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Digital Scholarship - University At Albany Student Internet Reviews, Carol Anne Germain

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Students from the Information Science IST 614 course, reviewed Internet websites on digital scholarship. They looked at several topics including digital copyright, digital curation, digital repository, Creative Commons, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues. The select websites will assist readers to locate quality information on digital scholarship.

Electronic Resources In Practice: Considerations When Selecting Online Content, Rebecca A. Nous

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Open Access And Students In Information Literacy Class: A Quest For Understanding, Irina Holden

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More Than Fun And Games: Changing Library Perceptions Through Outreach Efforts, Maureen Rust, Elizabeth Brown

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Academic libraries are beginning to devote more resources to library outreach as a means of conveying the unit’s relevancy to its campus constituents. Various methods of outreach include student engagement activities, embedded librarian liaisons within campus-wide departments, community programming, often in partnership with other campus units, and increased library instruction in University 101 courses. How effective are these methods of heightening the library’s campus profile? Does the return on investment warrant the resources expended on these programs? This study investigates campus perceptions of the target library. Since instituting its formal embedded librarian program in 2013, hiring two tenure-track faculty specializing …

Guest Editor Introduction, Ann C. Kearney

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Public Library Collaborative Collection Development For Print Resource (And More)

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Homeschooling: Exploring The Potential Of Public Library Service For Homeschooled Students

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Managing And Delivering Reference Services

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Copyright, Digitization, & Rfid

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Digitization, Metrics, Dewey & More

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Developing Online Tutorials

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10 Success Factors For "Small Library" Directors

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Managing From Middle: Engagement & More

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Teams, Video Games, Consolidation & More

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Leadership, Big Data, Digital Divide

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Marketing Your Public Library: Librarians As Liaisons & Implementing Electronic Databases

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The Sustainability Issue: Library Project Results And Implementation Reports

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Social Media Internet Resources, Carol Anne Germain

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Likes, Shares And Follows: Launching A Facebook Page For Your Academic Library, Annie Jansen

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This review provides (1) a discussion of best practices, including the content and frequency of posts, and (2) tips on how to get started on a library oriented page. Facebook is a powerful social media platform that, when used correctly, can have beneficial effects for academic library outreach and marketing. However, it is not a catch-all for engagement with students, staff, faculty, and the public. Engagement through Facebook needs to be carefully thought out and well-planned in order to meet the needs of library outreach and work toward the university and library strategic plan.

Will Boosting A Post Bring Them In?: Promoting Library Programs With Facebook Advertising, Cary F. Gouldin

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Facebook continues to be the most popular social media platform. Academic libraries have had some success using it as an outreach and marketing tool. However, few have taken advantage of Facebook’s advertising options, and most have only focused on increasing engagement and page likes. This paper investigates the effectiveness of using Facebook advertising for the promotion of specific library programs and services. The results of two advertising campaigns, one promoting a workshop series, the other promotion a one-on-one reference service, were analyzed to determine if usage of these programs was increased through advertising. While the advertising campaigns did have a …

Taking Care Of Business: Why Libraries Should Incorporate Listening Into Their Social Media Goals, Maria Atilano

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The purpose of this article is to summarize the importance of practicing social listening and online engagement on behalf of one’s library. While the literature shows that libraries, both public and academic, often strategize their social media goals to include listening, a concerted effort should be made by all libraries with an online presence to take an active role in engagement. By including social listening in one’s social media plan, goals and objectives, a library can anticipate a higher rate of engagement and meaningful interactions with their patrons.

Social Media Collaboration: A Case Study From The University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sarah Christensen, Jaena Manson, Leah Dudak

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Large academic libraries with a decentralized structure can lead to individual library units creating and maintaining their own social media accounts with little standardization or cohesiveness across the library system. As a result, social media account owners often duplicate efforts, overwhelming patrons with communication channels, and lacking a consistent message. At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I), for example, the library system comprises nearly thirty separate library units, and maintains nearly eighty social media accounts. These accounts are spread across platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, YouTube, and Flickr, as well as a plethora of blogs. …

Results Of A Survey Of Social Media Use In Nys Libraries, Katherine Moss

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Libraries On Social Media: Connecting With Your Communities, Greg Bobish

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Internet Resources: Library Space Planning, Repurposing Library Spaces, Carol Anne Germain

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Zoning The Library For Silent, Quiet, And Collaborative Study, Kabel Nathan Stanwicks

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On The Frontline: Repurposing Public Library Spaces, Cathleen Merenda, Gretchen Browne, Emily K. Wierzbowski

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Repurposing library spaces begins with understanding and knowing the local community and community needs. Assessing needs, looking into the future, and seeking creative solutions are activities described by Cathleen Merenda and Gretchen Browne in their co-authored article on their two Long Island libraries. In upstate New York, repurposing space took on a different significance for the Altamont Free Library, as the community worked together to adapt the former historic train station into a vibrant community library.

Employing Community Feedback, New Technologies, And Best Practices For Increased Viability And Relevance, Kimberly Bolan Cullin, Robert Cullin

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To empower libraries to better understand—and positively change—the way the public views them and to help libraries retain current library users, attract new users, and convert former non-users, this general review offers in-depth analysis of some of the most common desires and complaints expressed by 9,000 library users and non-users from across the U.S. over an 18-month period.

This collected feedback includes discussion of “active v. quiet” spaces and increased demand for co-working and business centers; improved access to centralized electrical outlets; alternatives to Makerspaces, such as digital creativity spaces and curated, circulating activity kits; and an eagerness for more …

On Leadership, Richard Naylor

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