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Digital Commons As An Educational Tool, John Jesperesen
Digital Commons As An Educational Tool, John Jesperesen
Kresten Jespersen
This paper explores the educational use of an Institutional Repository at Rhode Island College. The focus is on selected units of our College's Digital Commons and the students who have helped to make it a reality. The Chet Smolski Collection, comprising an Image Gallery and a table for Op-Ed texts, is joined by relational portals that are not yet operative but approaching partial functionality. We claim that there has been real educational benefit for the students by using them to help construct an IR. Our educational approach of letting students teach each other can be of value to other Colleges …
Zotero/Mendeley: Hands-On With Two Free Citation Managers (Presentation), Amanda Izenstark
Zotero/Mendeley: Hands-On With Two Free Citation Managers (Presentation), Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
Learn about the features of and get hands-on experience with two big names in the free citation management scene: Mendeley and Zotero. This session will cover the essentials from adding and importing references to organizing citations and generating bibliographies.
Libguide To Business Resources, Mary Wilson
Libguide To Business Resources, Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson
LibGuide to business resources in the Horace W. Sturgis Library. Includes relevant reference sources, how to find articles, evaluating websites, and more.
The Problems Of Subject Access To Visual Materials, John Jespersen, Heather Jespersen
The Problems Of Subject Access To Visual Materials, John Jespersen, Heather Jespersen
Kresten Jespersen
This article discussed the problem of giving subject access to works of art. We survey both concept-based and content-based access by computers and by index/catalogers respectively, as well as issues of interoperability, database and indexer consistency and cataloging standards. The authors, both of whom are trained art historians, question attempts to mystify fine art subject matter by the creation of clever library science systems that are executed by the naive. Only when trained art historians and knowledgeable catalogers are finally responsible for providing subject access to works of art, will true interoperability and consistency happen.
Choosing The Right Free Im Providers And Clients For Your Library, Amanda Izenstark
Choosing The Right Free Im Providers And Clients For Your Library, Amanda Izenstark
Amanda Izenstark
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