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The World Of Women: Resources, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

Women are absent from most standard encyclopedias in academic libraries such as the Europa World Year Book or the States’ Man Yearbook. To provide excellent service to our Gender and Women’s Studies scholars, librarians need to provide alternative sources of country information. Below are directories, country studies, and a listing of some significant websites with authoritative, timely, and substantial information about women around the world.

Some of the resources scoured to find these included the LibGuide: https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/wgss280, the University of Wisconsin’s Women’s Knowledge Digital Library. In addition, intentional searching for websites and 30 years’ experience helping GWS scholars contributed to …

Reference Weeding: Ideas And Challenges, Casey Duevel, Rachel Wightman

Library Services Publications

We will discuss the impetus behind our respective weeding efforts and some of the projects on which we have worked. We will share what was successful, what wasn't, and why. This will be an informal presentation followed by a conversation with the audience about what has worked at their respective institutions.