Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The Automated Retrieval System: Inexpensive And Efficient Library Storage, W. Bede Mitchell

Library Faculty Presentations

Powerpoint presentation featuring photographs of an automated retrieval system utilized in the Zach S. Henderson Library in Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.

Managing The Transition From Large-Scale Oral History Research To Digital Archive: The Digital Librarian’S Perspective, Cory K. Lampert

Library Faculty Presentations

We live in an increasingly digital world. Preparing for this conference I composed my paper in word-processing software, e-mailed the draft to my co-presenters, selected digital images and screenshots for our presentation, and announced my travel plans on the library staff blog. Cultural materials are also riding the wave to go digital and oral histories provide intimate pathways into the stories of our world. Despite experience in digitizing other formats, many institutions (such as UNLV) are just beginning to explore partnerships with oral historians, IT departments, and libraries to tackle the work of mounting transcripts, images, audio, and video into …

Adventures In Digitization: A New Librarian Shares Five Hard Earned Tips To Avoid Project Management Pitfalls, Cory K. Lampert

Library Faculty Presentations

Many institutions are feeling pressure to embark on digitization projects to provide greater access and visibility to their unique materials. Digitization initiatives have numerous benefits, but they can also drain staff time and resources if they are not planned and prioritized well. As new librarians are hired into increasingly technical entry-level positions, they are often expected to contribute to or lead digitization projects requiring a diverse skill set. Learn five key tips to help recent grads and new digital project managers to avoid pitfalls. Topics will include: the importance of the planning process, involving key people at the right time, …

Children’S Book Update For 2007, Gregory A. Martin

Library Faculty Presentations

This bibliography was used for a presentation for the Xenia (Ohio) Community Schools Elementary Librarian and Library Aides on children's books published during 2007.

Learning For Success In The 21st Century, Patricia A. Iannuzzi

Library Faculty Presentations

Content Knowledge — what do we want them to know?

Skills and Abilities — what are the essential skills and abilities we want them to apply to their learning?

Behaviors and Attitudes — what behaviors, attitudes, values do we want them to live?

Workflow At The Unlv University Libraries: A Digitization Program Grows Up, Cory K. Lampert

Library Faculty Presentations

• Learning the importance of workflow (or…My First Year On the Job…)
• How we’ve approached workflow at UNLV, finding a path out of the mess!
• Questions for the future: centralized operations vs. relaxing control, quality vs. quantity, metadata?

Picture Book Update, 2006-2007, Gregory A. Martin

Library Faculty Presentations

Most colleges and universities with teacher training programs have collections of children's books. In many cases, the librarians who are responsible for selecting these books have a number of other responsibilities as well. This workshop, designed for those busy librarians who are not always able to devote the time they would like to the selection of children’s books, will explore selected “best” picture books published during 2006 and 2007. Correlations to curricular content areas will be mentioned when applicable, and a bibliography will be provided.

Staying On Course When Riding The Rapids Of Change: Meeting The Challenges Of Assessment, Jeffery S. Gates

Library Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Changing Learning, Changing Roles: Collaboration At Every Angle, Patricia A. Iannuzzi

Library Faculty Presentations

When I look out into this audience I see a room of campus leaders – by the very nature of our professional expertise and training. I see generalists who think broadly about student learning – who see the connections between disciplines as well as between research and teaching – and between learning that happens within the classroom and external to it. I see organized, articulate, service oriented professionals who know how to facilitate – who are committed to group process – who are task oriented – product driven – and creative. I see strong collaborators – that’s why I want …

Creating Local Holdings Records In Oclc Connexion Using Marc Format, Debra G. Skinner

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation was given during the GIL Users Group Meeting.

Easy Shelf Reading And Weeding Lists In Access, David A. Lowder

Library Faculty Presentations

Presentation obtained from the GIL Users site.

Instruction, Training And Promotion: Strategies For Government Information Librarians, Sidney D. Lowe, Susie Skarl

Library Faculty Presentations

The “New” Government Information Librarian

We are no longer simply managers of Federal Depository Libraries

• Liaison Activities
• Training: Gov Info 101
• Instruction
• Promotion and Outreach

Managing Your First Digital Project: Lessons Learned, Cory K. Lampert

Library Faculty Presentations

• Know thyself. Be realistic…
• Each institution has a unique culture, unique materials, unique challenges
• Every digitization program has a chronology
• Every digital project has a life-cycle
• Where UNLV is now
• Ready to start?

Picture Book Update For 2006, Gregory A. Martin

Library Faculty Presentations

This bibliography was used for a presentation for the Xenia (Ohio) Community Schools Elementary Librarian and Library Aides on children's books published during 2006.

The Organization And Description Of The Unlv Archives, Tom D. Sommer

Library Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.