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Information Outlook, February 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 2

The Faculty Notebook, February 2008, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

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Against the Grain

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Satisfaction Guaranteed -- A System Of Asynchronous Desire, Kate Holvoet

Against the Grain

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Table Of Contents

Against the Grain

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Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

A Quick Glimpse At Public And Academic Libraries In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Marie Paiva

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Using Rare Books To Inspire Learning -- Part 1: Anthropology - Diaries, Gene Waddell

Against the Grain

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Expanding Horizons: Using Information In The 21st Century, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

A Quality Enhancement Plan for Trinity University, 2008-2013

The development of information literacy—the ability to locate, gather, evaluate, and use information analytically and effectively—is the focus of Trinity University’s “Expanding Horizons” Quality Enhancement Plan. Trinity has always valued critical reading, analytical writing, and reasoned judgment as key components of a liberal arts education, and it supports a variety of opportunities for student research. However, the sheer volume of information and its rapidly changing forms challenge us to move beyond what we have traditionally done in and out of the classroom.

Expanding Horizons asks faculty to design a creative and systematic …

Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 33, January 10, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Yul Annual Report; 2007-2008, Yale University Library

Yale University Library Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2007-2008, San Jose State University

Innovate Magazine (School of Information)

No abstract provided.

Olininfo, January 2008, Olin Library

OlinInfo

Newsletter of the Franklin W. Olin Library at Rollins College

Monograph Purchases By Fund 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

Call Number Spending 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

Borrower Requests And Firm Order Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

Subscribed Journal Usage 2007, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Digital Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

2008 Author Recognition Bibliography, Grand Valley State University Libraries

Author Recognition

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Ebsco’S Communication & Mass Media Complete: An Appreciable Improvement Over Previous Communication Studies Indexing?, David C. Tyler, Signe Boudreau, Katharine C. Potter, Misty Redinbaugh

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

In a prior edition of this study, we examined whether the established online communication studies indexes—Communication Abstracts, ComIndex, and ComAbstracts—provided a good avenue of access to the journal literature that researchers in the field cite and whether, where the current journal literature was concerned, that avenue of access might be equal or superior to that provided by large, multisubject online indexes. In this iteration of the study, we similarly address EBSCO’s new product for communication studies, Communication & Mass Media Complete.

Globalization: Winners And Losers - Talking Points, Derek Wilmott

Publications

Supporters of free trade argue that globalization increases economic prosperity as well as opportunity, especially among developing nations. Critics argue that globalization has led to the exploitation of both workers and the environment, while contributing to the destabilization of undeveloped nations. Can free trade enhance civil liberties, lead more efficient allocation of resources, and increase prosperity through globalization? Or are the critics right?

Scholarly Monographs On Rock Music: A Bibliographic Essay, Monica Berger

Publications and Research

Purpose This article is an overview of scholarly monographs on rock music from 1980 to the present. It provides an overview to the literature for practical purposes of collections development as well as giving the reader insight into key issues and trends related to a interdisciplinary topic that attracts scholars from many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Design/methodology/approach This bibliographic essay, focusing on works related to American culture and of a general nature, includes an overview and historical background; a discussion of how music and ethnomusiciological scholars approach the topic; geographic approaches; literature on four key icons (Elvis, …

Subject Guides: Putting A New Spin On An Old Concept, Nedelina Tchangalova, Amanda Feigley

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

The wide application of digital technologies in the library environment has changed the format and content of subject guides. Given the advent of new Internet tools and the explosive growth of electronic resources available on the Web, the reference librarians at the University of Maryland (UM) College Park were facing many issues when keeping up with new technologies and creating subject guides that meet library users’ satisfaction. The goal of this paper was to explore the challenges librarians are facing and to identify new technologies to assist them in creating subject guides. The literature revealed a wide variety of …

Public Services Department : Annual Report : 2007 - 2008, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

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Archival Allegory? Cultural Studies And T.R. Schellenberg's Modern Archives: Principles And Techniques, Cheryl Beredo

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in 1934, the same year that Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg earned his doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania and began a career in archives. Schellenberg slowly and surely climbed the archival ranks, holding federal posts in Washington, D.C., and teaching archival-training courses at local universities; he later lectured on a variety of topics relating to archives in Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. In 1950 Schellenberg was appointed to the prestigious position of director of Archival Management at NARA. Schellenberg soon published Modern Archives: Principles …

"Books Of The Hour" And "Books Of All Time": Booklists In The Evolving Library, Sarah Naper, Stephanie Wiegand

University Libraries Publications

Gathered by expert or novice, by individual or organization, a booklist brings together titles for either reader or librarian. Booklists may vary in intent, but all serve one ultimate purpose: to influence what is read. There are two main ideas behind encouraging an individual to read specific books: 1) to shape a better individual for society; and, 2) to encourage the individual to read for pleasure or to fulfill some immediate need. The second reason involves books that are of value at that moment, or what Ruskin refers to as "books of the hour." It is quite for one list …

Library Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 1

Library Newsletters

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Florida University Libraries Collection Analysis Project, Anna H. Perrault, Diana Loper

School of Information Faculty Publications

Collection analysis for 26 Florida University Libraries using OCLC Collection Analysis product. The SUL project sponsored by FCLA to analyze the book collections of the Florida university libraries was conducted in 2008 utilizing the OCLC WorldCat Collection Analysis service (WCA). The study findings constitute a baseline assessment of the collections of the Florida university libraries.

The Im Cometh: The Future Of Chat Reference, Stephen Francoeur

Publications and Research

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The Southeastern Librarian V. 55, No. 4 (Winter 2008) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 55, No. 4 (Winter 2008).

People News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.