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Guidelines For Submissions And Author Instructions Jul 2014

Guidelines For Submissions And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submissions to The Southeasters Librarian.


Book Review: The Origins Of Southern Evangelicalism: Religious Revivalism In The South Carolina Lowcountry, Carol Walker Jordan Jul 2014

Book Review: The Origins Of Southern Evangelicalism: Religious Revivalism In The South Carolina Lowcountry, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism: Religious Revivalism in the South Carolina Lowcountry. By Thomas J. Little. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-61117-274-4.


Oclc Expenditures Fy14, Andrée J. Rathemacher Jul 2014

Oclc Expenditures Fy14, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

This report lists the total amounts invoiced to the University of Rhode Island Libraries by the bibliographic utility OCLC during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.

Costs are broken down by invoice date and category and include all library locations (RIN, RIU, and RIX). We pay three fixed monthly fees for each location: one for cataloging (FIX1002), one for interlibrary loan (FIX4500), and one for access (FIX6600).

Total OCLC expenditures for FY14 were $66,527.95.

Following is a breakdown of selected OCLC expenditures.

Total OCLC Billings by branch:

RIU — $59,291.69
RIN — $5,645.91
RIX — $1,590.35

Total OCLC Billings …


Book Review: Marueen O'Hara: The Biography, Melinda F. Matthews Jul 2014

Book Review: Marueen O'Hara: The Biography, Melinda F. Matthews

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Review of the book Maureen O’Hara: The Biography. By Aubrey Malone. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2013. ISBN: 973-08-8131-4238-8.


Book Review: Challenges On The Emmaus Road: Episcopal Bishops Confront Slavery, Civil War, And Emancipation, Karen J. Cook Jul 2014

Book Review: Challenges On The Emmaus Road: Episcopal Bishops Confront Slavery, Civil War, And Emancipation, Karen J. Cook

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Challenges on the Emmaus Road: Episcopal Bishops Confront Slavery, Civil War, and Emancipation. Dorn T. Felder. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-61117-249-2.


Personnel News Jul 2014

Personnel News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.


Library News Jul 2014

Library News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent developments from SELA member institutions.


Sela News Jul 2014

Sela News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent Activities from the Southeastern Library Association. Details on SELA/COMO Joint Conference, Charles E. Beard Award, Rothrock Award, and SELA's Mentoring Program.


The Library Right There In My Hand: Determining User Needs For Mobile Services At A Medium-Sized Regional University, Paula Barnett-Ellis, Charlcie Pettway Vann Jul 2014

The Library Right There In My Hand: Determining User Needs For Mobile Services At A Medium-Sized Regional University, Paula Barnett-Ellis, Charlcie Pettway Vann

The Southeastern Librarian

While there have been a number of articles written about the need to provide mobile services for users, most have focused on large institutions. The authors, both librarians, wanted to find out how patrons of Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University (JSU), a small regional university, are using mobile devices and what mobile services they want or expect from the library. The possibility of finding the answers to these and other questions initiated the authors’ interest in surveying JSU students about their mobile device use. They invited 9,166 students and 1,053 employees to participate in the Mobile Devices Use …


Julius Rosenwald: A Review Of The Literature On His Motivations And Impact In Redefining Library Service In The South, Patrick Roughen Jul 2014

Julius Rosenwald: A Review Of The Literature On His Motivations And Impact In Redefining Library Service In The South, Patrick Roughen

The Southeastern Librarian

This literature review also explores the influences in Julius Rosenwald’s life that inspired his philanthropic efforts. It could be said that Rosenwald’s generosity can be explained by his Jewish background; he was born a member of a group for whom discrimination and persecution had long tempered a sympathy for the oppressed. In his adult life, Rosenwald was imbued with the social justice teachings of famous Reform Rabbi Emil Hirsch (1851-1973), who ministered to him for many years at the Chicago Sinai Congregation (Ascoli, 2006). On the other hand, Rosenwald’s white, middle class background fails to explain how he was decades …


The Southeastern Librarian V 62, No. 2 (Summer 2014) Complete Issue Jul 2014

The Southeastern Librarian V 62, No. 2 (Summer 2014) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, vol. 62, no. 2


The Purdue University Research Repository (Purr): An Institutional Data Management Service With A Virtual Research Environment, Data Publication, And Archiving, Courtney Earl Matthews, Michael Witt Jun 2014

The Purdue University Research Repository (Purr): An Institutional Data Management Service With A Virtual Research Environment, Data Publication, And Archiving, Courtney Earl Matthews, Michael Witt

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR, http://purr.purdue.edu) uses HUBzero to provide a free, online research data collaboration platform and data management service platform for the Purdue researcher community. Funding agencies like The National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, have begun requiring that researchers describe in their grant proposals how they will manage and share the data that will be produced in their research. The White House’s Office for Science and Technology Policy has also directed federally funded research agencies with research budgets over 100 million dollars to ensure that funding recipients make their research output free and accessible …


Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points, Andrée Rathemacher May 2014

Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Speaking notes and discussion questions for a facilitated networking session, "Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points." The speaking notes outline the argument that "an Open Access future is inevitable," and the questions are geared to encouraging discussion among librarians about their roles in relation to Open Access.

The networking session was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups of the ACRL New England Chapter and was held during the ACRL/NEC Spring 2014 Conference, We’re All in This Together: Strengthening Librarians through Professional Development. The session took place on May 9, 2014 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, …


Instruction @ The Uri Libraries - May 2014, Mary C. Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark May 2014

Instruction @ The Uri Libraries - May 2014, Mary C. Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark

Instruction @ the URI Libraries

No abstract provided.


Vendor Evaluation: Ingram Coutts Information Services' Record Quality At Western Libraries, Claire Doran Apr 2014

Vendor Evaluation: Ingram Coutts Information Services' Record Quality At Western Libraries, Claire Doran

Claire Doran

Final presentation for co-op placement at the Library Information Resources Management office, Elborn College, Western University. Investigates shelf-ready catalogued library materials from Ingram Coutts Information Services. Used quality control reports to track occurrences and severity of cataloguing errors. Includes recommendations for further research and bibliography.


Open Access, Open Source, Andrée Rathemacher Apr 2014

Open Access, Open Source, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Discussion questions, background notes, and handout used for a round-table discussion on "Open Access, Open Source" at The Changing Face/Space of the Library: eBooks, Makerspaces, and More.

This was a professional development program jointly sponsored by the Library of Rhode Island Resource Sharing Working Group and Multi-type Reference Advisory Group. The program took place on April 29, 2014 at Bryant University in North Smithfield, RI.

The handout provides a selected list of resources for open access books, open access articles, Open Educational Resources, other open resources, and open source software.

Notes from the program are available: http://uri.libguides.com/changingface


2014-04-10 Psc 405 Policy Issues In Health And Aging, Michael Vocino Apr 2014

2014-04-10 Psc 405 Policy Issues In Health And Aging, Michael Vocino

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for PSC 405: Policy Issues in Health and Aging. No new library resources are required to support this course.


2014-04-10 Maf 300x, Deborah Mongeau Apr 2014

2014-04-10 Maf 300x, Deborah Mongeau

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for MAF 300X. No new resources are required to support this course.


2014-04-10 Edc 280 Teacher Program Preparation And Career Development, Mona Niedbala Apr 2014

2014-04-10 Edc 280 Teacher Program Preparation And Career Development, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for EDC 280 Teacher Program Preparation and Career Development.


Who's Talking About (And Citing) Me? Tracking Your Work Using Databases, Google, Web Of Knowledge, And Altmetrics Tools, Amanda Izenstark, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher Apr 2014

Who's Talking About (And Citing) Me? Tracking Your Work Using Databases, Google, Web Of Knowledge, And Altmetrics Tools, Amanda Izenstark, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides and handouts from a presentation, "Who's Talking About (and Citing) Me? Tracking Your Work using Databases, Google, Web of Knowledge, and Altmetrics Tools," offered at the University of Rhode Island Libraries on April 9 and April 10, 2014.

"Stop using the impact factor as a measure of the value of your research. There are better ways. In this hands-on session find out about tools that can help you learn how your work is being received, used, and disseminated across scholarly platforms and social media networks."

Part of the University Libraries' Search Savvy Seminar series.


Leadership In Action: Leading, Learning, And Reflecting On A Career In Academic Libraries, Patricia A. Iannuzzi Apr 2014

Leadership In Action: Leading, Learning, And Reflecting On A Career In Academic Libraries, Patricia A. Iannuzzi

Library Faculty Presentations

The library literature is rife with books and articles about leadership, much of it derived or applied from the research external to the library profession. Our professional literature is also rich with surveys about the qualities of leadership. This opening session provides a counterpoint to the theoretical, academic approach to the study of leadership in libraries. Based upon more than 30 years of experience, including positions ranging from library assistant to dean, Patricia Iannuzzi provides a practical approach to leadership roles for academic librarians on campus, in our profession, and within the higher education arena. In this personal reflection, Iannuzzi …


Developing Workflow From Terms: Techniques For Electronic Resource Management, Jill Emery, Graham Stone Mar 2014

Developing Workflow From Terms: Techniques For Electronic Resource Management, Jill Emery, Graham Stone

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

TERMS: Techniques for Electronic Resource Management has been a developing crowdsourced project to provide the best practices for electronic resource management. This workshop will focus on the creation of workflows from the six functional areas of electronic resource lifecycle for varying types of resources: ebooks, ejournals/back-files/databases, and archive collections.

This workshop builds on the ALA-Pre-Conference given in Summer 2013. This session will be more hands-on and activity focused with groups reporting back to the whole workshop on ideas developed in smaller teams. This will enable attendees to take best practice from the TERMS project and lessons learned in a practical …


Utilizing Ir Content Discovery Streams, Marianne A. Buehler Mar 2014

Utilizing Ir Content Discovery Streams, Marianne A. Buehler

Library Faculty Presentations

Institutional repositories (IRs) host an abundance of unique and valued digital content. The premise of garnering scholarly and local collection materials is to engage them for visibility and accessibility. As an additional tool to assist in the process of creating an infrastructure for reachable content, the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway tool enables academic libraries to target individual repository collections to minimally harvest the metadata and be visible through WorldCat.org and OAIster. Collection items display their metadata while available full-text deposits from the Gateway create links to expose an IR’s record and the object itself that could include an article or …


Library Impact Statement For Com 512 Research Training, Margaret J. Keefe Feb 2014

Library Impact Statement For Com 512 Research Training, Margaret J. Keefe

Library Impact Statements

This Library Impact Statement was submitted in response to a new course proposal for COM 512 Research Training. This proposal is supported with no need for additional library resources needed.


2014-02-27 Library Impact Statement For Psy 340 Introduction To School Psychology, Margaret J. Keefe Feb 2014

2014-02-27 Library Impact Statement For Psy 340 Introduction To School Psychology, Margaret J. Keefe

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for PSY 340 Introduction to School Psychology. This proposal was supported with no additional library resource required.


2014-02-25 Library Impact Statement For Arb 312 Intensive Advanced Arabic Ii, Mona Niedbala Feb 2014

2014-02-25 Library Impact Statement For Arb 312 Intensive Advanced Arabic Ii, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for ARB 312 Intensive Advanced Arabic II. No new library resources were required to support this proposal.


2014-02-24 Hdf 555 Student Personnel I, Margaret J. Keefe Feb 2014

2014-02-24 Hdf 555 Student Personnel I, Margaret J. Keefe

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for HDF 555 College Student Personnel I. No new library resources are required to support this course.


2014-02-24 Hdf 556 College Student Personnel Ii, Margaret J. Keefe Feb 2014

2014-02-24 Hdf 556 College Student Personnel Ii, Margaret J. Keefe

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact statement for HDF 556 College Student Personnel II. No new library resources are needed to support this course.


Copyright, Fair Use, And Education: Your Rights As A Student, Faculty Member, And Researcher, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher, Angel Ferria Feb 2014

Copyright, Fair Use, And Education: Your Rights As A Student, Faculty Member, And Researcher, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher, Angel Ferria

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides, handouts, and classroom examples from a presentation, "Copyright, Fair Use, and Education: Your Rights as a Student, Faculty Member, and Researcher," offered at the University of Rhode Island Libraries on February 24 and February 25, 2014.

"Learn how Fair Use can help you incorporate copyrighted works (written material, images, video, etc.) into your research, teaching, and academic projects. Have questions about Fair Use and Copyright? Please bring them to these interactive sessions!"

Part of the University Libraries' Search Savvy Seminar series.


A Commons For The Digital Age - Flipping The Commons Into The Cloud, D. Russell Bailey Feb 2014

A Commons For The Digital Age - Flipping The Commons Into The Cloud, D. Russell Bailey

Library Commons

For the Pringee School's 2014 "Learning in Commons" conference, Dr. D. Russell Bailey presented on library commons models, including that of the Phillips Memorial Library+Commons, and their integration with cloud-based services and resources.

Conference information is available at http://www.pingree.org/page.cfm?p=3113