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Cataloging Manuscripts And Archival Collections, Rebecca A. Wiederhold
Cataloging Manuscripts And Archival Collections, Rebecca A. Wiederhold
Faculty Publications
Catalogers are increasingly responsible for creating metadata for a variety of unusual items. In the Beyond Books: Cataloging Special Format Items preconference at ULA 2019, participants learned how to catalog manuscripts/archival collections, artists’ books, zines, and posters. This webinar will reprise the Manuscripts and Archival Collections segment of that session, educating participants on when it’s appropriate to catalog special collections material archivally as a collection versus on an item level. Whether you have finding aids to use as a base for your catalog record or you are working directly with the materials, guidelines for using DACS and RDA for manuscript …
Scholarsarchive Student Journals, Ellen Amatangelo
Scholarsarchive Student Journals, Ellen Amatangelo
Faculty Publications
BYU's institutional repository, ScholarsArchive, hosts several student-run academic journals. These open access journals provide opportunities for students to learn about the academic publishing process through editing, peer review, design, and research.
China’S Rural Statistics: The Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data Project, Yuanziyi Zhang
China’S Rural Statistics: The Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data Project, Yuanziyi Zhang
Journal of East Asian Libraries
In July 2018, the East Asian Library (EAL) of the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) initiated the Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVG Data) project to create a series of open-access online datasets of China’s rural statistics selected from the library’s collection of Chinese village gazetteers. The current datasets contain data from 1,000 village gazetteers in 18 categories. As an ongoing project, the goal is to reach 2,500 to 3,000 villages. A database that allows effective and efficient ingesting, querying, manipulating, and displaying CCVG data will be available for use by the end of 2020. This article serves as …
A Report On Preparing The Council On East Asian Libraries’S (Ceal) Statement On Collection Development And Acquisition Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic: In Collaboration With The North American Coordinating Council On Japanese Library Resources (Ncc) And The Society Of Chinese Studies Librarians (Scsl), Fabiano Takashi Rocha
Journal of East Asian Libraries
The COVID-19 pandemic forced libraries to close temporarily halting the access to physical collections. As a result, many libraries started reformulating or implementing collection development policies that favour the acquisition of electronic formats. Given the low, and in some cases nonexistent, availability of resources in electronic formats in the non-English publishing realm, concerns were raised by several area studies organizations about the equity and representation in collection development and acquisition. This report provides insight on how the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) , along with the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) and the Society of …
Beyond Books 2: Cataloging Archival Materials, Allie Mccormack, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Nicole Lewis, Becky Skeen
Beyond Books 2: Cataloging Archival Materials, Allie Mccormack, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Nicole Lewis, Becky Skeen
Faculty Publications
View the video presentation in two parts at the following links:
Part 1 https://youtu.be/EQEhVpmfOBc
Part 2 https://youtu.be/XIAMdPYspFo
Archival materials can often be found in cultural heritage organizations that do not have trained special collections catalogers on staff. In this workshop, participants will learn how to catalog manuscripts, photographs, and audiovisual materials so they can be discovered in online catalogs and databases. Both item and collection-level cataloging will be discussed and participants will learn when and how to apply metadata standards like RDA and DACS. Time for hands-on practice will be included.
The Development, Design, And Implementation Of A Library Assessment Framework, Holt Zaugg
The Development, Design, And Implementation Of A Library Assessment Framework, Holt Zaugg
Faculty Publications
Common in the language and actions of libraries is the desire to develop and foster a culture of assessment and evaluation. However, most employees in a library have had limited or no experience in designing, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating library assessments. Those who do have experience tend to draw from their personal discipline background that emphasizes one type of method over another. Typically, when these assessments happen, the efforts are one-off or siloed assessments. To create and foster a culture of assessment a framework is needed to guide and support all library assessments. A library assessment framework helps library employees …
Early Latter-Day Saint Missionary Training At The Church Academies, 1883-1925, Rebecca A. Wiederhold
Early Latter-Day Saint Missionary Training At The Church Academies, 1883-1925, Rebecca A. Wiederhold
Faculty Publications
View presentation recording here: https://youtu.be/tohMNqlwKhA?t=1366
As the American and European educational landscape progressed toward the end of the 19th century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began to recognize that proselyting missionaries who “were taken from the plow, the anvil, the shoemaker’s shop and carpenter’s bench” would need general education in order to “keep pace ... with the rest of the world.” To address this emerging need, a training program was developed at Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, to prepare Church members for missionary service through general education and courses on church doctrine. Many of the other …
Handbook Of Research On Customer Engagement, Leticia Camacho
Handbook Of Research On Customer Engagement, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
This handbook comprises studies by 69 contributors, most of them professors with PhDs. The book is organized into four parts, each comprising about a quarter of the 22 essays, each with its own references.
Supporting Teaching With Primary Sources At Brigham Young University: An Ithaka S+R Local Report, J. Gordon Daines Iii, Matthew J. K. Hill, Maggie Kopp, Dainan Skeem
Supporting Teaching With Primary Sources At Brigham Young University: An Ithaka S+R Local Report, J. Gordon Daines Iii, Matthew J. K. Hill, Maggie Kopp, Dainan Skeem
Faculty Publications
“Supporting Teaching with Primary Sources at Brigham Young University: An Ithaka S+R Local Report” is a research study that examines the pedagogical practices of humanities and social science faculty teaching with primary sources at the undergraduate level. The goal of the study is to understand faculty members’ undergraduate teaching processes for the purpose of developing resources and services at Brigham Young University (BYU) to support the faculty in their work. The study is part of a larger research project carried out from 2019-2020 by the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) in cooperation with Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit organization whose aim …
The Effect Of Fiction On Religious Studies Display Shelves In An Academic Library, Marissa Bischoff, Gerrit Van Dyk
The Effect Of Fiction On Religious Studies Display Shelves In An Academic Library, Marissa Bischoff, Gerrit Van Dyk
Faculty Publications
The religious studies librarians at Brigham Young University (BYU) began a book display research project to examine the circulation rates of religious studies titles placed on display and to specifically evaluate the impact of religious fiction on that display in an academic library. Student employees were tasked with curating the displays over several years and maintaining a spreadsheet with the titles displayed and resulting checkout rates. Religious fiction (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint tradition) circulated over 80% the first three years, higher than the religious nonfiction on display and the same genre in the stacks. In …
Targeted Awareness: Promoting Niche Resources Using Confirmation Emails, Brian Rennick, Leticia Camacho, Andy Spackman
Targeted Awareness: Promoting Niche Resources Using Confirmation Emails, Brian Rennick, Leticia Camacho, Andy Spackman
Faculty Publications
Purpose – This paper examines the effectiveness of a targeted email advertising method that informs university students about library resources relevant to their major.
Design/methodology/approach – Over the course of one semester, students with business and communications majors who reserved group study rooms received customized confirmation emails that included targeted advertisements for library databases. These advertisements invited students to click a link that led to a database related to a student's major. Near the end of the semester, students were invited to complete a short survey about the advertisements. Survey questions were designed to discover whether the advertisements were seen …
Assessing Old And New Individual Study Desks, Holt Zaugg, C. Jeffrey Belliston
Assessing Old And New Individual Study Desks, Holt Zaugg, C. Jeffrey Belliston
Faculty Publications
Purpose – This paper examines student perceptions of new individual study desks (ISDs) and how they improved the students’ learning experience.
Design/methodology/approach – The study describes the process for developing new ISDs. When about half of the old ISDs were replaced with new ISDs, two parallel surveys were used to understand why students used the ISDs, what their experiences were and any suggested improvements.
Findings – Results indicate that the new ISDs were used by students for significantly longer periods of time. They enjoyed the ambiance and amenities of the new desks, including a whiteboard used by over 90% of …
It Looks A Bit Like This: Prototyping In An Academic Library, Holt Zaugg, Elise Silva, Greg M. Nelson, Cyndee Frasier
It Looks A Bit Like This: Prototyping In An Academic Library, Holt Zaugg, Elise Silva, Greg M. Nelson, Cyndee Frasier
Faculty Publications
Prototyping is an incremental process that facilitates those looking to make changes in products, services, or resources. Originating in industrial fabrication process, prototyping can be adapted by librarians to examine changes made to library services, amenities, and resources. They offer a cost-effective way of trying something new and needed, to ensure that patron needs are met. This article modifies prototyping into a five-step process and reviews five examples where the Lee Library used prototyping to inform library decisions to inform the development of library services, amenities, processes, and resources to better serve its patrons.
Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group: A Discussion Of Topics Intersecting The Needs Of Publishers, Vendors, And Libraries, Ellen Amatangelo, Carolyn Morris, Ajaye Bloomstone
Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group: A Discussion Of Topics Intersecting The Needs Of Publishers, Vendors, And Libraries, Ellen Amatangelo, Carolyn Morris, Ajaye Bloomstone
Faculty Publications
The Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group provides connectivity between publishers, libraries, and vendors. We strive to bridge gaps in communication among these groups by supplying ongoing training opportunities, hosting discussion groups, and presenting information on current and future trends through ALA programs and eforums.
Macro-Appraisal And Professional Communities, Cory L. Nimer
Macro-Appraisal And Professional Communities, Cory L. Nimer
Faculty Publications
This paper explores the application of social network analysis tools and other quantitative measures for the macro-appraisal of a research community in order to identify individuals from whom to solicit professional papers. While the contributions of individual scholars can be quantified and reviewed in a variety of ways, network analysis provides a useful approach for assessing the contributions of scholars in terms of their connections with other researchers. Using the faculty of a university department as a case study, this study considers how visualizing networks might be used as an additional metric in a professional papers program or subject-based archive …
Collection Weeding: Innovative Processes And Tools To Ease The Burden, Gregory M. Nelson, Michael C. Goates, David S. Pixton, Megan Frost, Dan Broadbent
Collection Weeding: Innovative Processes And Tools To Ease The Burden, Gregory M. Nelson, Michael C. Goates, David S. Pixton, Megan Frost, Dan Broadbent
Faculty Publications
Evaluating collections and ultimately removing content poses a variety of difficult issues, including choosing appropriate deselection criteria, communicating with stakeholders, providing accountability, and managing the overall timetable to finish projects on time. The Science and Engineering librarians at Brigham Young University evaluated their entire print collection of over 350,000 items within one year, significantly reducing the number of items kept on the open shelves and the physical collection footprint. Keys to accomplishing this project were extensive preparation, tracking progress and accountability facilitated by Google Sheets and an interactive GIS stacks map, and stakeholder feedback facilitated by a novel web-based tool. …
Not Another Survey! Use Interviews Instead To Understand Needs In Your Library, Dan Broadbent
Not Another Survey! Use Interviews Instead To Understand Needs In Your Library, Dan Broadbent
Faculty Publications
Assessment in libraries is an essential part of managing library resources to meet the needs of patrons and stakeholders. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of two assessment devices—surveys and interviews—in particular as they apply to libraries.
Regional Connections To National Authority Files, Jeremy Myntti, Nicole Lewis, Allison M. Mccormack, Ken Rockwell
Regional Connections To National Authority Files, Jeremy Myntti, Nicole Lewis, Allison M. Mccormack, Ken Rockwell
Faculty Publications
Local and regional authority files exist to cover gaps in national and international authority files. These types of authority files should not exist alone if they are going to be fully utilized by other institutions that may have resources about the same individuals or topics. This article discusses how the Western Name Authority File, a regional controlled vocabulary of personal names and corporate bodies, can link to larger authority files such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File and Wikidata. Workflows and issues encountered with linking this local authority file to larger authority files are discussed.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: The Placement Of Archival Processing In Arl Libraries, Cory L. Nimer, Rebecca A. Wiederhold
Cross-Functional Collaboration: The Placement Of Archival Processing In Arl Libraries, Cory L. Nimer, Rebecca A. Wiederhold
Faculty Publications
This paper reviews the results of two studies of the administrative structures that support archival processing functions in academic libraries, assessing benefits and drawbacks of current models. With this research, the authors sought to determine whether best practices exist for the placement of processing units within academic libraries and whether these structures correlate with other statistical measures. The first study examined staff directories and organizational charts on Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member library websites. A follow-up study gathered qualitative data from ARL libraries, examining library administrators' experience with their organizational structure. The research results were used to inform an …
The Routledge Companion To Accounting In Emerging Economies, Leticia Camacho
The Routledge Companion To Accounting In Emerging Economies, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Weetman (emer., Univ. of Edinburgh, UK) and Tsalavoutas (Univ. of Glasgow, UK) divide this book into four sections: "IFRS [International Financial Reporting Standards] in Emerging Economies," "The Accounting Profession in Emerging Economies," "Audit, Governance and Accountability," and "Researchers' Experiences and Reflection." The first section covers Brazil, Russia, China, Malaysia, and Vietnam and includes a chapter on the corporate reporting environment and IFRS adoption in eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries.
What Are They Saying? How To Use Interviews For Research And Assessment In Libraries, Dan Broadbent
What Are They Saying? How To Use Interviews For Research And Assessment In Libraries, Dan Broadbent
Faculty Publications
- Assessment in libraries is an essential part of managing library resources to meet the needs of patrons and stakeholders.
- How to do it?
- Interviews can provide more deep and rich information than simple surveys.
- But... they are also more complicated and time consuming.