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Art In The Library, Ann Pettingill

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

The building project currently underway at Old Dominion University Library unexpectedly afforded the library a chance to sponsor a public artwork.

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

Murmurings From a Listserv Owner

Book Review

Technology Booklist

Ready Reference Using the Internet

PC Mechanic

How to Download a List From INNOPAC Using Serving FTP

Helping Librarians To Encourage Critical Thinking Through Active Learning Techniques In Library Instruction, Cynthia Wright Swaine

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Encouraging librarians to incorporate critical thinking skills and active learning techniques in their course instruction requires more than talking about it in a department meeting or distributing articles on the topic. At Old Dominion University (Virginia), librarians have tried conducting workshops, had readily-accessible binders of articles and suggestions for librarians to consult, and held idea-sharing sessions. They have also tried including a related library instruction annual performance objective for each reference librarian involved in instruction. This paper describes this latest attempt to incorporate active learning in library instruction and includes an active learning planning sheet which serves as an outline …

Instruction On The Web: Getting All Librarians Involved, Cynthia Wright Swaine

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

The Collection Development Council at Old Dominion University (Virginia) decided to involve all subject specialist librarians in creating guides to web resources in the disciplines for which they serve as bibliographers. The project was intended to help librarians become familiar with Internet resources in their fields of expertise and give them experience with World Wide Web searching. A worksheet for bibliographers and a sample guide were provided. Librarians were asked to complete a worksheet for one of their assigned areas of collection development in the next year. A separate Web Team would enter the guides, using HTML and mounting them …

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Technology Booklist

Neon and Innopac

Locating People on the Internet

Tech Book Review

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Technology Booklist

The Cheyenne Conference: Planning for Internet 2000

Tech Book Review

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Technology Booklist

Kwon Kwotes

Old Shows New Stuff

What's Wrong With the Web?

Tech Book Review

Unix

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Tuma's Wondrous Web Sites

Software Experts List

Virus Checking Instructions

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Tuma's Wondrous Web Sites

Using HTML in the Classroom

Library Web Renovation

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Accolades to Lamont!

Tuma's Wondrous Web Sites

Technology Booklist

Tech Book Review

Networld+Interop 96 At the Las Vegas Convention Center

New CD-ROM and Electronic Products

Universal Access to E-Mail: Rand Corporation Study

Picture This...

Glossary

Standardizing Word Processing Software in the Library

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Tech Book Review

Tuma's Wondrous Web Sites

Calendar of Library Tech Events

Glossary

Technology Booklist

Linear Goal Programming For Academic Library Acquisitions Allocations, Ken Wise, D. E. Perushek

UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications

The allocation of an academic library's acquisitions funds should contribute to the achievement of the library's goals and objectives. The availability of diverse materials and the varying demands of user needs in a variety of subject disciplines may represent a set of conflicting, incommensurate goals. Lexicographic linear goal programming offers an appropriate allocation methodology for determining an optimal solution with conflicting goals. This article applies this methodology to 90 funds representing books and periodicals in 45 subject disciplines at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). The model's goals incorporate several categories of budget constraints and user needs. The application of …

Linear Goal Programming For Academic Library Acquisitions Allocations, Ken Wise, D. E. Perushek

Ken Wise

The allocation of an academic library's acquisitions funds should contribute to the achievement of the library's goals and objectives. The availability of diverse materials and the varying demands of user needs in a variety of subject disciplines may represent a set of conflicting, incommensurate goals. Lexicographic linear goal programming offers an appropriate allocation methodology for determining an optimal solution with conflicting goals. This article applies this methodology to 90 funds representing books and periodicals in 45 subject disciplines at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). The model's goals incorporate several categories of budget constraints and user needs. The application of …

Library Tech Notes, The Unlv Libraries Technology Committee

Library TechNotes

A newsletter containing a variety of sections including:

Camille's Comments

PC Mechanic

Technology Committee Goals 1995-96

Technology Booklist

Vegas.com Presents Las Vegas

Lynx

Expanded Academic Index (Asap) Via Helin, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short newsletter article on the availability of the database Expanded Academic Index ASAP through the HELIN Library Consortium online public access catalog.

The Cade Library Newsletter (Volume 4, No. 6, November/December 1995), Kathryn Johnson, Christopher Rogers, Dorothy Davis, Jane Robinson, Roslyn Tolson

The Cade Report

This issue of The Cade Library Newsletter features the Editor's Corner, Student Workers, Running the PC, Book Review, Kwanzaa, Expressions, and Faculty/Staff Updates.

Internet Issues In Reference, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

More public and academic libraries are offering Internet access, and various problems must be resolved. Issues such as patrons using the Internet for playing games or viewing pornography, librarians controlling traffic at workstations and legal matters are discussed.

What Journals Do Psychology Graduate Students Need?, Margaret Sylvia

Faculty Publications

The increasing price of journal subscriptions and the increasing number of journals available make it difficult for libraries to supply all needed material locally for scholarly research. Bibliographic citation analysis of student research papers is one method of evaluating the use of a journal collection. Journal selection and cancellation may be done on the basis of cost-per-use to maximize the usefulness of materials purchased with the library budget. Theses provide a convenient archival resource of student research. This study used the biblio-graphic citations found in theses and dissertations of graduate students in the psychology and counseling departments of the university, …

Specialized Accreditation And Academic Libraries, Stuart L. Frazer

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Discussion of academic libraries and the accrediting process focuses on an evaluation and comparison of library guidelines from 17 specialized accrediting bodies with guidelines from regional accreditors. Input versus output measures are discussed, and suggestions for improving the library's participation in the process are offered.

Access: The Key To Public Service, W. Bede Mitchell

Library Faculty Publications

S.R. Ranganathan's five laws of library science are examined for the implications they hold for determining access services policies. A number of theoretical and practical problems are discussed in light of the insights gained from Ranganathan's laws.

A Model For College Library Visits, Lucretia Mcculley, Christine Campbell

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Describes how classroom teachers and librarians at J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico County, Va. worked together with librarians at the Boatwright Memorial Library of the University of Richmond to make a research project beneficial to the students.

The E. S. Bird Library Reconfiguration Project, Carol Parke

The Courier

This article details the rennovation that occurred on the E. S. Bird Library at Syracuse University in 1991. The then two-decade-old library was changed to better facilitate access and reflect emerging trends in libraries that looked to better integrate academic disciplines. The article includes a brief history of the library, the planning and implementation of the reconfiguration project, and a floor plan of the 1991 library.

Operations Research And Organizational Decision-Making In Academic Libraries, Therrin C. Dahlin

Faculty Publications

Operations research entered the library scene in the 1960s and '70s, and has attracted much interest from librarians. This paper examines the assumptions made by selected operations researchers concerning organizational decision-making in academic libraries. The assumptions then are compared to Richard L. Daft's contingency framework of organizational decision-making to determine the appropriateness of applying operations research assumptions and methods to organizational decision-making in an academic library setting. A review of the operations researchers' assumptions and Daft's framework suggests that the operations research approach may be appropriately applied to only a relatively narrow category of problems in academic libraries that match …

A History Of The Augustana Library, 1860-1990: An International Treasure, Dr. Conrad Bergendoff

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Table of Contents:

A Royal Beginning--From Chicago to Paxton--The Tower in Rock Island--In Old Main--C. O. Granere--The Denkmann Gift--Marcus Skarstedt--Ira O. Nothstein--William Baehr--Donald Rod--Lucien White--Ernest Espelie--John Caldwell--A Living Library--Librarians: Terms of Service.

Appendices:

Library Publications--Publications of the Augustana Historical Society--Occasional Papers--The Institute: Historical Swedish Handbooks--Sources.

Meeting The Patron At The Opac Crossroads: The Reference Librarian As An Online Consultant, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Reference librarians play an important role when users interact with online catalogs. As consultants at the point of interaction they must educate patrons in the use of the machine and demonstrate their role in finding and providing information. Specific areas of consultation are discussed as is the relationship of formal instruction to point-of-use instruction. The librarian's efficiency and filtering roles are emphasized.

An Interface For Self‑Service Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Features the self-service database searching interface developed under a Council on Library Resources grant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign. Developers of the system; Capabilities; Link to the university's online public access catalog (OPAC); Description of a typical search session; Continuous testing of the system.

College Library Friends Groups In New York, New Jersey, And Connecticut, Janet Munch

Publications and Research

Friends of the Library groups are largely undocumented in the professional literature at non doctoral-granting colleges and universities. Through a survey of Friends activities at colleges and universities in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, this study fills a gap in knowledge about these groups.

Public Use Of Academic Libraries In Virginia, Lucretia Mcculley, Dan Ream

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Although often thought of as the domain of public libraries, providing access and services to the general public has long been an important, and sometimes controversial, issue for academic libraries. State and national policies have been suggested, but none have yet provided any definitive guidance to academic libraries in Virginia, leaving each institution free to find its own way of dealing with access and services to anyone outside its primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff. As the Association of College and Research Libraries' 1975 Access Policy Guidelines states,

Institutional goals and circumstances are highly variable, making it both unworkable …

On The Use Of Positive Reinforcement To Minimize The Problem Of Overdue Library Materials, W. Bede Mitchell

Library Faculty Publications

Few issues in librarianship have been as long-lived and frustrating to address as the problem of overdue library materials. Even the most cursory review of the professional literature finds dozens of articles about the problem of overdues.(1) Most of the literature appears to have been written under the assumption that only negative reinforcement techniques (e.g., fines, blocking further borrowing, legal action, etc.) can be effective in minimizing the problem of overdue library materials. However, many librarians have expressed dissatisfaction with the use of fines and other sanctions. Unfortunately, the alternative methods for minimizing overdues have produced mixed results. For example, …

Computer-Assisted Instruction In Academic Libraries, Robert A. Aken, Laura Olson

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

The implementation of a computer-assisted instruction package to supplement college-level bibliographic instruction is described. An outline of goals and objectives for an introductory package and a sample segment explain the technique for creating software locally, allowing for custom design. The use of sample materials permits student-tool interaction in a realistic exercise while also taking advantage of the computer's capabilities. Using locally available hardware with librarian-created text allows for subject-specific lecture presentations, elimination of repetition, and immediate instructional feedback. Results from use of materials by almost 2000 students are summarized.