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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Occupy Wall Street, Mark Y. Herring
Occupy Wall Street, Mark Y. Herring
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
Perhaps someone can help me with this. Since the discovery of a library at the “Occupy Wall Street” site in New York, the library press has been nothing short of gaga. Like Neanderthals discovering fire, the library press has been all atwitter about the library, books, donations to same, and, of course, the destruction — OMG, no, please say it isn’t so! — of said library when the police moved in.
Access To Information And Implications For Healthy Ageing In Africa: Challenges And Strategies For Public Libraries, Ifeanyi J. Ezema, Richard N. Ugwuanyi Dr.
Access To Information And Implications For Healthy Ageing In Africa: Challenges And Strategies For Public Libraries, Ifeanyi J. Ezema, Richard N. Ugwuanyi Dr.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The elderly people are of intrinsic value to societies. Their health is Africa’s wealth. Unfortunately, Africa has serious health burden raging from diseases, poverty ignorance that hardly support healthy ageing. Development indicators from World Health Organization and the World Bank provide glaring evidence that Africa countries are far behind other regions of the world in health conditions of the citizens. This paper discusses the benefits that accrue from having a healthy old age population. Such includes poverty reduction, stress free ageing, assisting in taking care of young ones. It examines the role of information in enhancing healthy ageing in Africa. …
Investing In The Student Staff Development Process, Jeremy Mcginniss, Joshua B. Michael
Investing In The Student Staff Development Process, Jeremy Mcginniss, Joshua B. Michael
Library Faculty Publications
This paper argues for the need for librarians to invest in the student staff development process, particularly in the context of biblical higher education. The foundational pieces of hiring, training, development and assessment which inform the student staff development process are defined and explored to see how they should fit into the library context. Examples from the library literature coupled with practical experience provide a framework that encompasses theoretical and pragmatic application. This paper narrates how a particular library worked through this process while providing principles from which libraries of varying sizes of collections and staff can benefit.
Designer Codes, Mark Y. Herring
Designer Codes, Mark Y. Herring
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
If you’ve made it this far—and I’m sure many of you have—then you know what this article is about: QR codes, or Quick Response codes (also referred to, though less frequently, as mobile codes 2d barcodes, or 2d codes). QRs are not new by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, they’ve been around for about a decade and a half.
“The True University Of These Days Is A Collection Of …” Ebooks?!, Mark Y. Herring
“The True University Of These Days Is A Collection Of …” Ebooks?!, Mark Y. Herring
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
We do live in interesting times, don’t we? This is especially true of those of us who spend most of our working lives in libraries. The last ten years have been so filled with change that it’s almost become a byword: if you don’t like something, just wait a few hours and it will change. This isn’t a complaint, just an observation.
Data Management Services At Unl Libraries, Jennifer L. Thoegersen
Data Management Services At Unl Libraries, Jennifer L. Thoegersen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
In response to the increased emphasis on preservation and sharing of research data, the UNL Libraries have implemented several services to support researchers. These include data management plan workshops; consultations on data management plans; the UNL Data Repository, where UNL researchers can deposit inactive data; data registry, and persistent identifier allocation.
The Future Now: Canada's Libraries, Archives, And Public Memory, Patricia Demers, Guylaine Beaudry, Pamela Bjornson, Michael Carroll, Carol Couture, Charlotte Gray, Judith Hare, Ernie Ingles, Eric Ketelaar, Gerald Mcmaster, Ken Roberts
The Future Now: Canada's Libraries, Archives, And Public Memory, Patricia Demers, Guylaine Beaudry, Pamela Bjornson, Michael Carroll, Carol Couture, Charlotte Gray, Judith Hare, Ernie Ingles, Eric Ketelaar, Gerald Mcmaster, Ken Roberts
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Our title boldly asserts that the future must be acknowledged. We are not assuming the role of prophets, but rather of alert communicators. The library and archive sector needs institutional reform to improve efficiencies, foster more effective collaboration, and provide clearer, more reliable leadership. The Report synthesizes what we have heard and learned from Canadians. It conveys verbal and visual snapshots of transformative, energetic, forceful cultural institutions, either already flourishing or in planning stages. It also underlines the urgency of the present moment when disregard or neglect must be challenged and countered. First and foremost, in the digital era, libraries …
Write Together: Assessing Writing Center Data For Library Collaboration, Heidi Gauder, Hector Escobar
Write Together: Assessing Writing Center Data For Library Collaboration, Heidi Gauder, Hector Escobar
Roesch Library Faculty Presentations
Two academic support units, the library and the writing center, will be co-located on the library’s first floor starting Fall 2014. With a mandate to integrate services, the library was particularly interested in learning how the writing center addressed the evaluation, integration and attribution of sources, tasks similar to the work of reference librarians. Learn how we analyzed the writing center’s consultant reports in order to gain a deeper understanding of their work and prepare for a more effective service integration.
Impact Of Cloud Computing On Librarians At Small And Rural Academic Libraries, Deborah Deloise Tritt, Kaetrena D. Kendrick
Impact Of Cloud Computing On Librarians At Small And Rural Academic Libraries, Deborah Deloise Tritt, Kaetrena D. Kendrick
Faculty Publications
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America's Music In Bloomington-Normal, Anne Shelley
America's Music In Bloomington-Normal, Anne Shelley
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
America's Music was a collaborative public program presenting the history of American popular music through a series of documentary films screenings, scholar-led discussions, musical performances, exhibits, and workshops. Illinois State University's library worked with many stakeholders to produce the series, which was well-received by the community.
Here's Looking At You, Selfie, Mark Y. Herring
Here's Looking At You, Selfie, Mark Y. Herring
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
By the time you read this column this story may have lost all it relevance but it has made a bit of a dust up lately and so I think it deserves some further treatment. About two weeks ago, the cyberverse was all a twitter about naked selfies, mainly of celebrities, that had been hacked right out of the cloud. Imagine that. What goes online isn’t exactly private. Doh!
Gift Books Received At Uri July 2013 To June 2014, Michael Vocino
Gift Books Received At Uri July 2013 To June 2014, Michael Vocino
Technical Services Reports and Statistics
Gift books received by the University of Rhode Island Libraries from 2013-2014. Information includes date of donation, name of donor, and number of titles donated. During the year a total of 5,021 books and 104 DVDs were received.
Informing The “Naive Triangle": Evidence-Based Transformations In New Young Adult Library Spaces, Anthony Bernier
Informing The “Naive Triangle": Evidence-Based Transformations In New Young Adult Library Spaces, Anthony Bernier
Faculty Publications
Given recent technological innovations the notion of serving teenage populations obliges libraries to aspire to new design and spatial visions. Youth, historically not deemed entitled to an equitable share of public environments, has frequently been viewed as creating conflict in libraries, or as librarian Lynn Cockett observed, “Inviting young people to a library that is architecturally not prepared to handle normal adolescent behavior can have some pretty negative consequences.” Even under some of the best design processes, however, a kind of “Naïve Triangle” develops: architects, who frequently know little about libraries or youth aesthetics, work with librarians (with little architectural …
What Do Students Learn From Participation In An Undergraduate Research Journal? Results Of An Assessment, Sharon A. Weiner
What Do Students Learn From Participation In An Undergraduate Research Journal? Results Of An Assessment, Sharon A. Weiner
Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
Like an increasing number of academic libraries, Purdue University Libraries provides publishing support services to the Purdue community. In 2009, Purdue University Press had recently been moved into the Libraries, and there was enthusiasm about exploring new relationships which could combine the publishing skills of the Press with use of Purdue e-Pubs, the institutional repository platform that also featured powerful publishing features. Publishing an undergraduate research journal was particularly appealing because it connected the scholarly communication program of the Libraries with strategic goals around information literacy. There is evidence that undergraduate students benefit from engaging in research experiences, and writing …
Using Assessment To Leverage Collaboration With The Campus Writing Center, Heidi Gauder, Hector Escobar
Using Assessment To Leverage Collaboration With The Campus Writing Center, Heidi Gauder, Hector Escobar
Roesch Library Faculty Presentations
Purpose
Like many academic libraries, the University of Dayton’s Roesch Library houses a writing center. Currently located on the Library’s 2nd floor, it will soon move and become integrated with the library’s reference service. Since the writing center operates independently from the library (e.g., it is staffed by students and reports to different campus administrators), the library reference team, comprised of tenure-line faculty librarians, wanted to better understand writing center services. Given that research and writing are often intertwined, the library was particularly interested in learning how the writing center addressed the evaluation, integration and attribution of sources, tasks similar …
The Power Deep In Org Chart: Leading From The Middle, Jennifer A. Bartlett
The Power Deep In Org Chart: Leading From The Middle, Jennifer A. Bartlett
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
This "New and Noteworthy" review column focuses on recent publications involving the recognition and development of leadership skills at all levels of the library organization, not only those positions at the top of the organizational chart.
Damage To Libraries Due To Water Related Disasters, Parul Zaveri
Damage To Libraries Due To Water Related Disasters, Parul Zaveri
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Flooding, leakage, heavy rains, hurricanes, activation of fire sprinklers due to fire are some of the reasons due to which water can enter library premises. It can damage library resources and infrastructure as well as disrupt services for a long time. The paper describes the ways libraries can be prepared for such disasters as well as how to treat resources damaged due to such disasters.
Automating Workflow: From A Trickle To A Stream, Barbara Strauss, Marsha Miles
Automating Workflow: From A Trickle To A Stream, Barbara Strauss, Marsha Miles
Michael Schwartz Library Publications
Ideally, bulking up an institutional repository with a full listing of faculty publications is a worthy goal, but how can that be accomplished within a reasonable time period? Cleveland State University implemented Digital Commons in March 2012 with the KickStart program. Since then, faculty publications have been added at a steady, but slow pace. Through a collaborative effort, our Digital Initiatives Librarian worked with others to refine batch processing to increase the flow of record creation and document loading into EngagedScholarship@CSU. With the use of Excel, scripts, faculty CVs and Google Drive, the staff is finding new ways to automate …
Bring Your Own Device In The Information Literacy Classroom, Ilana Stonebraker, M Brooke Robertshaw, Hal Kirkwood, Mary Dugan
Bring Your Own Device In The Information Literacy Classroom, Ilana Stonebraker, M Brooke Robertshaw, Hal Kirkwood, Mary Dugan
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
In the 2013 school year, a team of librarians in the Parrish Library of Management and Economics at Purdue University taught a business information literacy course to approximately 500 management students in eight 70-person sessions. Due to limitations on a set of iPads borrowed from another department, one of two concurrent classes was taught with a set of iPads, while another had a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy, where students brought their own laptops or iPads. Focus groups, observations of behavior, and final evaluations were utilized to evaluate the comparative perceived effectiveness of the two technology approaches. This paper …
Implementation Of Rda In The Opal Consortium, Elizabeth A. Salt, David Powell, Jack Wu
Implementation Of Rda In The Opal Consortium, Elizabeth A. Salt, David Powell, Jack Wu
Library Faculty & Staff Scholarship
The RDA Working Group, an informal subcommittee of the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) Cataloging Committee was formed in 2011 to research the then under development RDA (Resource Description and Access) cataloging code and make recommendations to the entire membership of the OPAL Cataloging Committee on how to proceed with implementing RDA cataloging in the 24 small academic libraries which make up the OPAL Consortium. All of the OPAL libraries share one Innovative Interfaces, Inc. library system and share a public catalog, so it was important to develop some guidelines for RDA cataloging that all of the OPAL catalogers could …
The Role Of Federal Libraries And Federal Librarians In Research Data Services (Rds): An Exploratory Study, Kimberly L. Douglass, Carol Tenopir, Ben Birch, Suzie Allard, Carol Hoover, Lisa Zolly, Mike Frame
The Role Of Federal Libraries And Federal Librarians In Research Data Services (Rds): An Exploratory Study, Kimberly L. Douglass, Carol Tenopir, Ben Birch, Suzie Allard, Carol Hoover, Lisa Zolly, Mike Frame
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
This study explores the roles federal (government) libraries and librarians play in scientific (international) knowledge development within federal agencies and in the larger scientific enterprise. In particular, this research looks at libraries’ and librarians’ facilitation of scientific inquiry through the application of research data services (RDS). Currently, librarians’ research and data consultation activities with administrators and researchers typically involve creating citations and finding datasets; less frequently, librarians are engaged in data management planning and other RDS activities. However, federal libraries and librarians have been identified as key stakeholders in collaborative science generally and specifically in scientific data cyberinfrastructures, such as …
A Dream Come True -- An Academic Friend's First Ala Annual Conference, Essraa Nawar
A Dream Come True -- An Academic Friend's First Ala Annual Conference, Essraa Nawar
Library Articles and Research
Essraa Nawar describes her first time attending the American Library Association's Annual Conference as the inaugural recipient of the United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant.
Supporting Community Transformation: Becoming A Community-Engaged Academic Library, Patrick Griffis
Supporting Community Transformation: Becoming A Community-Engaged Academic Library, Patrick Griffis
Library Faculty Presentations
- Community engagement and service as third mission
- Targeting who to engage in community
- Community organization needs
- Academic library community services
- Benefits of community engagement
- Challenges of community engagement
- Supporting infrastructure
- Community engagement strategies
- Supporting community engagement initiatives of academic institution
- Co-curricular experiential learning community projects
- Service learning courses
- Small business development centers
- Developing academic library community outreach initiatives
- Going out to the community
- Bringing the community in the library
- Business by the book workshop series
- Following up & closing the loop
- Communicating the value of community engagement initiatives
Read Between The Lines: Marketing Graphic Novels, Rebecca A. Nous, Wendy L. West, Kate Seidlinger
Read Between The Lines: Marketing Graphic Novels, Rebecca A. Nous, Wendy L. West, Kate Seidlinger
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This poster session highlights a marketing initiative for graphic novels, an underutilized collection, at the University at Albany. The marketing initiative was a collaboration between the presenters and the University Library’s Marketing Coordinating Committee. It included an exhibit case, book marks, a library Pinterest page, a designated location for the books with signage to draw attention to the books, writing a piece for the Libraries’ newsletter, creating a promotional slide for the library lobby and website, coordinating with the bibliographer in the Science Library about her graphic novel display, and sending emails notifying staff about the display.
Library Annual Reports Made Easy, Essraa Nawar
Library Annual Reports Made Easy, Essraa Nawar
Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials
No single publication can do more to enhance the reputation, advocate for increased budgets, and support a library than an annual report. Even though an annual report requires time, effort, money, and the cooperation of many contributors to prepare, publish, and distribute, it is a very powerful marketing tool with demonstrated results. To make the process of publishing this yearly report easier, more organized, and more effective, a new approach was implemented in the Leatherby Libraries in 2011 that culminated in recognition as the 2013 national Best of Show at ALA PR Xchange awards with over two hundred entries. The …
Promoting Vermont Films In Vermont's Libraries: Presenting Freedom & Unity - The Vermont Movie In A Small Vermont Library, Fred C. Pond, Nora Jacobson
Promoting Vermont Films In Vermont's Libraries: Presenting Freedom & Unity - The Vermont Movie In A Small Vermont Library, Fred C. Pond, Nora Jacobson
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
This poster reviews steps taken to screen a recent Vermont movie (over a two month period, in six parts) at the Tunbridge (Vermont) Public Library, in an effort to promote Vermont films, at the same time provide provide programming for libraries.
The filmmakers and librarians initiated post-screening discussions on topics explored in the film, with the goal of engaging audiences on local issues.
A review of the audience attendance, funding and recommendations for future collaborations is included.
How To Deal With Published Maps In Your Collection, Katherine Rankin
How To Deal With Published Maps In Your Collection, Katherine Rankin
Library Faculty Presentations
This program is aimed at archivists and other special collections staff who have published maps as opposed to manuscript maps as part of their collections but do not have much expertise in map librarianship. The program includes information on kinds of maps, the basic parts of a map including those found mainly on pre-19th century maps, how to store and preserve maps, why they should be cataloged, how cataloging rare maps differs from cataloging current maps, why maps should be classified with a standard classification system, how Library of Congress call numbers can be used to locate certain kinds of …
Is The Google Book Decision An Unqualified Good?, Mark Y. Herring
Is The Google Book Decision An Unqualified Good?, Mark Y. Herring
Dacus Library Faculty Publications
Unless you’ve been living on a deserted island or stranded (or not?) like the pelagic castaway Jose Ivan (http://bit.ly/1fq6JsJ) for over a year, you could not possibly have missed the news thatGoogle’s mass digitization project, Google Books, won its case.
Bringing Events And Programming To Life!, Essraa Nawar, Charlene Baldwin
Bringing Events And Programming To Life!, Essraa Nawar, Charlene Baldwin
Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials
Nawar and Baldwin detail the Arts, Exhibits and Events Committee, which develops the programming and exhibits at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University. They also showcase the types of events and exhibits that have been put on at the Leatherby Libraries and discuss the pros and cons of the process.
The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray
The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray
Dissertations
Dramatic declines in state appropriations for postsecondary education, the rise of performance-based funding models, and limitations on tuition increases have resulted in a focus on student retention as a matter of importance to institutions of higher education. Concomitantly, academic libraries face changes in service models brought about by technology and the rising costs of providing access to an ever-expanding field of literature required by academic programs and faculty. The value proposition of the academic library is reduced in the face of budget interests that impact recruitment and retention. Many researchers and university leaders have called on academic libraries to develop …