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Digital World Of Information: An Overview Of Digital Library, Hirdyesh Kumar Singh Oct 2013

Digital World Of Information: An Overview Of Digital Library, Hirdyesh Kumar Singh

Hirdyesh Kumar Singh

Digital libraries have become of increasing significance in recent years, developing in functionality and content, and becoming accessible to a wider community of users. The digital library will provide a seamless environment where the co-operative access, filtering, manipulation, generation, and preservation of these documents will be supported as a continuous cycle. Users of the library will be both consumers and producers of information, either by themselves or in collaborations with other users. The realization of these new digital libraries requires both the provision of a new technology and a change in the role played by the libraries in the information …


What Do I Do? I'M New..., James W. Gulvas Oct 2013

What Do I Do? I'M New..., James W. Gulvas

James W Gulvas

The goal of this poster is to provide new librarians or information professionals in the medical and health science field with some ideas, tools and resources to be successful. Some new librarians do not have an extensive background in medical or health sciences and may feel overwhelmed when working with veteran health professionals. The outcome for viewers is to gather new ideas in four key areas of medical and health librarianship: instruction, collection development, research collaboration with faculty, and professional development. Ideas that contribute to success for new librarians include discussion, sharing personal experiences, mentorship, and research collaborations. An outcome …


Gist: Joining Ill, Acquisitions, And Collection Development At Eku, Kelly Smith Sep 2013

Gist: Joining Ill, Acquisitions, And Collection Development At Eku, Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith

For libraries who embrace patron-driven acquisitions, the workflows of ILL, Acquisitions, and Collection Development are becoming more interdependent. Workflows that are traditionally siloed in different systems impede the efficient provision of library materials. The Getting It System Toolkit for ILLiad (http://www.gistlibrary.org/) provides an elegant solution to this problem.