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Sapl Newsletter : 2006 : 12 (Fall), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

No abstract provided.

Untangling The Jungle Of E-Journal Access Issues Using Crm Software, Carol Ann Borchert

Carol Ann Borchert

Librarians have been struggling for years with the variety of issues arising while troubleshooting access to electronic journals. This article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using a Customer Relations Management (CRM) software, originally designed for a call center, to communicate with patrons and track access issues. Utilizing the email software used by the Reference Department at the University of South Florida, we assign incidents, correspond with patrons and staff, write internal notes, maintain transactions, and pull statistics. Hopefully, library vendors will develop software oriented to the needs of libraries to assist in managing access problems for e-journals.

The Impact Of Grey Literature In Advancing Global Karst Research, Todd A. Chavez, Anna Perrault, Pete Reehling, Courtney Crummit

Todd A. Chavez

This presentation presents the findings of a survey of karst researchers from around the globe. The data suggests that karst research is heavily dependent on access to grey literature, yet formal efforts to organize for access and to preserve this important information is weak.

The Impact Of Grey Literature In Advancing Global Karst Research, Todd A. Chavez, Anna Perrault, Pete Reehling, Courtney Crummit

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

This presentation presents the findings of a survey of karst researchers from around the globe. The data suggests that karst research is heavily dependent on access to grey literature, yet formal efforts to organize for access and to preserve this important information is weak.

Untangling The Jungle Of E-Journal Access Issues Using Crm Software, Carol Ann Borchert

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

Librarians have been struggling for years with the variety of issues arising while troubleshooting access to electronic journals. This article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using a Customer Relations Management (CRM) software, originally designed for a call center, to communicate with patrons and track access issues. Utilizing the email software used by the Reference Department at the University of South Florida, we assign incidents, correspond with patrons and staff, write internal notes, maintain transactions, and pull statistics. Hopefully, library vendors will develop software oriented to the needs of libraries to assist in managing access problems for e-journals.

Sapl Board Meeting : 2006 : 11 : 16, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

No abstract provided.

Collection Assessment : Spanish Language, Usfsp, 2006, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

All-Library Assessments Reports, Summaries & Misc Reports

No abstract provided.

A Snapshot Of The Body Of Karst Literature, Sarah E. Fratesi, Lee Florea, Todd A. Chavez, H. Len Vacher

Todd A. Chavez

The pace of research in cave and karst science is increasing. The inherent multidisciplinary nature of the field exacerbates the need for globalized communication. The field, however, is served by a literature that is dispersed across far-flung topical journals, government publications, and club newsletters. As part of an inter-institutional project to globalize karst information (KIP, the Karst Information Portal), the USF Library undertook a structured battery of literature searches to map the domain of karst literature. The administrators of the KIP will use these data to design strategies to aggregate and evaluate the representation of information within the KIP.

The …

A Snapshot Of The Body Of Karst Literature, Sarah E. Fratesi, Lee Florea, Todd A. Chavez, H. Len Vacher

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

The pace of research in cave and karst science is increasing. The inherent multidisciplinary nature of the field exacerbates the need for globalized communication. The field, however, is served by a literature that is dispersed across far-flung topical journals, government publications, and club newsletters. As part of an inter-institutional project to globalize karst information (KIP, the Karst Information Portal), the USF Library undertook a structured battery of literature searches to map the domain of karst literature. The administrators of the KIP will use these data to design strategies to aggregate and evaluate the representation of information within the KIP.

The …

Viking Spacecraft "Mission To Mars" Collection Of Lula Agee : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Lula R. Agee 1913-2001

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

During the summer of 2006, the Poynter Library received a small donation of materials related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Viking space missions of the mid-1970s. Lula R. Agee, a NASA employee of more than twenty years based at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, collected these materials during her tenure as a conference coordinator at that location.

Sapl Board Meeting : 2006 : 09 : 21, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

No abstract provided.

J.M. "Sudsy" Tschiderer Student Activities Archives : Photographic Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, J. M. (Sudsy) Tschiderer

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

The photographs and slides in this collection document campus activities and student life at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. J. M. “Sudsy” Tschiderer donated three scrapbooks in summer 2005 to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library for use in the Fortieth Anniversary Exhibit of the campus. She gave the library additional slides, photographs, and photographic negatives in August 2006. These images illustrate the period from the mid-1960s through 1989 and capture notable events, members of the campus community, and general scenes that document the university experience at USF St. Petersburg.

Summary Report On Special Collections And Archives, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, For The 2005-2006 Academic Year, James Anthony Schnur

Library Department and Committee Reports

1900-01-00

Sapl Board Meeting : 2006 : 04 : 28, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

No abstract provided.

The Global Karst Digital Portal: An Emerging Collaboratorium, Robert Brinkmann, Todd A. Chavez, Louise Hose, Diana Northup

Todd A. Chavez

The National Cave and Karst Research Institute, the University of South Florida, and the University of New Mexico have developed a network portal to enhance information access and improved communication within the national and international karst community. The partnership developed an on-line digital portal with free access to a variety of information. This holistic undertaking seeks to bring karst research forward in the digital age. In addition, the project creates global connections by including a user-generated submission process for enhancing the diversity of materials available through the portal. We are currently transforming A Guide to Speleological Literature of the English …

The Global Karst Digital Portal: An Emerging Collaboratorium, Robert Brinkmann, Todd A. Chavez, Louise Hose, Diana Northup

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

The National Cave and Karst Research Institute, the University of South Florida, and the University of New Mexico have developed a network portal to enhance information access and improved communication within the national and international karst community. The partnership developed an on-line digital portal with free access to a variety of information. This holistic undertaking seeks to bring karst research forward in the digital age. In addition, the project creates global connections by including a user-generated submission process for enhancing the diversity of materials available through the portal. We are currently transforming A Guide to Speleological Literature of the English …

Papers Of Hazel A. Talley Evans : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Laura Woodruff, Susan Hickok 1947-2008, Hazel Talley Evans 1931-1997.

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

A local activist in the Democratic Party, Evans did a lot of the “behind-the-scenes” work for political campaigns in Pinellas County and statewide during the 1960s and 1970s. Evans was a dynamic leader both in local and national politics from the late 1950s through the 1990s. This collection includes correspondence, campaign literature, and political ephemera. A small monographic collection (including autographed titles) accompanies the manuscript materials. A native of Georgia, Hazel Atkinson was born on 16 August 1931 into a family that owned a textile machinery company in Atlanta. Her contributions to the Democratic Party and Florida politics and government …

Sapl Board Meeting : 2006 : 03: 16, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

No abstract provided.

“The Complete Register, Clear Water Circuit, Tampa District, Florida Conference, For The Methodist Episcopal Church, South” : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

On 6 March 2006, the Poynter Library acquired by purchase a single bound volume containing directories of many congregations served by the circuit riding Methodist ministers who traveled along the Pinellas Peninsula from the late 1870s through the 1890s. This volume is one of the earliest existing sources of written records from the lower Pinellas Peninsula. The book includes records of members, baptisms, and other information about pioneer families since 1873, a time when the sparsely populated Pinellas Peninsula fell under the administration of Hillsborough County. A handful of isolated farming communities and small settlements dotted the rural peninsula often …

Robert M. Thrush Audio/Visual Services Administrative Files, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Laura Woodruff

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

Robert McIntyre Thrush received an appointment as a halftime clerk at the Extension Library on the Bay Campus (now USF St. Petersburg) in April 1968. Working under the supervision of Extension Librarian Osborne Gomez, Thrush coordinated audio/visual services for the young campus. By the late 1980s, “Bob” Thrush oversaw a very active area of campus. Under the supervision of Gerald Notaro, Media Services Librarian, he became a senior audio/visual equipment operator. He and wife Dorothy “Dot” Thrush—a longtime employee in the campus bookstore—retired from the University in 1991. These materials offer a portrait of instructional media activities at USF St. …

The League Of Women Voters Of The St. Petersburg Area Pamphlet Collection [Finding Aid], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Laura Woodruff

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

Jean Herzig, former president of the League of Women Voters of the St. Petersburg Area, donated these materials to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library in July 2004. A subsequent accession of materials came to the library in 2005. This collection includes booklets, government documents, subject files, and pamphlets. Some items reside in folders, while most booklets and government documents possess full bibliographic records searchable through the library catalog.

Rural Protective Association, Inc., Papers (1970-1973) : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

Margaret Horst, a resident of Tarpon Springs, gave this collection to James A. Schnur in 1997. Horst had served as secretary of the Rural Protective Association at the time of its creation in 1970. Schnur, then assistant director at the Tarpon Springs Public Library, donated the materials to the Poynter Library This collection documents how residents of a sparsely developed area fought a last ditch—and ultimately unsuccessful—battle to preserve their rural lifestyle in the frontier range of northeastern Pinellas County. Many of them gathered at Al Boyd’s Boot Ranch, a large agricultural ranch once noted for its prize cattle and …

The Mushroom Coffeehouse Collection Of J.M. "Sudsy" Tschiderer : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, J. M. (Sudsy) Tschiderer

Special Collections and University Archives Finding Aids: All Items

The materials in this collection document campus activities and student life at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Compiled by J. M. “Sudsy” Tschiderer—a longtime director of Student Activities—this collection includes organizational and operational records of a popular campus gathering place, the Mushroom Coffeehouse. Also known as Pot-Pourri, this student-initiated facility provided a venue for music, movies, and entertainment during the early and mid- 1970s. Sudsy Tschiderer and Patricia J. “Pat” Sciarappa played an instrumental role in establishing this venue in a former U. S. Maritime Service building that sat along Asbury Street South, next to the pool (at …

Sapl Board Meeting : 2006 : 01 : 19, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library., Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library.

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

No abstract provided.

Digital Dilemmas: The Transformation Of Scholarly Discourse In The Humanities, Anna H. Perrault

Anna H. Perrault

The last two decades of the 20th century brought rapid and cataclysmic change to the industrialized world with the introduction and then invasion of computer technology into every aspect of life. Dissemination of scholarly research in many disciplines had migrated from journals and books produced by scholarly societies and university presses to the for-profit sector. As the corporate publishers began reaping profits from the scholarly enterprise, electronic publication and “taking back” the publication of research were solutions proposed to make the dissemination of research affordable for academe. The research library and scholarly publishing communities are collaborating in the establishment of …

Digital Dilemmas: The Transformation Of Scholarly Discourse In The Humanities, Anna H. Perrault

School of Information Faculty Publications

The last two decades of the 20th century brought rapid and cataclysmic change to the industrialized world with the introduction and then invasion of computer technology into every aspect of life. Dissemination of scholarly research in many disciplines had migrated from journals and books produced by scholarly societies and university presses to the for-profit sector. As the corporate publishers began reaping profits from the scholarly enterprise, electronic publication and “taking back” the publication of research were solutions proposed to make the dissemination of research affordable for academe. The research library and scholarly publishing communities are collaborating in the establishment of …

Spitfire, Stephen Cook

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

First place winner in 2006.

Library Assessment Report 2006/2007, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Library Student Assessments

No abstract provided.

Audio/Visual Department : Annual Report : 2005 - 2006, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Library Department and Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Public Services Department : Annual Report : 2005 - 2006, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Library Department and Committee Reports

No abstract provided.