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Social Media Use: A Catalyst For Service Delivery In Academic Libraries In South-South Nigeria, Ben Asuquo, Isah Mohammed Aliu Dr., Glory Mbah Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined social media use: a catalyst for service delivery in academic libraries in south-south Nigeria. Four objectives and research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study (197) comprises of 82 library staff in University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, 90 in University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State and 25 in Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Akwa Ibom State all in South-South Nigeria. No sample was used for the study due to the manageable size of the population. A structured questionnaire titled: “Social Media Use for Service Delivery …

The Fashion Visual Search Using Deep Learning Approach, Smita V. Bhoir, Sunita R. Patil

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In recent years, the World Wide Web (WWW) has established itself as a popular source of information. Using an effective approach to investigate the vast amount of information available on the internet is essential if we are to make the most of the resources available. Visual data cannot be indexed using text-based indexing algorithms because it is significantly larger and more complex than text. Content-Based Image Retrieval, as a result, has gained widespread attention among the scientific community (CBIR). Input into a CBIR system that is dependent on visible features of the user's input image at a low level is …

Impact Of Citizenship Psychology Towards Use Of Ict In Library Management In The Niger Delta Area Of Nigeria, Bernadette C. N. Ukaegbu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

There is no doubt that ICTs have altered the information management landscape globally. Although there have been recent improvements, the reality in underdeveloped countries like Nigeria has not been positive. The results of this study showed that librarians' use of ICTs for providing information services was significantly influenced by their attitude toward technology. When librarians have a good attitude, they are more likely to use the available ICTs efficiently. However, when they have a negative attitude, they may leave the available ICTs for information service delivery unused or misused. The extent to which librarians use ICTs can be greatly increased …

Awareness And Application Of Blockchain Technology Among Librarians For Effective Service Delivery In University Libraries In South-South, Nigeria, Lucky Owraigbo Mr, Jude Chidike Onah Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined the level of Awareness and application of blockchain technology among librarians for effective service delivery in University Libraries in South-South, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. 643 Librarians in 10 federal and state-owned universities in South-South Nigeria made up the population of the study. 495 librarians were sampled using multistage sampling technique. Online questionnaire was used for data collection, which was shared via the state WhatsApp group. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings showed that, majority of librarians studied have low level of awareness of blockchain technology. The …

Perceived Effects Of Theft And Mutilation On The Utilization Of Information Resources In Francis Idachaba Library, Joseph Sarwuwn Tarka University, Makurdi Nigeria, Richard Iorver Tondo Cln, Mnla, Iorfa Tsafa Cln, Trcn, Aondowase Augustine Mchihi Cln, Mnla

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was designed to assess the effect of theft and mutilation on the use of information resources in Francis Sulemanu Idachaba Library University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria. The study has four specific objectives with its corresponding research questions. The study used descriptive research design; the population of the study was 150 library staff. All the 150 library staff was used for the study as they were relatively small as such there were no need for sampling. A self-designed questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The collected data was analyzer using descriptive statistical analysis. The findings of the …

Spring 2023 Library Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato Library Services newsletter for Spring 2023.

Culturally Responsive Library Leadership In The California Community Colleges, Melanie Aponte Chu

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this ethnographic qualitative study was to identify and describe how community college library leaders utilize culturally responsive leadership strategies when leading their organizations, based on Horsford et al.’s (2011) Culturally Relevant Leadership (CRL) framework.

Methodology: This study identified and described culturally responsive leadership strategies of library leaders at the California Community Colleges (CCCs). As part of a thematic team, the researcher designed an interview protocol in alignment with the four dimensions of the CRL framework: professional duty, personal journey, pedagogical approach, and political context. Fourteen participants were identified and selected using criterion sampling, with participants meeting …

Promoting The Bc Digital Commons: For And By The Community, Ady Dewey

Strategic Public Relations Projects

The BC Digital Commons (DC) is an open-access robust repository of artifacts, scholarship, publications, performances, events, and more. Through Google Scholar and other search engines, the content is accessed worldwide, yet the DC remains a little-known resource on campus. This fact motivated the director of the Forrer Learning Commons to seek input on how to more effectively increase submissions and the number of users.

The 2023 Strategic Public Relations class (COMM 347) began by educating themselves on the DC and brainstorming about potential advantages from a student’s perspective. They identified stakeholders to interview to determine general awareness and to test …

Discoverability And Search Engine Visibility Of Repository Platforms, Danping Dong, Aaron Tay

Research Collection Library

It is of increasing interest and importance to understand the discoverability of content hosted on institutional repositories (IRs) and data repositories beyond the library context and on the wider web, as IRs play a significant role in promoting and disseminating the research outputs of an institution. This chapter provides an overview of early studies on IR discoverability in search engines, discusses standardized metrics for repository usage and ways to monitor search engine optimization, and provides practical suggestions to expose IR content to non-Google indexes and aggregators, such as Unpaywall. The second part of this chapter presents a case study and …

Confused About Copyright?, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2023, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

• 80,000 Objects
• Europe Bound
• PBK Turns 100
• Library Takes the Lead on First-Year Symposium
• Documenting Edward McPherson
• New Adams County Historical Society Opens

Exhibits

• A Collector's Eye
• A Closer Look
• Reading Mary Margaret Stewart

Freedom to Read (Victoria Ramsey '23)

60th Anniversary of Choir's European Adventure (Sunni DeNicola)

Intern Explore Vietnam Collection and Connection (Hillary Le'26)

Dyer Wakens Fond Memories (Sydney Dyer '25)

Holley Interns Reminisce

Students Mentor Peers

From the Archives: Diamonds and Water

Library Bookshelf: Mystery in Musselman (Beth Carmichael)

Jim Lott Photographic Collection Comes to Musselman Library

Conservation Corner: Hidden …

Issue 54, Beth Heldebrandt

NoteBooth

No abstract provided.

The Faculty Notebook, April 2023, 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.

Resurfacing Women Printers' Names And Contributions To The Printing Industry During The Hand Press Era, Daniela Rovida, Tang (Cindy) Tian

Journal Articles

In August 2022, we began a project aimed at researching the names of women printers, in hopes of honoring these remarkable women and inspiring future generations to celebrate their legacy.

Fulcrum, Newsletter Of The Furman University Libraries. Issue 18, Madeline Shaw, Kathie Sloan

Libraries Institutional Records

• From the Director
• Libraries Host Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
• Baptist Church Records Microfilm Scanning
• Greek New Testament Manuscript
• Asian American Research
• New Digital Collection Showcases Furman's Pathway to Desegregation
• The Duke Endowment Libraries 2022-2023 Cohort
• CLP: What's in a Rename?
• LGBTQIA+ @ Furman Timeline
• Locating Legacies of Slavery Database
• Library Student Advisory Group
• Senior Spotlight
• 2023 Southern Scholarship Recipients
• Faculty Scholarship Reception

A Change Of Art: Learning Research Strategies In A New Subject Area Through A Libguide Redesign, Laura Sheets

University Libraries Faculty Publications

In the spring of 2020, the art librarian left my institution for another position. As a member of the Humanities team, I volunteered to take on the instruction responsibilities of Art and Design in addition to my other instructional duties. The previous art librarian had a master's degree in art history and a strong relationship with the School of Art. My departing colleague and I had a brief conversation regarding art history research strategies. While I was nervous and mostly on my own (because none of my colleagues had a deep knowledge of art research practices), I knew that my …

College And University Archivists: Doing It All For Less, Michelle Sweetser, Tamar Chute, Elizabeth James, Jane Labarbara, Krista Oldham

University Libraries Faculty Publications

The Society of American Archivists (SAA) and its members have conducted numerous surveys of the archival profession—both of archivists as individuals and of archival institutions—through the years. In 1949, the College and University Archives Committee of SAA conducted the first survey specifically of college and university archives. Building off previous surveys, in 2021 the College and University Archives Landscape Survey was undertaken by the College and University Archives Section to gather data about the management and organization of college and university archives within the United States, as well as about the backgrounds, skills, responsibilities, and tasks in which college and …

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, March 2023, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Connecting Their Stories: Black Educators’ Experiences Within Cultural Heritage Institutions That Document The Long Arc Of The Civil Rights Movement, Constance Marie Caddell

Theses and Dissertations

This study aims to examine Black educators’ experiences within cultural heritage institutions that are documenting topics that include the long arc of the American Civil Rights Movement. Black educators are powerful conduits of the African American story because they align with African American cultural heritage institution’s goals to foster equality, identity, pride, and honor in the community. These shared goals lead to Black educators using teaching methods that liberate, advocate, and empower students. This allows them to share new knowledge, strategies, techniques, and concepts on diverse topics. Considering their fundamental mission, it is essential to gain an awareness of the …

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 22, No 3, Spring 2023, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Jetstream Volume 5, Judy Drescher, Nancy Anzalone, Tabitha Ochtera, Susan Bloom, Marianna Czeisel, David Nochimson, Tim Hasin, Wenhui Chen, Kailey Chin, Brianna Paoli

JETstream: Library Newsletter

And just like that, spring has finally arrived and with that, the end of the spring 2023 semester! But before transitioning into summer mode and hopefully some well-deserved time off, the JET Library would like to fill you in on some of the things we have been up to; welcoming Molloy’s Archives & Special Collections to JET, several new resources including the First-Generation LibGuide, Medical and Nursing Journal Collection and other resources specifically aimed to help improve accessibility and access for anyone entering the library. This past year, the JET Library and its cross-functional partners within Learning Services, the Writing …

The Information Literacy And The Infodemic In Covid-19 Pandemic At Kampala International University, Justina E. Ogbonna Cln, Jackline Kiwelu

Libraries

Access to reliable information in times of emergency is important. However the quantum of information during emergency may cause infodemic. The study investigated the role of information literacy in mitigating infodemic in COVID 19 pandemic. A survey was conducted among educators and students in School of Mathematics and Computing (SOMAC), Kampala International University (KIU), Uganda. The findings reveal that: majority of the respondents (50%) either agreed or strongly agreed that they evaluated information before use; on the state of their emotions, respondents were confused, overwhelmed, alarmed and anxious; 50% were able to access the information with ease, while 50% could …

[Npm] National Poetry Month 2023: Featured Poems From The Rio Grande Valley, Shannon Pensa, Adela Cadena, Guillermo Corona, Maria "Lisa" Huerta, Millie Resendez, Manuel Rodriguez

Library Display Posters

"...We were all meant for something." is a line by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón that not only inspired the 2023 national poster design but also this digital poster exhibit which features the works of regional poets. Each full-time UTRGV Special Collections & Archives staff member designed two posters inspired by select Rio Grande Valley poems.

Library Assessment Dashboard, Julene L. Jones

Library Presentations

Displays images and organization of Library Assessment Dashboard that went live January 2023 on the UK Library website at Organizational Effectiveness. Presented at April 2023 Town Hall.

The Role Of Aesthetics In Redesigning Accessible Information Literacy Modules, Rachel E. Trnka

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The outbreak of COVID-19 added an increased sense of urgency to creating accessible online materials for higher education professionals, including academic librarians, as they explored new ways to engage with users online. Librarians who relied on in-person sessions to provide information literacy instruction to students shifted to synchronous and asynchronous instruction methods. This paper shares the experiences of an instruction librarian tasked with evaluating and redesigning a set of asynchronous information literacy modules for first-year undergraduate students in the summer of 2020. The evaluation and redesign were informed by contemporary debates about the design of online instructional materials from a …

Simple Darwin Core For Non-Biologists Primer, Megan N. O'Donnell, Leslie M. Delserone

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

This primer focuses on Simple DwC (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/simple/), a “mechanism used to share biodiversity information using the simplest methods and structure” (Darwin Core Task Group, 2014). With Simple DwC, the DwC schema is applied to a single flat file (i.e., table or spreadsheet). Because it is a self-contained data set that can be opened, edited, and analyzed using a wide variety of software, Simple DwC is easier to implement than other forms of DwC that use XML, RDF, or relational databases. The primer’s goal is to assist a curator presented with a data set structured in Simple DwC, or …

N Y State Dent J April 2023

The New York State Dental Journal

In the April 2023 issue, the reader will find the following feature articles:

• A Dentist's Role in the Delivery of Culturally Competent Oral Health Care to Transgender Patients
• Oral Health Considerations for Aging Patients Living with HIV/AIDS
• An Osteoma Embedding an Ectopic Wisdom Tooth within the Maxillary Sinus A Rare Occurrence

This issue includes regular columns with regional news impacting the New York membership including: editorial and perspectives columns, legal, association activities, component news, continuing education opportunities, and classifieds.

Lessons Learned From Covid-19, Donald Tucker Dds

The New York State Dental Journal

Dentistry and society, in general, must seek out accurate information regarding the virus and follow scientifically established guidelines to mitigate serious outcomes.

Data For Caveat Emptor-Scan Quality Of Elsevier’S Digital Backfile Pdf Collection, Gregory M. Nelson, Paul Kj Robbins

ScholarsArchive Data

The data set contains two Supplementary Files that contain (1) metadata for 31 of Elsevier's journal backfile packages and (2) metadata and results of a PDF scan quality study.

Law Library Blog (April 2023): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.