Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Emerging Technologies: What's Around The Corner? And Why Should We Care?, Robert L. Nunez Ii

Robert L Nunez II

There are so many possibilities for what is right around the corner with technology. A number of the technologies that we take for granted now were originally called fads by many, so the begs the question "What is right around the corner and why should I care?"

Open Access & Beyond: The Nuts And Bolts Of Repositories, Todd Bruns

Todd A. Bruns

No abstract provided.

Reading For Pleasure: Prevalence And Role On Academic Achievement Among Primary School Students In Ontulili Location Of Kenya, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

No abstract provided.

Education For All: Challenges And Opportunities For Developing Countries, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

From The Gas, Congratulations, Publications, And Presentations, Teresa Welsh

SLIS Connecting

Read a highlight From the GAs, and all about what our alum, students, and faculty have been doing in SLIS News: Congratulations, Publications, and Presentations.

Leader, Supervisor, Facilitator: Applying Technology Management Techniques To Repository Management, Todd Bruns

Todd A. Bruns

Managing a repository can mean wearing a number of different management "hats": Leading the vision of the repository, supervising support staff effectively, and facilitating department and faculty content contributions. This presentation focuses on techniques from the field of technology management, including Total Quality Management, the Five Factor Model of Leadership, Facilitation Skills, and Motivational Theories of Supervision. We will introduce these theories and focus our discussions on sharing best practices for managing repository workflows and staffing.

Assessing The Strategic Credibility Of Special Collections, Erin Passehl, Rick Stoddart

Erin Passehl Stoddart

In this time of often precarious funding at many colleges and universities, any case that can be made to illustrate how a department strategically fits into the overall university mission is not only worth merit, but an essential survival technique. This “strategic credibility” within the university is a vital form of currency in determining institution-wide resources prioritization, collaboration In this time of often precarious funding at many colleges and universities, any case that can be made to illustrate how a department strategically fits into the overall university mission is not only worth merit, but an essential survival technique. This “strategic …

Who Uses This Stuff, Anyway?, Andrew Wesolek

Andrew Wesolek

A great deal of the professional literature is devoted to developing content and faculty buy-in for institutional repositories. However, little is known about the end users of these repositories. This is unfortunate since great content is of little value if no one uses it and knowing more about users and their needs leads to more relevant content. So, we need to ask ourselves: "Who exactly is using this stuff, anyway?" Since 2010, Utah State University has begun surveying its IR users to answer this question. DigitalCommons@USU houses more than 26,000 documents with full-text downloads of over 800,000. With this much …

Digitizing Items From Special Collections: The Usu Approach, Clinton R. Pumphrey, Andrew Wesolek

Andrew Wesolek

The presentation outlines a USU pilot project in using the Institutional Repository to promote and provide access to materials in Special Collections.

E-Books & E-Readers @ Longwood University, Suzy Szasz Palmer

Suzy Szasz Palmer

No abstract provided.

Faculty Views Of Open Access And Open Data Initiatives, Deborah H. Charbonneau

Deborah H. Charbonneau

The National Science Foundation (NSF) now requires faculty researchers and scientists to submit a data management plan along with grant proposals. Further, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) enacted the Public Access Policy requiring peer-reviewed publications resulting from NIH funding to be submitted to PubMed Central. Yet, faculty perceptions and experiences with compliance related to these federal policies remain relatively unexplored. The aim of this study was to ascertain faculty attitudes about these policies and to also identify roles for positioning librarians as leaders on campus in supporting compliance with these initiatives, policy awareness, copyright issues, and data management practices. …

Apples And Oranges: Lessons From A Usability Study Of Two Library Faq Web Sites, Susan Archambault

Susan Gardner Archambault

The William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) conducted a usability study to test Springshare’s LibAnswers product against “How Do I,” our own FAQ (frequently asked questions) web page. Our “How Do I” page featured a set of static links organized by broad category. LibAnswers is a hosted web platform allowing libraries to build a knowledge base that is searchable by keyword or browsable by topic. If a LibAnswers search does not return an answer, users can submit a question and will receive an email response; library staff may then also add the question/answer pair to the public …

Animating Assets: Telling A Story Utilizing Digital Repositories Objects, Mark J. Caprio

Mark J Caprio

Focused on the importance of storytelling in a digital environment and of of creating context for digitization projects--possibilities of establishing relationships across assets and projects for networked knowledge environments.

In Search Of Patterns At The Desk: An Analysis Of Reference Question Tracking Logs, Susan Archambault

Susan Gardner Archambault

This study is a content analysis of reference questions and answers asked at an academic library Information Desk during the Fall 2010/Spring 2011 academic year. An Excel file was created consisting of Reference question statistics recorded using the Gimlet (http://gimlet.us) question tracking system. A data dump was performed, resulting in separate Excel columns for service provider, duration of transaction, question format, Reference Effort Assessment Data (READ) Scale difficulty level*, month, time of day, day of the week, and free-text question and answer. The authors took the free-text question and answer fields and recoded them into the following fields: “Reference Tags,” …

User Expectations About Library Genealogy Databases V. What They Actually Get, Katherine A. Pennavaria, Rosemary L. Meszaros

Rosemary L. Meszaros

An analysis and comparison of two genealogical databases: Ancestry.com and Heritagequest.com .

Informed Instruction: Graduate Student Information Seeking,, Marg Sloan, Kim Mcphee

Marg Sloan

Poster Presentation

Institutional Support For Computing Faculty Research Productivity: Does Gender Matter?, Monica M. Mcgill, Amber Settle

Amber Settle

Online Exhibits, Mark J. Caprio

Mark J Caprio

Highlights faculty/librarian collaborations in support of teaching, learning and research (TLR). The presentation focused on a range of technologies (basic and advanced) used to support the building of collection/project-focused websites that aggregate locally created and remote repository collections and resources.

From The Gas, Congratulations, Publications, And Presentations, Teresa Welsh, Stacy Creel

SLIS Connecting

Read a highlight From the GAs, and all about what our alum, students, and faculty have been doing in SLIS News: Congratulations, Publications, and Presentations.

How Institutional Repositories Provide A Digital Compliment To The First Year Experience, Erin Passehl, Valerie Bagley

Erin Passehl Stoddart

In Fall 2011, Western Oregon University Archives partnered with Interdisciplinary Studies to digitally capture capstone projects created in the First Year Experience Program (FYE). These seminars provide incoming first-year and transfer students with the necessary skills to succeed in the college classroom and campus life. WOU Archives and FYE instructors collaborated to preserve a digital sample of students’ capstone work, including papers, creative art, posters, presentations, and videos. This presentation will discuss this our shared promotional goals and the library’s role in supporting student retention. We’ll also discuss the nuts and bolts of digitally documenting student work, including permissions, formats, …

Circulation @ Seton Hall, Lisa Rose-Wiles, Sulekha Kalyan

Sulekha Kalyan

No abstract provided.

Join Scla! 2012 Membership Committee, Ed Rock, Georgia Coleman, Hunter Deas, Michelle Rubino

Edward J. Rock

Online presentation. Available to membership during 2012 SCLA year.

Scla 2012 Membership Committee Presentation, Edward J. Rock

Edward J. Rock

Presented at the South Carolina Library Association Leadership Retreat, Columbia, SC February 4, 2012.