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Learning Race And Ethnicity: Youth And Digital Media, David Pavelich May 2009

Learning Race And Ethnicity: Youth And Digital Media, David Pavelich

Urban Library Journal

Book review


Organizing Together: The Library As Community Organizer, Melissa Canham-Clyne May 2009

Organizing Together: The Library As Community Organizer, Melissa Canham-Clyne

Urban Library Journal

This article examines how the opening of a new public library branch in an underserved neighborhood helped members of that community organize to improve the quality of their lives. Building the branch required the library system to connect diverse groups and interests.


Molly®, When Will You Come Again? : A Mobile Library Service For The Less Privileged, Krist Chan May 2009

Molly®, When Will You Come Again? : A Mobile Library Service For The Less Privileged, Krist Chan

Urban Library Journal

The National Library Board (NLB) launched a new mobile library service in Singapore on April 3, 2008. MOLLY® (mobile library), a mobile library bus, is the latest project to run on the streets of the island bringing library services to people not utilizing the extensive network of public libraries. After a comparative overview of different mobile library models in various countries, this paper introduces MOLLY® the prototype project and covers key aspects such as the conceptualization and objectives, special target user segments, outreach methodology and core activities.


Academic Library Services For Users With Developmental Disabilities: Partnership Of Access And Syracuse University Libraries, Adina Mulliken, Ann Atkins May 2009

Academic Library Services For Users With Developmental Disabilities: Partnership Of Access And Syracuse University Libraries, Adina Mulliken, Ann Atkins

Publications and Research

Syracuse University Library and Access partnered to provide library orientations to six Syracuse University students who have developmental disabilities. Access is a service that supports college course attendance for students who have developmental or cognitive disabilities. Students with developmental disabilities are being included in college life more and more. As this occurs, academic libraries will be providing more services to this population. We hope Syracuse University’s experience will be useful for other libraries to build on as they develop services. Additionally, we discuss opportunities to improve services for all students by focusing on students with developmental disabilities.


Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny Apr 2009

Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny Apr 2009

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Interlibrary Loan Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny Apr 2009

Lacuny Interlibrary Loan Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Hostos Library Fall 2008 Satisfaction Survey: Results And Discussion, Kate Lyons, Elisabeth Tappeiner Apr 2009

Hostos Library Fall 2008 Satisfaction Survey: Results And Discussion, Kate Lyons, Elisabeth Tappeiner

Touchstone

No abstract provided.


Information Literacy And Blind And Visually Impaired Students, Rebecca Schiff Apr 2009

Information Literacy And Blind And Visually Impaired Students, Rebecca Schiff

Publications and Research

In the summer of 2007, as part of the City University of New York PeopleTech Summer Institute held at Baruch College, the author taught a class in information literacy to a group of blind and visually impaired students, using assistive technology to access the resources of the college library. Despite considerable preparation and experience, teaching the class presented unexpected difficulties, detailed in this paper. Rapid advances in information literacy technology present unusual challenges for the average student—challenges that are magnified when the intermediate assistive technology is itself not easy to master. The author explores the pertinent literature.


Analog To Digital: Conversion Of The Image Libraries At The City College Of New York, Ching-Jung Chen Apr 2009

Analog To Digital: Conversion Of The Image Libraries At The City College Of New York, Ching-Jung Chen

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Quantum Computing: Selected Internet Resources For Librarians, Researchers, And The Casually Curious, Jill Cirasella Apr 2009

Quantum Computing: Selected Internet Resources For Librarians, Researchers, And The Casually Curious, Jill Cirasella

Publications and Research

This article is an annotated selection of the most important and informative Internet resources for learning about quantum computing, finding quantum computing literature, and tracking quantum computing news.


Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny Mar 2009

Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

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Lacuny Reserves Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny Mar 2009

Lacuny Reserves Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

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Nonknowledge: The Bibliographical Organization Of Ignorance, Stupidity, Error, And Unreason: Part One, Jay H. Bernstein Mar 2009

Nonknowledge: The Bibliographical Organization Of Ignorance, Stupidity, Error, And Unreason: Part One, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

Starting with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom paradigm in information science it is possible to derive a model of the opposite of knowledge having hierarchical qualities. A range of counterpoints to concepts in the knowledge hierarchy can be identified and ascribed the overall term “nonknowledge.” This model creates a conceptual framework for understanding the connections between topics such as error, ignorance, stupidity, folly, popular misconceptions, and unreason by locating them as levels or phases of nonknowledge. The concept of nonknowledge links heretofore disconnected discourses on these individual topics by philosophers, psychologists, historians, sociologists, satirists, and others. Subject headings provide access to the categories …


Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, February 2009, Lacuny Feb 2009

Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, February 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Executive Council Minutes Minutes, February 2009, Lacuny Feb 2009

Lacuny Executive Council Minutes Minutes, February 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, January 2009, Lacuny Jan 2009

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, January 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Exploring The Potential Of Twitter As A Research Tool, Steven Ovadia Jan 2009

Exploring The Potential Of Twitter As A Research Tool, Steven Ovadia

Publications and Research

The article reviews the web site Twitter, and discusses its research applications, including the concept of hashtags as subject headings to organize Twitter content.


A Reflective Teaching Journal: An Instructional Improvement Tool For Academic Librarians, Elizabeth K. Tompkins Jan 2009

A Reflective Teaching Journal: An Instructional Improvement Tool For Academic Librarians, Elizabeth K. Tompkins

Publications and Research

This paper explores the practice of keeping a reflective teaching journal to improve classroom instruction. Reflective practice and journaling have a rich tradition in the teacher education field. Accordingly, the teacher education literature provides the starting point for this case study of keeping a reflective teaching journal for library sessions given to first semester freshmen enrolled in a learning community. The journaling process proved useful by helping to improve instruction while also providing a mechanism to link theory with practice.


Taking Evidence-Based Practice To The Bedside: Innovative Methods Of Keeping Patients Informed, Carlos Arguelles, Myrta Rabinowitz, Lily Thomas, Nicole C. Lemoine, Kathleen Palafox Jan 2009

Taking Evidence-Based Practice To The Bedside: Innovative Methods Of Keeping Patients Informed, Carlos Arguelles, Myrta Rabinowitz, Lily Thomas, Nicole C. Lemoine, Kathleen Palafox

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Academic Libraries In Poland University Of Warsaw Library As An Example Of Library Transformation In Post-Communist Poland, Ewa Dzurak Jan 2009

Academic Libraries In Poland University Of Warsaw Library As An Example Of Library Transformation In Post-Communist Poland, Ewa Dzurak

Publications and Research

This article examines the complex changes that have occurred in Polish academic libraries, especially the University of Warsaw Library (UWL), after the fall of communism in 1989.Shortly afterwards, thanks to grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an accelerated transformation in all library practices began. In preparation for automation, the authority file was created, introducing the process of applying international standards in bibliographic description in a new climate of interlibrary cooperation. The Library of Congress classification and access to open stacks were introduced for the first time in Poland in a newly constructed UWL building. A crowning achievement of the …


Using Blackboard To Create Library Research Skills Assessment, Maura A. Smale, Mariana Regalado Jan 2009

Using Blackboard To Create Library Research Skills Assessment, Maura A. Smale, Mariana Regalado

Publications and Research

Like other college and university departments, academic libraries are increasingly expected to assess their services and facilities. This article describes an initial step in the development of a comprehensive assessment program for library instruction in the Brooklyn College Library. A pre- and post-quiz were developed based on the curriculum for a required library session in an introductory English composition course. The quizzes were designed to establish a baseline for student knowledge of information literacy as well as measure the effect of library instruction on student learning. We also sought to evaluate the suitability of the Blackboard learning management system for …


Brooklyn College Library's Online Art Catalog: Art On The Wall Goes Digital, Jill Cirasella Jan 2009

Brooklyn College Library's Online Art Catalog: Art On The Wall Goes Digital, Jill Cirasella

Publications and Research

This slideshow describes the creation of the Brooklyn College Library's online art catalog and audio tour.


Quirky, Not Quacky: Quantum Computing For Librarians, Jill Cirasella Jan 2009

Quirky, Not Quacky: Quantum Computing For Librarians, Jill Cirasella

Publications and Research

This slideshow introduces librarians and non-scientists to the relatively young field of quantum computing.


Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, December 2008, Lacuny Dec 2008

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, December 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, December 2008, Lacuny Dec 2008

Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, December 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lis Open Access E-Journal -Where Are You?, Izabella Taler Dec 2008

Lis Open Access E-Journal -Where Are You?, Izabella Taler

Publications and Research

Access to published information is of interest to many users. Library and information science (LIS) professionals are especially interested in gaining access and guiding users to all available information. Though they are often dependent on traditional subscription-based library resources, moving away from the costly ones and replacing them with usage of available open access sources, presents practitioners with a significant budget consideration in today's shrinking economy. This paper examines the availability of current LIS open access e-journals; their presence in well- and less-well known abstracting and indexing sources, their inclusion in standard library bibliographic tools as well as coverage by …


Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny Nov 2008

Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny Nov 2008

Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Lacuny Acquisitions Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny Nov 2008

Lacuny Acquisitions Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.