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Job Hunt Rhetoric: The Conversation Behind The Successful Search, Sheridan Stormes, Gordon Theil

Sheridan Stormes

This chapter analyzes several job postings. In addition. it presents several groups of questions that help to clarify candidates' and employers' intentions during the interview process. The combination of informative written materials and informed conversation can contribute to a positive outcome for all concerned

My Teaching Philosophy, Marilyn R. Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila

This is my philosophy of teaching and learning, as developed during the ACRL Immersion Intentional Teacher Track in Nashville, TN in December of 2009

Christian Libraries For The Next Generation: Expanding Access To Evangelical Literature, Gregory A. Smith

Gregory A. Smith

Recent changes in the world of information present unique challenges and opportunities for the dissemination of evangelical literature. This report suggests six ways that the Association of Christian Librarians can support evangelical education and scholarship in a context that is increasingly global, Web-based, and free from the confines of the traditional college campus. Implementing a combination of these strategies could make evangelical literature much more accessible via the Web, the dominant delivery platform of our day. However, choices among available strategies must take account of competition within the marketplace.

Iso Classical Pronunciation Guide 1992 & 1993, Sheridan Stormes

Sheridan Stormes

Pronunciation guides used by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra staff to insure accurate pronunciation of composer’s and performer’s names as well as those of certain compositions.

Mail Order Archives: Starting The Archives At Utah Valley University, Catherine Mcintyre

Catherine McIntyre

This humorous presentation traces the history of Utah Valley University from a vocational school to a university, and tells how the school's first centralized archives was started by an inexperienced librarian who learned a lot about archives from the mail-order catalogs from which she ordered materials.

Heroes And Heroines Of Zion: An Oral History Of Utah Peace Activists, Kathryn French, Catherine Mcintyre

Catherine McIntyre

No abstract provided.

Libguides Reflections And Best Practices, Scott Pfitzinger, Sheridan Stormes

Sheridan Stormes

The presentation described the history and development of LibGuide technology from 2007 to September, 2009. It included live demonstrations of existing LibGuides at Butler University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Wisconsin, Madision, to showcase the flexibility and user-friendliness of LibGuides and illustrate how they can be used to improve library services and information literacy instruction.

Exploring The Placelessness Of Reading Among Older Teens In A Canadian Rural Municipality, Paulette Rothbauer

Paulette Rothbauer

Exploring The Placelessness Of Reading Among Older Teens In A Rural Municipality, Paulette Rothbauer

Paulette Rothbauer

Digital Audio In The Library, Richard Griscom

Richard Griscom

An incomplete draft of a book intended to serve as a guide and reference for librarians who are responsible for implementing digital audio services in their libraries. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1, "Digital Audio Technology," covers the fundamentals of recorded sound and digital audio, including a description of digital audio formats, how digital audio is delivered to the listener, and how digital audio is created. Part 2, "Digital Audio in the Library," covers digitizing local collections, providing streaming audio reserves, and using digital audio to preserve analog recordings.

Scholarship In The Digital Age: Blurring The Boundaries Between The Sciences And The Humanities (Keynote), Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

As the digital humanities mature, their scholarship is taking on many characteristics of the sciences, becoming more data-intensive, information-intensive, distributed, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative. While few scholars in the humanities or arts would wish to be characterized as emulating scientists, they do envy the comparatively rich technical and resource infrastructure of the sciences. The interests of all scholars in the university align with respect to access to data, library resources, and computing infrastructure. However, the scholarly interests of the sciences and humanities diverge regarding research practices, sources of evidence, and degrees of control over those sources. This talk will explore the …

Returning To The Sources: The Literature Of Christian Librarianship, Gregory A. Smith

Gregory A. Smith

Stylus, Heather James

Heather James

No abstract provided.

Building An Institutional Repository In Hard Times, Michael Holt, Fatih Oguz, Deborah Davis, Cliff Landis

Cliff Landis

This poster presents an overview of an exploratory research initiative to examine and assess the viability of developing an institutional repository system at a teaching-oriented four-year university with minimal monetary commitment. A need has been identified for an institutional repository and necessary steps have been taken to implement it. Several departments worked together to create a prototype Institutional Repository using DSpace, an open source repository software. This repository represents a unique endeavor, in that it has been instituted at a non-research based university and has chosen to involve students in the planning, design, implementation, and documentation stages of the project. …

Reappraisal And Deaccessioning: A Review Of Articles By Karen Benedict, Mark Greene, And Leonard Rapport, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 560. (benedict, 1984) Invitation to a bonfire: reappraisal and deaccessioning of records as collection management tools in an archives- a reply to leonard papport; (greene, 2006) I've deaccessioned and lived to tell about it: confessions of an unrepentant reappraiser; (rapport, 1981) No grandfather clause: reappraising accessioned records.

Turning Up The Volume On Digital Collections, Catherine Mcintyre

Catherine McIntyre

No abstract provided.

Visual Literacy : Visual Imagery, Databases, And A Contextual Approach To Understanding Images, Margaret D. Ericson

Margaret D. Ericson

No abstract provided.

Dr. Samuel B. Woodward: A 19th Century Pioneer In American Psychiatric Care, Janet L. Dadoly, Len Levin, Lisa A. Palmer

Lisa A. Palmer

Objective: Showcase the life and work of Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, the medical superintendent of one of the first public hospitals for the mentally ill in the U.S., the Worcester State Hospital in Worcester, Mass. Dr. Woodward overcame then-popular views of mental illness to champion compassionate, optimistic, and individualized treatment for patients.

Methods: Dr. Samuel B. Woodward brought a significant paradigm shift to the dark world of mentally ill indigent citizens of Massachusetts in the early 19th century. When Dr. Woodward became the first superintendent of Worcester State Hospital in 1833, mentally ill patients were viewed with suspicion and fear …

Using Electronic Resources To Enhance Teaching And Learning, Wendy Abbott, Peta J. Hopkins

Wendy Abbott

This is a powerpoint presentation from a Teaching and Learning Seminar for Bond University academic staff. The presentation covers the use of electronic resources provided by the Library and how to keep up to date using alerting services by email and rss feeds.

A Massachusetts Mystery: The 1801 Tragedy Of Jason Fairbanks And Elizabeth Fales, Dale Freeman

Dale H. Freeman

No abstract provided.

Penmel Adventures In Genealogy, Mel Regnell

Mel Regnell

Results of tracing the Maine Sawyers and Bachelders back to the Revolutionary War. Artifacts from gathering family oral history, photos, documents and records, this site is a compilation of ten years of research and wandering through DownEast graveyards in Maine.

Documenting Young Britten: An Overview Of The Cataloguing And Technical Solutions Developed During The First Phase Of The Britten Thematic Catalogue Project, Jonathan Manton

Jonathan Manton

Buelita Lupe, Heather James

Heather James

No abstract provided.

Sounds Of Christmas - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

An original Christmas carol arranged for men's choir (TTBB) with optional violin or flute and piano. Words by June Swanson.

In The Bleak Midwinter - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

An original Christmas carol arranged for men's choir with words by Christina Rossetti.

Thirteen Millennia: Native American Life In Northeastern Indiana, Cheryl B. Truesdell

Cheryl B. Truesdell

This project seeks to build a story through digital artifacts, documents, maps, and video of the first inhabitants of Indiana, from the very earliest Paleoindians, through the native American cultures that evolved from these inhabitants, to a celebration of their life and culture today. The LSTA grant will support the digitization of collections from the IPFW Archaeological Survey’s Northeastern Indiana Paleoindian Project and late prehistoric period pottery from northeast Indiana excavations; Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Indian archival materials, artifacts, photographs/paintings and historic markers; IPFW Helmke Library local historical documents; and provide for the archiving of the video and texts …

O My Father - Harp (Or Piano) Solo, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Harp (or piano) solo based on the hymn tune by James McGranahan.

The Digital Future Is Now: A Call To Action For The Humanities, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

The digital humanities are at a critical moment in the transition from a specialty area to a full-fledged community with a common set of methods, sources of evidence, and infrastructure – all of which are necessary for achieving academic recognition. As budgets are slashed and marginal programs are eliminated in the current economic crisis, only the most articulate and productive will survive. Digital collections are proliferating, but most remain difficult to use, and digital scholarship remains a backwater in most humanities departments with respect to hiring, promotion, and teaching practices. Only the scholars themselves are in a position to move …

A Conversational Model For Qualitative Research: A Case Study Of Clergy And Religious Knowledge, Daniel Roland, Don A. Wicks

Daniel Roland

This paper describes the qualitative research interview as a conversation designed to gain understanding of the world of research informants. It illustrates the potential of the qualitative research interview when the researcher is able to enter into and maintain a conversation with the research informant as an insider in the latter's community. The paper draws from lessons learned in a case study of a clergy-person's preparation of their Sunday sermon, and proposes an innovative research design model that addresses the validity and reliability concerns related to the methodology. Specifically, this model develops an insider perspective of the phenomenon of study …

Wwi Postcard Collection: A Community-Based Model For Digital Libraries, Marc D. Bayer

Marc D Bayer

The paradigm shift of academic libraries from information purveyors to places of learning and communicating must occur virtually as well as physically. By creating informal virtual communities around digital collections , librarians can participate in the academic discussion and make more formal collections better known.