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Developing Tools And Communication Strategies For Web Development, Terri Holtze
Developing Tools And Communication Strategies For Web Development, Terri Holtze
Faculty Scholarship
This session describes how to develop tools and communication strategies for creating a coherent brand across a distributed-labor website. Learn about on-boarding, getting people to follow the brand, approaches for maintaining quality and accessibility, and effective methods of communicating web issues to web-page maintainers and the library staff in general.
Cooperative Design Of Research Modules: How We Did It Right... And Wrong, Terri Holtze, Amber Willenborg
Cooperative Design Of Research Modules: How We Did It Right... And Wrong, Terri Holtze, Amber Willenborg
Faculty Scholarship
By exploring the creation process of a research modules project, this presentation identifies barriers to effective communication and outlines best practices for achieving an excellent end product from a cross-departmental design project. From conceptualization to design, we’ll explore how elements were combined to create a cohesive whole directing students through the research process efficiently and effectively. Learn about incorporating material from external partners and recommendations on improving the process of cooperative design.
Statistically Challenged: The Need For An Electronic Resources Management Standard, Tyler Goldberg, Melissa Laning, Weiling Liu
Statistically Challenged: The Need For An Electronic Resources Management Standard, Tyler Goldberg, Melissa Laning, Weiling Liu
Faculty Scholarship
The authors review changes in the standards for measuring electronic resources through an examination of the 1990-2000 IPEDS Academic Library Survey forms. During that decade, academic libraries have moved from counting electronic resources by the number of bibliographic and physical units to measuring usage. Local attempts to capture electronic resource usage are described.
Recipe For Disaster Or Formula For Success? Creating And Assessing A Large Scale Collaborative Library Introduction Exercise For Honors Students, Anna Marie Johnson, Melissa Laning
Recipe For Disaster Or Formula For Success? Creating And Assessing A Large Scale Collaborative Library Introduction Exercise For Honors Students, Anna Marie Johnson, Melissa Laning
Faculty Scholarship
Working with any large group of students in the library is always a challenge. It becomes even more so when the students number 160 plus and the exercise is supposed to introduce them to all parts of the university library in less than two hours! The logistics alone can cause huge headaches. At the University of Louisville (UL), we have attempted this three years in a row and have learned much about what works and what does not. This article describes the history of the project, our goals, how we have assessed the project’s effectiveness, what we have learned, and …