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Definition, Elyse Meyers May 2013

Definition, Elyse Meyers

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.


Finding Library Solutions In Adjacent Industries, Lori Bowen Ayre Jan 2013

Finding Library Solutions In Adjacent Industries, Lori Bowen Ayre

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.


Ebug 2013 Program, Julene L. Jones Jan 2013

Ebug 2013 Program, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

eBUG 2013 Program


Ebug 2013 Minutes, Julene L. Jones Jan 2013

Ebug 2013 Minutes, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

eBUG 2013 meeting minutes, approved at eBUG 2014, June 20, 2014


2013 Ebug Business Meeting Agenda, Julene L. Jones Jan 2013

2013 Ebug Business Meeting Agenda, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

2013 eBUG Business Meeting Agenda


Writing Macros And Programs For Voyager Cataloging, Kathryn Lybarger Jan 2013

Writing Macros And Programs For Voyager Cataloging, Kathryn Lybarger

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

Presentation at eBUG 2013 by Kathryn Lybarger, University of Kentucky


The Quest For Sustainability In International Library Development: The Experience Of The Riecken Foundation, John Boyd, Elizabeth Cramer Jan 2013

The Quest For Sustainability In International Library Development: The Experience Of The Riecken Foundation, John Boyd, Elizabeth Cramer

Collaborative Librarianship

The Riecken Foundation provides support to communities in developing countries to create sustainable partnership library programs focusing on collection development, technology applications, and assembling professional staff and volunteers. This article studies the experience of the Foundation through research gathered in interviews with Bill Cartwright, President and CEO of the Foundation, along with onsite observations at six participating libraries, and offers analysis of documentation related to these sustainability initiatives. The study also examines the transition of the Foundation from a private foundation to a public charity and the effect this has had in its programming.


Selecting A Shared 21st Century Management System, Al Cornish, Richard Jost, Xan Arch Jan 2013

Selecting A Shared 21st Century Management System, Al Cornish, Richard Jost, Xan Arch

Collaborative Librarianship

This paper describes the factors that led the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a 37 institution academic library consortium in the Pacific Northwest, to move to a shared library management system. The steps that the Alliance and its 37 member libraries took over a period of years are summarized, including the work of several research and planning groups and a formal Request for Information process. A subsequent Request for Proposal (RFP) process ended in the selection of Ex Libris Alma management system and Primo discovery services for Alliance libraries. The paper also describes the Alliance’s vision for the shared library management system, …