Library and Information Science Commons^™

Nelig Meeting - December 5, 2008, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting held at three locations simultaneously: Franklin Pierce University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Yale University.

Open Access Day Slideshow, University Of Massachusetts - Amherst

Open Access Week

No abstract provided.

Open Access And Issues Surrounding It, Charles M. Schweik

Open Access Week

No abstract provided.

Participatory Design Of Sensor Networks: Strengths And Challenges, Katie Shilton, Nithya Ramanathan, Sasank Reddy, Vids Samanta, Jeffrey A. Burke, Deborah Estrin

Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation about ScholarWorks digital repository, scholarly communication, ETDs and graduate student work. Given at the Graduate School's program for the Graduate Program Directors, Sept 23, 2008.

Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings

University Libraries Publication Series

Presentation about ScholarWorks digital repository, scholarly communication, ETDs and graduate student work. Given at the Graduate School's program for the Graduate Program Directors, Sept 23, 2008.

Nelig Meeting - September 19, 2008, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting.

Umass Amherst Friends Of The Library Newsletter - Spring/Summer 2008 (No. 35), Jay Schafer

Library News for the Friends of the UMass Amherst Libraries

Message from Jay:

Anticipating the campus ten-year New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) institutional reaccreditationprocess in 2009 (originally scheduled for 2008 but postponed for a year due to campus circumstances), UMass AmherstLibraries initiated a “self-study” process to assess our progress since the 1997 review. The final Self Study Report included the usual documentation of goals, accomplishments, and statistical comparisons. Unique to our Report were two exceptional vision statements created in a collaborative process by Library staff – “Focusing on Undergraduates” and“Serving the Graduate and Research Mission.” In December 2007, a team of four distinguished library professionals visited the …

Research Showcase Projects Within Scholarworks @ Umass Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings

University Libraries Publication Series

This presentation highlights various types of research projects that are contained in the digital repository ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst, a Digital Commons site.

Research Showcase Projects Within Scholarworks @ Umass Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation highlights various types of research projects that are contained in the digital repository ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst, a Digital Commons site.

Filling The Void: Publishing Within The Digital Repository., Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation showcases original digital publishing of journals, books, and other scholarly materials using the Digital Commons software.

Filling The Void: Publishing Within The Digital Repository., Marilyn S. Billings

University Libraries Publication Series

This presentation showcases original digital publishing of journals, books, and other scholarly materials using the Digital Commons software.

Connecting 24/5 To Millennials: Providing Academic Support Services From A Learning Commons, Anne C. Moore, Kimberly Wells

University Libraries Publication Series

In response to the seamless academic and personal behavior of Millennial college students, libraries are creating a learning commons in which campus academic support services are integrated with library services to provide everything students need to succeed in a single facility 24 hours a day with food. Roving may be an effective way to satisfy the immediate support needs of students collaborating in these bustling environments. A survey conducted on March 16, 2006 of users of the UMass Amherst Learning Commons (opened in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library in September 2005) provided detailed insight into who they are, how often …

Achieving Participatory Privacy Regulation: Guidelines For Cens Urban Sensing, Katie Shilton, Jeffrey A. Burke, Deborah Estrin, Mark Hansen, Mani B. Srivastava

Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse

This technical report is intended to help CENS urban sensing researchers incorporate participation and respect privacy while conducting research about people. The goal is to provide a framework by which to assess an appropriate level of participation and meaningful policy and technical responses to privacy concerns. By keeping in mind the five guidelines outlined here, system developers can respond to participant needs and balance the benefits of data gathering with individual and group privacy.

The Introduction defines and describes participatory privacy regulation: the approach to privacy design taken at CENS. Sections I-V provide descriptions and planning tools for each …

Transforming Academic Libraries For 21st Century Students: Umass Amherst Libraries -- A Case Study, Gerald Jay Schafer

University Libraries Publication Series

This presentation was given at the 15th International Seminar CASLIN 2008: Knowledge Technologies and (the Future of) Higher Education.

Information Literacy And General Education At Umass Amherst, Emily Alling, Isabel Espinal, Beth Lang, Anne Moore

Isabel R Espinal

No abstract provided.

“Reference Librarians At The Reference Desk In A Learning Commons: A Qualitative Evaluation.” Preprint, Elizabeth B. Fitzpatrick

Elizabeth B. Fitzpatrick

This is a preprint of an article co-written with Dr. Anne C. Moore, and Beth W. Lang, Head of Reference, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Learning Commons, only Reference librarians staff the Reference & Research Assistance desk. Surveys, a focus group, reference question transcriptions, and question-type tallies indicate this service model is strongly preferred by users and librarians over the previous tiered model.

“Reference Librarians At The Reference Desk In A Learning Commons: A Qualitative Evaluation.” Preprint, Elizabeth B. Fitzpatrick

University Libraries Publication Series

This is a preprint of an article co-written with Dr. Anne C. Moore, and Beth W. Lang, Head of Reference, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

At the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Learning Commons, only Reference librarians staff the Reference & Research Assistance desk. Surveys, a focus group, reference question transcriptions, and question-type tallies indicate this service model is strongly preferred by users and librarians over the previous tiered model.

Nelig Meeting - April 25, 2008, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting minutes.

Participatory Privacy In Urban Sensing, Katie Shilton, Jeffrey A. Burke, Deborah Estrin, Mark Hansen, Mani B. Srivastava

Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse

Urban sensing systems that use mobile phones enable individuals and communities to collect and share data with unprecedented speed, accuracy and granularity. But employing mobile handsets as sensor nodes poses new challenges for privacy, data security, and ethics. To address these challenges, CENS is developing design principles based upon understanding privacy regulation as a participatory process. This paper briefly reviews related literature and introduces the concept of participatory privacy regulation. PPR reframes negotiations of social context as an important part of participation in sensing-supported research. It engages participants in ethical decision-making and the meaningful negotiation of personal boundaries and …

Cyberinfrastructure And The Transformation Of Libraries, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Libraries are beginning to exploit the transformation that cyberinfrastructure allows: for example, for discovery and access, for changing scholarly communication, for next-generation catalogs. This presentation will be an overview of some recent developments and describe ways that we all can participate in this transformation.

Cyberinfrastructure And The Transformation Of Libraries, Marilyn S. Billings

University Libraries Publication Series

Libraries are beginning to exploit the transformation that cyberinfrastructure allows: for example, for discovery and access, for changing scholarly communication, for next-generation catalogs. This presentation will be an overview of some recent developments and describe ways that we all can participate in this transformation.

"Leuven University Library, 1425-2000", James R. Kelly

James R. Kelly

No abstract provided.

Google Booksearch And Library Digitization, Laura Quilter, Jack Lerner

Laura Quilter

No abstract provided.

"Leuven University Library, 1425-2000", James R. Kelly

University Libraries Publication Series

No abstract provided.

Nelig Meeting - February 22, March 14, & March 28, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting held at three concurrent locations. Snow resulted in two locations being postponed to later dates.

Changing Scholarly Communications And The Role Of An Institutional Repository In The Digital Landscape, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation to University of Maine community (faculty, administration, librarians, and administration) about scholarly communication topics (author rights, copyright) and institutional repositories, using ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst as example of an IR.

Changing Scholarly Communications And The Role Of An Institutional Repository In The Digital Landscape, Marilyn S. Billings

University Libraries Publication Series

Presentation to University of Maine community (faculty, administration, librarians, and administration) about scholarly communication topics (author rights, copyright) and institutional repositories, using ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst as example of an IR.

Faculty Senate Research Library Council: Scholarly Communication Activities At The University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ma, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation to University of Maine Faculty Senate Library Advisory Committee members about the work done by the UMass Amherst Faculty Senate Research Library Council in support of scholarly communication, digital repositories, and open-access publishing

Faculty Senate Research Library Council: Scholarly Communication Activities At The University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ma, Marilyn S. Billings

University Libraries Publication Series

Presentation to University of Maine Faculty Senate Library Advisory Committee members about the work done by the UMass Amherst Faculty Senate Research Library Council in support of scholarly communication, digital repositories, and open-access publishing