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Pulling Back The Drapes: How To Use Excel And Access To Provide Information For A Package Review, Kate Seago
Pulling Back The Drapes: How To Use Excel And Access To Provide Information For A Package Review, Kate Seago
Library Presentations
The University of Kentucky Libraries need to review its Wiley Package in Fall 2012. Collection Management identified the key information to provide to collection managers. The Director of Acquisitions working with her Electronic Resources unit using Excel and Access created a spreadsheet that collection managers could use to identify core titles during the review.
Oapen-Uk, Michael J. Hughes
Oapen-Uk, Michael J. Hughes
Library Faculty Research
OAPEN-UK is the United Kingdom branch of Open Access Publishing in European Networks, a research project that aims to devise a comprehensive, equitable, and sustainable model for Open Access (OA) publishing in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) that is agreeable to all stakeholders: publishers, authors, readers, librarians, and others. The heart of the project is a pilot involving an experimental group of 29 OA titles paired with the same number of traditional route-to-market books in a control group. Matched as closely as possible by subject, timeliness, price, format, and sales over time, the monographs are made discoverable via MARC …
Diy History, Eric Willey
Diy History, Eric Willey
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
This brief web resource review contrasts the DIY History project at University of Iowa (http://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/index.php) against the intellectual framework proposed in John Voss’ plenary address at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists. Voss' framework consists of asking how the resource tells the story between documents and records, their data, and the record creators, how it presents disparate information as a cohesive user experience, and whether it creates its own archival content community by linking documents. The DIY History project provides patrons with the opportunity to "help build the historical record by doing it yourself." In practical …
Practical Pedagogy For Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies To Improve Student Learning, Leticia Camacho
Practical Pedagogy For Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies To Improve Student Learning, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Library instruction has developed from teaching students how to locate materials to teaching information literacy skills. The library literature is full of articles related to learning instruction, styles, and strategies. Even though library instruction is a big part of librarians’ responsibilities, very few library school programs prepare librarians for teaching, nor do many librarians receive adequate teaching training once in the workforce. Some librarians are natural teachers; however, the majority of librarians at the beginning of their careers experience inadequacy and frustration in teaching. To fulfill the need for library instruction education, experienced librarians have written many books on the …
Bank For International Settlements, Leticia Camacho
Bank For International Settlements, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) was established in 1930 "to serve central banks in their pursuit of monetary and financial stability, to foster international cooperation in those areas and to act as a bank for central banks." Seven tabs clearly indicate the major sections of the site and the core goals of BIS: About BIS (main page), Central Bank Hub, Monetary and Financial Stability, Banking Services, Publications and Research, Statistics, and Press and Speeches....
The Hispanic Databook: Detailed Profiles Of States And 782 Places With Hispanic Population, Including 23 Ethnic Backgrounds From Argentinean To Venezuelan, With Rankings And Comparisons Of States, Counties And Places, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
50-4786 E184 MARC The Hispanic databook: detailed profiles of states and 782 places with Hispanic population, including 23 ethnic backgrounds from Argentinean to Venezuelan, with rankings and comparisons of states, counties and places, ed. by David Garoogian. 3rd ed. Grey House, 2012. 1,707p index ISBN 1619250047 pbk, $165.00; ISBN 9781619250048 pbk, $165.00
[Review Of] Encyclopedia Of The Environment In American Literature, Jennifer A. Bartlett
[Review Of] Encyclopedia Of The Environment In American Literature, Jennifer A. Bartlett
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
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