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Bibliobouts, Karen Markey, Christopher Leeder, Amy R. Hofer
Bibliobouts, Karen Markey, Christopher Leeder, Amy R. Hofer
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article reviews the online social game BiblioBouts from the University of Michigan.
Free Is The Best Price: Building Your Collection Of Primary Sources With Free, Online, Digital Collections, Joan Petit
Free Is The Best Price: Building Your Collection Of Primary Sources With Free, Online, Digital Collections, Joan Petit
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This session focused on the extensive range of open access, online collections available through the digitization efforts of libraries, museums, and archives. The issues discussed included how librarians can find and evaluate these collections and improve user access to them by adding them to library collections.
Technology In Practice. Information Literacy 2.0, Meredith G. Farkas
Technology In Practice. Information Literacy 2.0, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article the author discusses critical inquiry and information literacy instruction in light of changes in information dissemination due to digital technology and social media. She emphasizes the impact of such changes for libraries and librarians, addressing information searching skills, networking skills, and professional development for librarians.
Can We Agree Terms? Shaping Techniques For Electronic Resource Management As A Model Of Best Practice, Graham Stone, Jill Emery
Can We Agree Terms? Shaping Techniques For Electronic Resource Management As A Model Of Best Practice, Graham Stone, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Back in 2008, Jill Emery, then at the University of Texas, now at Portland State and Graham Stone from the University and Huddersfield started a discussion about e-resource management.
(The Universal Interrogative Participle) Is Going On With The Authors Guild?, Emily Ford
(The Universal Interrogative Participle) Is Going On With The Authors Guild?, Emily Ford
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article discusses the copyright lawsuit filed by Authors Guild Inc. against HathiTrust Digital Repository Inc., an organization that is collaboratively sharing and archiving digitized works. The lawsuit claimed that the organization is making copyright infringements as well as surpasses the rights allowed by the Fair Use and preservation of the copyright law. A brief overview of the parties involved in the lawsuit are provided.
Twitter And Facebook For User Collection Requests, Joan Petit
Twitter And Facebook For User Collection Requests, Joan Petit
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Libraries are offering more services through social media Web sites like Twitter and Facebook, and this presence online is encouraging more conversation between libraries and patrons, including collection development requests. A review of popular Twitter and Facebook library profiles reveals the most successful accounts to be those where the library actively engages its users online. Through these media, libraries can have direct, immediate conversations with patrons that result in patron-initiated material requests.
Heard On The Net: Fear And Self-Loathing In Libraryland, Jill Emery
Heard On The Net: Fear And Self-Loathing In Libraryland, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This column explores the argument that the future of librarianship is in peril, and hope is futile and librarians are not doing enough to maintain our professional relevance in the 21st century.
Technology In Practice. Open Source, Open Mind, Meredith G. Farkas
Technology In Practice. Open Source, Open Mind, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article the author discusses the evaluation of open source software and proprietary software licensing and development for use in libraries. Information is presented on considerations librarians can make when determining whether to use open source options, including the robustness of the open source project, the quality of support for open source software, and library staff expertise.
Technology In Practice. Tutorials That Matter: Learning Objects In The Library Instruction Program, Meredith G. Farkas
Technology In Practice. Tutorials That Matter: Learning Objects In The Library Instruction Program, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article the author discusses the benefits of library online tutorials. She suggests that while many academic libraries offer online learning tools for patrons, such as interactive sessions and online versions of paper handouts, many other libraries do not recognize the potential impact of online tutorials. Topics include the replacement of face-to-face instruction due to slowed staff growth and the Library Online Basic Orientation (LOBO) offered at North Carolina State University.
Heard On The Net: Rambling Through The Web, Jill Emery
Heard On The Net: Rambling Through The Web, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This column explores Amazon's decision to allow Kindle library check-outs of e-books via OverDrive, STM statement regarding authors’ rights, the UNESCO announcement of their Global Access Portal, and the news of the passing of John Merriman.
What Libraries Can Learn From Kanye, Emily Ford
What Libraries Can Learn From Kanye, Emily Ford
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
What can libraries learn from Kanye West. The presentation focuses on three things that Kanye West does really well and what libraries and library workers should do more of. The video of Emily's presentation is located here: http://vimeo.com/25485191
A Librarian In The Land Of The Pharaohs, Joan Petit
A Librarian In The Land Of The Pharaohs, Joan Petit
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article presents the author's insights on the transition in her family after moving from Carrboro, North Carolina to Cairo, Egypt, where she will spend her two years working as Reference and Instruction Librarian at the American University in Cairo, Egypt (AUC). The author says that the welcome change in her family was the employment of a part-time housekeeper and nanny. She adds that most of the evenings and weekends of her family were spent at the club, visiting with friends, and relaxing.
Heard On The Net: Ain’T Gonna Work On Charles’* Farm No More, Jill Emery
Heard On The Net: Ain’T Gonna Work On Charles’* Farm No More, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This column explores the lack of investment in middle management by the association of research libraries and looks at how community engagement can result in new ways to develop collections.
Technology In Practice. Too Much Information?, Meredith G. Farkas
Technology In Practice. Too Much Information?, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article discusses personal privacy concerns for libraries in light of the impact of online social networks, social media, and Web 2.0 technologies on the blurred line between private and public information. The author examines the perspectives of members of the public who are in favor of disclosing personal information and those who are against it. He addresses the responsibility of libraries to protect the privacy of their patrons when using social networking sites.
Technology In Practice. Let's Not Borrow Trouble: E-Book Collection Development Requires New Considerations, Meredith G. Farkas
Technology In Practice. Let's Not Borrow Trouble: E-Book Collection Development Requires New Considerations, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article the author addresses various aspects regarding the feasibility of library lending services for electronic books (e-books). She suggests that several conditions make e-books difficult to incorporate into library collections, particularly at academic libraries. Topics include lack of interoperability among e-book reader formats, compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and digital rights management of e-books by publishers and vendors.
Struggling To Juggle: Part-Time Temporary Work In Libraries, Emily Ford
Struggling To Juggle: Part-Time Temporary Work In Libraries, Emily Ford
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article presents the author's view on the benefits and disadvantages of a part-time temporary work in libraries. She states that the advantages include flexibility, gaining experience, and staying in a local area which is advantageous for those who have children. Also, working in more than one library helps one to develop professional relationships with coworkers. Meanwhile, its disadvantages include commuting, exclusion from the work environment, and not being paid on health benefits.
Technology In Practice. Keeping Up, 2.0 Style, Meredith G. Farkas
Technology In Practice. Keeping Up, 2.0 Style, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article discusses the use of RSS feeds, tools for subscribing to web 2.0 content such as blogs and other web content, by researchers and librarians. The author suggests subscribing to the RSS feeds of scholarly journals and database vendors such as EBSCO, ProQuest, and Elsevier in order to locate and read updated web 2.0 information.
A Perspective On Preservation And Disaster Response Preparedness In Oregon Libraries, Alex Toth, Kristen Kern
A Perspective On Preservation And Disaster Response Preparedness In Oregon Libraries, Alex Toth, Kristen Kern
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article, we will examine one collaborative Oregon preservation effort that we believe is both enlightening and instructive for the example that it provides and for the direction that similar efforts may take in the future. The initiative that we have chosen to examine is that of the Disaster Recovery Group (DiRG) established by the Portland Area Library System (PORTALS). PORTALS was a library consortium founded in 1993 to meet the research and educational needs of libraries in the greater Portland area through cooperative and creative access to information resources and services. What made the consortium somewhat unique was …
Threshold Concepts And Information Literacy, Lori Townsend, Korey Brunetti, Amy R. Hofer
Threshold Concepts And Information Literacy, Lori Townsend, Korey Brunetti, Amy R. Hofer
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
What do we teach when we teach information literacy in higher education? This paper describes a pedagogical approach to information literacy that helps instructors focus content around transformative learning thresholds. The threshold concept framework holds promise for librarians because it grounds the instructor in the big ideas and underlying concepts that make information literacy exciting and worth learning about. This paper looks at how this new idea relates to existing standards and posits several threshold concepts for information literacy. This article won the 2013 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the …
A Content Analysis Of The Strategic Plans Of The Coalition Of Urban Serving Universities' Academic Libraries, Thomas Bielavitz
A Content Analysis Of The Strategic Plans Of The Coalition Of Urban Serving Universities' Academic Libraries, Thomas Bielavitz
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
As academic libraries support the curricular mission of the university, the strategic plans of academic libraries often reflect the priorities and initiatives of the larger institution. Urban universities often incorporate concepts of community engagement in their mission. The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (http://www.usucoalition.org), a federation of 43 urban universities, has developed initiatives which seek to establish the university and city as partners. Using the publicly-accessible strategic plans of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) affiliated libraries as a data set, the research will perform a content analysis, using Atlas.ti software, to look for evidence that the libraries are …
Terms: Techniques For Electronic Resource Management, Graham Stone, Jill Emery
Terms: Techniques For Electronic Resource Management, Graham Stone, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Graham Stone, University of Huddersfield, and Jill Emery, Portland State University, have set up TERMS, a project looking at each of the stages in the e-resources cycle. They are inviting review and comment on the blog.