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Facilitating Collaboration Across International Boundaries -- A Medical Librarian Job Exchange Program, Fred C. Pond Aug 2014

Facilitating Collaboration Across International Boundaries -- A Medical Librarian Job Exchange Program, Fred C. Pond

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Fred discussed the history behind the International Job Exchange Project, the benefits to individuals as well as institutions, and the current state of the program.


Expressions: The Newspaper Masthead, Erenst R. Anip, Karyn Norwood Aug 2014

Expressions: The Newspaper Masthead, Erenst R. Anip, Karyn Norwood

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Capturing the essence of Vermont Newspapers 1836-1922. This poster shows examples of many historic-newspaper mastheads from historic Vermont newspapers that have been digitized and added to Chronicling America (see link to this website, below).


An Analysis Of Clinical Questions Asked At Professor Rounds: A Ten-Year Review Of Topics, Nancy A. Bianchi Aug 2014

An Analysis Of Clinical Questions Asked At Professor Rounds: A Ten-Year Review Of Topics, Nancy A. Bianchi

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Questions asked at residents’ educational conferences can be valuable catalysts for learning. Although finding answers to these queries is the ultimate goal, the topics of these questions themselves can be equally instructive. Nancy's poster shows the methods used and the results that came from this analysis.


Creating Social Media Policies In Public Libraries, James P. Allen Aug 2014

Creating Social Media Policies In Public Libraries, James P. Allen

UVM Libraries Conference Day

James, as a librarian and as a trustee, talks about the benefits and pitfalls of creating social-media policies for a small public library in Vermont.


Buying A Rat Trap ... And More (Natural History Essays), Michele Patenaude Aug 2014

Buying A Rat Trap ... And More (Natural History Essays), Michele Patenaude

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Michele read her natural-history essay to us, about the rat in her backyard. She recorded its movements and actions, educated us about "rat the animal," as well as her thoughts about having "one of her own."


The Federal Depository Library Program In The 21st Century, Scott L. Schaffer Aug 2014

The Federal Depository Library Program In The 21st Century, Scott L. Schaffer

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Scott discussed the history and current practices, as well as what the future may hold, for the Federal Depository Library Program.


Decorative Bindings In The Rare Book Collection, Jeffrey D. Marshall Aug 2014

Decorative Bindings In The Rare Book Collection, Jeffrey D. Marshall

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Jeff's interest in learning more about bookbinding came about because of a recent donation from the David Richardson estate to the Special Collections Dept. Jeff knew there were some interesting examples of bindings in this donated collection, and he wanted to better understand what we now owned. In this presentation, he showed examples of books from the “hand-press era,” i.e. from the beginning of printing in the 15th century to 1800, when printing presses were powered by hand.