

Kicking A Gift Horse In The Mouth, Mark Y. Herring

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Yes, of course I know the expression is “Don’t look,” not kicking, but our collective professional behavior makes “kicking” the more operative and appropriate verbal. More about this in due course. As an expression, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” comes to us from the Lain, Noli equi dentes inspicere donate. Some argue Jerome said it first in 400 A.D., in which his words, very nearly our Latin literally translated, ran, “Never inspect the teeth of a gift horse.”

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How Do You Like Your Librarianship: Straight-Up Or Blended?, Mark Y. Herring Jun 2008

How Do You Like Your Librarianship: Straight-Up Or Blended?, Mark Y. Herring

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Is blended librarianship another fad in a long list of them, or is it a new trick for old dogs?

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