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Libx: The Small But Mighty Button For E-Resource Discovery And Access, Galadriel Chilton, Joelle Thomas

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LibX is an open-source browser extension that pushes access to a library’s e-resources and services out to users wherever they are on the Internet (e.g. Amazon, Wikipedia, etc.). In Fall 2012, University of Connecticut (UConn) Libraries unveiled their instance of LibX along with homegrown user guides and instructional materials, as well as targeted marketing and promotion efforts. In this session, the presenters described the successes and challenges of UConn's LibX implementation and promotion, as well as an analysis of LibX.

Cultural Sensitivity In The Archives: Digitizing Controversial Materials, A Balancing Act, Marisol Ramos

UConn Library Presentations

What is the role and responsibility of the archives when considering giving access to potentially controversial material? How cultural sensitivity can serve as a framework to balance access to material that may hurt the feeling of individuals or groups? These are some of the questions discussed in this presentation. The presentation will focus on two cases at the University of Connecticut where issues about cultural sensitivity have an impact in the decisions taken to digitize the collections. In specific, I discussed working with sensitive cultural materials which have the potential to hurt, embarrassed or infuriate different type of stakeholders. I …

Rearranging Library Collections: A New App, Norman D. Stevens

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No abstract provided.

Optimized Still Image Batch Processing Of Special Collections Bound Monographs And Manuscripts Using Dng, Jpeg 2000, And Embedded Xmp Metadata, Michael J. Bennett

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Batch still image processing is examined in the context of operational bound monographs and manuscripts reformatting. The scaling of overall workflows through the flexible use of Lightroom, Photoshop, VueScan, and Jhove on parametrically-edited raw DNG and batch-rendered JPEG 2000 files is surveyed. Potential gains in processing efficiency, in comprehensive device data capture and preservation, in adaptable master image repurposing capabilities, and in the smoother growth of the required large-scale digital storage capacities that surround such operational conversions are considered.

Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2012

UConn Libraries Newsletter

2 The Vice Provost explores the inevitability of change and the Libraries’ innovative responses to it.

3 A documentary about veterans, produced by two students, features the Waterbury Library.

4 Staff maintain a welcoming green oasis in Homer Babbidge Library.

5 Archives & Special Collections opens writer Michael Rumaker’s Papers to researchers.

6 An anthropologist contends ethnographic methods will help libraries.

7 Therapy dogs ease frayed nerves of students facing finals at Homer Babbidge Library in the popular Paws to Relax program.

8 Library friend UConn Emeritus Professor of Art Roger Crossgrove celebrates his 90th birthday.

9 Lisa Laplante named …

Uconn Libraries Newsletter Volume 18 Number 1

UConn Libraries Newsletter

2 The Vice Provost explores the inevitability of change and the Libraries’ innovative responses to it.

3 A documentary about veterans, produced by two students, features the Waterbury Library.

4 Staff maintain a welcoming green oasis in Homer Babbidge Library.

5 Archives & Special Collections opens writer Michael Rumaker’s Papers to researchers.

6 An anthropologist contends ethnographic methods will help libraries.

7 Therapy dogs ease frayed nerves of students facing finals at Homer Babbidge Library in the popular Paws to Relax program.

8 Library friend UConn Emeritus Professor of Art Roger Crossgrove celebrates his 90th birthday.

9 Lisa Laplante named …

The Uconn Vpc: A Collaborative Story About Desktop Virtualization, Tony Molloy, Jeremy Pollack, Ed Swindelles

UConn Library Presentations

The UConn vPC is a collaborative IT project among the UConn School of Business, the School of Engineering, and the University Libraries. The project delivered virtual desktops to UConn students beginning the fall semester of 2011. Students now have access to UConn-licensed applications from their PCs, Macs, and mobile devices from anywhere in the world where they have Internet access. This session discusses both the technology behind the service and the collaboration between the academic units that built a scalable, centralized service. An overview of the service can be found at http://vpc.uconn.edu.

Responses To The 11/4/11 Ostp Data Rfi, David Lowe

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On November 3, 2011, OSTP released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on long-term preservation of, and public access to, the results of federally funded research, including digital data ,as required in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. Published here are the responses from David Lowe, Preservation Librarian and Digital Programs Team Leader at the University of Connecticut Libraries.

Uconn Libraries Newsletter

UConn Libraries Newsletter

2 Vice Provost notes exciting things happening on campus and in the Libraries.

3 New computer technology provides remote access to the Libraries' licensed software, anytime, anywhere.

4 Billie Levy receives NCLC Distinguished Service Award.

5 Staff member David Avery recognized as academic mentor.

6 New fund launched for UConn authors who publish in open access journals.

7 Kindertransport through the eyes of survivors and Archives & Special Collections.

8 Library events captured in photos.

9 Dodd Prize awarded to human rights litigation experts.

10 New staff and anniversaries.

11 A remembrance of preservationist Jan Merrill-Oldham.

12 Current art exhibits.

Recent Work On Archival Color Spaces, Robert Buckley, Steven T. Puglia, Michael Stelmach, F. Barry Wheeler, Michael J. Bennett, Lei He

UConn Library Presentations

Abstract, printed and published separately from presentation by ISCC/IS&T/SID, can be found in electronic format at: http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/libr_pubs/41/

Abstract To The Presentation: Recent Work On Archival Color Spaces, Robert Buckley, Steven T. Puglia, Michael Stelmach, F. Barry Wheeler, Michael J. Bennett, Lei He

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No abstract provided.

Installing And Evaluating Audit Control Environment’S (Ace) Audit Manager V1.6, Michael J. Bennett

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Outlines steps toward the successful installation of Audit Control Environment's (ACE) Audit Manager for scalable use in ensuring the bit-level integrity of files in large digital repositories.

Accurate Color? A Preliminary Investigation Into The Color Gamut Of Selected Special Collection Library Objects, F. Barry Wheeler, Michael J. Bennett

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As cultural institutions continue to digitize their collections’ objects, millions of images now exist in TIFF, JPEG, and JPEG 2000 color still image formats. Commonly, however, the colors of the original objects are not accurately reproduced when such digital image files are rendered on a computer monitor or on a print [1]. Such renderings are acceptable to a degree based upon user intent, but a direct comparison of the original and the image rendering will show easily visible differences upon closer inspection. The chain from the object itself, to the digital imaging device through color encoding, storage, color decoding, and …

Surviving To Thriving: Advancing The Institutional Mission, Brinley Franklin

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Academic research libraries can employ several approaches to advance the institutional mission. First, libraries can shift from goals focused on collections and traditional library services and instead align with their campus academic plan and an emphasis on supporting the institution’s strategic initiatives. A second approach is for libraries to modify their organizational structures from being function-based on the tasks that traditional libraries performed (e.g., public services, technical services, collection development) and move instead toward organizational units that directly support their university’s missions (e.g., undergraduate education; graduate and professional education; research, scholarship, and creative activity; and public engagement). The key is …

Volume 17, Number 1, March/April 2011, Jean C. Nelson

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 1 - We look at the University's transition to requiring Master Theses be placed into UConn's Digital Commons Institutional Repository. The Archives & Special Collections receives the collection of African-American poet and artist Allen Polite.

Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries presents the results of the recent LibQual+® survey. The Director of the UConn Health Center Library provides an overview of the new efforts to communicate across the campuses on issues of copyright and access to research.

Page 3 - Our regional campus libraries give us a glimpse of what is happening on their campuses. We …

Installing Archivematica V0.7 On A Custom-Sized Xubuntu V10.04.2 Virtual Machine Hosted In Virtualbox V4.0.4, Michael J. Bennett

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A basic outline for installing Archivematica in a more production-level environment in order to test larger-sized SIP > AIP creation. This configuration can also be used to test the feasibility of production level SIP ingest > processed AIP export. In this example, digital objects ready for archiving originate in a Windows source directory that is ingested into a Linux-based Archivematica virtual machine then exported back out to a Windows network file share through SFTP.

Utilizing Libqual+® To Identify Best Practices In Academic Research Library Website Design, Raynna Bowlby, Brinley Franklin, Carolyn A. Lin

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The intent of this research paper is to discover if LibQUAL+® results can be used to identify “best practices” in academic research library website design. As demonstrated by responses to the LibQUAL+® survey item “A library Web site enabling me to locate information on my own”, website design is an important consideration for academic research library users. This paper examines websites from members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) who participated in LibQUAL+® in 2010, with a particular focus on the websites with the highest scores for this specific LibQUAL+® question. Three primary functional criteria – Visual Layout, Information …

Volume 16, Number 4: November/December 2010, Jean C. Nelson

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects on the changes we have seen as an institution and how the financial support of our friends has enabled us to invest in learning.

Page 3 Research in the Archives & Special Collections uncovers the story of political activist Vivien Kellems.

Page 4 Fall Library Forum takes on the classroom versus online learning debate.

Page 5 In a guest column, the department head for UConn’s Journalism Department highlights the risks journalists are taking in Mexico.

Page 6 A visual look at a full fall semester of activities.

Page 7 The Dodd …

Learning Commons @ Uconn Assessment Report: Use And Satisfaction Of The Learning Commons, Kate Fuller

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Learning commons are borne from user need and created from user input. The rapidly changing needs of students require constant refinement of the services; refinement based on the feedback of primary users is integral to the success of a service such as a learning commons. This study measures the use of, and satisfaction with, the Learning Commons @ UConn one year after it was opened to the public. The findings from the survey discuss how library patrons perceive the services and spaces available in the Learning Commons; recommendations are given for potential improvements to the Learning Commons in the future.

Volume 16, Number 3, September/October Newsletter

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries says the campus community will notice a significant number of improvements to the Libraries this fall. The Map and Geographic Information Center, together with the Connecticut Geographic Alliance, hosted its first geospatial workshop for teachers in August. Page 3 The papers of noted children’s literature illustrator and author Leonard Weisgard are donated to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection. Page 4 An improved instant messaging system for help debuts. New collaborative spaces are installed at the regional campus libraries. Page 5 In a guest column, the interim director of the Puerto Rican and …

Mujeres, Damas Y Señoritas: El Mundo De Las Revistas Femeninas Españolas Del Siglo Xix Al Alcance De La Mano; The Women’S Magazine Digital Collection At The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Marisol Ramos, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

Presentation on a collaborative digital project between the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the University of Connecticut Libraries' Digital Program Team. Materials digitally captured included bound monographs from a collection amassed by Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Boza, Duque de T’ Serclaes (1852-1934) that is currently housed at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center’s Archives and Special Collections.

Embedding Latin American Archives Into Library Instruction And Practice, Marisol Ramos

UConn Library Presentations

Being both a librarian and an archivist/curator, it is one of my jobs to find ways to embed primary sources into my library instruction. This paper discuss the ways that I have found to integrate the Latin American and Caribbean archival holdings that I manage in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center into my library services. I will discuss briefly some of the strategies, such as digitization projects, LibGuides and Show and Tells events, that I have used to bridge my archival work with my library work to provide better services to my constituents.

Learning Commons: Addressing The Needs Of Commuter Regional Campuses, Nancy H. Dryden, Shelley G. Roseman

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The Learning Commons concept in academia is now fairly mainstream and in the evaluation phase at many institutions. This model is gradually making its way into non-residential campuses and proved to be a challenge for five regional libraries of a state university who sought to establish user-centered environments on a shoe-string budget and tight quarters. These Learning Commons initiatives addressed the needs of urban, suburban, and rural based libraries whose student populations ranged from under 300 to nearly 2,000. While there was no single model to address student needs at all campuses, there were commonalities in users’ expectations that guided …

Raw As Archival Still Image Format: A Consideration, Michael J. Bennett, F. Barry Wheeler

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Source materials like fine art, over-sized, fragile maps, and delicate artifacts have traditionally been digitally converted through the use of controlled lighting and high resolution scanners and camera backs. In addition the capture of items such as general and special collections bound monographs has recently grown both through consortial efforts like the Internet Archive's Open Content Alliance and locally at the individual institution level. These projects, in turn, have introduced increasingly higher resolution consumer-grade digital single lens reflex cameras or "DSLRs" as a significant part of the general cultural heritage digital conversion workflow. Central to the authors' discussion is the …

Volume 16, Number 2: April/May 2010

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects on Google’s recent experience in China. • A new digital collection of 19th-century Spanish women’s magazines is now available to researchers. Page 3 Collector Gary Wait donates a treasure trove of juvenile literature from the 19th century to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Page 4 The Map and Geographic Information Center offers a new internship program, where students earn three academic credits and work eight hours a week while developing advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and digitization skills. Page 5 Associate Professor of Anthropology …

Striving For Excellence: Organizational Climate Matters, Shelley Phipps, Brinley Franklin, Shikha Sharma

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The University of Connecticut Libraries was one of five Phase 1 libraries that participated in the ClimateQUAL® survey in 2007. Once the quantitative and qualitative results were received, the Libraries needed help understanding how to interpret the findings and respond. The Libraries turned to a library organizational development consultant for assistance with both interpreting the results and beginning to address them. The consultant designed a format for focus groups to provide anonymous but more detailed, experience-based information which helped the Libraries discover, understand and appropriately respond to the root causes of 'problem' areas indicated in the ClimateQUAL® Survey. A summary …

Organizational And Strategic Alignment For Academic Libraries, Brinley Franklin

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No abstract provided.

Volume 16, Number 1: February/March 2010, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The University’s Capital Campaign supports the increasingly popular Libraries, according to the Vice Provost for University Libraries.

The new electronic devices available for loan are hot items.

Page 3 Alumni artists Janet Cummings Good ’66 and Peter Good ’65 do a 10 year retrospective of their popular long and literate wall calendar in the Dodd Research Center.

Page 4 Art & Design Librarian Michael Young traveled to the pilgrimage site of Loreto, Italy to research why there are more than 50 copies of the San Loreto's Holy House in the Czech Republic.

Page 5 Professor William H. Foster …

Volume 15, Number 4: November/December 2009, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries looks at how undergraduates are being supported by the library.

Faculty learn the nuances of making map mash-ups for their classes.

Page 3 Scholars come from throughout the U.S. and abroad to research at Archives & Special Collections at the Dodd Research Center.

Page 5 A trip to Kenya by a journalism professor opens a door to the world for his students.

Volume 15, Number 3: September/October 2009, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries contends the library’s new organizational structure, which aligns with the University’s Academic Plan, will improve services to users.

Page 3 UConn alumna and former UConn librarian Nancy Mattoon Kline ’59 pledges seed money to establish the Earl and Dora Mattoon Ward Fund for Human Rights Photojournalism Collections at the Dodd Research Center.

Page 5 The new director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies traces its 35 year history and future plans.