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Disaster Mental Health: Building A Research Level Collection, Ardis Hanson, Claudia J. Dold

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

This paper discusses the framework and rubric for collection development in the field of disaster mental health. The collection should include the broad range including delivery, law & policy, population, health status, epidemiology (prevalence and incidence data), structural factors, and security; and depth, from introduction and survey level to expert analysis, supported by raw data; over the range of historical to present day events addressing the development of theory, policy, and practice including foreign material for the benefit of different points of view, viewing disaster mental health from the many different perspectives situated within the interests of the Institute/College/USF, including …

20 Tips On Networking (Or Outreach) And Collaboration, Susan A. Ariew

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Moving from Outreach to Collaboration: 20 Tips on Networking (or Outreach) and Collaboration.

Writing Center And Library Collaboration: A Telephone Survey Of Academic Libraries, Lily Todorinova

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Writing and researching are highly interrelated processes and there is much overlap between the goals and responsibilities of writing center staff and librarians. There is little evidence, however, that partnership between writing centers and libraries has been instituted as standard practice in academic institutions. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to explore the current state of the relationship between the writing center and the library. A telephone survey was administered to librarians in a sample of 268 academic institutions. The results indicated that only 26.7% of libraries actively collaborate which their university’s writing center. A strong majority of the …

To Use Print Serials Or Not To Use Print Serials: That Is The Survey(Monkey), Matt Torrence, Jared Hoppenfeld

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A recent Print Serials Review was conducted at the University of South Florida Tampa Library with the intention of replacing low-use print titles with high-demand print or electronic resources. Two concepts motivated this project. 1) Journals have long been an important resource for an academic institution, but the format in which these resources are primarily used has changed with increased electronic availability. 2) Collection development librarians at USF wish to deliver high-demand resources to their faculty and students. In today’s economy, in order to make this concept a reality, low-use titles must be relinquished.

This presentation will consist of two …

Rethinking Collection Development In Disaster Mental Health: An “All Hazards” Model, Claudia J. Dold, Ardis Hanson

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The connection between weather-related disasters and mental health is bound up in treatment, both acute and long-term, of suddenly vulnerable populations, whether they are in-place survivors, displaced persons, or refugees. The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) Research Library/ University of South Florida Library System has undertaken a collection focus on disaster mental health. We have re-examined the traditional models of collection development and chosen instead to frame our collection development initiative around an ‘all hazards’ model, that allows us to proceed within both a national and international framework. Our model, conceptualized in a matrix of domains …

Connecting To Marginalized Groups Through Web 2.0, Tomaro I. Taylor

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Basic Archives Processing Manual For Student Employees And Volunteers, Tomaro I. Taylor

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

A step-by-step guide for the arrangement and description of archival collections. Developed for individuals new to archival processing in a special library setting.