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Four Weeks In Normandy: A Reference Librarian In France, Carley Knight
Four Weeks In Normandy: A Reference Librarian In France, Carley Knight
The Southeastern Librarian
In the fall of 2016, I sent off a short email to the University of Caen-Normandy requesting an informal internship in their library over the summer. It was inconceivable that I would find something so promptly, but in June of 2017 I was there. In past years I had looked to see what opportunities were available to librarians, and short of a Fulbright program I could find very little. It was at that point that I decided to try a more DIY approach. Before becoming a reference librarian at Jacksonville State University in Alabama, I studied French. As a librarian, …
The Value Of The American Council Of Learned Societies (Acls) Humanities E-Book Collection: Is It Worth The Cost?, Rickey D. Best, Jessica B. Hayes
The Value Of The American Council Of Learned Societies (Acls) Humanities E-Book Collection: Is It Worth The Cost?, Rickey D. Best, Jessica B. Hayes
The Southeastern Librarian
Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) is a regional university located in Montgomery, Alabama. The enrollment consists of 3,990 FTE undergraduate and graduate students (Auburn University at Montgomery, 2017). The library at AUM holds nearly 600,000 volumes, excluding government documents, along with more than 100 journal databases, which support student and faculty research. Over the past five years, the materials budget has decreased more than 30%, requiring collection reductions. Initial analysis determined that in addition to other items, one of the recommended products for elimination was the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Humanities E-Book project.
A Comparative Study Of Resource And Service Needs Of International Students At An Academic Library, Jia He
A Comparative Study Of Resource And Service Needs Of International Students At An Academic Library, Jia He
The Southeastern Librarian
International students constitute a large part of the student population on campuses in the United States. According to Open Doors Report of the U.S. Institution of International Education (2017), the number of international students in the United States was 582,984 in 2007. Ten years later, this number increased by 85% to 1,078,822, which means the total population of international students in the United States nearly doubled in the last decade (Institution of International Education, 2017). In 2017, the population of foreign students in Alabama was 9,549, which ranked 29th in the United States (Institution of International Education, 2017).
The Southeastern Librarian V 67 No 1 (Spring 2019)
The Southeastern Librarian V 67 No 1 (Spring 2019)
The Southeastern Librarian
Full issue of The Southeastern Librarian v 67 no 1 (Winter 2019).