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Solinet And The Hbcu Library Alliance Publish The State Of Libraries At Historically Black Colleges And Universities Dec 2005

Solinet And The Hbcu Library Alliance Publish The State Of Libraries At Historically Black Colleges And Universities

The Southeastern Librarian

The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) and the HBCU Library Alliance recently completed and published an assessment of the state of libraries at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Voting With Your Hands: Gis And Experiential Learning, Jeremy W. Donald Oct 2005

Voting With Your Hands: Gis And Experiential Learning, Jeremy W. Donald

Library Faculty Research

Experiential learning is a trend in liberal arts colleges. Students are increasingly asked to learn by tackling problems beyond the classroom, often in the context of the local community. This can mean knowing how to apply technology and quantitative data to analyze and understand a problem, and GIS is a powerful tool for place- and data-based analysis. In concert with the chairs of the Political Science and Sociology departments, the GIS librarian at Trinity University developed a plan for teaching GIS in a semester-long flagship course on election statistics and redistricting in Bexar county. Course design provided users with early …

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The Carothers Years, The Sequel: Some Observations On Acrl Library Stats, William T. O'Malley Sep 2005

The Carothers Years, The Sequel: Some Observations On Acrl Library Stats, William T. O'Malley

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Comparison of the University Library, University of Rhode Island with the libraries of the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire, based on statistics compiled by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Comparisons include total budget, volumes, materials expenditures, and staffing for the years 1993 and 2004. The additional spreadsheet file updates the comparisons to include 2006 and notes percentage change over time for each category.

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Reference Database Usage Statistics 2004-2005, Andree J. Rathemacher Jul 2005

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2004-2005, Andree J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2004 through June 2005. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.

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2005-2007 Reference Statistics: Total Questions By Month, Callie Mcginnis Jan 2005

2005-2007 Reference Statistics: Total Questions By Month, Callie Mcginnis

Library Statistics

This usage report contains the 2005-2007 Reference Statistics, which report the amount of reference activities by month.

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2005-2007 Reference Statistics: Total Questions By Hour, Callie Mcginnis Jan 2005

2005-2007 Reference Statistics: Total Questions By Hour, Callie Mcginnis

Library Statistics

This usage report contains the 2005-2007 Reference Statistics, which report the amount of reference activities by hour.

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2005-2007 Reference Statistics: Total Questions By Semester, Callie Mcginnis Jan 2005

2005-2007 Reference Statistics: Total Questions By Semester, Callie Mcginnis

Library Statistics

This usage report contains the 2005-2007 Reference Statistics, which report the amount of reference activities by semester.

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