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Anatomizing The Library: Virtual Anatomy Table Services In An Academic Library, Melanie Dixson, Niki Kirkpatrick
Anatomizing The Library: Virtual Anatomy Table Services In An Academic Library, Melanie Dixson, Niki Kirkpatrick
UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications
A growing number of academic, medical, and health sciences libraries are adopting 3D virtual anatomy tables (also known as virtual dissection tables) to support active learning initiatives within their anatomy educational communities. This article explores the implementation and management practices of virtual anatomy table (VAT) services offered by an academic library within a large public land-grant university system. The authors will share details surrounding their library's virtual anatomy table acquisition process and the development of VAT services for anatomy learners and instructors on their campus. This article will also discuss their VAT operational challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and …
An Academic Library Utilization Of Research Guides To Disseminate Consumer Health Resources, Niki Kirkpatrick, Melanie Dixson
An Academic Library Utilization Of Research Guides To Disseminate Consumer Health Resources, Niki Kirkpatrick, Melanie Dixson
UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries (UT Libraries) utilizes research guides as supplemental training resources, educational tools, and community enrichment aids to support health literacy. This article illustrates case studies of three UT Libraries research guides that provide consumer health information, breaking down each research guide’s development, facilitation, and purpose. As a training resource, the Cultural Competency Guide works to support the course curriculum. The Introduction to Health Sciences Research Guide serves as an educational tool by establishing foundational information for consumer health assimilation. Lastly, the Seed Library & Gardening Guide serves as a community enrichment aid to encourage healthy …
Rapid Organizational Change Through Servant Leadership, Corey S. Halaychik
Rapid Organizational Change Through Servant Leadership, Corey S. Halaychik
UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications
A change in administration at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, created an opportunity for the library to achieve a much-needed shift in culture. The college’s library used the six servant leadership themes for team effectiveness identified by Irving and Longbotham (engaging in honest self-evaluation; communicating with clarity; fostering collaboration; supporting and resourcing; providing accountability; and valuing and appreciating) as a road map for organizational change. By focusing on making changes associated with each of these themes in step-like increments, library staff were able to revitalize and reform services and space to increase usage, expand the library’s physical and …
Linear Goal Programming For Academic Library Acquisitions Allocations, Ken Wise, D. E. Perushek
Linear Goal Programming For Academic Library Acquisitions Allocations, Ken Wise, D. E. Perushek
UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications
The allocation of an academic library's acquisitions funds should contribute to the achievement of the library's goals and objectives. The availability of diverse materials and the varying demands of user needs in a variety of subject disciplines may represent a set of conflicting, incommensurate goals. Lexicographic linear goal programming offers an appropriate allocation methodology for determining an optimal solution with conflicting goals. This article applies this methodology to 90 funds representing books and periodicals in 45 subject disciplines at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). The model's goals incorporate several categories of budget constraints and user needs. The application of …