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Most Popular Downloads -- March 2009

Institutional Repository Information

The month saw a record number of downloads — 125,221 — exceeding by 1,883 the old record set in June 2008. 76% of available files were downloaded at least once; and the average number of downloads (for 21,213 open-access files) was 5.90.

With 32,103 total files as of March 31, 2009 (including 10,890 restricted access dissertations), the UNL Digital Commons ranked as the 3rd largest university repository in the United States (trailing only the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue and Ohio State University’s Knowledge Bank).

Distribution of usage was spread quite broadly across the available files, with more than 50% …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 28, April 6, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Dynamite Tips For Marketing Yourself: Exploding Your Interview Potential, Annie Epperson, Stephanie Wiegand, Sarah Naper

University Libraries Publications

Are you looking for your first professional job or hoping to change jobs? This session will give you helpful tips on what to do (and what not to do) on your journey to a perfect fit, discussing everything from places to look for jobs, cover letters, resumes, references, interviews, and thank you notes that keep you in the minds of potential employers. Presenters will include role-play and invite audience interaction. If you are hiring soon this could be a great refresher for you too!

Volume 15, Number 2: April/May 2009, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2: Vice Provost for University Libraries recounts the Libraries' accomplishments made in the face of a challenging economy.

Page 3: Veteran writer and editor Alexander Gavitt Jr. from UConn's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources donates his papers to the Dodd Research Center.

Page 5: The late animal cloning pioneer Jerry Yang is remembered by a former graduate student.

Nota Bene; Volume Xxiv, Number I, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

A Close Encounter: People To People International's Legal Research And Library Science Delegation Visits China, Richard Leiter

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library: Faculty Publications

Last October, I had the privilege of leading a delegation of (mostly) law librarians on a 10-day professional visit to Beijing and ghai, China. The goal of the trip was to get acquainted with Chinese legal bibliography and China's legal system. The visit was arranged and facilitated by the People to People International Citizen Ambassadors Program headquartered in Spokane, Washington. (If you haven't heard of the organization, please check out its Web site at jwptpAi.so rsgta.)t ed on the Web site, "The purpose of People to People International is to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural, and humanitarian …

Gifting Books And Places, Susan M B Steuer

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Directions - Spring 2009, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Ua51 University Libraries, Statistics: 2008

Library Annual Reports, Reports, and Statistics

No abstract provided.

Gatherings No. 43 Spring 2009, Friends Of The University Libraries

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

Complete issue of Gatherings no. 43. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

Periodicals Price Survey 2009: Reality Bites, Lee Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Scholarly Papers and Articles

No abstract provided.

The Compass Rose Vol. Xxiii, No. 1, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Special Collections & Archives

The Compass Rose

The purpose of The Compass Rose is to raise awareness of Special Collections' resources and to foster the use of these resources. The newsletter also reports significant new programs, initiatives, and acquisitions of Special Collections. The issues included here are scans of print newsletters from the 1990s and 2000s. Current issues and posts of The Compass Rose can now be accessed on the UTA Libraries Compass Rose Blog.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 27, March 30, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

A Student Profile Of Information And Records Management Departments In Turkey, Fatoş Subaşıoğlu, Erkan Özdemir

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Using information well is a significant part of daily life. In an environment that depends on information, university Information and Record Management (IRM) Departments have an important role in the education of professionals. This paper contributes to efforts to depict the profile of future information professionals and, in the light of information gathered this way, to help rearrange relevant curricula, provide environments conducive to students learning needs, and plan for the future.

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 52, March 23, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

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

Journals' Policies On Compliance With The Nih Public Access Policy, Carolina Population Center, Unc

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

This resource provides information about select journals' policies related to the NIH Public Access Policy. Many of these journals are based in the social sciences and publish population research articles. Authors who publish in a journal listed below can quickly determine whether the publisher has a policy, who must submit the manuscript and which version to submit to PubMed Central, as well as the embargo period. Journal titles were gathered from the ISI Journals Citation Reports in the subject categories of Demography, Sociology, Economics, and Gerontology. Additional titles were supplied by members of the Association for Population/Family Planning Libraries and …

Transparency Ratings For Spanish–English Cognate Words, José A. Montelongo, Anita C. Hernández, Roberta J. Herter

Library Scholarship

Cognates are words that are orthographically, semantically, and syntactically similar in two languages. There are over 20,000 Spanish-English cognates in the Spanish and English languages. Empirical research has shown that cognates facilitate vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension for language learners when compared to noncognate words. In this study, transparency ratings for over two thousand nouns and adjectives drawn from the Juilland and Chang-Rodríguez’ Spanish Word Frequency Dictionary were collected. The purpose for collecting the ratings was to provide researchers with calibrated materials to study the effects of cognate words on learning.

Volume 29, Number 1, March 2009 Olac Newsletter, Amy K. Weiss, Kate James, Barbara Vaughan, Jan Mayo, Douglas King, Jay Weitz

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized March 2009 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

How Everyone Can Use The Michigan Electronic Library (Mel) To Teach Better, Maria A. Perez-Stable, Bruce Haight

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations

No abstract provided.

Distributed Globally, Collected Locally: Lockss For Digital Government Information, Daniel Cornwall, James R. Jacobs

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

People Profile: Dennis Dillon, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Atg Interviews Dennis Dillon, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Atg Interviews Rich Rosy, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

The Alabama Digital Preservation Network (Adpnet), Aaron Trehub

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 17, January 19, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 16, January 12, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Business Source Premier: Company Research, Jan Whitfield

BI Class Material

No abstract provided.

Dewitt Wallace Library Biennial Report 2007-2009, Teresa A. Fishel, Jacquelyn F. Betsworth

Annual Report - DeWitt Wallace Library

This report summarizes the activities in the DeWitt Wallace Library for the years 2007-09. This report is a collaborative effort by the entire staff and features highlights including new services, new people, new collections, new spaces, new technologies, and celebrations.

Distance Learning Librarians: Their Shared Vision, Anne M. Casey

Staff Works - Hunt Library

Shared vision is a component of leadership that fosters innovation through buy-in at all levels of the organization. It is often evident in circumstances people see a need for innovation but do not have the power to make changes on their own. Many librarians in academic institutions that were early adopters of distance learning envisioned a need for new services that were tailored to off-campus students. This study examines shared vision among librarians through a content analysis of planning documents from early distance learning library programs. It offers a shared vision model relevant to the study and application of leadership.

Ua58/1 Graduate Studies & Research - Theses & Dissertations, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Inventory of theses and dissertations written by WKU students housed in WKU Archives. Theses and dissertations for the period 1932-present are digitized and available in TopScholar, WKU’s Institutional Repository, except where the author denied permission. These are available with limited access. Digitized theses include url.