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12-2013 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for December 2013.

Library Education And Development Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 2, Uno Library Science Education

Library Education and Development (L.E.A.D.)

This issue of the Library Education and Development Newsletter features Advice from the Frontlines from Betsy Rouse, a Student Spotlight of Krystal Spilger, Announcements, and Professional Development.

Accessing Indigenous Knowledge Resources In Libraries And The Problems Encountered By Librarians Managing Ik In Oyo State, Nigeria, Idowu Adegbilero Adeniyi, Roselyn E. Subair Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this era of knowledge economy, a time where it is difficult to ignore any type of knowledge system, it is incumbent on librarians and libraries to reduce the gap between the use of indigenous knowledge owned by local people and the western scientific knowledge. The library for users is a democracy, and there is no reason it should enhance apartheid among knowledge systems and/or resources. LIS professionals all over the world have demonstrated commendable initiatives managing IK though not without attendant challenges. This paper reports the study of how libraries in Oyo State, Nigeria provide access to IK resources …

10-2013 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2013.

Criss Chronicles, Volume 4, Issue 1, Criss Library

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This edition of Criss Chronicles features the new 3D printer, Criss Library in the Cloud, What Are You Researching? with Professor Chuck Johanningsmeier, OU Stenographic Bureau Printing Samples from the archives, New Resources: Literati by Credo, the Kaneko-UNO Library new technology and book club, From Apprehension to Appreciation int he Osborne Family Gallery, A Conversation with... Nora Hillyer, and a calender of events.

Criss Chronicles, Volume 3, Issue 3, Criss Library

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This edition of Criss Chronicles highlights the new eBook collection, "Step into Foreign Spaces," "What Are You Reading," UNO Theatre Department materials from 1953 in the university archives, Shakespeare-related materials in the library, Innocence in the Osborne Family Gallery, A Conversation With... Shaista Wahab, Copyright Corner, the Kaneko-UNO Library remodel and book club, and a calendar of events.

Global Data Change: Overview, Tips, And Tricks, Julene L. Jones

Julene L. Jones

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Global Data Change: Overview, Tips, And Tricks, Julene L. Jones

Library Presentations

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05-2013 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for May 2013.

Brawling In The Library: Gaming Programs For Impactful Outreach And Instruction At An Academic Library, Angela M. Vanden Elzen, Jacob Roush

Library Publications and Presentations

Academic libraries not only need to focus on instructing students about library resources but also need to actively reach out to them. One way to accomplish this is to integrate gaming into library programming and instruction. The staff of the Lawrence University Seeley G. Mudd Library has been successfully incorporating games into library outreach programming. This article explores the various ways academic libraries have been integrating games into instruction and programming and provides advice and anecdotal evidence from programming experiences at the Seeley G. Mudd Library.

03-2013 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for March 2013.

Criss Chronicles, Volume 3, Issue 2, Criss Library

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This edition of Criss Chronicles highlights Criss Library being the 100th library to adopt WorldShare Management Services(WMS), 300,000 new eBooks, DigitalCommons@UNO, "Future, Beware!" in the Osborne Family Gallery, A Conversation With Emily Rokisky, the Media Lab including new equipment available, a 1910 petition by University of Omaha students opposing a merge with Bellvue College, Copyright Corner, the Kaneko-UNO Library's The Curiosity Review book club, and a calendar of events

Latino Students’ Perceptions Of The Academic Library, Dallas Long

Dallas Long

Library use is strongly linked with student persistence in higher education, and Latino students have lower rates of academic library use and proficiency than other racial/ethnic groups of students. This study explores Latino undergraduate students’ perceptions of the academic library and library staff and identifies the conditions which impede or facilitate the students’ use of the library. Using a multiple case study design, this study describes the experiences and perceptions of undergraduate students who identify as Latino and attend a four-year public research-intensive university in the Midwest. The findings suggest that Latino students use the library through the influence of …

Health Literacy Promotion: Contemporary Conceptualizations And Current Implementations In Canadian Health Librarianship, Nicole K. Dalmer

FIMS Publications

Research questions: What are the current conceptualizations of health literacy, and what strategies are Canadian health librarians in public, academic, and hospital libraries enacting to put health literacy promotion into practice? Data sources: Serving as the basis of this scoping review, library and information science, health sciences, and interdisciplinary databases were searched using key terms relating to health literacy promotion as it relates to services, programming, or resources used in a variety of library settings. A web searched allowed for the inclusion of grey literature sources. Study selection: Data sources were searched using a combination of subject headings …

Envisioning A Literacy Partnership: The University Of Nebraska At Omaha’S Criss Library And Girls Inc., Joyce Neujahr, Nora Hillyer, Melissa Cast-Brede

Criss Library Faculty Publications

The history of academic library involvement in service learning is varied. This paper provides an overview of service learning and the literature on academic libraries’ participation in service learning activities. A vision of service learning participation is described, as well as the implementation of service learning activities in two library science courses. Strategies for future library contributions to service learning are presented to encourage more widespread involvement across the profession.

Planning A Reading And Discussion Series In An Academic Library, Rebecca Arzola

Publications and Research

Planning a reading series for an academic library takes an initial investment of time, energy and attention to detail. When you consider all the elements involved with planning and executing a reading, the initial investment of time and effort to devise a smoothly run event series is well worth the results. It can be as creative a venture as you have time for. Do what is comfortable for you

Doing More With Less: Exploring Batch Processing And Outsourcing In Academic Libraries., Patrick Roth, Jeffrey Daniels

Patrick Roth