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President's Column, Ann Hamilton
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
Don’T Drown — Catch The Wave: Instruction At The Valley Library, P. S. Mcmillen
Don’T Drown — Catch The Wave: Instruction At The Valley Library, P. S. Mcmillen
Library Faculty Publications
As many readers will no doubt be aware, librarians at OSU have done one-to-one and classroom instruction tor many years. However, 3S the information landscape changes, so do the students' needs tor learning how to navigate that ever-changing landscape. The rapidly increasing migration of print resources to electronic form removes many of the contextual and visual cues that alerted earlier users to the authority, accuracy, comprehensiveness, point of view, or other indicators by which to judge the quality of information sources. As the experts in the organization, access, and dissemination of information, librarians have stepped forward to teach students how …
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
President's Column, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
Gardner’S Film, Video And Tv Dictionary, Priscilla Finley
Gardner’S Film, Video And Tv Dictionary, Priscilla Finley
Library Faculty Publications
Useful for professionals and students in broadcast media, multimedia production, or the film arts, Gardner's work is remarkable for its up-to-date coverage of digital production standards and terminology.
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Message From The President, Ann Hamilton
Library Faculty Publications
Column by SELA President, Ann Hamilton.
Unlv Architecture Studies Library: Space Planning – Thoughts After Five Years Of Occupation, Jeanne M. Brown
Unlv Architecture Studies Library: Space Planning – Thoughts After Five Years Of Occupation, Jeanne M. Brown
Library Faculty Publications
Each building is unique and generates its own problems and pluses. Here are some problems and pluses with our building, seen from the perspective of a five-year occupation (opened Fall 1997).
Bryson’S Dictionary Of Troublesome Words, Priscilla Finley
Bryson’S Dictionary Of Troublesome Words, Priscilla Finley
Library Faculty Publications
Travel writer and humorist Bryson has revised, adapted, and updated his style guide, first published in 1984 in Britain as Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words and in the US as Facts on File Dictionary of Troublesome Words, to appeal to contemporary American book buyers. Presenting itself as a "compilation of suggestions, observations, and treasured prejudices," the work compiles and comments on commonly misspelled words and proper nouns and other conundrums of usage scrupulous writers or copy editors may face.
Developing A Chat Reference Training Program, J. Cory Tucker
Developing A Chat Reference Training Program, J. Cory Tucker
Library Faculty Publications
In the last few years, chat reference services have been implemented by public, college and university libraries. One important aspect of the chat reference service is library staff training. Literature shows that this is a vital step in offering a chat reference service. Library staff need to be well-trained in areas of chatting, reference interviewing in a digital environment and using electronic resources, such as the Internet and databases. This article discusses the chat reference training program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The following text provides an outline for establishing a chat training program including planning, organization, implementation …
It Takes A Village To Manage The 21st Century Reference Department, P. S. Mcmillen, L. Rielly
It Takes A Village To Manage The 21st Century Reference Department, P. S. Mcmillen, L. Rielly
Library Faculty Publications
Reference services at Oregon State University's Valley Library have undergone several reorganizations in response to institutional changes, shifting service needs and patron demands. Part of this history includes training for and functioning in team-based management. We have now evolved to a management model that utilizes workgroups and an advisory and coordinating council to assist in running the department. We find this model provides flexibility, sharing of the workload and professional development opportunities, all of which are essential in today's tumultuous reference environment. We will describe the functioning, potential hazards and multiple advantages of this model.
Eric: Overview, P. S. Mcmillen
Eric: Overview, P. S. Mcmillen
Library Faculty Publications
ERIC ( the Educational Resources Information Center) has provided, for over 35 years, the most extensive access to education related information in the world –currently more than 1.2 million records. Millions of people utilize ERIC’s diverse services and products every day. As Jim Kohlmoos, the president of the National Education Knowledge Industry Association emphasizes, “As the nation works to implement both the No Child Left Behind Act and the recently passed Education Sciences Reform Act, there has never been a greater need for ERIC and its resources.” (http://www.nekia.org/about-nekia.html)
Established in 1966, ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education …
Review Of The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, And The Quest For Balance By Michael Gorman, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, And The Quest For Balance By Michael Gorman, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.