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Electronic Resources Updates - 2024 Q1, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Mar 2024

Electronic Resources Updates - 2024 Q1, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q4, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Dec 2023

Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q4, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

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Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q3, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Oct 2023

Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q3, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q2, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Jul 2023

Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q2, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

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Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q1, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Apr 2023

Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q1, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q4, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Jan 2023

Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q4, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q3, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Oct 2022

Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q3, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q2, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Jul 2022

Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q2, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q1, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris Apr 2022

Electronic Resources Updates - 2022 Q1, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q4, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr Jan 2022

Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q4, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q3, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr Oct 2021

Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q3, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q2, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr Jul 2021

Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q2, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q1, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr Apr 2021

Electronic Resources Updates - 2021 Q1, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Ul Annual Report 2020, Stephanie Everett, Amy Freels, Aimee Dechambeau Jan 2021

Ul Annual Report 2020, Stephanie Everett, Amy Freels, Aimee Dechambeau

Library Publications

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q3, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr Oct 2020

Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q3, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


University Libraries Reopening Plan July 2020, Melanie Smith Farrell Jul 2020

University Libraries Reopening Plan July 2020, Melanie Smith Farrell

Research, Publications, and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q2, Sean Kennedy, Frank Bove, Gregg Harris Jul 2020

Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q2, Sean Kennedy, Frank Bove, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q1, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Frank Bove Apr 2020

Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q1, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Frank Bove

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2019 Q4, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Frank Bove Jan 2020

Electronic Resources Updates - 2019 Q4, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Frank Bove

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q4, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr Jan 2020

Electronic Resources Updates - 2020 Q4, Sean Kennedy, Gregg Harris, Melanie Mcgurr

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.


Ul Annual Report 2018-2019, Stephanie Dawson Everett Oct 2019

Ul Annual Report 2018-2019, Stephanie Dawson Everett

Library Publications

This report highlights some of the ways the Libraries help students succeed, supports faculty research, and provides valuable cultural and educational opportunities for the UA community and the region.


Academic Librarians And Labor Unions: Attitudes And Experiences, Ian Mccullough Oct 2018

Academic Librarians And Labor Unions: Attitudes And Experiences, Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

This research project investigates librarians’ attitudes toward unions and collective bargaining through data collected from a nationwide survey of 359 academic librarians in the United States. We found that academic librarians have a generally positive view of unions and collective bargaining agreements, a notable result in a national political atmosphere that is demonstrably anti-union. Union membership is strongly bound to faculty status. Our research results imply that unionization and collective bargaining provide stronger job protections and higher wages than faculty status alone, and suggest that discussions of faculty status in academic libraries may not have provided best possible way to …


Even You Can Afford Affordable Learning!: Grace Under The Pressure Of Open Educational Resources, Melanie Mcgurr, Michael Monaco Jun 2018

Even You Can Afford Affordable Learning!: Grace Under The Pressure Of Open Educational Resources, Melanie Mcgurr, Michael Monaco

Research, Publications, and Presentations

Presentation on adding Open Educational Resources to the University of Akron catalog in support of the affordable learning initiative.


Challenges And Opportunities: One Academic Library, Seven Hospitals And A Consortialmove, Melanie Mcgurr, Demetria Patrick Jun 2017

Challenges And Opportunities: One Academic Library, Seven Hospitals And A Consortialmove, Melanie Mcgurr, Demetria Patrick

Research, Publications, and Presentations

This presentation explores a three-phase project that involved switching from a shared server hosted in a state consortia to a hosted service with Innovative Interfaces, along with a long overdue upgrade to Sierra. Phase I and II were the most challenging and work intensive and involved the most planning by the NEOMED staff. These challenges also brought our problem areas within the consortia to light. Throughout phase I and II, we improved our communication, stressed the importance of autonomy at the hospitals, and encouraged the staff to work directly with their IT and vendors. We created checklists for the hospitals …


Journal Usage At Department And Research Group Level (Postprint), Ian Mccullough Jul 2016

Journal Usage At Department And Research Group Level (Postprint), Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

Journal usage in the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron from 2006-2011 was determined by counting citations within faculty-supervised dissertations and faculty publications. Ranked title lists were created and correlations between journal usage in faculty publications and faculty-supervised dissertations were measured using Kendall’s rank-correlation coefficient. Dissertations and faculty publications were also organized by research group and correlated within groups. Dissertations and faculty publications were found to have a much stronger positive correlation within the group than within the department. Individual groups were found to have highly variable correlation with each other. Examining journal usage at group level …


Shifting Sands - Forum Notes.Pdf, Ian Mccullough Jun 2016

Shifting Sands - Forum Notes.Pdf, Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Worksheet For Collection Microclimates Poster, Ian Mccullough Mar 2015

Worksheet For Collection Microclimates Poster, Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

How to sheet for the data collection method used in the Collection Microclimates poster


Collection Microclimates – Citation Study Of Journal Usage Differences At Department And Research Group Level, Ian Mccullough Mar 2015

Collection Microclimates – Citation Study Of Journal Usage Differences At Department And Research Group Level, Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

Citations from journal articles and dissertations from the Department of Polymer Science (DPS) at the University of Akron from 2006–2011 were examined and journals ranked in order of usage frequency. Journal usage of dissertations and articles was also ranked within research groups. 85 dissertations and 464 faculty publications that included 378 publications from 16 dissertation advisors were examined. Citations to 1422 journals were counted and recorded. Findings demonstrate that individual groups vary wildly in journal usage representing microclimates for collection development purposes.


Journal Impact Factor - The Worst Metric In Science, Ian Mccullough Jan 2015

Journal Impact Factor - The Worst Metric In Science, Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

Presentation on the origins and proper use of the journal impact factor, followed by a critical look at the deficiencies and misuses of the metric - specifically the use for evaluating individual research output.


Improving Engagement By Creating A Peer Environment, Tammy Stitz Jan 2013

Improving Engagement By Creating A Peer Environment, Tammy Stitz

Research, Publications, and Presentations

It is well documented in literature that engineering students seek information by asking their peers before seeking information from other sources, such as asking a professor or performing a literature search. Social networking and other technologies, such as short message service, instant messaging, and even e-mail can be used to foster a peer type of relationship between educators and students. An online student survey can be used for this purpose as well. Assessment of library instruction sessions is important to ensure that students are learning what is intended. Surveying students can ensure instructional relevancy, reveal missing lecture information, and highlight …