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Wsuls 2006 Annual Report, Wayne State University Library System

Library Publications

2006 Annual Report includes: Message from the Dean; IMLS Grant to Recruit 21st Century Librarians; Library System Expands Open Access to Scholarly Communications; LISP Moves Up in Grad School Rankings; LISP Recognized for Excellence in Distance Education; LIS Faculty Judith J. Field Honored with John Cotton Dana Award; LISP Hosts Kuwaiti Professor; LISP Names 2006 Distinguished Alumna and Distinguished Professional; DALNET Makes VA Archives Available to Public; The First-Ever National Rock & Roll Library Tour Featuring the High Strung; Legal Writing and Research Modules; WSULS Digital Collection Comes to Life in Detroit Historical Museum Exhibition; First-Year Experience Web Page; Michigan …

Collaborating With Community Partners To Provide Health Information In Arabic, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Annette M. Healy

Library Scholarly Publications

Locating quality consumer health information in languages other than English can be challenging in a complex electronic information environment. Locating consumer health information in Arabic is especially difficult. At present, electronic health information in Arabic is limited in scope, not easily accessible, and poorly organized. An academic medical library collaborated with community partners to identify and bring together multiple sources of Arabic language health information in one convenient location. As a result, over 80 electronic Arabic language health materials are organized and available via the World Wide Web for health information seekers to access, view, and print. This paper will …

Africana Resources In Four Selected U.S. Academic Research Libraries, Afeworki Paulos, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Purpose – To explore the relationship between the importance of African Studies programs and the acquisition of African imprint titles in four selected American academic libraries.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the characteristics of the African Studies programs in four universities in comparison with library holdings including the percentage of holdings from four major English-language African publishers.

Finding -- The four research libraries acquire substantial numbers of African monographs in keeping with the importance of their African Studies programs.

Originality/value – The paper provides information on major four African Studies programs and the library holdings that support them.

Beyond Assessment: Transcending The Tragedy Of The Commons, D. Russell Bailey

Library Commons Basics

An introduction to the concept of the Information Commons in libraries.

The Father Of Triz- As We Know Him- A Short Biography Of Genrich Altshuller, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

The life of Genrich Altshuller, the father of TRIZ as we know him, is an inspiration to all TRIZ lovers. His startup as a patent clerk, extreme struggles in the prisons of Gulag, and great inventions on TRIZ are interesting to anybody who likes to know about the great soul.

Virtual Evidence: Analyze The Footsteps Of Your Users, Win Shih

Win Shih

This paper presents a study of Web Crawler activities based upon Web access logs from the Web site of an academic library. It further compares crawler behavior with that of regular human visitors. The results provide practical insights and foster a culture of evidencebased practice for better managing network-based resources and maintaining a reliable IT infrastructure.

Working With Generation-D: Adopting And Adapting To Cultural Learning And Change, Win Shih, Martha Allen

Win Shih

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the expectations and needs of Generation Y students for higher education specifically targeting issues relating to libraries and library management. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a brief overview of Generation Y personality traits and characteristics. This is followed by a discussion of organizational culture, explaining how to effectively adapt to meet the expectations of the Generation Y students. Two academic libraries’ programs designed to meet the needs of the new learners are discussed. Findings – The paper recognizes the need to address the challenges of the new learners from all levels of library …

A Brave New Web: Health Informatics And The Emergence New Technologies, Win Shih

Win Shih

The sky-rocketing evolution of web technologies and standards has fueled development of a raft of highly interactive, collaborative and personalizable Internet applications. Librarians and other information professionals are exploring innovative and creative ways to deliver increasingly indispensable web-based, media-rich content and services in order to encourage, as well as cultivate, a network of expanding communities across a geographically-swelling patron base.

Focusing upon the field of health informatics, we explore a wide range of technologies, based on two key elements of effective communication and value creation: personalization and interaction that will improve patrons’ information access experiences; unlocking and unblocking new outreach …

Working With Generation-D: Adopting And Adapting To Cultural Learning And Change, Win Shih, Martha Allen

Win Shih

Look around today’s college campus. You can’t help noticing students “tuned in” with “earbuds” securely fastened, a laptop and PDA in their backpacks, camera-phone affixed to their belts. Campus life now includes: Downloading lecture notes, viewing course videos and taking quizzes via class websites; checking E-mail every 30 minutes, interacting with friends locally/globally courtesy of IM/“blogging;” MMORPGing (“Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Gaming”); downloading music/video files in MP3/M4A formats; sharing multi-megapixellated jpeg photos with online friends, vis-a-vis highspeed internet “lines.”

Who are these students? They are “Generation D:” So-called “digital natives,” the “net generation;” the first ubiquitous cohort of learners raised …

Karaoke For Social And Cultural Change, Payal Arora

Payal Arora

This account demonstrates the key challenges faced in producing engaging educational content for information and communication technologies (ICT) deployed in rural India. The ‘Stills in Sync’ (SIS) project aims to enhance literacy through the revival and proliferation of popular regional folksongs with social awareness themes in rural India. This product entails the use of the Same Language Subtitling (SLS) karaoke feature that won the Worldbank Development Marketplace award in 2002 and the ‘Tech Laureate’ honor from the Technology Museum of Innovation in 2003. This case study highlights the struggles faced in the production process as we sought to negotiate localism …

Information Activities And Resources In The Hobby Of Gourmet Cooking, Jenna K. Hartel

Jenna Hartel

Introduction. A framework for information science based on time is proposed, derived from an exploratory, ethnographic study of information in the hobby of gourmet cooking. Method. Participant obseration of the social world of the hobby, plus twenty semi-structured interviews with hobby cooks, followed by a photographic inventory of their household culinary information collections. Analysis. Data were analysed using grounded theory facilitated by NVivo software. While coding information activities and resources, time emerged as a critical aspect of the hobby and its information phenomena. Results. The hobby unfolds as three temporal arcs. The career arc that lasts for years or decades …

Taking Leisure Seriously: Information Realities In Leisure Time, Jenna Hartel, Donald Case, Crystal Fulton, Shan Ju Chang

Jenna Hartel

This panel presents the information realities that exist within leisure time. It introduces a conceptual model of leisure, called serious leisure (Stebbins, 1982), that affirms the role of information in enabling leisure experience. Our panel offers a theoretical perspective and case studies of a meaningful area of everyday life that has not been a subject of much information research. The specific goals are threefold:

1.) To present state of the art theorizing and research underway into the information seeking and use that occurs in the everyday life realm of leisure

2.) To introduce serious leisure, a concept that serves as …

The Role Of Connective Tissue Growth Factor In Skeletal Growth And Development, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

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Scholarly Use Of Information: Graduate Students' Information Seeking Behaviour, Carole A. George, A. Bright, T Hurlbert, E C. Linke, G St. Clair, J Stein

Carole A. George

Introduction. This study explored graduate students' information behaviour related to their process of inquiry and scholarly activities. Method. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with one hundred graduate students representing all disciplines and departments from Carnegie Mellon University. Analysis. Working in pairs, we coded transcripts of interviews into meaningful categories using ATLAS.ti software. The combined use of quantitative and qualitative analysis aimed to reduce subjectivity. Results. Graduate students often begin with a meeting with professors who provide direction, recommend and provide resources. Other students help to shape graduate students' research activities, and university library personnel provide guidance in finding resources. …

Personal Medical Information: Privacy Or Personal Data Protection? A Theoretical Approach To Understanding The Canadian Environment, Wilhelm Peekhaus

Wilhelm Peekhaus

No abstract provided.

New Journey For Western Scholar, Connie Foster

Connie Foster

No abstract provided.

The Need To Weed: Weeding The Nursing Print Collection – Justification, Marketing, Implementation, Karen Gilbert

Karen Gilbert

Examining issues around a major weed of EKU Libraries' print Nursing collection. With Victoria Koger.

Tennessee Library Support Staff Want Equitable Compensation, Career Ladders, And Continuing Education: Tla Survey Results, Chris Lh Durman

Chris Durman

No abstract provided.

University Of Tennessee Student Journal Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Lei Wu, Xiang Zhou, Kitty Mcclanahan, Max Steele, Natalie Clewell, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Queensland University Students Journal Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Xiang Zhou, John Upchurch, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

University Of New South Wales Students, Carol Tenopir, Xiang Zhou, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

University Of New South Wales Academic, Carol Tenopir, Xiang Zhou, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Queensland University Academic Staff Journal Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Xiang B. Zhou, John Upchurch, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

University Of Tennessee Faculty Journal Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Xiang Zhou, Lei Wu, Kitty Mcclanahan, Max Steele, Natalie Clewell, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Digital Dilemmas: The Transformation Of Scholarly Discourse In The Humanities, Anna H. Perrault

Anna H. Perrault

The last two decades of the 20th century brought rapid and cataclysmic change to the industrialized world with the introduction and then invasion of computer technology into every aspect of life. Dissemination of scholarly research in many disciplines had migrated from journals and books produced by scholarly societies and university presses to the for-profit sector. As the corporate publishers began reaping profits from the scholarly enterprise, electronic publication and “taking back” the publication of research were solutions proposed to make the dissemination of research affordable for academe. The research library and scholarly publishing communities are collaborating in the establishment of …

The German Case Binding, Peter D. Verheyen

Peter D Verheyen

The case (Bradel) binding is the most common, general purpose binding structure in use by binders in Germany. What sets it apart from other case bindings is that the cover boards and spine stiffener are joined together with a strip of sturdy paper before covering. This allows the covers to be fit precisely to the textblock, especially at the joint and fore-edge. For this reason the structure is also very well suited to beginners. Books using this structure are generally covered in full cloth, paper, or a combination of the two. The structure is not well suited to leather binding …

Ist 200: Eresearch - How To Survive And Thrive In College (Syllabus), Michael Pasqualoni

Michael Pasqualoni

No abstract provided.

Pioneers In Library And Information Science. [A Review], Barbara H. Kwasnik

Barbara H. Kwasnik

No abstract provided.

Teaching Faculty's Perspectives On Business Information Literacy, Diana H. Wu, Susan L. Kendall

Diana H. Wu

Purpose – Effective integration of information literacy skills into the business curriculum requires the development of collaborative partnerships between teaching faculty and librarians. Developing a good partnership requires an understanding of the teaching faculty's perspectives. This paper aims to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was sent to business teaching faculty at California State Universities to determine their expectations in regards to student information literacy skills. Findings – Writing a report or project that required in-depth research is one of the major expectations. All faculty surveyed expect students to use library research for their assignments. Originality/value – Business faculty …

Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng

Judy Jeng

Summary report from the 2004 ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient