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Cataloging Calculator, Lisa Romano
Cataloging Calculator, Lisa Romano
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
A review of the Cataloging Calculator web site.
Service Requirements For Promotion And Tenure: What Is The Technical Services Librarian To Do?, Lisa Romano
Service Requirements For Promotion And Tenure: What Is The Technical Services Librarian To Do?, Lisa Romano
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
This article seeks to determine the definition of service in academic institutions, the service criteria at various academic institutions, the percentage that service is valued, what weight specific service activities are given, and how service criteria has been viewed over the years.
'Very Quiet Day, Vague Tension': Digitizing And Sharing The Stories Of School Desegregation And Busing In Boston, Andrew Elder
'Very Quiet Day, Vague Tension': Digitizing And Sharing The Stories Of School Desegregation And Busing In Boston, Andrew Elder
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
In the summer of 2015, University Archives & Special Collections at UMass Boston began to work with a number of area archival institutions to create “a digital library of material that can be widely disseminated for both curricular and scholarly use” related to the history of school desegregation and busing in Boston. Too often, the history of Boston school desegregation seems weighted down by some of the most visible characters involved – politicians, policy-makers, court officials – so we decided early on to focus largely on identifying materials that tell a more complex, personal history of school desegregation and busing …
Collaborative Assessment Of Student Learning: A Tale Of Two Departments, Iris Jahng
Collaborative Assessment Of Student Learning: A Tale Of Two Departments, Iris Jahng
Joseph P. Healey Library Publications
In Spring 2016, Healey Library and the English department at UMass Boston assessed the impact of library research instruction (LRI) on student learning in ENGL 102. 320 students in 24 sections received LRI. To measure this, booklets the students completed in class were evaluated with a rubric and a post-test was administered at the end of the semester. LRI has a measurable impact on student learning, and students retained and transferred what they learned.