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11-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for November 2001.

Centennial Library E-News, November 2001, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: User Education program now scheduling for Winter Quarter, Periodical subscriptions expanded, Library collection development opportunities available to faculty, Electronic resources: A second look, University faculty in print, University alumni in print, Library policy beat: Library holiday and Quarter break hours.

10-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2001.

Centennial Library E-News, October 2001, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: Library staff changes for 2001/2002, Electronic Reserve begins its second year with additional features, User Education program has productive beginning, Handicapped accessible doors installed, Freshmen Library orientation is back, Electronic Journal Center content and use continues to expand, University faculty in print, University alumni in print, Library policy beat: Library food and drink policy continues.

05-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for May 2001.

Biodiversity: The World Of Life, Charles H. Smith

DLPS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

04-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for April 2001.

Integrated Academic Student Support Services At Loyola University: The Library As A Resource Clearinghouse, Elizabeth Orgeron

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Higher education has seen the emergence of new models of student support services. These models vary greatly, ranging from those that, for example, simply streamline the registration process, to others that base new building construction on studies done about the information and service access needs of students.

In the recent past, colleges and universities have felt the impact of significantly higher drop out rates among freshman, and they have made attempts to assuage these rising attrition rates. Through extensive study of college campus culture and student needs, many institutions are changing long-standing protocols and adding a technology rich, user friendly …

Centennial Library E-News, April/May 2001, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: Library Recognitions Dinner event, Media Services graduation videos, E-print resources maximize purchasing power for OhioLINK libraries, University faculty in print, Library policy beat: Library use by the extended University family, Curriculum Materials Center use, Summer 2001 at the Library.

Undergraduate Faculty Attitudes Toward Academic Librarians In Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

Testing The Design Of A Library Information Gateway, W. Bede Mitchell, Laura B. Davidson, Rebecca Ziegler, Ann Viles

Library Faculty Publications

In autumn of 1999, librarians at Appalachian State University and Georgia Southern University had decided to revise their Web sites. Each institution’s site had been in place for more than a year, and experience with library users had shown that there were certain aspects of the sites’ designs that were confusing. Previous efforts to improve these library sites had involved the pooling of criticisms from the librarians and users, and then a small group of library faculty and staff would attempt to create new designs that avoided the weaknesses of the old designs.

03-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for March 2001.

02-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for February 2001.

Centennial Library E-News, February 2001, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: Centennial Library staff updates, American Council on Education recognizes OhioLINK, Dr. Duane Wood elected to the governing board of OhioLINK, OhioLINK announces Electronic Theses and Dissertation Center, Additional source for dissertations, University faculty in print, Electronic resources: a second look, Library Policy beat: Library facility used as a classroom, Library Quarter break and Easter hours.

01-2001 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for January 2001.

Champlin Grant Funds Wireless Classrooms, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short article announcing that the University of Rhode Island Libraries received a $132,250 grant from the Champlin Foundations to fund the acquisition of mobile media carts networked to portable laptop computers.

Developing, Marketing And Evaluating Web-Based Library And Information Skills Tutorials At Old Dominion University, Cynthia Wright Swaine

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Confronted with an expanding distance learning program, a growing set of student expectations, and recent changes in general education requirements, the Library Instruction Team at Old Dominion University is addressing the related needs for new approaches to library instruction by creating a series of web-based tutorials.Confronted with an expanding distance learning program, a growing set of student expectations, and recent changes in general education requirements, the Library Instruction Team at Old Dominion University is addressing the related needs for new approaches to library instruction by creating a series of web-based tutorials.

Recruit, Recruit, Recruit: Organizing Benefits For Employees With Unmarried Families, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

This article argues that librarians should work to adopt domestic partner benefits for employees in unmarried same- and opposite-sex couples given the inequities in compensation manifest in their absence. It provides new information about the domestic partner practices of Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions based on a spring/fall 2000 telephone survey. The article includes an outline of actions to institute domestic partner benefits in university settings.

Centennial Library 2000-2001 Annual Report, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Review Of Unobtrusive Evaluation Of Reference Service And Individual Responsibility: The Canadian Experience By Juris Dilevko, W. Bede Mitchell

Library Faculty Publications

This review was published in College and Research Libraries.

Testing The Design Of A Library Information Gateway, W. Bede Mitchell, Laura B. Davidson, Virginia C. Branch, Lynne Lysiak

Library Faculty Publications

In autumn of 1999, the library World Wide Websites at Appalachian State University and Georgia Southern University had been in place for more than a year, and many library users reported that certain aspects of the sites’ designs were confusing. In order to alleviate the confusion, librarians from the two universities decided to redesign the sites by determining the greatest sources of confusion. To do this, we studied how patrons used the web sites by way of user-centered usability testing.

Annual Report 2001, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

The file contains the annual report for the library from 2000-2001.