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Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V7n6, February 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Library Newsletter

In This Issue:

-- Comic Con
-- Blind Date With A Book
-- Canada's Arctic Exhibit

What Do We Owe The Pro Se Litigant? Providing A Better Level Of Service To Our Pro Se Patrons, Nathan A. Preuss

College of Law Faculty Scholarship

The author examines whether law librarians provide adequate reference services to pro se litigants.

Developing A Strategic Mindset: Librarians As Politicians, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This issue's "New and Noteworthy" column reviews materials dealing with political and strategic skills necessary for successful library managers, with particular emphasis on advice from Machiavelli and Sun Tzu.

Patrick Wilson Reference: Practice Rooted In Theory, Jodi Kearns

Jodi Kearns, PhD

This paper aims to examine Patrick Wilson’s 1977 essay, Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance, which emphasizes practice rooted in theory. Modern reference work ought to look back to this 35-year-old essay to be reminded of the intent of reference practice by considering Wilson’s discussion. This paper examines Wilson’s decades-old thesis and applies it to reference work and reference resources for today’s information professionals. The crux of Wilson’s essay remains relevant today when applied to reference work and information-seeking. This essay leaves readers with practical tips for reference work rooted in theory, and also expands on Wilson’s 1977 essay from a contemporary …

The Center Of Excellence Model For Information Services, Heather Gendron, Joy Kirchner, Jose Diaz, Susan Fliss, Geneva Henry, John Culshaw, Jon E. Cawthorne

Heather Gendron

No abstract provided.

Match That Photo! Embracing Analog Methods To Enhance Digital Collections, Erin Passehl-Stoddart

Erin Passehl Stoddart

When creating digital collections, different methods and workflows may be considered depending on the size, amount of metadata, and who will be staffing parts of the digitization process. Feeling overwhelmed with 500+ photographs with minimal metadata, I employed an analog tactic: playing a card matching game with printed photographs. Through matching, metadata was enhanced and locations identified more efficiently than staring at a computer screen. This lightning talk will present alternative ways to employ visual literacy tactics to provide a creative, fun way to involve students and staff in creating and enhancing large digital collections.

A Classroom Approach To Embedded Librarianship: Arab Spring And The Embedded Librarian.Pdf

Jaleh Fazelian

No abstract provided.

Alcts Crs Holdings Information Forum, Connie Foster

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Cecilia Genereux (data management & access/metadata & intellectual access, University of Minnesota Libraries) introduced the session by confessing to a pun intended for her presentation: Alma: To Have and to Hold. The levity quickly shifted into some very detailed analysis of the way the Ex Libris Alma system handled specific types of serials during a migration from Aleph. The University of Minnesota started with Aleph (Ex Libris) in 2002 and moved to Alma on December 26, 2013. Frances McNamara (director, Integrated Library Systems and Administrative and Desktop Systems at University of Chicago), discussed migrating serials data from Horizon to Kulai …

Talking Chat: The Good, The Bad, And The “What Were We Thinking?”!, Jessica Cerny, Matt Torrence

Matt Torrence

The RUSA MARS: Virtual Reference Discussion Group will be holding a forum on January 31st, 2015 from 4:30-5:30 pm in McCormick Place West w474a. The forum topics will be focused on online chat services and known issues, characteristics of successful and unsuccessful implementations, and more. Panelists will share their experiences with online chat services and participates will have an opportunity to ask questions. If you are considering implementing online chat services in your library or you would like to learn more about what has worked and not worked for other libraries, this is an opportunity to gain insight on how …

Current Recommendations From Mwdl Geospatial Discovery Task Force, Liz Woolcott, Jeremy Myntti, Sandra Mcintyre

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

No abstract provided.

Current Recommendations From Mwdl Geospatial Discovery Task Force, Jeremy Myntti, Liz Woolcott, Sandra Mcintyre

Faculty Publications

Geospatial Metadata Quicksand

• Misinterpreted location
• Ambiguous place names
• Variances in coordinate formats
• Variances in field mapping

4 Wikis + 4 Blogs + 70 Third Year Medical School Students = Improved Students’ Confidence In Practicing Ebm. A Pilot Project Using Blogs And Wikis For A Collaborative Ebm Assignment In A 3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship., Jessica Salt, Md Facp, Anthony J. Frisby, Phd, Margy Grasberger, Ms, Gary Kaplan, Ms, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Karen Krasznavolgyi, Mls, Jon Veloski, Ms

Daniel G. Kipnis

PowerPoint presented at national Medical Library Association conference in Washington DC on May 25, 2010, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Section Program: Beyond Cool: Reflecting on Web 2.0 Adventures and Misadventures.

Leading The Horses To Water That They Will Want To Drink: Strategies For Promoting Your Institutional Repository On And Off Campus, Daniel Kipnis

Daniel G. Kipnis

This presentation will outline strategies designed to promote institutional repositories to a university community.

Take Advantage Of The Jefferson Digital Commons For Shameless Self-Promotion, Ann Koopman, Am, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Daniel G. Kipnis

It's a win-win academic opportunity--promote your Jefferson research and publishing efforts to the world by participating in the Jefferson Digital Commons (JDC). The JDC increases your visibility. With over 2,000 different archived full-text resources including academic articles, posters, preprints, videos, images, teaching materials and newsletters you get permanent public space for all types of files AND your work is indexed by search engines like Google. Receive monthly alerts notifying you how many times your works have been downloaded. Create a faculty researcher page. Use the JDC as a university press and publish your department newsletters or create a new journal. …

Ranking Library Tasks For Redesigning A Medical Academic Health Center And University Mobile Web Site, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Gary Kaplan, Mslis, Ann Koopman, Am, Brian Kysela, Joseph Zavorski

Daniel G. Kipnis

Objectives: (1) To determine what library-related tasks users most want to be able to perform on their mobile devices (smartphones, iPads,etc.), using a modified Likert scale, freetext and multiple choice questions to rank the most common tasks. (2) To redesign our existing Library mobile site.

Promoting Your Institutional Repository On And Off Campus, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Daniel G. Kipnis

Webinar presentation for Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.

The Effect Of Required Ipads On Library Use, Gary Kaplan, Mslis, Dorothy Berenbrok, Mslis, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Helena Washington, Mls

Daniel G. Kipnis

OBJECTIVES Measure the impact on Library use of a new requirement by anaccelerated, one-year nursing program that all students haveiPads loaded with the required texts and determine whether theLibrary should continue offering these books in print. Poster presented at Medical Library Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA 2012.

Mobile Applications For Primary Care, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Daniel G. Kipnis

No abstract provided.

2015-01 Library Impact Statement For Avs/Pls 275 Pasture And Grazing Management In Sustainable Agriculture, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for AVS/PLS 275 Pasture and Grazing Management in Sustainable Agriculture. This course was supported with no need for additional resources.

2015-01 Library Impact Statement For Pls 395 Agroecology And Food Systems: Global Experiences, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for PLS 395 Agroecology and Food Systems: Global Experiences. This course was supported with no need for additional resources.