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Accessibility And Libguides In Academic Libraries, Tori Linville Hopper

The Southeastern Librarian

This article outlines an exploratory case study to determine how to best serve functionally diverse patrons in a digital landscape through usable and accessible LibGuides at the University of Mississippi Libraries. The literature was reviewed to explore what best practices are implemented when crafting accessible LibGuides. A best practices LibGuide was then created as a resource for librarians to utilize in creating accessible and usable guides. A small sample of the most viewed LibGuides from the University of Mississippi Libraries was then evaluated for accessibility with WebAIM’s WAVE Accessibility Evaluation Tool along with a manual rubric created by Stitz and …

Horace Kephart Writings, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

George Frizzell and Mae Miller Claxton, eds. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2020 ISBN: 9781621905417 707 p. $45.00 (Pbk)

The Southeastern Librarian V 68 No 4 (Winter 2021)

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian Volume 68 Number 4

Writing Appalachia: An Anthology, Allison Faix

The Southeastern Librarian

Lloyd Ledford Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020 ISBN: 9780813178790 776 p. $50.00 (Hbk)

Finding (Fictional) Pandemics In The Library: Problems In The Classification Of Fiction, Preston R. Salisbury

The Southeastern Librarian

Libraries have been forced to adjust their services in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has necessitated changes in patron behaviors. With shelf browsing no longer viable, discoverability of materials via the online public access catalog (OPAC) is more important than ever. However, works of fiction often lack subject or genre headings that enable users to locate them in this manner. This article examines a small sample of fictional works that are about epidemics, and looks at whether or not they are discoverable by conducting a subject search for epidemics in ten major southeastern library systems. It examines how the …

Clothing And Fashion In Southern History, Melanie Dunn

The Southeastern Librarian

Ted Ownby and Becca Walton, eds. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2020 ISBN: 9781496829511 174 p. $30.00 (Pbk)

Christian Citizens: Reading The Bible In Black And White In The Postemancipation South, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Elizabeth L. Jemison Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2020 ISBN: 9781469659695 242p. $29.95 (Pkb)

The World Of Jak Smyrl: South Carolina Artist, Journalist, Cartoonist, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

The Southeastern Librarian

Joan A. Inabinet and L. Glen Inabinet Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2020 ISBN: 9781643360492 368 p. $34.99 (Hbk)

Sela/General News, Library News, And Personnel News

The Southeastern Librarian

News from SELA and member libraries as well as representative lists.

The President's Column, Melissa Dennis

The Southeastern Librarian

Letter from SELA President, Melissa Dennis

A Smokey Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, And More, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Jim Casada Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2020 ISBN: 9781621906094 309 p. $29.95 (Pbk)

Bluegrass Ambassadors: The Mclain Family Band In Appalachia And The World, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Paul O. Jenkins Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2020 ISBN: 9781949199680 288 p. $26.00 (Pbk)

Stall Street Journal | January 2021, Jennifer Jacobs

Library Newsletters

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Volume 37, Issue 1

Context Is (Almost) Everything: Academic Historians And Digital Archival Collections, Donald Force, Bradley Wiles

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Access to online archival materials has become vital for many academic historians and other researchers. The COVID-19 global pandemic has aimed the spotlight on the digital archival collections hosted by archives institutions and available through the web. In light of this increased role of digital archival collections, it is imperative for archivists to gain a better understanding of academic historians’ perceptions of these materials. The study reported in this article builds on previous work in the archives, history, and library and information studies disciplines to assess current perceptions that academic historians have toward digital archival collections. The article concludes that …

Hiring Student Workers As Subject Experts In Archives: A Case Study, Laura Romans

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

This article aims to share a successful experience of addressing a known knowledge gap within a special collections department by hiring and retaining a student worker with the needed content expertise. Outlined are the details of the lifecycle of the initial project for which the student was hired and reflections on the pros and cons of this mutually beneficial arrangement. By describing this experience in full, this case study can serve as a replicable model for managers within archives and special collections settings to intentionally hire student workers with advanced content knowledge.

The Invisible Histories Project: Documenting The Queer South, James L. Baggett, Joshua Burford, Maigen Sullivan, Catherine Oseas Champion

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

The Invisible Histories Project works with archives and Queer communities in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi to identify and collect material documenting the history of the Queer South.

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Georgia Library Association - Black Caucus Interest Group, Angiah Davis

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Archival Evidence Of Exceptional Human Experiences, Blynne Olivieri

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Archival collections hold tangible documentation of the range of human experience. Diaries, letters, photographs, audio recordings, reports, and other paper and film-based materials tell the stories of people’s lives. Using examples from the vast parapsychology archives and rare book collections at the University of West Georgia, this paper will share people’s first-hand accounts of extraordinary incidents or of their supernatural abilities, from the profound to the disappointing, and from the unexpected to the purposefully sought, including near-death experiences, extrasensory perception, and psychedelic drug use.

Georgia Library Spotlight - Sequoyah Regional Library System, Diy Toddler-Safe Sensory Slime Program, Kara Rumble

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Georgia Library Spotlight - Union Grove High School Learning Commons, Tina Graham

Georgia Library Quarterly

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From The President, Wendy Cornelisen

Georgia Library Quarterly

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My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Sarah Grace Glover

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Georgia Library Association - Academic Library Division Call For Papers, Catherine Manci

Georgia Library Quarterly

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News - Georgia Knowledge Repository, Lauren Bellard, Jennifer Putnam Davis

Georgia Library Quarterly

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My Soul Looks Back In Wonder: Remembering Black History In The Archives, Dorothy Berry

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

This paper was first presented as a keynote at the Society of Georgia Archivists' Annual Meeting, November 11, 2020.

How To Catch A Digital Speed Goat: A Web Archiving Case Study At The University Of Wyoming, Sara Davis, Rachel Gattermeyer

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In an effort to keep current with trends in how people connect with information, the University of Wyoming (UW), like many institutions and companies, has elected to become as paperless as possible. Whether electronic or analog, records are essential in documenting the history, culture, and governance of an organization, and records retention schedules in archives are commonly used to ensure vital records are kept and maintained according to best practices and state laws. Much like the speed goat—the fastest land animal in North America and found throughout Wyoming—websites are hard to capture before they disappear. The high possibility of vanishing …