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The Favored Queen, By Carolly Erickson, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of The Favored Queen, by Carolly Erickson.

Book Review: The Favored Queen, By Carolly Erickson, Sarah Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of The Favored Queen, by Carolly Erickson.

The Winter Palace, By Eva Stachniak, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of The Winter Palace, by Eva Stachniak.

Book Review: The Favored Queen, By Carolly Erickson, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of The Favored Queen, by Carolly Erickson.

Book Review: The Winter Palace, By Eva Stachniak, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of The Winter Palace, by Eva Stachniak.

Book Review: The Winter Palace, By Eva Stachniak, Sarah Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of The Winter Palace, by Eva Stachniak.

Book Donations: Trash Or Treasure?, Bradley Tolppanen, Janice Derr

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book donations are a mainstay of collection building. Gifts can range in scope from a few items dropped off by a patron to a large donation that requires a team of people to retrieve. The items themselves may also vary from the kind you want to send out a press release praising to the kind you want to quietly put in the book sale pile. Receiving donations can be considered either an exceptional tool for developing the collection or a time-consuming reallocation of library resources that could be spent ordering and processing new materials. This poster session will consider the …

Book Donations: Trash Or Treasure?, Bradley P. Tolppanen, Janice Derr

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book donations are a mainstay of collection building. Gifts can range in scope from a few items dropped off by a patron to a large donation that requires a team of people to retrieve. The items themselves may also vary from the kind you want to send out a press release praising to the kind you want to quietly put in the book sale pile. Receiving donations can be considered either an exceptional tool for developing the collection or a time-consuming reallocation of library resources that could be spent ordering and processing new materials. This poster session will consider the …

Empowering Innovation, Stacey Knight-Davis

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

I Want That! [Poster], John Whisler, Stacey Knight-Davis, Ellen Kathryn Corrigan

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Title of poster session: I Want That! Letting Patrons Request On-Order Materials

Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University has traditionally displayed bibliographic records in its online catalog for materials that are in the acquisition and cataloging process, resulting in patrons often discovering desirable materials that are not yet available. To speed these materials through the acquisition and cataloging processes and into the hands of eager users, we designed a web link in each bibliographic record that patrons can use to request notification when the item is available for use. The technology is simple, the workflow manageable, and the good will …

I Want That! [Poster], John Whisler, Stacey Knight-Davis, Ellen Corrigan

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Title of poster session: I Want That! Letting Patrons Request On-Order MaterialsBooth Library at Eastern Illinois University has traditionally displayed bibliographic records in its online catalog for materials that are in the acquisition and cataloging process, resulting in patrons often discovering desirable materials that are not yet available. To speed these materials through the acquisition and cataloging processes and into the hands of eager users, we designed a web link in each bibliographic record that patrons can use to request notification when the item is available for use. The technology is simple, the workflow manageable, and the good will generated …

Empowering Innovation, Stacey Knight-Davis

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

In January of 2011, Booth Library was the recipient of a Technology Improvement Award for the purchase of a new Web server. With a new enterprise-class server, it was possible to have several virtual machines running on one physical server. Using virtualization, we are able to run Microsoft Server 2008 and Ubuntu Linux as separate virtual machines on the same computer. The Linux environment is host to several open-source projects, such as call number mapping and Facebook applications. This project has been funded in part with Federal Funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of …

Adventures In Marketing: Tales Of A New Librarian, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

I began working at Booth Library in February 2011 as liaison librarian for the Biological Sciences and Chemistry departments. Prior to my arrival, faculty of these departments had not been interacting actively with the library, and students from these departments had not been receiving library instruction geared toward their field of study. Considering discussions I had in library school and following suggestions from my fellow librarians, I created an action plan to introduce myself to these departments.

Localizing Open Access Articles In Pubmed, Stacey Knight-Davis

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Eastern Illinois University uses PubMed’s LinkOut to display “Free Full Text” articles, most of which are Open Access, as part of their collection in PubMed. This presentation will explain how the LinkOut process works, adding a library icon to open access journals in PubMed, and managing LinkOut with a SFX Link Resolver.

Localizing Open Access Articles In Pubmed, Stacey Knight-Davis

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Eastern Illinois University uses PubMed’s LinkOut to display “Free Full Text” articles, most of which are Open Access, as part of their collection in PubMed. This presentation will explain how the LinkOut process works, adding a library icon to open access journals in PubMed, and managing LinkOut with a SFX Link Resolver.

Caleb's Crossing, By Geraldine Brooks, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of Caleb's Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks.

Book Review: Caleb's Crossing, By Geraldine Brooks, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of Caleb's Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks.

Book Review: Caleb's Crossing, By Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Book review of Caleb's Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks.

Past Perfect: Historical Fiction And Readers' Advisory Service, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Historical fiction is currently undergoing a renaissance in popularity among readers. However, many questions surround this wide-ranging yet complex genre. How do readers and librarians define historical fiction? Who reads it, why do people choose it, and what do readers expect when they read a historical novel? How can it be found within library collections, given that it's such a broad category? Answers to these questions are discussed, along with an overview of the diverse subgenres of historical fiction. Numerous examples of benchmark titles and authors are provided for each subgenre. Appeal factors for historical fiction, hot topics and themes, …

Xerxes At Uw-Madison, Todd Bruns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Since implementing MetaLib in 2005, UW-Madison Libraries have focused on continual improvements in resource discovery. The most recent project for improving user access was the acquisition of Xerxes software, an open-source interface for MetaLib. This presentation describes the decision for acquiring Xerxes and the process of implementation at the UW-Madison campus, including UW-Madison additions to Xerxes such as a "value added" area which highlights resources/librarians and programming code that improves the Xerxes "By Title" search.

The presentation was given using Apple Keynote software. This is a PDF of the slides.

Xerxes At Uw-Madison, Todd Bruns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Since implementing MetaLib in 2005, UW-Madison Libraries have focused on continual improvements in resource discovery. The most recent project for improving user access was the acquisition of Xerxes software, an open-source interface for MetaLib. This presentation describes the decision for acquiring Xerxes and the process of implementation at the UW-Madison campus, including UW-Madison additions to Xerxes such as a "value added" area which highlights resources/librarians and programming code that improves the Xerxes "By Title" search. The presentation was given using Apple Keynote software. This is a PDF of the slides.

Resources For Diverse Women In Science, Technology, And Math, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

This handout highlights library resources for women in the fields of science, technology, and mathematics.

Book Review: What They Don't Teach You In Library School, Todd Bruns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Review Of Open Access: What You Need To Know Now, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The scholarly publishing crisis is by no means a new concept. The rising cost of journals has been pricing libraries out of subscriptions for years now. This crunch on libraries’ acquisitions budgets has led many people to rethink the traditional publishing model. Enter the open access (OA) movement. Use of the term “open access” dates back almost a decade, but the field continues to evolve. In this new work, Walt Crawford organizes a clear and succinct introduction to and overview of OA, covering concepts related to OA journals, publishing, and repositories. Now retired, Crawford was a senior analyst at Research …

Review Of Open Access: What You Need To Know Now, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The scholarly publishing crisis is by no means a new concept. The rising cost of journals has been pricing libraries out of subscriptions for years now. This crunch on libraries’ acquisitions budgets has led many people to rethink the traditional publishing model. Enter the open access (OA) movement. Use of the term “open access” dates back almost a decade, but the field continues to evolve. In this new work, Walt Crawford organizes a clear and succinct introduction to and overview of OA, covering concepts related to OA journals, publishing, and repositories. Now retired, Crawford was a senior analyst at Research …

Review Of No Shelf Required: E-Books In Libraries, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

What is the next generation of reading? Adult e-book reader ownership doubled in the United States between November 2010 and May 2011 from 6% to 12%, according to a June 2011 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. Librarians understand the need to provide the material their patrons want via the medium their patrons desire. The e-book medium, however, is relatively new, and it is taking librarians and publishers time and practice to understand how to incorporate e-books into library collections.

Review Of No Shelf Required: E-Books In Libraries, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

What is the next generation of reading? Adult e-book reader ownership doubled in the United States between November 2010 and May 2011 from 6% to 12%, according to a June 2011 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. Librarians understand the need to provide the material their patrons want via the medium their patrons desire. The e-book medium, however, is relatively new, and it is taking librarians and publishers time and practice to understand how to incorporate e-books into library collections.