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Your Library Website Stinks And It's Your Fault, Matthew Reidsma Oct 2012

Your Library Website Stinks And It's Your Fault, Matthew Reidsma

Matthew Reidsma

Library websites stink. They are difficult to use and create tension between us and our patrons. This is a talk about library websites, but it's really a talk about people. It's a talk about our library patrons, a talk about us, what's wrong with the way we're doing things, how and who it hurts, and what we can do about it.


Better Know A Viewshare: Exploring Texas Funeral Records, Jennifer Brancato Apr 2012

Better Know A Viewshare: Exploring Texas Funeral Records, Jennifer Brancato

Jennifer Brancato

No abstract provided.


Breaking Down Barriers: Accessibility In The Wild West Of E-Resources, Danielle Lee-Muma Feb 2012

Breaking Down Barriers: Accessibility In The Wild West Of E-Resources, Danielle Lee-Muma

Danielle K.L. Lee-Muma

E-resources can be extremely useful for patrons who have a visual or hearing impediment because electronic materials can be accessed from home and many of them have a form of accessibility embedded in them. The problem lies in discovering what accessible features are available in each resource and how to make the most of them. Every e-resource has a different layout and set of functions. Come see the quickest, easiest, most inexpensive and time-effective ways of making e-resources available to patrons who have a visual or hearing impediment.


Music Recommender Systems And Genre Bias, Jason Neal Dec 2011

Music Recommender Systems And Genre Bias, Jason Neal

Jason R. Neal

No abstract provided.


Primary Sources At A Distance: Researching Indian Colonial Law, Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Primary Sources At A Distance: Researching Indian Colonial Law, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

No abstract provided.


Postcards From The Edge V: Film Studies [Presentation File], Nedda Ahmed Dec 2011

Postcards From The Edge V: Film Studies [Presentation File], Nedda Ahmed

Nedda H Ahmed

No abstract provided.


Precedent Or Preference? Music Recommender Systems And The Challenge Of Genre, Jason Neal Dec 2011

Precedent Or Preference? Music Recommender Systems And The Challenge Of Genre, Jason Neal

Jason R. Neal

With the advent of user-generated content and the capabilities of current information and communication technologies, indexing and retrieval tools for music should facilitate discovery that transcends genre boundaries. Nonetheless, they still privilege genre as the primary mode of categorization. Even recommender systems, which utilize other measures to determine similarity, give the appearance of drawing upon genre. By examining the ambiguous boundaries and definitions of genres, the contexts in which indexing and retrieval tools for music have developed, and the roles played by music at individual and societal levels, this paper considers alternative traits that could act as indicators of “similarity.”


Legal Databases: A Comparative Analysis, Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Legal Databases: A Comparative Analysis, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A comparative report commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) on the world of electronic databases for legal history research.


Postcards From The Edge V: Film Studies [Handout File], Nedda Ahmed Dec 2011

Postcards From The Edge V: Film Studies [Handout File], Nedda Ahmed

Nedda H Ahmed

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Heinonline", Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Review Of "Heinonline", Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A detailed review of the HeinOnline electronic database commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)


Review Of "Llmc-Digital", Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Review Of "Llmc-Digital", Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A detailed review of the LLMC-Digital electronic database commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)


Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal Dec 2011

Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal

Jason R. Neal

No abstract provided.


Unique At Penn, Arthur Fraas Dec 2011

Unique At Penn, Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

Blog highlighting unique items from the collections of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.