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How Context Matters In Digital Library Use, Swati Bhattacharyya

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This research investigates how organizational context contributes to the use of digital libraries, an ICT-enabled information infrastructure. Traditionally digital-library use is measured with the help of statistical analysis of download and other related data, but statistics alone have limited power to explain how such an expensive information infrastructure is used to meet organizational goals. Such limitation was overcome in this study by relating digital-library use to the context of such use.

In the last decade many Indian research organizations have witnessed the abundance of such information infrastructures accessible directly by end-users. The convergence of several phenomena such as current business …

Open Access: A Model For Sharing Published Conservation Research, Peter D. Verheyen, Priscilla Anderson, Whitney Baker, Beth Doyle

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

The conservation field has articulated the importance of publishing our research to disseminate information and further the aims of conservation. Article X of AIC’s Code of Ethics states that conservators should “contribute to the evolution and growth of the profession, a field of study that encompasses the liberal arts and the natural sciences” in part by “sharing of information and experience with colleagues, adding to the profession’s written body of knowledge.” Our Guidelines for Practice state “the conservation professional should recognize the importance of published information that has undergone formal peer review,” because, as Commentary 2.1 indicates, “publication in peer-reviewed …

Linked Data Pilot Project At Syracuse University Libraries, Brian Dobreski, Sarah Theimer

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

Provides general information about the semantic web, RDF and the initiation of a pilot project at the Syracuse University Library

Library Publishing At Syracuse University, Yuan Li, Suzanne E. Guiod, Suzanne M. Preate, Sarah H. Theimer

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

Syracuse University Libraries (SUL) engage in a wide range of publishing activities, including ETDs, journals, monographs, conference proceedings, and grey literature (e.g., working papers and technical reports). This poster focuses specifically on journal publishing at SUL, emphasizing workflow and examples. We highlight in particular a collaborative journal developed with publishing partners SU Press, campus ITS, faculty, and a national organization. Here we detail general roles and responsibilities of various partners, and the criteria used to determine publishing platform and services offered.

All About Scholarly Publishing, Yuan Li, Bonnie Ryan

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

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Breaking Records: The History Of Bibliographic Records And Their Influence In Conceptualizing Bibliographic Data, Rachel I. Clarke

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

A bibliographic record is a conceptual whole that includes all bibliographic information about a resource together in one place. With the Semantic Web, individual data statements are linked across the web. This position article argues that the traditional conceptualization of bibliographic records affects the affordances and limitations of that data. A historical analysis of the development of bibliographic records contrasted with the Semantic Web model reveals how the “record” model shaped library cataloging and the implications on library catalogs today. Reification of the record model for bibliographic data hampers possibilities for innovation in cataloging, inspiring a reconceptualization of bibliographic description.

A Capability Maturity Model For Research Data Management., Jian Qin, Kevin Crowston, Arden Kirkland

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

Objective: To support the assessment and improvement of research data management (RDM) practices to increase its reliability, this paper describes the development of a capability maturity model (CMM) for RDM. Improved RDM is now a critical need, but low awareness of – or lack of – data management is still common among research projects.

Methods: A CMM includes four key elements: key practices, key process areas, maturity levels, and generic processes. These elements were determined for RDM by a review and synthesis of the published literature on and best practices for RDM.

Results: The RDM CMM includes …

Winter 2014 Vol. 14 No. 1, School Of Information Studies

iSchool Newsletter

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Workflowy, Trudi Antoine

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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Google Scholar Citations, Anne E. Rauh

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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Introducing Browzine, Janet Pease

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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Can Creating Games Enhance Learning?, Kari Zhe-Heimerman

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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An Overheard Conversation And Teaching Information Literacy To Science Students, Kelee Lynn Pacion

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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Gamifying Citation Management:A Mendeley Relay Race, Lauren Stern

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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Stolperstein Für Ernst Collin, Peter D. Verheyen

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

Article (in German) provides biographical details about the life of Ernst Collin, son and grandson of Prussian and German court bookbinders, who was one of the leading writers in the field of bookbinding and the history of the book in the period between the World Wars.

On April 1, 2014 two Stolpersteine (Stumbling Blocks) were laid to memorialize Ernst Collin and his wife Else (nee Cronheim) in front of the entrance to their home at Cicerostr 61 in Berlin. Stolpersteine are “monuments created by Gunter Demnig that commemorate victims of the Holocaust. They are small, cobblestone-sized memorials for an individual …