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Examining The Oral History Collection Of The Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Kimberly Nordon

Library Department and Committee Reports

This report evaluates the present status and future potential of oral history collections at USF St. Petersburg. The author, a graduate student in USF's School of Information at the time, has experience working with oral history collections in various settings.

Since You're Here : Vol. 06, Issue 12 (Dec. 2012), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

No abstract provided.

Florida History Research Collection : An Index, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

A listing of various term papers and seminar papers in Special Collections and University Archives, as of November 2012. Access to some papers is restricted. Papers that are available for public inspection must be examined within the library and may not be photocopied. Please consult with staff.

Summary Report On Special Collections And University Archives, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, For The 2011-2012 Academic Year, James Anthony Schnur, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Library Department and Committee Reports

Annual report of Special Collections and University Archives for the 2011/2012 academic year.

Wasted Words? Current Trends In Cd Policies, Matt Torrence, Audrey Powers, Megan Sheffield

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

The transition to electronic resources and the changing role of the collection development librarian are having a tremendous impact on the manner by which libraries select and acquire new materials. The goal of this research project was to further elucidate the current trends of collection development policies in members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as well as gage current use and future efficacy. The survey was designed and sent to librarians responsible for collection development at university-affiliated ARL libraries in order to obtain a current picture of academic collection development policies, and how they are changing due to …

It's All About Connections:Utilizing Webinars And Online Learning To Enhance Education, Diane M. Fulkerson

Diane M. Fulkerson

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The Role Of Librarians In Academic Success, Claudia J. Dold

Claudia J. Dold

Librarians address all levels of information needs for the university: its acquisition, its production, its storage, and instruction for its safe and gainful use. Most of today’s college students have a high degree of computer literacy but are weak in their abilities to determine the quality of the information that is so readily available. Students need to be taught to find, evaluate, and use information in an academically-oriented manner in order to solve complex problems. Good library skills are integral to academic success. In conjunction with research and teaching faculty, librarians create a framework for knowledge acquisition in the evolving …

Since You're Here : Vol. 06, Issue 11 (Nov. 2012), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

No abstract provided.

Collaborative Repurposing Of Existing Technology To Enhance Student-Directed Research, Kristi Palmer, Anthony Stamatoplos

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

An educational team comprising instructor, subject librarian, and digital librarian collaborated to repurpose a digital collection content management system as a tool that solved a multitiered data-collection and analysis problem, enhanced student understanding of ethnographic data collection and description, and provided a means for openly distributing the final product of a community-rooted research project.

Data-Driven Decision Making: A Holistic Approach To Assessment In Special Collections Repositories, Melanie Griffin, Barbara Lewis, Mark I. Greenberg

Barbara Lewis

Faced with shrinking budgets and reduced staffing, the University of South Florida Libraries Special & Digital Collections Department (SDC) implemented a comprehensive, integrated assessment program to better focus its diminished resources within clear strategic goals. Department faculty sought to answer the following inter-related questions: 1) What are the Department’s staffing needs? 2) What staff skill sets and training are required to meet researchers’ expectations, and what personnel skills and functions are most needed by the Department in the future? 3) Where should the Department target its outreach efforts? 4) How can the Department streamline and prioritize technical services to support …

Open Access Week 2012: Oa Copyright, Drew Smith, Merilyn Burke

Scholar Commons Publications

You can access the USF Tampa Library Copyright guide here:

http://guides.lib.usf.edu/copyright

Open Access Week 2012: Oa Economics - Is Our Current Model Sustainable?, Todd Chavez

Scholar Commons Publications

No abstract provided.

Open Access Week 2012: The Future Of Academic Publishing - Digital Humanities And On-Line Publishing, Laura Runge

Scholar Commons Publications

You can visit the journal discussed in this event by clicking here:

http://www.aphrabehn.org/ABO/

Open Access Week 2012: Education Resources, Susan Ariew

Scholar Commons Publications

You can access the associated lib guide here:

http://guides.lib.usf.edu/content.php?pid=57901&sid=427797

Open Access Week 2012: Scholar Commons The Oa Institutional Repository For Tampa Campus, Rebel Cummings-Sauls

Scholar Commons Publications

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Open Access Week 2012: Oa Data - Gis And Beyond, Pete Reehling, Richard Mckenzie

Scholar Commons Publications

You can access the data links discussed in this event here:

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/datasets/

Sapl Board Meeting : 2012 : 10 : 17, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

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Since You're Here : Vol. 06, Issue 10 (Oct. 2012), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

No abstract provided.

Pinellas County Property Appriaser : Historical Property Records, 1974-1999, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Amber Thessen, Samantha Musella, Pinellas County (Fla.)

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

NOTE: This collection is no longer housed in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Please contact the Pinellas County Property Appraiser's Office to access these materials.

This collection consists of microfiche records transferred from the custody of Pinellas County Property Appraiser’s Office in the Pinellas County Courthouse to Special Collections and University Archives, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Under records retention schedules in effect, the Property Appraiser’s Office determined that these materials were obsolete, superseded, and/or had lost their administrative value. The microfiche in this collection are maintained in the original order they were received. No …

Since You're Here : Vol. 06, Issue 09 (Sept 2012), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

No abstract provided.

Gerald A. Notaro Collection Of St. Pete Pride Archives : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Amber Thessen, Gerald A. Notaro,

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

Gerald A. Notaro, librarian emeritus at USF St. Petersburg, donated his collection of photographs and ephemera from St. Pete Pride, an annual event in the Grand Central District that has grown into one of the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) celebrations in the southeastern United States. The rich collection of photographic images documents St. Pete Pride events in the early 2000s. Notaro donated these items on 15 March 2012, shortly before his retirement from the USFSP faculty.

Institutional Profile: Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg September 2012, Carol G. Hixson

Library Strategic Planning and Background Materials

Institutional profile of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants: How To Begin The Literature Review, Susan A. Ariew, Audrey Powers

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Offers tips and strategies for efficient, effective use of library resources and services to help new graduate students at USF get started on research and literature reviews in their field.

Progress Update To The Rr2 Report, K. Megan Sheffield

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

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Usft Institutional Repository Annual Report: Fy 2011-2012, Rebel A. Cummings-Sauls

Scholar Commons Publications

In the fall of 2011, the Academic Resources Unit of Tampa Library officially launched Scholar Commons, the University of South Florida’s (USF’s) institutional repository (IR), as a virtual showcase for research and creative energies. Scholar Commons provides digital preservation and free, open access to all scholarly works produced by the USF Community. Scholar Commons will be a vehicle to drive research communication across disciplines and the globe.

This is the first annual report of the IR at USF Tampa, however this review covers the history of the IR beginning in December of 2007. This was done so that a compare …

Since You're Here : Vol. 06, Issue 08 (Aug 2012), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

No abstract provided.

Mary Nicol (Shenk) Dodd Collection Of Writings And Reviews [Finding Aid], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Amber Thessen

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

This collection was received in June 2008 in bound notebooks from Karen A. White, the Regional Chancellor of USF St. Petersburg at the time and an accomplished violinist. Under the byline Mary Nic Shenk, Dodd wrote regular reviews of operas and musical performances in the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) beginning in the early 1960s. This donation includes articles and clippings removed from bound notebooks collected by Shenk, covering the period from the early 1960s forward into the 1980s. Some clippings reside in clear plastic folders; others are glued onto white paper. Dodd graduated from the Eastman School …

Learning And Relevance In Information Retrieval: A Study In The Application Of Exploration And User Knowledge To Enhance Performance, Harvey Stuart Hyman

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the impact of exploration and learning upon eDiscovery information retrieval; it is written in three parts. Part I contains foundational concepts and background on the topics of information retrieval and eDiscovery. This part informs the reader about the research frameworks, methodologies, data collection, and instruments that guide this dissertation.

Part II contains the foundation, development and detailed findings of Study One, "The Relationship of Exploration with Knowledge Acquisition." This part of the dissertation reports on experiments designed to measure user exploration of a randomly selected subset of a corpus and its relationship with performance in the information …

Since You're Here : Vol. 06, Issue 07 (July 2012), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

No abstract provided.

Standardization Of Questions In Rare Disease Registries: The Prism Library Project, Rachel L. Richesson, Denise Shereff, James E. Andrews

School of Information Faculty Publications

Background: Patient registries are often a helpful first step in estimating the impact and understanding the etiology of rare diseases - both requisites for the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics. The value and utility of patient registries rely on the use of both well-constructed structured research questions and relevant answer sets accompanying them. There are currently no clear standards or specifications for developing registry questions, and there are no banks of existing questions to support registry developers.

Objective: This paper introduces the [Rare Disease] PRISM (Patient Registry Item Specifications and Metadata for Rare Disease) project, a library of standardized …