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Scholarly Communication Presentation For Lis9630, Adrian K. Ho

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Achieving Obligation In Information Organization: Some Novel Approaches, Cary S. Daniel

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Information organized in any fashion needs to be understood, needs to be communicated in order to be useful.

Baudrillard’s views on consumers in and of a postmodern society are employed to describe the users (researchers) vis-à-vis interactions with the metadata described. Hyperreality leads naturally into Introna’s call for a personal relationship as the sine qua non of obligation. This, along with Wittgenstein’s notion of ambiguities in language (meaning) grounded in activities and practices, leads to an ethical level of practice.

A number of models are suggested to aid in communication and achieve obligation in information organization.

Using A Survey Tool To Establish Preservation Priorities: Results From The Historical Folio Collection Survey At The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, Robin Featherstone, Sarah Burge

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Objective: An item-level survey was undertaken to reveal the preservation needs of a unique collection of rare medical historical folios and oversize anatomical atlases at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.

Methodology: During a re-shelving project, surveyors noted detailed preservation information in a FileMakerPro database. Recorded information included: dimensions, whether a new enclosure was needed, external status (condition of boards, spine, cover), internal status (cover-to-text attachment, paper), attributes (covering material, binding type, inclusions, bookplate owner, decoration), value/damage (value, damage summary, treatment summary), and photos.

Results and Conclusions: Survey data revealed vital information for determining preservation priorities. The …

Don't Worry Mom, I'M At The Library: Making Connections With Undergraduate Students, Melanie Mills, Jennifer Robinson, Marisa Mitchell

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For the past three years Western Libraries has introduced our services, collections and facilities to students via a welcome tent erected during orientation week. A great deal of planning goes into creating interactive and meaningful orientation displays that will capture attention and educate students about the role of the academic library as a physical and a virtual space!

Determining The Usability Of Ebooks Using The Think-Aloud Method, Kristin Hoffmann, Diane Dawson, Selinda Berg

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Keeping Assessment Results On The Radar: Responsibility For Action, Margaret Martin Gardiner

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This presentation is about the development of the assessment program at Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario.

Collaborations Between Research Libraries And University Presses, Adrian K. Ho

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This poster presentation discusses the findings of a study of the collaborations between research libraries and university presses for scholarly communication. It provides an overview of how libraries and presses have worked together and handled issues encountered in the collaborations.

Scholars Portal: The Canadian Experience, Karen Marshall

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This is a presentation about the Scholars Portal, which is a suite of shared information resources and services centrally managed by a consortium of 20 university libraries in Ontario, Canada (OCUL).

Presenting Libqual+ Results For Action, Margaret Martin Gardiner

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This is a presentation about how Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario used LibQUAL+ results to achieve action expected by users.

Tell Us How The Library Can Serve You? Libqual+ @ Queen’S And Western, Sam Kalb, Margaret Martin Gardiner

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Libraries are regularly called upon to compete with other areas in their organization for public and private resources. We have to go beyond circulation numbers, material for costs, number of titles and other quantitative measures. This paper explores service quality performance measures using the LibQUAL survey instrument and how it was applied at Queen's University and University of Western Ontario. The issues covered include organizing and marketing the survey project.

Combining Forces On Campus: The Four C'S Of Faculty Liaison, Melanie Mills, Elizabeth Marshall

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Now, more than ever, academic librarians across Ontario are expected to connect, collaborate, create and cooperate with faculty on their campuses. Learn how librarians at The University of Western Ontario (The D.B. Weldon Library) are building campus connections with faculty in the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences by putting into practice The Four C’s.

Hogging The Remote (Search Button): How Western Libraries Is Using Remote Searching To Streamline Acquisitions, Paul Hamilton, Karen Marshall

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This presentation discusses how Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario used remote searching to streamline acquisitions.

“Can Con” On The Www, Keith Chapman, Lisa Rae Philpott

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Uncharted Waters: "Hidden" Jazz Collections At The U.W.O Music Library, Lisa Rae Philpott

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Popular music has long been ignored by academic music programs and their associated libraries. If we are now playing 'catch-up' with pop music, then what is the status of jazz music? At Western, surprising collections of jazz music exist, but are hidden. This presentation offers an overview of the Simmons Collection and the CKGW Radio Orchestra collection, and highlights some of the Canadian content contained therein.