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In The Beginning ... There Was Netlibrary, Barbara Anderson
In The Beginning ... There Was Netlibrary, Barbara Anderson
VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
A chronicle of the growth of electronic books in the VCU Libraries collections, the challenges this format presents to cataloging and user discovery, and the approaches taken by VCU Libraries to address these challenges.
Investigating Virtual Worlds, Patricia D. Sobczak
Investigating Virtual Worlds, Patricia D. Sobczak
VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
The global phenomena of online gaming engages millions of people, some playing over 45 hours a week - the equivalent of a second full-time job. Our children are logging over 10,000 hours of gaming time before they are 21 years old; the equivalent of the time children spend in formal classrooms from grades five through 12. Players in one of the most popular online games have logged over 5.3 million years of play time since 2004.
These statistics show that virtual worlds, including online games, have become an important component of modern culture, but their impact on society has yet …
True Single Search: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Margaret T. Kidd
True Single Search: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Margaret T. Kidd
VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
Since the advent of Google, the trend in search engines has been to try to provide as many types of information as possible from a single location. Libraries are no exception, with discovery tools such as Primo and Summon becoming more and more popular. This presentation discusses the pros and cons of using Primo in relation to finding manuscripts and archives materials.
Pedal To The Metal: Our Year Of Dh, John Glover, Kristina Keogh
Pedal To The Metal: Our Year Of Dh, John Glover, Kristina Keogh
VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
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Alma Openurl Migration Strategies, Jimmy Ghaphery
Alma Openurl Migration Strategies, Jimmy Ghaphery
VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
VCU Libraries fully migrated from SFX to Alma OpenURL in January 2013. This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities of that migration. In addition a number of local migration tools and processes will be shared that proved beneficial to VCU in efficiently making the leap from SFX to Alma OpenURL.