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Safety And Security In Urban Academic Libraries: A Risk Assessment Approach To Emergency Preparedness, Thomas Edgar Raffensperger

Urban Library Journal

Academic libraries have developed a wide range of emergency preparedness policies, procedures, and training programs. Libraries have traditionally focused on the recovery of collections after an emergency. Risk assessment has focused on collections, largely as an outgrowth of valuation for insurance purposes and the core responsibility of libraries to safeguard collections. Risk assessment has rarely been systematically applied to personal safety and security. There is an anecdotal sense that urban academic libraries are subject to higher risk from property and violent crime than other academic libraries. This study examines the level of risk of property and violent crime using Clery …

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, May 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, May 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2011, Lacuny

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From The Classroom To The Concourse: Studying The Grand Concourse To Discover One's Community, Elyse Zucker, William A. Casari

Touchstone

Walt Whitman’s poem, “I Hear America Singing” inspired the 13 murals painted on the walls of the Grand Concourse U.S. post office located across the street from Hostos Community College. Visited last fall by Professor Zucker’s Reading class (English 92) these looming murals helped students more fully appreciate how art enhances the Grand Concourse and, by extension, education illuminates everyday life. The 1860 poem itself celebrates America and its diversity, which 150 year later, still holds relevance for students.

Using Podcasts For Assessing Information Research, Lauren Yannotta, Brian Lym, Shiao-Chuan Kung

Publications and Research

This paper reports on the use of podcast audio recordings to assess learning in a hybrid information research course. Evidence of learning that appeared in the audio recordings and how the project affected student learning were investigated. Findings suggest that student-created podcasts can be beneficial in that instructors can see what students learned from the podcast content; students can see evidence of own learning by looking at before and after podcasts; and that students see methods used by other students and reflect on own methods/knowledge.

Lacuny Rerserves Roundable Meeting Minutes, March 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny International Relations Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Executive Council Minutes Minutes, March 2010, Lacuny

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Information Literacy And Social Power, Jonathan Cope

Publications and Research

An examination of information literacy literature using the perspective of social power research.

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Disability Services Roundtable Meeting Minutes, February 2010, Lacuny

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Lacuny Emerging Technologies Committee Meeting Minutes, January 2010, Lacuny

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The Trouble With Logins: The Challenges Of Online Identity, Steven Ovadia

Publications and Research

The article explores the challenges of multiple logins and discusses projects like OpenID and OAuth. It also discusses "Identity 3.0," the so-called next generation of identity management.

Information Takeout And Delivery: A Case Study Exploring Different Library Service Delivery Models, Mark Aaron Polger

Publications and Research

This article explores the transformation from the traditional service delivery model of a hospital library (patrons come to the library to request materials and information) to a more dynamic service delivery model where library staff deliver all services on clinical floors, participate in clinical rounds, and teach in staff and physician offices. This model is similar to the “informationist role.” The article discusses the “Information Takeout and Delivery Service” model and includes usage statistics comparing 2005 to 2008. It also shows that data from a questionnaire of 50 library users who were identified as “active library users” illustrate that this …

The Informationist: Ten Years Later, Mark Aaron Polger

Publications and Research

The article explores the last 10 years of literature relating to Davidoff and Florance’s informationist concept. An informationist provides many of the same services as a medical librarian, is a permanent member of the clinical team, and resides on the clinical floors. The author explores the job functions of the informationist and examines whether this service has come to fruition. The author argues that the informationist service can only be fully realized in large academic health sciences libraries, large teaching hospitals, and medical research organizations such as the National Institutes of Health. To facilitate this argument, a questionnaire was distributed …

The Viability Of Google Wave As An Online Collaboration Tool, Steven Ovadia

Publications and Research

The article looks at the Google Wave service, which combined shared-editing and communication features to create a hybrid collaboration platform. The author examines the applications for the service and the need for it, or its features.

Navigating The Challenges Of The Cloud, Steven Ovadia

Publications and Research

The article discusses the advantages of cloud-based services as well as the issues presented when an institution does not have full control of its own data.

Finding Data Sets Online, Steven Ovadia

Publications and Research

The article reviews several Web sites including IPUMS, IPEDS, and Data.gov.

Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Sixth Bibliography, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

This bibliography is a supplement to five earlier ones that were published in the Bulletin of Bibliography. Holocaust denial is a body of literature that seeks to prove that the Jewish Holocaust did not happen. This bibliography includes both works about Holocaust denial and works of Holocaust denial.

Standardization Of Keyword Search Mode, Di Su

Publications and Research

In spite of its popularity, keyword search mode has not been standardized. Though information professionals are quick to adapt to various presentations of keyword search mode, novice end-users may find keyword search confusing. This article compares keyword search mode in some major reference databases and calls for standardization.

Making Twitter Work: A Guide For The Uninitiated, The Skeptical, And The Pragmatic, Valerie Forrestal

Publications and Research

This article highlights the advantages of librarians and libraries establishing a professional or institutional presence on Twitter. This basic introduction to the web service also discusses innovative ways to shape your Twitter account into a successful professional development, reference, and outreach resource.

Writing Biographical Sketches For Professional Development, Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

Academic librarians, who regularly deal with requests for biographical information by patrons, can also respond to the call for publication issued by publishers of specialized encyclopedias. Researching and writing such sketches for publication can promote professional development, enhance one’s research skills, and stimulate new scholarly interests.

Evaluating Information: Introduction To College Research For A Developmental Writing Course, Maura A. Smale

Publications and Research

The ability to evaluate information successfully in all formats is highly relevant to students both in their coursework and their everyday lives. This lesson plan aims to encourage students to think critically about this important component of information literacy, and provides a foundation for beginning college students to build upon as they progress through college and on to their careers.

Introductory Research For Inner-City Advanced Placement High School Students, Keith Muchowski

Publications and Research

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Circumstances of the Instruction: This module is based on a collaborative effort between a college librarian working with two 11 111 grade Advanced Placement (AP) History and English teachers. Students are enrolled in both the English and History classes, making collaboration and curriculum coordination easier. An instructional librarian working in concert with classroom faculty is beneficial to students because many teachers are not fully aware of recent trends such as information storage and retrieval systems and Web-based search tools. Students taking this module are intelligent, score well on standardized aptitude tests, and receive better than average grades. Still, …

Demystifying The Irb: Human Subjects Research In Academic Libraries, Maura A. Smale

Publications and Research

Many academic librarians are interested in pursuing research studies that involve students, faculty, and other library patrons; these projects must be approved by an institutional review board (IRB). This article reviews federal requirements and regulations for human subjects research and explains the IRB application process. The author discusses common types of research projects undertaken by academic librarians that require IRB approval and offers suggestions for successful navigation through the IRB process. Academic librarians should embrace research involving human subjects because the results contribute to the corpus of scholarly knowledge in library and information science as well as in higher education.

Ubiquitous Research: Integrating Library Resources Into Online Courses., Kate Lyons, Elisabeth Tappeiner

Publications and Research

Online learning is transforming the way colleges and universities offer credit bearing courses. Now students are able to finish some or all of a degree online, with courses and programs from the hard sciences to the humanities. Nevertheless, a college education is comprised of a variety of educational and social activities that extend beyond a discrete class. Classroom learning is enriched and supported by services across campus, from the writing center to tutoring services, to the library.

This article discusses the experience of librarians working in a small, urban community college in integrating library collections, reference services, and information literacy …

American First Ladies As Goodwill Ambassadors, Wendy W. Tan

Publications and Research

Quite a few First Ladies took very active moves regarding international interests, and they often weighed in their opinions on their husbands’ decisions on related issues. My research was mainly conducted in five Presidential Libraries associated with five well-traveled First Ladies. After studying hundreds of journeys they made, my descriptions were focused on five, one for each lady, of them only. All of these trips shared a common trait, which was under the calling of humanitarian cause.