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Universal Design For Learning In Library Instruction, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2011

Universal Design For Learning In Library Instruction, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The purpose of this poster session was to prompt discussion on how to incorporate Universal Design for Learning principles into undergraduate library instruction curricula.


Open-Source Based Solutions For Processing, Preserving, And Presenting Oral Histories, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy Jr. Apr 2011

Open-Source Based Solutions For Processing, Preserving, And Presenting Oral Histories, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy Jr.

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

For more than a decade, the University of South Florida Library's Oral History Program has sought to develop cost-effective, open-source solutions to improve workflow management, increase public access, and preserve oral history collections. Recently, it established two open-source solutions to meet these goals. Bull-OH-Base enables Oral History Program staff to manage its many oral history projects and associated data in a secure and efficient manner. OHPi (its oral history player interface) offers researchers the ability to access and search its collections through a web-based application that synchronizes audio and video files with a full-text transcript. USF continues to improve upon …


Community, Survival And Witnessing In Ravensbruck, Jeanne Armstrong Ph.D. Jan 2011

Community, Survival And Witnessing In Ravensbruck, Jeanne Armstrong Ph.D.

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Name Disambiguation – Learning From More User-Friendly Models, Bob Thomas Jan 2011

Name Disambiguation – Learning From More User-Friendly Models, Bob Thomas

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Library catalogs do not provide catalog users with the assistance they need to easily and confidently select the person they are interested in. Examples are provided of Web services that do a better job of helping information seekers differentiate the person they are seeking from those with similar names. Some of the reasons for this failure in library catalogs are examined. This article then looks at how much information is necessary to help users disambiguate names, how that information could be captured and shared, and some ways the information could be displayed in library catalogs.


Creating A Specialized Music Search Interface In A Traditional Opac Environment, Bob Thomas Jan 2011

Creating A Specialized Music Search Interface In A Traditional Opac Environment, Bob Thomas

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Undergraduate music majors often search for resources in a limited number of formats. This developed a specialized search interface which might better support the needs of undergraduate music majors. The aim of this paper is to improve music resource discovery now, without spending any additional funds.


"Change Or Perish: Implementing Aeon In The University Of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections", Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis Jan 2011

"Change Or Perish: Implementing Aeon In The University Of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections", Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Creating New Partnerships: An Examination Of Two Collaborative, Grant-Funded Digitization Projects, Jenny K. Oleen, Livia Olsen Jan 2011

Creating New Partnerships: An Examination Of Two Collaborative, Grant-Funded Digitization Projects, Jenny K. Oleen, Livia Olsen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Many agriculture professors are also avid photographers. Throughout their careers, they photograph the unique, the mundane, and the fantastic. Their photographs and slides range from beautiful roses and champion bulls to wheat covered in rust and sickly sows. During their academic years, they use the slides for class lectures, at conferences, and at presentations to the public. Many professors and researchers also collect print materials, amassing huge collections of pamphlets, research reports and books. These items, though old or out of print, often are unique and have great historic value. They document the progress and results of a professor’s research …