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24th Annual Conference Reports, Vision Sessions. What Color Is Your Paratext? By Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée Rathemacher Sep 2009

24th Annual Conference Reports, Vision Sessions. What Color Is Your Paratext? By Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

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Open Forum: The Future Of Library Systems, Maria Collins, Andrée J. Rathemacher Jul 2009

Open Forum: The Future Of Library Systems, Maria Collins, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Moderated by Maria Collins of North Carolina State University, discussion at this open forum on the future of library systems touched on open-source library systems, cloud computing, new initiatives by the Open Library Environment (OLE) Project and OCLC, and desired characteristics of future integrated library systems. Most participants had limited experience with next-generation library systems and attended the open forum with the desire to broaden their understanding, although some were exposed to or had worked with the open-source discovery tool VuFind, the OLE Project, WorldCat Local, and the OCLC Web-scale service. A strong desire to customize library systems to meet …


2009 New England Technical Services Librarians (Netsl) Spring Conference: Working The Cataloging Landscape: Fishing, Mining, And Harvesting, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Martha Rice Sanders May 2009

2009 New England Technical Services Librarians (Netsl) Spring Conference: Working The Cataloging Landscape: Fishing, Mining, And Harvesting, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Martha Rice Sanders

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Report on the 2009 New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Spring Conference, held on April 17, 2009 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.


Perspectives On Using E-Journal Usage Statistics In A Serials Cancellation Project, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2008

Perspectives On Using E-Journal Usage Statistics In A Serials Cancellation Project, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Michael C. Vocino

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

This is the authors' manuscript of chapter 7 in the book Library Data: Empowering Practice and Persuasion, ed. Darby Orcutt, Libraries Unlimited, 2010. It is posted here with publisher permission.


E-Journal Usage Statistics In Collection Management Decisions: A Literature Review, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2008

E-Journal Usage Statistics In Collection Management Decisions: A Literature Review, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

This is the author's manuscript of chapter 6 in the book Library Data: Empowering Practice and Persuasion, ed. Darby Orcutt, Libraries Unlimited, 2010. It is posted here with publisher permission.


Assessing Library Skills: A First Step To Information Literacy, Joanna M. Burkhardt Jan 2007

Assessing Library Skills: A First Step To Information Literacy, Joanna M. Burkhardt

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

As part of the University of Rhode Island Libraries' "Comprehensive Plan for Information Literacy," a three-credit class in the skills and concepts of information literacy was first offered in the fall of 1999. More than 1,000 undergraduate students have taken the class since that time. A pre-test was given at the beginning of each semester, followed up by a post-test at the end. The pre- and post-test results were analyzed to determine: (1) whether students improved their test scores over the course of the semester, (2) which concepts and skills students mastered, and (3) where the course might need revision …


19th Annual Conference Reports, Strategy Sessions. Working Collaboratively With Vendors To Create To Products You Want: Smooth Sailing Ahead, Andrée Rathemacher Sep 2004

19th Annual Conference Reports, Strategy Sessions. Working Collaboratively With Vendors To Create To Products You Want: Smooth Sailing Ahead, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Summary of a "Strategy Session" at the 19th Annual North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference, held in Milwaukee, Wis. in June 2004. Available: http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/nasig/vol19/iss3/1/.


19th Annual Conference Reports, Strategy Sessions. Economics Of Society Publishing: Through A Glass Darkly, Andrée Rathemacher Sep 2004

19th Annual Conference Reports, Strategy Sessions. Economics Of Society Publishing: Through A Glass Darkly, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Summary of a "Strategy Session" at the 19th Annual North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference, held in Milwaukee, Wis. in June 2004.


University Library Acquires Full Text Electronic Journal List, Andrée Rathemacher Apr 2004

University Library Acquires Full Text Electronic Journal List, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Brief article on the University of Rhode Island Library's implementation of an A to Z list of the library's full-text electronic journals using Serials Solutions.


Library Offers New Databases, Peter Larsen, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2004

Library Offers New Databases, Peter Larsen, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Brief article on new databases available through the University Libraries in fall 2004.


Irish Literary Magazines, Censorship, And The Irish Free State, 1922-1924, William T. O'Malley Jul 2002

Irish Literary Magazines, Censorship, And The Irish Free State, 1922-1924, William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Text of "Irish Literary Magazines, Censorship, and the Irish Free State, 1922-1924," a paper presented by Professor William T. O'Malley at the conference "Places of Exchange: Magazines, Journals and Newspapers in British and Irish Culture, 1688-1945," University of Glasgow, Scotland, July 25, 2002.


Sir Shane Leslie And Other Irish Bibliographers, William T. O'Malley Mar 2002

Sir Shane Leslie And Other Irish Bibliographers, William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Text of a paper entitled "Sir Shane Leslie and Other Irish Bibliographers" presented by Professor William T. O'Malley to the John Russell Bartlett Society, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island on March 21, 2002. "Observations on the collecting of Irish bibliographical works, using Shane Leslie and some others as our text."


Remote Access To On-Line Resources: New, Seamless Proxy, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2002

Remote Access To On-Line Resources: New, Seamless Proxy, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short article on the University of Rhode Island Libraries' implementation of a seamless proxy server to enable remote access to Library online resources.


Finding Quality Business Information On The Internet, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2002

Finding Quality Business Information On The Internet, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Article on strategies for finding reliable business information on the Internet. The article appeared in the Fall 2002 issue of the MBA Alumni Newsletter online, published by the University of Rhode Island College of Business Administration.


New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt Jan 2001

New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

This is the authors' manuscript of chapter 21 in the book Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships, ed. Barbara I. Dewey, Scarecrow Press, 2001. It is posted here with publisher permission.


Champlin Grant Funds Wireless Classrooms, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 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.


Web Pages Launched For Library College Departments, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 2001

Web Pages Launched For Library College Departments, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short article announcing new Web pages created for the University of Rhode Island Libraries' two departments.


Business Librarians' Interest Group Spring 2000 Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher Jan 2000

Business Librarians' Interest Group Spring 2000 Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short newsletter article advertising the spring 2000 program of the Business Librarians' Interest Group of ACRL/New England Chapter, "Starting a Business Information Needs and Sources."


Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, Mary Macdonald, Andrée Rathemacher Jun 1999

Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, Mary Macdonald, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Article about the University of Rhode Island Libraries' information literacy program, with a focus on the credit-bearing course LIB 140.


Blig Fall Program On Business Web Page Design, Andrée Rathemacher, Colleen Anderson Jan 1999

Blig Fall Program On Business Web Page Design, Andrée Rathemacher, Colleen Anderson

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Brief newsletter article summarizing a program on business web page design offered by the Business Librarians' Interest Group of ACRL/New England Chapter on November 12, 1998.


Business Databases On The Web: Report On Business Librarians' Spring Meeting, Andrée Rathemacher, Carol West Jan 1998

Business Databases On The Web: Report On Business Librarians' Spring Meeting, Andrée Rathemacher, Carol West

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Report on a program of the Business Librarians' Interest Group of ACRL/New England Chapter about Web-based business databases, held on May 21, 1998.


Expanded Academic Index (Asap) Via Helin, Andrée Rathemacher Jan 1996

Expanded Academic Index (Asap) Via Helin, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Short newsletter article on the availability of the database Expanded Academic Index ASAP through the HELIN Library Consortium online public access catalog.


Outline Of Paper "The Bibliography Of Irish Literary Studies" Presented At The American Conference For Irish Studies (Acis), Southern Conference Meeting, University Of Montevallo, Alabama, William T. O'Malley Jan 1991

Outline Of Paper "The Bibliography Of Irish Literary Studies" Presented At The American Conference For Irish Studies (Acis), Southern Conference Meeting, University Of Montevallo, Alabama, William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Outline of paper "The Bibliography of Irish Literary Studies" presented by Professor William T. O'Malley at the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS), Southern Conference Meeting, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama, on February 2, 1991. Discussion on the annual Bibliography Bulletin of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature, published in the fall issue of the Irish University Review.