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Mail Order Archives: Starting The Archives At Utah Valley University, Catherine Mcintyre
Mail Order Archives: Starting The Archives At Utah Valley University, Catherine Mcintyre
Catherine McIntyre
This humorous presentation traces the history of Utah Valley University from a vocational school to a university, and tells how the school's first centralized archives was started by an inexperienced librarian who learned a lot about archives from the mail-order catalogs from which she ordered materials.
Investigating Primary Source Literacy, Joanne Archer, Ann Hanlon, Jennie A. Levine
Investigating Primary Source Literacy, Joanne Archer, Ann Hanlon, Jennie A. Levine
Library Faculty Research and Publications
Primary source research requires students to acquire specialized research skills. This paper presents results from a user study testing the effectiveness of a Web guide designed to convey the concepts behind “primary source literacy”. The study also evaluated students’ strengths and weaknesses when conducting primary source research.