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Montana, Challenged Books And Responses, Kellian Clink Apr 2023

Montana, Challenged Books And Responses, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

Why are books being challenged in Montana? How are library's responding? What are the outcomes? What's the future hold? Kellian Clink will share results from a November 2022 survey that queried Montana Librarians about kinds of challenges & responses,


2022 Election And Voting Registration Display, Minnesota State University, Mankato Oct 2022

2022 Election And Voting Registration Display, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Elections/Voting

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Vietnam Black Soldiers Portrait Project, April 2022, Minnesota State University, Mankato Apr 2022

Vietnam Black Soldiers Portrait Project, April 2022, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Diversifying Collections, Jessica Schomberg Nov 2019

Diversifying Collections, Jessica Schomberg

Library Services Publications

Hands-on activity to help participants find a diversity of materials to support their communities and expand their collections. This will range from identifying relevant book and media awards to finding ways to promote these materials. We will also include discussion of how to advocate for policy statements expressing the value of diverse, accessible collections as well as ways to advocate for funds to support these collections. Participants will be encouraged to share their insights.


Veterans Day 2019, The University Of Toledo Nov 2019

Veterans Day 2019, The University Of Toledo

Holidays

Photographs of a display of government documents from The University of Toledo.


Government Documents Display, State University Of New York At Delhi Nov 2018

Government Documents Display, State University Of New York At Delhi

Government Documents (General)

Bibliography and photograph of a display of government documents at SUNY Delhi.


Veterans Day 2018, The University Of Toledo Nov 2018

Veterans Day 2018, The University Of Toledo

Holidays

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from The University of Toledo


African Americans In Times Of War, Auburn University Feb 2018

African Americans In Times Of War, Auburn University

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photograph of a display of government documents from Auburn University Libraries.


Immigration Nation, Minnesota State University, Mankato Oct 2017

Immigration Nation, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Immigration

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Fdlp: Federal Depository Library, Ashland University Oct 2017

Fdlp: Federal Depository Library, Ashland University

Government Documents (General)

Photographs of a display of government documents at Ashland University, Ohio.


Hermione's Summer Reading List, Casey Duevel, Barbara J. Bergman Jul 2016

Hermione's Summer Reading List, Casey Duevel, Barbara J. Bergman

Library Services Publications

Librarian recommended fun and exciting reads to enjoy while taking a break from your OWLs studies. Something for every house!


Survey Of Classification And Organization Of Videorecordings, Barbara J. Bergman, Jessica Schomberg, Dorie Kurtz Jan 2016

Survey Of Classification And Organization Of Videorecordings, Barbara J. Bergman, Jessica Schomberg, Dorie Kurtz

Library Services Publications

Libraries have long struggled with the question of how to best classify and enable access to videorecordings. While giving a presentation at a state library conference, the authors observed from comments during the question and answer portion of the presentation that the libraries represented in the audience use a variety of video classification and organization practices. To better understand how local practices and librarians’ attitudes regarding the efficacy of these practices vary, we conducted a survey soliciting responses from librarians representing a broad array of library types.


Free Puppies: Integrating Web Resources Into The Catalog, Robert L. Bothmann, Kellian Clink Mar 2011

Free Puppies: Integrating Web Resources Into The Catalog, Robert L. Bothmann, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

Nongovernmental groups, state governmental agencies, and of course, the federal government put timely, authoritative, practice-oriented reports up on the Web with great speed. This presentation will provide the rationale and procedures for adding freely available Web sites to the online catalog to augment and support curricular needs and provide some mechanisms for students to find and access the resources easily.


Reference Universe, Pete Mcdonnell, Kellian Clink Nov 2009

Reference Universe, Pete Mcdonnell, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

This original research described a comparison of 50 composition topics taken from my library instruction sessions with Reference Universe versus simple keyword searching of the online catalog. Pete and I concluded that twenty-three percent of the "good" hits in Reference Universe were also found in OPAC search and that the OPAC search found fewer "good" hits overall; but also found different relevant resources.