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2014

Annie Smith

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You Can't Handle This Book: The State Of The Banned Book In America, Annie Smith Sep 2014

You Can't Handle This Book: The State Of The Banned Book In America, Annie Smith

Annie Smith

Banning and challenging books is not a thing of the past. If anything, book challenges have been on the rise in recent years. This presentation and discussion will explore this phenomena, with special attention to the ethical dilemmas of book banning, parental authority, and trigger warnings.

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Story Problems: Telling Your Story Through Database Statistics, Annie Smith Aug 2014

Story Problems: Telling Your Story Through Database Statistics, Annie Smith

Annie Smith

Librarians have collected database usage statistics for as long as they have been available. But other than using them to decide whether or not to renew a database subscription, what can we use them for? The session will begin with a brief overview of COUNTER compliance and what kinds of reports are available from vendors before discussing how to mix, blend, and splice your usage numbers to get the most out of your statistics. The session will include group activities to give you some hands-on experience.

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2013 Database Usage Statistics, Annie Smith Dec 2013

2013 Database Usage Statistics, Annie Smith

Annie Smith

The following report contains UVU Library's usage statistics for subscribe databases. It includes overall number of searches, most and least popular databases, and a ranked list of databases by usage.

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