Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

(Refereed Poster Presentation) Searching For Best Practices In Collection Management: Four Case Studies At Institutions Without A Medical School, Marilia Antunez

Marilia Y. Antunez, MLS, MA

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Olive: A Digital Archive For Executable Content, Gloriana St. Clair, Dan Ryan

Gloriana St. Clair

ncreasingly, executable content pervades research and industry. Traditionally, libraries have been responsible for the preservation of historical content in its original forms, and recently in born-digital forms as well. This practice has enabled the accumulation of knowledge while reducing reinvention. Libraries have failed, however, to meet their preservation obligations in the area of executable content. Using virtual machines for curation, Olive, an Internet-based infrastructure for archiving and preserving deprecated hardware, will enable libraries to fulfill their responsibility to those segments of the community that produce dynamic, interactive, and executable content. Including this content among the responsibilities of the academic library …

A Generation With Too Much Information: Reversing The Research Paper Process, Kim Ranger

Kim L. Ranger

Students often feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available to them in research assignments. Typically, we present the process as reading expert opinions before trying to create a thesis which puts forward a new idea. However, if student inquiry originates with observation, writing from what they know, conversation, and finally, addressing the research, then anxiety (and plagiarism) will decrease. This session will provide a practical strategy to engage students in evaluation, interpretation and synthesis (a.k.a. information literacy).

Pubmed/Medline Basics: Finding What You Need In Radiology, Chris Childs

Chris A. Childs

No abstract provided.

Establishing A Community Library In Ontulili Village, Kenya, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

No abstract provided.

Getting A Clue: Creating Student Detectives And Dragon Slayers In Your Library, Anna-Lise Smith, Lesli Baker

Annie Smith

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how Utah Valley University Library staff created two games to orient students to the library and library services.

Design/methodology/approach – Library staff developed and marketed the Get a Clue game, which used clues placed throughout the building at the beginning of the Fall semester to orient new students as they solved a mystery. During the Spring semester, the library staff introduced library services through LibraryCraft, an online game where students used library resources to slay a dragon.

Findings – In post-game surveys, students found the games entertaining and informative. The …

Information Literacy: The Library's Academic Program, Cheryl B. Truesdell

Cheryl B. Truesdell

No abstract provided.

A Little Bird Told Me: How Twitter Can Be Used To Promote Government Information, Sonnet Ireland

Sonnet Ireland

Promoting government information can be challenging at times. Displays are good, and so are blogs. But Twitter is the future. It seems as though everyone is on Twitter. The White House, various members of Congress, the State Department, even the Department of Defense all have Twitter accounts. And those are just to name a few! Twitter is useful for depositories because it can be used to promote displays, handouts, blog entries, and more. It can deliver up-to-date information on current government issues and can also send out links to various new government docs. At the University of New Orleans’ Earl …

For The Benefit Of All: Digitizing Hearings From The 60s, 70s, And 80s, Sonnet Ireland

Sonnet Ireland

A common misconception surrounding the government information field is that everything is available online. Surprise, it’s not! Of course, us government documents librarians know that already. While GPO is making an effort to put more and more items online, they suffer the same financial and staffing difficulties that the rest of the library world does. That’s where digital projects, such as the one at the Earl K. Long Library (University of New Orleans), come in. Our Federal Documents section is in the process of scanning U.S. Hearings from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. So far, we have digitized over 600 …

To The Cloud! How To Compile Analyze Reference Statistics Easily And For Free, Sonnet Ireland, Faith Simmons

Sonnet Ireland

Keeping all statistics in one spreadsheet can get messy and confusing—and it leaves us vulnerable to losing our statistics in the event of technical difficulties. To organize and preserve the statistics, we copy data from Google Documents on a weekly basis into stable spreadsheets organized by month. To prevent the loss of data, we use cloud computing, saving them in a shared folder in Dropbox. We keep the original data in separate tabs, allowing us to calculate weekly and monthly totals by type of interaction, time of day, and day of the week. Using free cloud computing applications allows us …

Adult Health Literacy: Focus On Seniors, Chris Childs, R. Holst

Chris A. Childs

No abstract provided.

Redefining The Library's Role Through An Institutional Repository, Jeanne Pavy, Sharon Mader

Jeanne Pavy

Academic libraries are under increasing pressure to demonstrate value to the campus and the larger academic enterprise. An institutional repository can offer a range of unique and valuable services that enhance scholarly communications at the university and beyond, and in the process the library is redefined as a more active partner in the research and publishing mission of higher education. In Spring 2011 the UNO Library implemented ScholarWorks@UNO, an open access repository of the research, scholarship, and creative work of the university. Our presentation focuses on the various factors to consider in creating an institutional repository, including preliminary tasks like …

Customizing Services For Today's Students, Dennis J. Smith

Dennis J Smith

Presentation on Customizing Library Services

Simulations, Outreach And Health Sciences Libraries: A Triple Play For Success, Jennifer Deberg, Sarah Andrews, Linda Walton, Amy Blevins, Chris Childs

Jennifer DeBerg

Purpose: Our library staff has been partnering with faculty to develop curricula using simulation equipment for various outreach programs to youth in the state. The simulation center is housed and managed by our library. This presentation will recount the development and expansion of this two-year old program and describe its various components. The programs are aimed at grades 5-12 to stimulate interest in science and health care professions through engagement and participation in a variety of interactive educational sessions using simulation equipment, such as eye exams, neurological/cognitive assessments, and cardiac rhythm evaluation. Methods: The focus of the paper will be …

Closing The Gap: An Evolving Professional Development Workshop Bridging K12 & Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

The Power Of Collaboration, Jennifer Brancato

Jennifer Brancato

No abstract provided.

Using A Media Technology Showcase To Bridge The Gap Between K12 & Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

Why should students spend time navigating to find the library tools needed to search? Why not provide direct links to library resources so more time is spent finding, evaluating, and synthesizing information? These were questions asked by some academic librarians trying to help students locate resources for assignments. As a result, these academic librarians created online tutorials for using persistent links to library resources. Teaching faculty learned how to use the links in web pages and WebCT Vista. These tutorials were also shared at conferences. Attendees encouraged the presenters to develop a hands-on workshop. Attendees also suggested the workshop as …

Organized Chaos: Using A Workflow To Maintain Control Over Digital Material, Jennifer Brancato

Jennifer Brancato

Was invited to present about my process to gain control as well as create a viable workflow for digitization of archival material.

New Faculty Orientation At Valpo, Patricia Mileham

Patricia Mileham

No abstract provided.

Becoming Socialized: Using Social Media To Improve Access To University Archives, Michele Christian

Michele Christian

While development of the Internet improved the way archives provided access to their finding aids and other materials to people around the world, the advent of social media has brought the possibilities of global access to a more personal and interactive level. During a time of economic instability, the need for the archives to be more visible within the institution is becoming more imperative to its survival and utilizing social media sites offers a way to proactively reach additional audiences and increase the visibility of archives. In 2007, the Special Collections Department of the Iowa State University Library began experimenting …

The Globalization Of Higher Education Through The Lens Of Technology And Accountability, Howard Woodard, Sonya Shepherd, Mindy Crain-Dorough, Michael Richardson

Sonya S. Gaither

Technology has ushered in a new era in higher education making knowledge of technology essential for administrators. Technology is transforming higher education by providing a global interconnectedness that reshapes educational, social, economic and cultural life. The globalization of networks based on travel, mobile phones, broad-band Internet and other information and communications technologies, are creating change on an unprecedented scale. Similarly, technology enables complex data transfers essential to knowledge-intensive production and distribution. Globalization forces higher education institutions to examine their participation in the international environment and to assess their involvement in a seemingly transparent world. The potential for technology in global …

Special Collections And The Community: Strategies For Collecting Local History, Melissa Nykanen

Melissa Nykanen

No abstract provided.

Developing Faculty Scholarship Using Collaborative Web Environments, Jessica De Perio Wittman, Raizel Liebler

Jessica de Perio Wittman

No abstract provided.

Personal Librarians @ Atkins Library, Unc Charlotte, Barbara Tierney, Donna Gunter, Stephanie Otis, Jean Hiebert

Barbara Tierney

The Archives In The Library, Alexis Logsdon

Alexis Logsdon

No abstract provided.

Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way: Teaming Up With Nursing Faculty To Research, Write, And Publish Systematic Reviews., Kimberly Whalen

Kimberly J. Whalen

No abstract provided.

Data Migration From Voyager To Oclc Web Scale Management Services, Gan Ye

Gan Ye

Introduce the data migration process from Ex. Libris Voyager to OCLC Web scale Management Services system.

Is There Value In Value-Added Cataloging?, Lauren K. Marshall, Mina Chercourt

Lauren K. Marshall

We discuss a project they conducted to identify whether adding table of contents and analytics to certain materials in the collection would increase circulation. They selected monographic series in the Q classification that were titled separately and five or six large series in the Ps for analyzing. The work resulted in significant increases in circulation of the materials ( anywhere from 59% to 186%). The work was labor intensive, but the increased use of the materials made it certainly worthwhile.

Preservation At Quatrefoil, Alexis Logsdon

Alexis Logsdon

No abstract provided.

The Academic Librarian In The Academic Mystery Novel, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

No abstract provided.