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2nd Annual Archives Crawl, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

The Ellensburg Archives and Museum Crawl is a tour of the archives and special collections in Ellensburg.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 09-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Banned Book Week Events 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Events for Banned Book Week 2016

Game Night At The Brooks Library September 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Game night in the James E. Brooks Library with refreshments. Hosted by Nerdcore Toys and Collectibles

Friends Of The Library Paperback Book Sale, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

The Friends of the Library hold an annual paperback book sale to help raise funds for the library.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 08-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Spring 2016 Notes From The Stacks, Central Washington University

Notes from the Stacks: CWU's Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 07-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Unexpected Accessions: Outreach Presentations Bring Digital Content And More, Maurice R. Blackson

Library Scholarship

This article describes how outreach presentations by archives staff brought digital collections related to local history to the Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections online repository, ScholarWorks.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 06-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Library Programming For Adults: Unconference Discussions And Beyond, Molly Allen

Library Scholarship

This article discusses library programming and outreach ideas for adults, as discussed at the 2016 Western Library Association Conference in Spokane. The author highlights specific examples of successful library programming for adults at the James E. Brooks Library of Central Washington University.

Web-Scale Discovery: Impact On Library Database Web Page Views And Usage, Zebulin Evelhoch

Library Scholarship

Web page views of databases by title and databases by subject pages, in conjunction with COUNTER Database Report 1 and Journal Report 1 statistics, were examined to determine what impact a migration to Primo, a Web-scale discovery layer, had at Central Washington University Brooks Library. The analysis determined that the first year post-migration (2015) compared to the two years pre-migration (2013–14) saw a decline in Web page views of database Web pages, journal full-text article requests, and database record views and result clicks. The implementation of Primo thus had a noticeable negative impact on both direct database access and overall …

Waffle Night Winter 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Waffle Night at Brooks Library, serving free waffles, coffee and tea in the Fishbowl.

Getting To Know Altmetrics, Julie Carmen

Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

Question: How will citation metrics help advance your career and understand the scholars in your field?

Rationale: In this presentation, learn about the statistics that are tracked electronically, which scholarship resources are included, and who is doing the tracking; how citation statistics can help you land your dream job or assist in helping you land your dream employee. The numbers are in, and you'll be surprised how your research publications are being measured. Find out how your scholarship can affect your lifetime career.

In the past, the evaluation of academic publications by librarians and information professionals used re-shelving statistics in …

Finals Week At Brooks Library Spring 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Poster advertising all the events for finals week, Paws and Relax, Waffle Night, Button making and Relaxation Station.

Paws And Relax Spring 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Paws and Relax is an event to help students relieve stress during finals week. Dogs are brought in with their handlers and students are allowed to hang out with the dogs, pet them and occasionally pick them up.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 05-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Notes From The Stacks, June 2016, Friends Of The Brooks Library

Friends of the Brooks Library

No abstract provided.

Sundaes For Students, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Free sundaes and information on Library and Information Science Courses on the SURC West Patio.

Scholar Works: Demystifying The Research And Scholarly Communication Process, Sean Lind, Elizabeth Brown

Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

This presentation provides an overview of the scholarly communication process for beginning researchers.

Game Night At The Brooks Library May 2106, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Game night in the James E. Brooks Library with refreshments. Hosted by Nerdcore Toys and Collectibles

Book Club: Love In The Time Of Global Warming, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Discssion of the book Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block. Part of Library Book Club.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 04-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Systems Manager's Roles In The Migration To Alma/Primo: Experiences And Lessons Learned At Cwu, Ping Fu

Library Scholarship

This presentation, delivered at the ELUNA 2016 Annual Meeting, May 1-6 in Oklahoma City, details the responsibilities and tasks a Systems Manager might expect when a university library undertakes an integrated library system (ILS) migration to a new platform.

Institutional Repositories: Characteristics, Benefits And Software Platforms, Ping Fu, Liu Hua

Library Scholarship

Based on the theories and practices of institutional repositories (IRs)，this paper reviews and summarizes definitions，features，development，benefits and software systems selection process. Hopefully it will provide insight and bring inspiration to those domestic libraries and interested parties planning to work in this area. The authors take Central Washington University Library as a case study to illustrate an approach to implement an IR within a short time frame. IRs have many merits, including collecting and showing an institution's scholarly output. There are four or five main software platforms for institutions to choose from. An institution can decide to adopt one depending on its …

Game Night At The Brooks Library April 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Game night in the James E. Brooks Library with refreshments. Hosted by Nerdcore Toys and Collectibles.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 03-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Mobile Web Site Ease Of Use: An Analysis Of Orbis Cascade Alliance Member Web Sites, Zebulin Evelhoch

Library Scholarship

This paper analyzes 37 Orbis Cascade Alliance members’ websites to determine ease of use across mobile devices. Based on that analysis and a literature review, guidance is provided on how libraries’ mobile websites may be improved. Websites were examined to determine ease of locating frequently accessed resources on mobile devices that were identified in the literature: contact information, hours, databases, library accounts, and search boxes. Scalability of websites on mobile devices was also evaluated and was found to be non-existent in nearly a quarter of examined libraries. Areas for consideration and improvement are presented across Orbis Cascade Alliance libraries that …

Welcome Back Freeze Pops Spring 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Welcome table in the lobby of the James E. Brooks Library offering free Otter Pops and library information.

Libraries Through The Years, Central Washington University, Julia Stringfellow, Maurice Blackson, Carlos Pelley

Brooks Library Events

CWU Archives and Special Collections Presents: Libraries Through the Years: A history of libraries on the Central Washington University campus from 1891- present.