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The Identity Complex: The Portrayal Of Archivists In Film, Anne Daniel, Amanda Oliver Dec 2015

The Identity Complex: The Portrayal Of Archivists In Film, Anne Daniel, Amanda Oliver

Anne Daniel

When Obi-Wan Kenobi speaks to the Jedi Archives’ archivist in Stars Wars: Attack of the Clones he is informed that if a record is not in their archives it does not exist.[i] The archivist is stern, terse and absolute in her belief in the completeness of her records. This interaction presents an unwelcoming image of archives and archivists, and is one of many films to present a complex image of archivists.
Previous research focusing on the representation of archivists suggests that the archival profession has an image problem. Randall C. Jimerson states that, “The problem which archivists share with …


Exploring Reading Habits And Academic Success In Rural Kenya, Florence Mugambi Nov 2015

Exploring Reading Habits And Academic Success In Rural Kenya, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

This study explores the relationship between reading habits and reading materials, and academic success of primary school students in the Ontulili community of Kenya. The study revealed high levels of satisfaction and contentment among the participants with respect to the availability of resources, reading abilities, educational performance, and overall preparedness for further education; yet, the data pointed to severe scarcity of learning materials, low reading skills, poor infrastructure, below average educational performance, and low preparedness for further education. It was concluded that lack of exposure to relevant reading materials, educational resources, and opportunities leads to subtle contentment alongside individual inability …


Making Institutional Repositories Work: From The Frontlines To The Future, Barbara Tierney, Lee Dotson, Burton Callicott, David Scherer, Andrew Wesolek Nov 2015

Making Institutional Repositories Work: From The Frontlines To The Future, Barbara Tierney, Lee Dotson, Burton Callicott, David Scherer, Andrew Wesolek

Barbara Tierney

Editors of the 2015 Charleston Insights Publication,"Marking Institutional Repositories Work," will discuss some of the major issues surrounding repositories including:  platforms, hosting, discoverability, open access, publishing, and assessment.  Also, members of the University of Central Florida Libraries STARS (Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (http://stars.library.ucf.edu) IR team will focus on winning IR marketing strategies.


Rda: Loss Of Gmd And Changes Regarding Type And Format, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Rda: Loss Of Gmd And Changes Regarding Type And Format, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

The pending decision to move to RDA is still a few months away, but some libraries have already begun following RDA guidelines. AACR2’s general material designation (GMD) is not perpetuated in RDA guidelines. Instead, RDA records define the content of the expression, the medium of the manifestation, and the carrier of the manifestation. This session will discuss the changes that will occur with RDA vocabulary, the issues related to display of the vocabulary particularly as it relates to special formats, and the effect this change may have on the display in the Aleph OPAC and in MnPALS Plus.


Marc Edit Demo, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Marc Edit Demo, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

Have you heard of MARC Edit and wondered what all the fuss is about? Do you have some bibliographic record changes in your catalog you want to fix, but you don’t have global change privileges? Do you have some bibliographic records in Aleph you want to bring up to current standards? Are you getting collection set or vendor MARC files you wish you could massage or modify before you import them into Aleph? This session will provide some case studies with walk through demonstrations addressing some of the questions posed in this description.


Getting Around Rda, Sarah Quimby, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Getting Around Rda, Sarah Quimby, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Cataloging Moving Images With Rda, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Cataloging Moving Images With Rda, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

This ninety-minute presentation will present the RDA: Resource Description and Access core elements and moving image-related elements necessary for most commercially available video recordings, including Blu-rays, DVDs, combo-packs, and streaming or digital video. The point of view will be from an original cataloging standpoint with examples following the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data.


What A Queer Idea: Lgbt Resources For Your Library, Robert Bothmann, Rachel Wexelbaum, Heather Tompkins, Jennifer Hootman, Danya Leebaw, Karen Hogan Nov 2015

What A Queer Idea: Lgbt Resources For Your Library, Robert Bothmann, Rachel Wexelbaum, Heather Tompkins, Jennifer Hootman, Danya Leebaw, Karen Hogan

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Rda: Doa Or A-Ok? A Town Hall Debate, Sarah Quimby, Stephen Hearn, Chris Goetz, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Rda: Doa Or A-Ok? A Town Hall Debate, Sarah Quimby, Stephen Hearn, Chris Goetz, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


It's Not Armageddon: A Practical Guide To Using The New Cataloging Code, Mary Konkel, Adam Schiff, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

It's Not Armageddon: A Practical Guide To Using The New Cataloging Code, Mary Konkel, Adam Schiff, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Oclc Bibnote, Marcedit, & File-90: Birds Of A Feather, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Oclc Bibnote, Marcedit, & File-90: Birds Of A Feather, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Practical Strategies For Cataloging Departments, Rebecca Lubas, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Practical Strategies For Cataloging Departments, Rebecca Lubas, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Batchloading Marc21 Records In Aleph, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Batchloading Marc21 Records In Aleph, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Hitting A Moving Target: Cataloging In An Age Of Emerging Technologies, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Hitting A Moving Target: Cataloging In An Age Of Emerging Technologies, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

Catalogers of yore could rely on the constancy of the handful of formats that were available prior to the digital revolution, knowing that when they woke up each morning a book was still paper and a motion picture was still film. Then one morning things changed and the catalogers of today's world can expect a new quirk every 2-3 months. What do you do when acquisitions gives you slotMusic or some other new-fangled medium to catalog? The PlayAway sound recordings gave you fits and just when you figure it out the PlayAway View comes along. This session will cover some …


An Adjunct Professor's Perspectives On The Skills Lis Students Need And How Practitioners And Educators Can Collaborate To Provide Them, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

An Adjunct Professor's Perspectives On The Skills Lis Students Need And How Practitioners And Educators Can Collaborate To Provide Them, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

Panelists discuss what skills are needed for the next generation cataloger/metadata professional.


Cataloging Media With Rda Session, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

Cataloging Media With Rda Session, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

This program will emphasize the OCLC MARC elements of RDA for cataloging audio visual materials including music and spoken word CD’s, blu-rays, DVD’s, and console games. All the updates and changes in the past year will be included.


File-90 Bib Loader, Robert Bothmann Nov 2015

File-90 Bib Loader, Robert Bothmann

Bobby Bothmann

No abstract provided.


Success! Assessment In Action And Its Impact On Four Academic Libraries, Lisa Massengale, Heather Jagman, Amy Glass, Stephanie Bluemle Oct 2015

Success! Assessment In Action And Its Impact On Four Academic Libraries, Lisa Massengale, Heather Jagman, Amy Glass, Stephanie Bluemle

Heather Jagman

This panel will provide an overview of Assessment in Action learning projects, which assessed library impact on student learning. Augustana College studied the effect of using original primary materials on first-year students’ information literacy and critical thinking skills. DePaul University investigated how independent learning activities allowed first year students to articulate how the library contributed to their success. Illinois Central College looked at library instruction’s impact on student success within sections of Composition ENG 111 (Composition II) courses. Illinois Institute of Technology examined whether intensity of library usage affected undergraduate student success.


Climbing The Mountain On The Quest For Success: Adventures In First-Year Librarianship, Laurie Aycock, Christina Holm, Amanda Albert Oct 2015

Climbing The Mountain On The Quest For Success: Adventures In First-Year Librarianship, Laurie Aycock, Christina Holm, Amanda Albert

Laurie Aycock

It is easy to view the transition from student or paraprofessional to librarian as the end of a journey. While in reality, this transition is more analogous to a hiker reaching the summit of a mountain. At first the hiker is filled with a sense of relief and victory - which quickly fades as the hiker realizes that the trail continues. This panel will discuss three differing perspectives on the first-year librarian experience. Discussion topics include the ambiguity of job requirements, uncertainties regarding personal abilities, shifting administrator expectations, and coping with feeling both under- and overwhelmed. This discussion will demystify …


Sources As Topoi: Making A Place For Information Literacy, Grace Veach Aug 2015

Sources As Topoi: Making A Place For Information Literacy, Grace Veach

Grace Veach

See presentation description.


Introduction And Opening Remarks, Ann Connolly Jul 2015

Introduction And Opening Remarks, Ann Connolly

Ann Connolly

No abstract provided.


Cats As Detectives In Library Mysteries, Mary Freier Jul 2015

Cats As Detectives In Library Mysteries, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

Cats have become ubiquitous as detectives or detective assistants in twenty-first century mysteries, although the trend began with the “The Cat Who” books, the first of which was published in the nineteen-sixties. Cats have a fine history in the detective genre, but current depictions of cats as detectives include the cats conversing with other animals and even the human detective in the novel. Some of these cats possess supernatural abilities, and even those who don't possess impressive intelligence. Cats are notorious, of course, for being curious, and the librarians who function as amateur sleuths are similar in this regard. Some …


Rare Books In Detective Fiction: Information As Object, Mary Freier Jul 2015

Rare Books In Detective Fiction: Information As Object, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

Library mysteries written since 1970 often depict intrigue surrounding the theft or threatened theft of rare books. Charles Goodrum, a director of the Library of Congress, once wrote that when he decided to write a mystery novel set in a library, he spent an evening coming up with ideas for such a novel. He said that he came up with dozens, but settled on a plot about rare book theft because he thought it would be more accessible to general readers. Many other mystery writers have made the same decision. Although these mysteries are often considered library mysteries and frequently …


Developing Collecting Areas Through Digital Surrogate Donations: Are The Benefits Worth The Risks?, Kevin C. Miller Jun 2015

Developing Collecting Areas Through Digital Surrogate Donations: Are The Benefits Worth The Risks?, Kevin C. Miller

Kevin C. Miller

Special collections librarians at small or medium sized institutions may lack the resources required to build new collecting areas or further enrich the collecting areas mandated by their mission. As one measure to overcome this challenge at Pepperdine University, we are experimenting with an approach that we call “digital surrogate” donations. In these cases, we work with donors to create digital surrogates—typically scans of images or texts—of select physical materials with which donors are not quite ready to part. Per a modified donor agreement, the digital surrogate collections are then made available to researchers through our digital archive and open …


Grey Literature At The Cummings Cummings Center For The History Of Psychology, A Case Study, Jodi Kearns, Cathy Faye Jun 2015

Grey Literature At The Cummings Cummings Center For The History Of Psychology, A Case Study, Jodi Kearns, Cathy Faye

Jodi Kearns, PhD

No abstract provided.


Learning From Degree-Seeking Older Adult Students In A University Library, Marilia Antunez, Mary Aagard, Jaime Sand May 2015

Learning From Degree-Seeking Older Adult Students In A University Library, Marilia Antunez, Mary Aagard, Jaime Sand

Marilia Y. Antunez, MLS, MA

No abstract provided.


2013 Availability Study, Sanjeet Mann May 2015

2013 Availability Study, Sanjeet Mann

Sanjeet Mann

Data set from electronic resource availability study conducted in 2013 at Armacost Library, University of Redlands, finding that 346 of 400 (86.5%) of items were available in print, online or through interlibrary loan.


Best Practices For Undergraduate Research, Susan Cole, Martin Kelly, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms May 2015

Best Practices For Undergraduate Research, Susan Cole, Martin Kelly, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms

Martin F Kelly III (Marty Kelly)

Undergraduate research initiatives are cropping up at institutions across the country, highlighting the need for undergraduate publication venues. Colleges and universities are finding that publishing undergraduate work not only completes the research cycle for emerging scholars; it also showcases the quality of an institution’s student work to prospective students and their parents, as well as to prospective faculty members.

At Colby College, Suzi Cole, Scholarly Resources & Services, Sciences Librarian, and Martin Kelly, Assistant Director for Digital Collections, collaborate with the Environmental Studies program to publish the Colby Environmental Assessment Team’s projects in Digital Commons @ Colby, in addition to …


Creating Library And Academic Insiders Through Collaborative Reflective Writing, Heather Jagman Apr 2015

Creating Library And Academic Insiders Through Collaborative Reflective Writing, Heather Jagman

Heather Jagman

Reflection papers can be an effective way to invite students to connect personal experiences to new academic experiences, and reinforce their identity as successful members of the academic community. Results of a co-curricular assessment project demonstrate how students can contribute to their own information literacy and academic success.


The Half Time Report: Measuring Success And Maintaining Momentum, Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Michael Organ Apr 2015

The Half Time Report: Measuring Success And Maintaining Momentum, Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Michael Organ

Michael Organ

In this session, Stephanie Davis-Kahl (Illinois Wesleyan University), Michael Organ (University of Wollongong), and Jean-Gabriel Bankier (bepress) presented around the following topics: Measuring success Reviewing and evaluating needs and goals Setting your next milestone Stephanie Davis-Kahl: A recent redesign DigitalCommons@IWU has gotten Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Scholarly Communications Librarian and Associate Professor, thinking about where they are now and where to go next. Here she’ll discuss their original goals, how they’ve measured and shared their success, what lessons they’ve learned along the way, and how they’ll be moving forward with their initiative. Michael Organ: With nearly 50,000 submissions and ten million downloads, …