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Integrating Information Literacy With A Sequenced English Composition Curriculum, Wendy Holliday, Britt A. Fagerheim Jan 2006

Integrating Information Literacy With A Sequenced English Composition Curriculum, Wendy Holliday, Britt A. Fagerheim

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This article details the process of implementing a sequenced information literacy program for two core English composition courses at Utah State University. An extensive needs assessment guided the project, leading to a curriculum design process with the goal of building a foundation for deeper critical thinking skills. The curriculum development and implementation process highlights several of the advantages of using the course-integrated model of instruction to develop a more comprehensive information literacy program.

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How Everything Happens: Notes On May Swenson's Theory Of Writing, Michael Spooner Jan 2006

How Everything Happens: Notes On May Swenson's Theory Of Writing, Michael Spooner

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No abstract provided.

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Balancing Books: The Problem Of Scholarly Publication In The Promotion/Tenure Process, Michael Spooner Oct 2005

Balancing Books: The Problem Of Scholarly Publication In The Promotion/Tenure Process, Michael Spooner

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I never intended a career in publishing. In 1983, I was in grad school, trying to redeem an M.A. in literature by getting a more socially responsible M.A. in Teaching ESL, when somehow there was a baby on the way. I decided it was really my job to find a real job, and I happened into one in publishing. In those days, I wasn’t much of a people person, so the post of acquisitions editor had plenty of appeal. Acquisitions editors are the ones, as Dogbert says, who can reject your life’s work with a gesture and a witty remark. …

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Serials Standards: Envisioning A Solution To The Online Serials Management Mess, Jennifer Duncan Jan 2005

Serials Standards: Envisioning A Solution To The Online Serials Management Mess, Jennifer Duncan

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Whereas the transmission of data relating to the initiation, renewal, or cancellation of serial subscriptions has developed into a robust and standardized system based on Electronic Data Exchange (EDI), the ability of serialists to effectively exchange and manipulate information pertaining to data about the specific content and access rights to the subscriptions at a given library has become increasingly problematic. The rapid development of local and vendor systems designed to handle subscription data has necessitated that this data be standardized for smooth exchange. Ted Fens' and Regina Reynolds' discussion of the standards work underway at NISO and EDltEUR. as well …

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'Tea For Two' And The Rest Of The School: Valentine's Day At Adams Elementary, Randy Williams Jan 2005

'Tea For Two' And The Rest Of The School: Valentine's Day At Adams Elementary, Randy Williams

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I have fond memories of creating valentines with my mother and then going out in the cover of night to place my love creations on family and friend's doorsteps, ring the bell, and hide in a nearby shrub to watch my "valentine" retrieve my heartfelt declarations. Why? That's the way we celebrated Valentine's Day in our family, our town. To me, Valentine celebrations have always been an adventure. That must be why when my oldest daughter (now 23) came home from first grade at Adams Elementary in Logan, Utah, with an invitation from the PTA to the school's Valentine's Tea …

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Buy One, Get One E—Or Has Print Finally Become Never, No More In Reference Collections?, Frances C. Wilkinson, Linda K. Lewis Sep 2004

Buy One, Get One E—Or Has Print Finally Become Never, No More In Reference Collections?, Frances C. Wilkinson, Linda K. Lewis

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The rapidly changing world of reference databases — such as the numerous statistical sources, the collections of reference electronic books, and the database indexes to subjects — is explored. To address these issues the authors conducted an interview-style “joint discussion” among six librarians from five Universities.

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Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way To Print Library Labels, Cheryl D. Walters Mar 2004

Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way To Print Library Labels, Cheryl D. Walters

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Thermal-transfer printing, a technology borrowed from the manufacturing sector, offers libraries a flexible method for printing durable, accurate, legible, and attractive labels that reliably adhere to most book surfaces. When guided by an electronic program customized to meet a library’s particular needs, a thermal-transfer printing system offers virtually limitless variations in font, format, and functionality. It can print labels directly from the online catalog, thereby guaranteeing that call numbers on labels match what patrons see in the catalog. This article explains thermal-transfer printing and how it compares with other printing technologies, briefly explores applications in both the manufacturing and library …

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"The Hardest Worked River In The World": The 1962 Bear River Project, Utah And Idaho, Robert Parson Jan 2004

"The Hardest Worked River In The World": The 1962 Bear River Project, Utah And Idaho, Robert Parson

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Arising on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, Bear River travels five hundred miles through three states and ten counties in Utah,Wyoming, and Idaho.The river’s route traverses from mountain slopes, through several valleys, deep canyons and gorges before terminating at the Great Salt Lake, only ninety miles from where it begins.This unique geological and geographical mix, as well as interstate politics have complicated efforts to fully harness its waters.

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Nasig Conference Report: Copyright Law—Fact Or Fiction?, Jennifer Duncan Sep 2003

Nasig Conference Report: Copyright Law—Fact Or Fiction?, Jennifer Duncan

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Because copyright law is notoriously difficult to interpret, Janice Krueger's program on this topic drew a large and engaged crowd. Krueger, the Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at the University of the Pacific, became interested in copyright when her institution implemented an openURL-enabled linking service and she began to wonder what kind of implications the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) might have for open linking. Krueger began the program with a broad overview of how the Copyright statutes of the U.S. Code (Title 17) govern many of the day to day activities of any library.

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Nasig Conference Report: Electronic Resources Management And The Marc Record—The Road Less Traveled, Jennifer Duncan Sep 2003

Nasig Conference Report: Electronic Resources Management And The Marc Record—The Road Less Traveled, Jennifer Duncan

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The question of how to track administrative metadata for electronic resources has become a real conundrum for serialists over the past few years. As the number of electronic resources licensed by any given library has grown, we have discovered the need to communicate technical and licensing terms to (among others) the public, the reference librarians, and the Interlibrary Loan office. Paula Sullenger, the Serials Acquisitions Librarian (and a former Serials Cataloger) at Auburn University, discussed a relatively new approach to making the licensing terms available: enhancing MARC records.

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Enhanced Resource Sharing Through Group Interlibrary Loan Best Practices: A Conceptual, Structural, And Procedural Approach., Lars E. Leon, June L. Deweese, Carol A. Kochan, Billie Peterson-Lugo, Brian Pytlik Zillig, Jul 2003

Enhanced Resource Sharing Through Group Interlibrary Loan Best Practices: A Conceptual, Structural, And Procedural Approach., Lars E. Leon, June L. Deweese, Carol A. Kochan, Billie Peterson-Lugo, Brian Pytlik Zillig,

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: Members of the Greater Western Library Alliance Interlibrary Loan Committee have spent more than two years developing a Best Practices model for Interlibrary Borrowing and Lending for consortia and local operations. The model includes the practices to be followed, a monitoring plan, and a process for regular evaluation. The GWLA Interlibrary Loan Committee has not yet determined the regular evaluation process, including the timeline. We anticipate that process being established in Spring 2003.

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The Stories We Are: Old Meshikee And The Winter Of 1929, Michael Spooner Jan 2003

The Stories We Are: Old Meshikee And The Winter Of 1929, Michael Spooner

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No abstract provided.

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Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters, Western States Digital Standards Group Jan 2003

Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters, Western States Digital Standards Group

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Funded by a grant awarded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the fall of 2001, the University of Denver (Denver, Colorado) spearheaded a multi-state collaborative initiative to create a virtual collection of widely dispersed digital resources on the topic, Western trails. As part of this initiative, 23 institutions in four Western states were awarded mini-grants to create digital content and metadata for resources related to Western trails. In addition to creation of a virtual collection of digital resources, another significant component of this multi-state initiative was development of a set of Dublin-Core based best practices by …

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An Essay We're Learning To Read: Responding To Alt.Style, Michael Spooner Jan 2002

An Essay We're Learning To Read: Responding To Alt.Style, Michael Spooner

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No abstract provided.

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From Hawaii To Kairos: Alt. Writing And Ongoing Composition, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey, John Barber, Dene Grigar, Tina Perdue, Mike Williamson Jan 2000

From Hawaii To Kairos: Alt. Writing And Ongoing Composition, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey, John Barber, Dene Grigar, Tina Perdue, Mike Williamson

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What current experiments in academic writing do is invite the reader to play an active role in the text with the writer, and also apart from the writer perhaps; that's one effect of re-presenting collage-like invention processes.

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A Single Good Mind: Collaboration, Cooperation, And The Writing Self, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Blake Yancey Feb 1998

A Single Good Mind: Collaboration, Cooperation, And The Writing Self, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Blake Yancey

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Preparing to sign off on the term paper that’s almost overdue, I assemble the onion-sheets, clean, almost papyrus in their texture, collectively re/producing Professor Johnson’s paper: a critical review of David Copperfield. Don’t talk about what you liked, don’t talk about how you felt reading it, don’t talk about how it’s like other novels you’ve read. Just don’t talk: the honor code prohibits that. All of which means: figure out what my Ichabod Crane wants, read the text his way, write his paper, type it, submit.

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Journals Under Attack: Faculty And Researchers' Creative Solutions To Access Problems (Or, Theft Is The Answer. What Was The Question?), Judith R.J. Johnson, Betty Rozum Apr 1997

Journals Under Attack: Faculty And Researchers' Creative Solutions To Access Problems (Or, Theft Is The Answer. What Was The Question?), Judith R.J. Johnson, Betty Rozum

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Escalating journal subscription costs and concurrent library and institutional budget cuts have precipitated the cancellation of journal subscriptions by many research and academic libraries. How does the faculty and research community obtain the information no longer provided for them by their university libraries? Resource sharing among libraries has been a traditional solution to this dilemma, but is not the only solution employed by researchers and faculty. Part of a study conducted at Utah State University (USU) examines the methods faculty and researchers use to obtain access to materials not held by the University Libraries, focusing on identifying unique or unconventional …

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Identifying, Developing, And Marketing Library Services To Cooperative Extension Personnel, Betty Rozum, Kevin Brewer Jan 1997

Identifying, Developing, And Marketing Library Services To Cooperative Extension Personnel, Betty Rozum, Kevin Brewer

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Cooperative Extension personnel are responsible for disseminating information of university-based research to the people of their state. At Utah State University, there were no library services in place to assist this population in meeting the demands for information. Extension personnel were surveyed to identify useful library services, and the results were used to develop and market library services. The land-grant university system was initiated by the Morrill Acts of 1862/1890 and expanded by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. As a result of these acts of Congress, land-grant universities and colleges, including Utah State University (USU), have as their mission three …

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Medieval And Renaissance Book Production, Richard W. Clement Jan 1997

Medieval And Renaissance Book Production, Richard W. Clement

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There is a widely held, yet erroneous, belief that the invention of the book was concurrent with the invention of printing. Somehow it is assumed that the act of printing--that is producing a book by mechanical means--endows the finished product with that essence that embodies a book. After all, the hand-produced book is called a manuscript, not simply a book, and early-printed books are called incunabula, books in their infancy. We are accustomed to think of the periods of manuscripts and printed books as distinct. Traditionally a scholar working in one of these fields has known little of the other …

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Sympathy For The Devil: Editing Alterate Style, Michael Spooner Jan 1997

Sympathy For The Devil: Editing Alterate Style, Michael Spooner

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No abstract provided.

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Postings On A Genre Of E-Mail, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey Jan 1996

Postings On A Genre Of E-Mail, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey

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I was talking with a novelist recently about various kinds of writing-nothing special, just happy-hour talk-and I found my earnest self assuring him that, oh yes, academic writing nowadays will tolerate a number of different styles and voices. (I should know, right? I'm in academic publishing.) He choked; he slapped my arm; he laughed out loud. I don't remember if he spit his drink back in the glass. Silly me, I was serious. And, among other things, I was thinking about this essay/dialogue, in which we're turning discourse conventions of the net - often a rather casual medium - to …

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Improving The Implementation Of A Research Tool: Methods To Increase Library Survey Response Rates, Judith R.J. Johnson, Anne E. Hedrich Jan 1994

Improving The Implementation Of A Research Tool: Methods To Increase Library Survey Response Rates, Judith R.J. Johnson, Anne E. Hedrich

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In the winter of 1992 we began research into the implementation of a university-wide survey. This project grew out of discussion about ways Merrill Library could be more responsive through collection development to changing trends in course offerings and research emphases at Utah State University. It was felt that our collection development policies traditionally answered and were based upon teaching needs but might not address research-related needs adequately. This was in large part due to a lack of information about the evolution of research directions throughout the USU community. The problem was further exacerbated by the spiraling costs of journal …

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Joseph Regenstein Library, University Of Chicago, Richard W. Clement Jan 1987

Joseph Regenstein Library, University Of Chicago, Richard W. Clement

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The University of Chicago began its collection of medieval manuscripts in its very first years. (3) In 1891 William Rainey Harper, the university's first president, purchased the entire stock of a Berlin antiquarian book firm, Calvary and Company. By this single act, the university's small library was increased by over 90,000 volumes, of which fifty-three were medieval manuscripts, mostly dating from the fifteenth century [6]. By 1912, as a result of the acquisition of the Hengstenberg, the Ide, and the American Bible Union collections, the university's medieval manuscripts numbered seventy-nine, composed mainly of theological works.

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Cataloging Medieval And Renaissance Manuscripts: A Review Article, Richard W. Clement Jan 1985

Cataloging Medieval And Renaissance Manuscripts: A Review Article, Richard W. Clement

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Until recently it could have been argued with much justification that the cataloging of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States began and ended with Seymour De Ricci's Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40) and Supplement (New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962). Of course, many excellent catalogs were produced before the Census and have been produced since (although most are of a specialized nature), yet the Census and its Supplement must be regarded as the one great landmark in cataloging in this country. It was the …

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