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Working With Your Whole Campus To Create An Institutional Repository, Jane Costanza, Beatrice L. Caraway
Working With Your Whole Campus To Create An Institutional Repository, Jane Costanza, Beatrice L. Caraway
Library Faculty Research
This session demonstrates various uses of an institutional repository: showcasing student work, archiving images from student theatrical productions, scanning and archiving the student newspaper, and providing campus-wide access to the university s policies, for example. Such projects respond to and shape the changing role of paraprofessionals in the library, but success requires collaboration with other campus units.
Voting With Your Hands: Gis And Experiential Learning, Jeremy W. Donald
Voting With Your Hands: Gis And Experiential Learning, Jeremy W. Donald
Library Faculty Research
Experiential learning is a trend in liberal arts colleges. Students are increasingly asked to learn by tackling problems beyond the classroom, often in the context of the local community. This can mean knowing how to apply technology and quantitative data to analyze and understand a problem, and GIS is a powerful tool for place- and data-based analysis. In concert with the chairs of the Political Science and Sociology departments, the GIS librarian at Trinity University developed a plan for teaching GIS in a semester-long flagship course on election statistics and redistricting in Bexar county. Course design provided users with early …
The Usability Study And Change: Pain, Process, And Predictions A Supplementary Update To The Usability Study Of The Coates Library Website: Final Report, Benjamin R. Harris
The Usability Study And Change: Pain, Process, And Predictions A Supplementary Update To The Usability Study Of The Coates Library Website: Final Report, Benjamin R. Harris
Library Faculty Research
This supplementary report details the completion, submission, and reception of The Usability Study of the Coates Library Website: Final Report. The update includes a catalog of website revisions conducted in summer 2005, many of which were direct responses to the findings of the study. Further, commentary is provided on usability study theory and practice that may be helpful to others conducting similar research methods.
Digital Commons: Starting An Institutional Repository At A Small University, Christopher W. Nolan
Digital Commons: Starting An Institutional Repository At A Small University, Christopher W. Nolan
Library Faculty Research
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The Usability Study Of The Coates Library Website: Final Report, Benjamin R. Harris
The Usability Study Of The Coates Library Website: Final Report, Benjamin R. Harris
Library Faculty Research
Philosophies underlying web design principles and the usability of web architecture change over time. What worked 5 years ago may be irrelevant today, and design fads quickly come and go. Therefore, it is helpful to conduct research studies in the usability and design of web pages to determine how these resources continue to perform well and what areas require revision or would benefit from improvement. After a number of revisions and after two years in its current iteration, a usability study of the Coates Library website would give librarians and web team members the opportunity to evaluate the site. In …