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Connections Newsletter Fall 2009
Connections Newsletter Spring 2009
Insights Into The Cultivation And Sustainability Of Academic Library Digitization Programs: Success Factors And Challenge Threats, Cory K. Lampert, Jason Vaughan
Insights Into The Cultivation And Sustainability Of Academic Library Digitization Programs: Success Factors And Challenge Threats, Cory K. Lampert, Jason Vaughan
Library Faculty Presentations
Many academic libraries have invested time and resources into the creation of library digitization programs, and at this point in time there is a growing need to evaluate the impact and success of these efforts. What factors determine whether institutions achieve goals and experience long-term success or face challenges in staffing, funding, and strategic vision? This poster presents the results of a comprehensive survey administered to ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Library digitization managers to help provide a cross section of the current state of a diverse group of programs. Presented along with the survey results, the authors delve deep …
Contentdm @ Unlv: New Capabilities, New Opportunities, Cory K. Lampert
Contentdm @ Unlv: New Capabilities, New Opportunities, Cory K. Lampert
Library Faculty Presentations
Why digitize?
•Access
•Preservation (sort of…)
•Collaboration
•New forum for publishing
Welcome To The Post-Dvd World: New Forms Of Media Production And Access, Thomas A. Ipri, Amanda Hornby, Tracy Montri, Rachel Gordon
Welcome To The Post-Dvd World: New Forms Of Media Production And Access, Thomas A. Ipri, Amanda Hornby, Tracy Montri, Rachel Gordon
Library Faculty Presentations
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Cultivating The Librarian Within: Effectively Lntegrating Library Lnstruction Into Freshman Composition, Jesse Ulmer, Nancy E. Fawley
Cultivating The Librarian Within: Effectively Lntegrating Library Lnstruction Into Freshman Composition, Jesse Ulmer, Nancy E. Fawley
Library Faculty Publications
It has become common practice for library instruction to be included in lower-level college composition courses. Students are typically required to visit the library once or twice a semester to receive instruction on how to find books and journal articles for an upcoming writing assignment that incorporates formal research. But does this current model of instruction truly address course outcomes that seek to produce students who are information literate, critical thinkers and life-long learners? Faculty who teach such courses are often reluctant to surrender precious class time to a librarian, but this paper argues that the merging of bibliographic instruction …