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Finding The Middle Ground In Collection Development: How Academic Law Librarians Can Shape Their Collections In Response To The Call For More Practice-Oriented Legal Education, Leslie A. Street, Amanda M. Runyon

Leslie A. Street

To examine how academic law libraries can respond to the call for more practice-oriented legal education, the authors compared trends in collection management decisions regarding secondary sources at academic and law firm libraries. The results of their survey are followed by recommendations about how academic and firm librarians can work together to best provide law students with materials they will need in practice.

Extending The Library Community: Building A Pathway To College Through Collaborative Instruction & Mentoring, Gayle Schaub, Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra, Emily Sartorius

Gayle Schaub

Support For Research And Service In Florida Academic Libraries, Tina M. Neville, Deborah Boran Henry

Tina M. Neville

Following a 2003 survey that benchmarked the research and publication activities of Florida librarians, administrative support for these efforts was investigated. Library administrators were asked to identify various types and funding levels of travel and research assistance. Results suggest that Florida librarians receive support comparable to national and regional trends.

Going The Distance: Avoiding Mid-Career Plateaus., Deborah Boran Henry, Tina M. Neville

Tina M. Neville

No abstract provided.

Harnessing Yik Yak For Good: A Study Of Students’ Anonymous Library Feedback, Mark Robison, Ruth S. Connell

Mark Robison

Harnessing Yik Yak For Good: A Study Of Students’ Anonymous Library Feedback, Mark Robison, Ruth S. Connell

Ruth S. Connell

“I Felt Like Such A Freshman:” Reflections On Depaul University Library’S Assessment In Action Project, Heather Jagman

Heather Jagman

No abstract provided.

“I Felt Like Such A Freshman”: First-Year Students Crossing The Library Threshold

Heather Jagman

The Hitchhiker’S Guide To Collection Development In Academic Libraries, Rachel Wen-Paloutzian

Rachel Wen-Paloutzian

Insights Into Academic Librarian Leadership Using The Bolman And Deal Leadership Orientation Framework, Colleen Boff

Colleen T. Boff, Ed.D.

Success! Assessment In Action And Its Impact On Four Academic Libraries, Lisa Massengale, Heather Jagman, Amy Glass, Stephanie Bluemle

Heather Jagman

This panel will provide an overview of Assessment in Action learning projects, which assessed library impact on student learning. Augustana College studied the effect of using original primary materials on first-year students’ information literacy and critical thinking skills. DePaul University investigated how independent learning activities allowed first year students to articulate how the library contributed to their success. Illinois Central College looked at library instruction’s impact on student success within sections of Composition ENG 111 (Composition II) courses. Illinois Institute of Technology examined whether intensity of library usage affected undergraduate student success.

Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans For Librarians, Gayle Schaub, Patricia Bravender, Hazel Mcclure

Gayle Schaub

Creating Library And Academic Insiders Through Collaborative Reflective Writing, Heather Jagman

Heather Jagman

Reflection papers can be an effective way to invite students to connect personal experiences to new academic experiences, and reinforce their identity as successful members of the academic community. Results of a co-curricular assessment project demonstrate how students can contribute to their own information literacy and academic success.

More Than Just Where To Click, Heather Jagman, Troy Swanson

Heather Jagman

How do we move students beyond mechanical searching skills toward more sophisticated ways of understanding information? How can we encourage students reflect on their own beliefs and worldviews as they interact with sources? ACRL’s new title, Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information seeks to answer these questions. In addition to providing background on the editorial process, Swanson and Jagman will highlight the connections made by contributors and explore how authors provide a balance of theoretical and applied approaches to information literacy, supplying readers with accessible and innovative ideas ready to be put into practice.

Selection Connection: Creating An Internal Web Page For Collection Development, Julie Rabine, Linda A. Brown

Linda A Brown

Collection development librarians often use Web resources as they select materials, but only a few libraries have built a working Web page for this purpose. The authors suggest that a collection development Web page is a valuable asset to an academic library. The Web page can be used to communicate with university faculty and others outside the library, and can provide a single source for links to Web tools used by collection development librarians. The authors discuss sources of Web-based bibliographer’s tools and suggest useful types of information to include.

The Value Of The Curriculum Center's Mission Statement: Meeting The Needs Of Evolving Teacher Education, Julie L. Miller, Nadean Meyer

Julie L. Miller

This chapter explores the value of creating a mission statement to help redefine the academic library's curriculum center in the context of the current dynamic teacher education environment. The mission statement and related texts, such as vision, values, and guiding principle statements, define the purpose of the center for its constituents. It acts as a bridge between communities of practice and organizations, demonstrating the relationship of the center to the teacher education program, the academic library, and the college or university. Most importantly, the mission statement provides guidance for making policy and procedure decisions that are proactive. In an evolving …

Not Just Where To Click : Teaching Students How To Think About Information, Heather Jagman, Troy Swanson

Heather Jagman

I Felt Like Such A Freshman’: Integrating First-Year Student Identities Through Collaborative Reflective Learning, Paula Dempsey, Heather Jagman

Heather Jagman

This poster reports on qualitative analysis of 97 first-year student essays generated from an information literacy exercise designed collaboratively by four academic support units at DePaul University in Fall 2013. Working as an ACRL Assessment in Action team, the Library, Writing Center, Office for Academic Advising, and Center for Students with Disabilities integrated a library experience into an academic skills unit led by peer mentors. First-year students were asked to consider a topic of personal or academic interest, use the library discovery tool to identify an item, physically find the item in the library, check it out, and reflect on …

I Felt Like Such A Freshman: Creating Library Insiders, Heather Jagman, Lisa Davidson, Lauri Dietz, Jodi Falk, Antonieta Fitzpatrick

Heather Jagman

Independent learning activities, when coupled with reflection, are effective in providing an orientation to the library in particular and “academic life” in general. After participating in a self-guided library activity and reflecting on the process, students in DePaul’s First Year Experience program are able to articulate how the library can contribute to their success as academic learners.

Work Management And The Academic Library, Elizabeth Martin, Lynn Sheehan

Lynn Sheehan

This presentation will discuss how best to manage work focusing on leadership and management roles. It will look at three aspects of work management; people, process and ideas; examining the importance of staff development, training and hiring; as well as allowing professional development and leadership opportunities for your staff. The presenters will close by sharing library specific work/time management tools.

The Poor Administrator And You, Jeffrey A. Franks

Jeffrey A Franks

Consult Me First, Jeffrey A. Franks

Jeffrey A Franks

Academic Libraries Should Consider A Strategic Approach To Promotion And Marketing Of E-Books, Nazi Torabi

Nazi Torabi

No abstract provided.

Teaching Information Literacy, Heather Jagman, Michele Shade

Heather Jagman

In this age of information abundance, do you wonder if your students have the skills to recognize the kind of information they need to complete assignments, and then to locate, evaluate and use that information effectively? In this workshop, participants will develop an understanding of how to integrate information literacy skills into assignments and teaching in support of DePaul’s new university learning goals and strategic plan. The team of presenters will highlight national information literacy standards, provide an overview the DePaul University Library’s information literacy instruction program, and illustrate ways in which faculty and the library have collaborated to target …

An Examination Of Lending Fees At Thirty Academic Libraries In The Southeast, William Walsh, Felicity Walsh

William Walsh

Current fiscal shortfalls are projected to bring deep and long lasting budget cuts to libraries. With every budget dollar under close scrutiny, the urgency of filling patron information needs efficiently and costeffectively increases. Interlibrary loan plays an important role in filling in gaps in library collections, yet as significant budget cuts are made at libraries of all sizes, materials will be available from fewer and fewer lenders. Libraries unable to find items from those with whom they have reciprocal arrangements will be will be forced to use lenders who charge. This article examines fees associated with interlibrary lending in 30 …

Cultivating Partnerships/Realizing Diversity, Janice Simmons-Welburn, William C. Welburn

William C Welburn

Academic librarians should not only seek methods for continuous learning about an increasingly diverse college student body, they are encouraged to pursue partnerships with campus agencies that work directly with students, especially those charged with building a diverse community of students. The authors present two examples to illustrate strategies-in-action.

It's Just Plain Common(S) Sense: Grounding Space Planning In Evidence-Based Research, Melanie Mills

Melanie Mills

The Graduate Resource Centre (GRC) at The University of Western Ontario (Western) is a special library independently operated by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). Exclusively serving the communities of FIMS four graduate programs – Journalism, Media Studies, Library and Information Science and Popular Music and Culture – the GRC has a well-established and longstanding tradition of supporting teaching and learning excellence at FIMS. As Western’s youngest and fastest growing Faculty, FIMS quickly outgrew its existing space on campus. Plans to relocate the entire Faculty, including its in-house library and information centre, are now underway. The University has …

Approaches To Marketing An Institutional Repository To Campus, Marisa L. Ramirez, Michael D. Miller

Michael D. Miller

Marketing is an activity that is integral to the growth and use of a campusinstitutional repository (IR). But what kinds of marketing activitiesdo libraries engage in to advertise the new services associatedwith an IR? This chapter summarizes basic marketing principles and describesthe application of those principles as they relate to marketing an institutionalrepository within a higher education setting.

Institutional Repositories At Small Institutions In America: Some Current Trends, Melissa Nykanen

Melissa Nykanen

The research reported in this article was undertaken to determine the level of implementation of institutional repositories (IRs) at small institutions enrolling fewer than 10,000 students. The study analyzed quantitative and qualitative data from IRs at a number of small institutions with the aim of observing relevant patterns and trends that may or may not be unique to small institutions. The study concludes that IRs at small institutions exist in significant numbers, and they exhibit some unique patterns, particularly in the benefits and challenges specific to small institutions, the association with IR consortia, and the focus on student research.

Partnering With Information Technology At The Reference Desk: A Model For Success, Jeffrey A. Franks

Jeffrey A Franks