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Full-Text Articles in Library and Information Science
Cooperation In The Commonwealth: Perceptions Of Partnership Initiatives Between Virginia's Academic Health Sciences Libraries And Select (Contiguous) Public Library Systems For The Provision Of Consumer Health Information Services, Jessica Lynn Waugh
Masters Theses
Increasing numbers of Americans are seeking information about health and medicine. The advent of the Internet has ushered in an explosion of resources, but no mediating device to help lay people discern between authoritative current data, opinion pieces or unsubstantiated anecdotes. The field of consumer health is ripe with programs and initiatives designed to address the issue of access and education, but those are often scattered, spottily coordinated, poorly advertised and, in some cases, needlessly duplicated. The formation of robust partnerships between two major entities attempting to provide consumer health information (public libraries and academic health sciences libraries) seems logical …
Dataone: Protecting The Future Of Environmental And Ecological Data., Suzie Allard, P. Cruse, Robert J. Sandusky, Carol Tenopir
Dataone: Protecting The Future Of Environmental And Ecological Data., Suzie Allard, P. Cruse, Robert J. Sandusky, Carol Tenopir
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
Interface, Fall 2009, School Of Information Sciences
Interface, Fall 2009, School Of Information Sciences
Interface Newsletter
Interpreting climate change data and predicting what it could mean to life on earth and the environment that sustains it is an example of a major 21st Century challenge that a wide range of disciplines are working to address. Interdisciplinary efforts to tackle such concerns have been limited by a lack of collaborative tools for communicating and sharing information. The project DataONE (ONE being short for Observation Network for Earth) seeks to alleviate this difficulty by creating a mechanism and cyberinfrastructure through which communities of researchers worldwide can share data.
The Amazing J. Lawrence Cook Of Tennessee, Alan H. Wallace
The Amazing J. Lawrence Cook Of Tennessee, Alan H. Wallace
Other Library Publications and Works
From the SEMLA report of the conference: Alan Wallace of the University of Tennessee gave a presentation on "The Amazing J. Lawrence Cook of Tennessee" that encouraged attendees to broaden their thoughts on the nature of artistic creation and recorded music. J. Lawrence Cook was a composer and arranger who throughout the course of his life created between 15,000 to 20,000 piano rolls for player pianos. Wallace discussed how the piano roll was the most common medium for recording and replaying music in an era before the widespread use of the phonograph and argued that the jazz music Cook cut …
Hidden Conference Gems., Carol Tenopir
Hidden Conference Gems., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Summer is the time for professional conferences. Every librarian knows about the biggest ones--held by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), American Library Association, and International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)--which attract thousands. For those interested in e-content, however, some alternatives provide an opportunity to learn and share in a more intimate environment.
Data Citation, Ua/Sc Wg
Data Citation, Ua/Sc Wg
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
Selector As Entrepreneur (Panel Presentation For New Selectors And Selecting In New Subjects: Meeting The Challenges), Linda L. Phillips
Selector As Entrepreneur (Panel Presentation For New Selectors And Selecting In New Subjects: Meeting The Challenges), Linda L. Phillips
Other Library Publications and Works
Collection building in the digital age aims to create a collection of "freely accessible, integrated, and comprehensive record of serious scholarship and knowledge." Library collections are broadly defined as all the resources libraries make available to users—items purchased, locally created or reformatted digital materials, subject guides, social networking tools, and content freely accessible in digital collections around the world. New selectors must master several enduring skills related to collection policy, management of print and digital resources, budget management, and liaison with clientele. An entrepreneurial approach to collection building and liaison requires an understanding of the digital library context and diverse …
Walking The Walk: A Path To Support Open Access Publishing [Poster], Linda L. Phillips, Donna Braquet
Walking The Walk: A Path To Support Open Access Publishing [Poster], Linda L. Phillips, Donna Braquet
Other Library Publications and Works
Scholarly communication is the lifeblood of universities. Threats to the free flow of research and ideas continue to jeopardize the entire academy; however administrators, scholars, and librarians are now pursuing options to reclaim research produced in the academy's domain. One way to do this is with Open Access. Open Access has been a topic of interest and intense depabe for academic librarians. Ways to create awareness about and encourage publication in Open Access journals have been discussed at library conferences for the better part of the decade. But what is the next step? What happens when the library's promotion pays …
The Value Gap., Carol Tenopir
The Value Gap., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
It is more important than ever, suggested several companies in the annual Database Marketplace Survey, to measure collection use fully and better evaluate the value of the library to its constituencies. Strategies range from focusing on usage statistics to guide collection development to measuring (and improving) users' perceptions of the library.
University Of Tennessee Libraries Website Focus Groups 2009, Debbie Valine
University Of Tennessee Libraries Website Focus Groups 2009, Debbie Valine
Other Library Publications and Works
In June 2009 the UT Libraries conducted focus groups with graduate students, undergraduate students, and faculty. The purpose of the focus groups was to help guide implementation of the Primo search and delivery platform and associated redesign of the Libraries' website. The objectives of the focus groups were to gather information to help the design team determine: what information should be most prominent on the website homepage, what other design elements should be incorporated into the homepage design, and what resources do users want to search from the main search box and how should those resources be labeled?
Interdisciplinary Science And Its Impact On Information Professionals., Carol Tenopir
Interdisciplinary Science And Its Impact On Information Professionals., Carol Tenopir
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
A Rough Road Ahead., Carol Tenopir
A Rough Road Ahead., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
As libraries and the institutions that fund them prepare their 2010 budgets, things look grim. Both the Association of Research Libraries and the International Coalition of Library Consortia have issued statements calling on scholarly publishers to work with libraries to find common ground on materials pricing in a prolonged period of economic downturn. In response, database companies that sell mostly to libraries are preparing a variety of strategies to cope with their customers' budget pressures.
Back To The Scriptorium: Amid Budget Woes, Vendors And Librarians Find A Common Purpose, Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Jill E. Grogg
Back To The Scriptorium: Amid Budget Woes, Vendors And Librarians Find A Common Purpose, Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Jill E. Grogg
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Picture medieval monks hunched over their desks in the scriptorium as they labor to copy manuscripts. A 21st-century version of this activity is being repeated daily in the world's libraries and publishing houses as major digitization projects seek to preserve millions of printed books and documents. The work of medieval scribes ensured that the classics were available when the invention of movable type and the printing press made books accessible to the masses, transforming the world. Today's laborers are hunched over digitization equipment, but their goal is the same: copying and preserving resources so they are available now and into …
Information On The Go., Carol Tenopir
Information On The Go., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Libraries and publishers are busy redesigning and formatting content while introducing new services to make the best use of handhelds. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the 2009 Association of College and Research Libraries recent meeting.
Interface, Spring 2009, School Of Information Sciences
Interface, Spring 2009, School Of Information Sciences
Interface Newsletter
The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is experiencing a resurgence this year as its new board of directors infuses the organization with new life, a refined mission and bylaws, and an outreach agenda that sets it on a course for national preeminence. Humanities Tennessee, a grant-making organization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, already considers the CCYAL a well-established and effective regional advocate for children’s literature and the related intellectual capital, according to acting director Dr. Jinx Watson.
Reaching The Net Gen., Carol Tenopir
Reaching The Net Gen., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Socioeconomic skewing Opening keynote speaker John Palfrey (faculty codirector, Berkman Institute for Internet and Society; professor, Harvard Law School; and coauthor of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives ) warned that "one [wrong] perception...is that all young people use technology in the same way and that adults don't use technology." The information tap Within the young, tech-aware group, Palfrey pointed out certain concrete and distinct patterns of information-seeking behavior that signal real change. Because members of this group see their digital identity as merged with their total identity in a "converged environment," they can toggle easily between …
Decision Methods For Virtual Knowledge Collaboration, Barbara I. Dewey
Decision Methods For Virtual Knowledge Collaboration, Barbara I. Dewey
Other Library Publications and Works
Virtual models of knowledge collaboration and access abound in research libraries, but as we move into the 21st century we are developing new ways for strategically advancing knowledge collaboration more broadly and creatively within the research library context. Three areas will be addressed as examples of decision models. First, collaborative decision making to create knowledge rich organizational structures will be discussed. Second, creation of new forms of knowledge through virtual publication by collaboration will be reviewed. Third, development of collaborative learning, teaching, and research spaces will be addressed. Conclusions encompass future-oriented models for knowledge collaboration and access which transcend individuals …
Through Any Means Available: Connecting People With Scholarship, Barbara I. Dewey
Through Any Means Available: Connecting People With Scholarship, Barbara I. Dewey
Other Library Publications and Works
This presentation focuses on the 21st century research library's role for connecting people to scholarship. Meeting this challenge requires new organizational strategies, communication techniques, funding approaches, and pedagogies to enable students, faculty, scholars, and alumni to connect to they resources they need to be successful throughout their life. Connecting means locating, using, creating, and interacting and is active rather than passive. It goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the library the campus, and even higher education. Connecting means exposing the world to the intellectual output of the university community. In order to thrive the research library must focus on the …
Visualize The Perfect Search., Carol Tenopir
Visualize The Perfect Search., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
The lifetime work of Ben Shneiderman, founder of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland, suggests that combining visualization with interactivity allows researchers to discover, not just retrieve. Visualization approaches use the content of the database or digital library to guide interface choices.
Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery Of Locally Created Content, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Marie Garrett, Linda L. Phillips
Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery Of Locally Created Content, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Marie Garrett, Linda L. Phillips
Other Library Publications and Works
This presentation offers a simple illustration of the ways html code, metadata tagging and other strategies enable content discovery. It contains examples that can be understood by anyone familiar with a bibliographic record. Librarians who grasp these concepts will be well-prepared to convince faculty that the library is both a safe and sustainable archive for their work, and that placing content with the library is more likely to lead to its discovery than any personal web space.
Egovernment & Icts: An Examination Of Spain’S Information Infrastructure, Kynita Stringer-Stanback
Egovernment & Icts: An Examination Of Spain’S Information Infrastructure, Kynita Stringer-Stanback
Other Library Publications and Works
This paper was presented at the iConference in Chapel Hill on February 9, 2009. The paper examines the Information Infrastructure of Spain.
A New-Old Role For Libraries., Carol Tenopir
A New-Old Role For Libraries., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Tenopir discusses the the Nov 2008 annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition--"The Best of Times, the Worst of Times." The discussions at Charleston focused on preserving born-digital materials, not just digitizing old analog or print items.
Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Sheri Edwards, Lei Wu
Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Sheri Edwards, Lei Wu
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
By tracking the information-seeking and reading patterns of science, technology, medical and social science faculty members from 1977 to the present, this paper seeks to examine how faculty members locate, obtain, read, and use scholarly articles and how this has changed with the widespread availability of electronic journals and journal alternatives.
Balancing Outreach And Privacy In Facebook: Five Guiding Decisions Points, Peter Fernandez
Balancing Outreach And Privacy In Facebook: Five Guiding Decisions Points, Peter Fernandez
UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications
The purpose of this paper is to highlight five decision points intended to serve as guideposts for librarians attempting to conceptualize their own efforts within Facebook.
Volunteer Voices: Tennessee's Collaborative Digitization Program, Tiffani Conner, Ken Middleton, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Andy Carter
Volunteer Voices: Tennessee's Collaborative Digitization Program, Tiffani Conner, Ken Middleton, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Andy Carter
UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications
This article provides an overview of Volunteer Voices, Tennessee’s statewide digitization program. The authors focus on the three-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant that provided the foundation for future growth of the digitization program. In addition to an overview of the content selection, metadata issues, software selection, digital preservation, and K-12 education emphasis of the grant project, the article includes a detailed description of the work done by the digitization and content specialists from across the state who selected and scanned items. The article concludes with a look at post-grant efforts to promote the sustainability …
The Growth Of Journals Publishing, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
The Growth Of Journals Publishing, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
For the last 60 years, scholarly journals have witnessed unprecedented growth, controversy and change. Since the late 1940s, the number of scholarly journals has increased sharply, with hundreds of new titles and new topics being introduced each decade. Beginning in the late 1960s and especially since the 1990s, the form of journals has been transformed into digital versions that speed both access and delivery of articles to readers and provide enhanced functionality. E-journals are now more popular with libraries and readers than their print counterparts, although both forms continue to coexist for a majority of titles. This combination of more …
What Libraries And Information Professionals Can Learn From Knowledge And Project Management, Edwin Cortez, Monica Colon-Aguirre
What Libraries And Information Professionals Can Learn From Knowledge And Project Management, Edwin Cortez, Monica Colon-Aguirre
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Few professions have seen as rapid change over the past several decades as the field of library and information science (LIS), due mainly to information technologies. Computers not only provide the backbone of today’s libraries and information agencies, but they are also changing in fundamental ways how these organizations operate. Dennis Lee et al., in their article “Critical Skills and Knowledge Requirements of IS Professionals” (1995), espouse the view that these changes in information technologies and their use create different demands on and new expectations for the jobs of information professionals in such organizations as libraries and other information environments. …