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What Is A Metadata Librarian?, Karen Miller, Kristin Martin, Ellen Corrigan Nov 2010

What Is A Metadata Librarian?, Karen Miller, Kristin Martin, Ellen Corrigan

Ellen K. Corrigan

Panel discussion on the role of the metadata librarian in academic libraries. Drawing from their own experiences, three Illinois academic librarians address topics including the training and skills needed, as well as the duties and challenges of the position. Part of the DCUG "Metadata Matters" webinar series.Webinar recording available via http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-serv/mem-train/10falldcug.html. Presentation was recorded on: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10:00am – 11:00am


Mesterségem Címere: Gyermekkönyvtáros Amerikában, Judit H. Ward, Molly Stewart Nov 2010

Mesterségem Címere: Gyermekkönyvtáros Amerikában, Judit H. Ward, Molly Stewart

Judit H. Ward

Aiming to introduce Hungarian librarians into the life of American colleagues, this paper describes the curriculum in the MLIS program for children librarians in the United States.


Disaster Mental Health: Building A Research Level Collection, Claudia J. Dold Nov 2010

Disaster Mental Health: Building A Research Level Collection, Claudia J. Dold

Claudia J. Dold

Disasters are not uncommon events, and take many forms. Disasters, in whatever form they take, rob us of our sense of well-being, our security, our community, our loved ones, and our homes. Disasters forever change ‘life as we know it’ and seriously impact our ability to function. The psychosocial effects of a natural or manmade disaster can be long lasting, and the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster. Mental, neurological, and behavioral disorders are common sequelae to natural and manmade disasters. People with these disorders endure social isolation, poor quality of life, and …


Protection, Not Barriers: Using Social Software Policies To Guide And Safeguard Students And Employees, Sarah Steiner, Brian Kooy Oct 2010

Protection, Not Barriers: Using Social Software Policies To Guide And Safeguard Students And Employees, Sarah Steiner, Brian Kooy

Sarah King Steiner

Academic librarians have been using social software and networking sites for public services since they appeared on the Internet. While issues of privacy, identity management, and self-disclosure when using such technologies have been written about, very little critical attention has been paid to establishing policies or guidelines related to their use. This article is based on the authors’ experience creating a social software policy and internal service guidelines at Georgia State University and on the results of an informal survey study that gauged academic librarians’ need for and awareness of such documents. It provides both reasoning and assistance for developing …


Mobile Access To Digital Objects & The Development Process., Carmen Mitchell, Cristela Garcia-Spitz, Daniel Suchy Aug 2010

Mobile Access To Digital Objects & The Development Process., Carmen Mitchell, Cristela Garcia-Spitz, Daniel Suchy

Carmen Mitchell

No abstract provided.


Librarianship And Polemics: The Career Of Thomas James (1572-1629), Richard Clement Jul 2010

Librarianship And Polemics: The Career Of Thomas James (1572-1629), Richard Clement

Richard W. Clement

Thomas James is well known as the first librarian of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and the correspondence from Sir Thomas Bodley to James is justly celebrated in what it tells us of the details of library management in this period. Unfortunately, modern library historians have tended to look at James only as a librarian and have ignored or dismissed his scholarly and polemical works and activities. Yet James's librarianship was part of polemical scholarship, as indeed was the foundation of the Bodleian Library itself. If we are to understand the nature of librarianship in England in the early seventeenth …


"Integrating Current Media Sources To Improve Student Interest In The Credit Information Literacy Course", Sarah Steiner, Leslie Madden Dec 2009

"Integrating Current Media Sources To Improve Student Interest In The Credit Information Literacy Course", Sarah Steiner, Leslie Madden

Sarah King Steiner

No abstract provided.


Protection, Not Barriers: Using Social Software Policies To Guide And Safeguard Students And Employees., Brian Kooy, Sarah Steiner Dec 2009

Protection, Not Barriers: Using Social Software Policies To Guide And Safeguard Students And Employees., Brian Kooy, Sarah Steiner

Brian K. Kooy

Academic librarians have been using social software and networking sites for public services since they appeared on the Internet. While issues of privacy, identity management, and self-disclosure when using such technologies have been written about, very little critical attention has been paid to establishing policies or guidelines related to their use. This article is based on the authors’ experience creating a social software policy and internal service guidelines at Georgia State University and on the results of an informal survey study that gauged academic librarians’ need for and awareness of such documents. It provides both reasoning and assistance for developing …