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The Invisible Employee: Success And Fragility Of Automating Interlibrary Loan, Leetta Schmidt

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Libraries and their interlibrary loan departments have enacted different methods for improving processes and services to create greater efficiency and less waste. Techniques range from holistic, and expansive process improvement projects to leveraging the ability of request management systems to automate processes and services successfully. This article explores the effect of automation on the output of a sample interlibrary loan department and points out possible challenges that this automation success may create in the future.

Career Plateauing Among Senior Librarians., Tina M. Neville, Deborah B. Henry

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

Using an online survey and semi-structured interviews, senior academic librarians were asked to reflect on the factors that keep them personally fulfilled and on how they remain motivated to make positive contributions to their organization. Motivations include esteem of colleagues and supervisors, variety in their work, salary, opportunities to learn new skills, increasing responsibility, and working with students and faculty. 59% percent of the survey respondents ranked their job satisfaction at 8 (on a scale of 1—10, with 10 the most satisfied). Using Bardwick’s definitions of plateauing, 60% of the 20 librarians interviewed did not feel that they were content-plateaued.

Library Faculty Council Meeting : 2016 : 11 : 08 : Minutes, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Library Faculty Council.

Library Faculty Governance: Minutes

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Stay Calm And Cover Your Assessment: Creating A Culture Of Assessment On A Shoestring, Susan Silver, Audrey Powers, Matt Torrence

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Academic libraries engage in assessment for a variety of reasons. Improving processes, responding to customer needs, fulfilling accreditation reporting requirements, and demonstrating impact and value to the institution are just a few. Many academic libraries find themselves in the position of being required to prove they are fulfilling a mission that contributes to the academic success of students and their value to the institution. Assessment is no longer a choice for libraries, it has become an expectation. Although most libraries are already doing some form of assessment, there seems to be little effort in many institutions to build a culture …

Linked Metadata For 3d Models: From Dublin Core To Europeana Data Model, Xiying Mi, Bonita Pollock, Richard Bernardy

Collections and Discovery Faculty and Staff Publications

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Special Collections And University Archives : Annual Report : 2015- 2016, James Anthony Schnur, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Library Department and Committee Reports

Annual report of Special Collections and University Archives for the 2015/2016 academic year.

An Information And Communication Technologies For Development (Ict4d) Decision Framework For Building An Information Economy In Developing Countries: The Case Of Palestine, Hasan Nuseibeh

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Building a thriving information economy is a goal for many developing countries. This research helps identify the factors (inhibitors and motivators) that can be used to leverage the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in a developing country to build a sustainable information economy that benefits other sectors of the economy. This is done by studying the current literature on this topic and then synthesizing the theoretical models to create a unified decision framework to help developing countries set their path to building a sustainable information economy.

Drawing on past literature and extant theory, a novel ICT4D decision framework is …

"Womyn's Words" Collection Of Pat Ditto : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Phillip Sroka, Pat Ditto, Women's Energy Bank

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

Womyn’s Words was a monthly periodical published by the Women’s Energy Bank, Inc. that began in 1983. Pat Ditto and other editors and contributors to this publication devoted their efforts to the St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay area in support of the local LGBTQ+ community. Although they primarily advocated for the empowerment and civil rights of women, they also spent a significant amount of time supporting political causes that would benefit the gay community as a whole. Significantly, Womyn’s Words, as early as 1996, was promoting intersectional awareness with their “Afro-Centric Series.” A large portion of their publications was used …

Gary R. Mormino Collection Of Historic Periodicals : A Collection Guide, Phillip Sroka, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives.

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

This collection includes a variety of newspapers and a smaller collection of news magazines that generally document current events in the United States and throughout the world during the 1930s and 1940s. The majority of the newspapers came from Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, though occasional issues from areas such as Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and other cities also reside within the collection. These materials came to us via donation by Dr. Gary R. Mormino, Professor Emeritus of History and Florida Studies, and a member of the faculty within the USF System since 1977. Professor Mormino frequently …

"Richard And Les" Pride Collection Of Monographs : A Collection Overview, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Phillip Sroka

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

This collection includes a variety of scholarly non-fiction and general interest fiction and non-fiction related to gay and lesbian studies, with a strong emphasis on materials related to gay male history, culture, and literature. The items were received in a June 2016 donation from Les, a resident of Hillsborough County. A native of Hawaii who came of age in California, Les met Richard, a man who grew up along the coast of southeast Florida. For more than four decades, their friendship, partnership, and marriage took them to careers and opportunities in various areas of the United States, as well as …

E-Books For The Classroom & Open Access Textbooks: Two Ways To Help Students Save Money On Textbooks, Jason Boczar, Laura Pascual

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

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Usfsp Student Ithaka Survey : Executive Summary, Usfsp, 2015-2016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Kaya Van Beynen, Deborah Boran Henry, Tina M. Neville

Library Student Assessments

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Scholarly Publishing Literacy: Reaching Our Researchers, Carol Borchert, Jason Boczar

Digital Scholarship Services Faculty and Staff Publications

For the past several years, librarians have been building repositories and publishing programs, becoming increasingly adept in producing and determining the quality of open access publications. Though researchers may be experts within their own subject areas, many aspects of the publishing process remain a mystery to them. Understanding when to request copyright permissions or how to negotiate their own rights with publishers are sometimes afterthoughts in the research process. Some of our faculty or even students may fall prey to predatory publishing practices, not knowing what criteria to apply in evaluating new publication outlets. In our role as library publishers, …

Since You're Here : Vol. 10, Issue 03 (March 2016), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Legal Pitfalls: What You Need To Know About Copyright, Leetta M. Schmidt, Jason Boczar

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

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Since You're Here : Vol. 10, Issue 02 (February 2016), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Nelson Poynter Library Closing Procedures, Virginia Champion

Library Forms and Procedures

Your cooperation is necessary to ensure the efficient and safe closing of the Library. The staff are required to follow a set of procedures to secure the building. This document outlines those procedures.

Nelson Poynter Library Reserve Request Form, Virginia Champion

Library Forms and Procedures

Form used by Faculty to place items on reserve at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Going The Distance: Avoiding Mid-Career Plateaus., Deborah Boran Henry, Tina M. Neville

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

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Backup Of Digital Archive Using Dspace, Berrie Watson

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

Describes backup protocol for the USFSP Digital Archive as of March 5, 2013.

Metaliteracy In The Digital Landscape: Using Wikipedia For Research-Writing Across The Curriculum., Theresa Burress, Maribeth Clark, Sarah Hernandez, Nova Myhill

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

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Backup Of Digital Archive Using Dspace, Berrie Watson

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

Describes backup protocol for the USFSP Digital Archive as of March 5, 2013.

Analyzing The Data Management Environment In A Master's-Level Institution., Anthony Stamatoplos, Tina M. Neville, Deborah Boran Henry

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

The data management environments at research-intensive institutions have been studied extensively. Few studies, however, have assessed the environments at institutions that are not classified as research-intensive, where scholarship and obtaining external funding is still highly encouraged. Using results from semi-structured interviews with faculty from an array of disciplines, the authors describe the research processes and data concerns at a Master's-level institution. A comparison of the results illustrate that, at least at this institution, faculty face very similar issues as those identified at research-intensive organizations and many of the same practices and services could be implemented on a smaller scale.

Collection Development And Technical Services Department : Annual Report : 2015 - 2016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Patricia C. Pettijohn

Library Department and Committee Reports

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Systems And Digital Technology : Annual Report : 2015 - 2016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Berrie Watson

Library Department and Committee Reports

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Research & Instruction Department : Annual Report : 2015 - 2016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Tina M. Neville, Kaya Van Beynen, Deborah Boran Henry

Library Department and Committee Reports

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Since You're Here : Vol. 10, Issue 01 (January 2016), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

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Online Learning And Instructional Technology Services : Annual Report : 2015 - 2016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., David Brodosi

Library Department and Committee Reports

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Access Services : Annual Report : 2015 - 2016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Virginia Champion, Kaya Van Beynen

Library Department and Committee Reports

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Exploring Peer-To-Peer Library Content And Engagement On A Student-Run Facebook Group, Kaya Van Beynen, Camielle Crampsie

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

Student-run Facebook groups offer librarians a new means of interacting with students in their native digital domain. Facebook groups, a service launched in 2010 enables university students to create a virtual forum to discuss their concerns, issues, and promote events. While still a relatively new feature, these groups are increasingly being utilized by students in universities and colleges throughout North America. Little research has been done on these groups and how they may be changing the way that students interact with each other and with their university on social media. A student-run university Facebook group was monitored for a year …