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Customizing And Using A Popular Online Information Literacy Tutorial: One Library’S Experience, Robert Flatley, William Jefferson Apr 2006

Customizing And Using A Popular Online Information Literacy Tutorial: One Library’S Experience, Robert Flatley, William Jefferson

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

To teach information literacy, many colleges and universities use a version of TILT (the Texas Information Tutorial) or Searchpath, a modification of TILT by Western Michigan University. This paper describes our experience customizing Searchpath for Kutztown University’s Rohrbach Library, including the impetus behind the project, the process of customizing Searchpath, the project pilot, collaborative efforts, and challenges encountered. The authors also discuss the decision to select Searchpath rather than TILT, how Kutztown’s version of tutorial is currently being used, and future plans for the product, along with suggestions to those considering Searchpath for their libraries.

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On Not Revising The Ala Code Of Ethics: An Alternate Proposal, John Buschman Apr 2006

On Not Revising The Ala Code Of Ethics: An Alternate Proposal, John Buschman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The American Library Association (ALA) is undertaking a revision of its code of ethics. The author propo ses and discusses three reasons not to revise the code. The reasons are that there is already a set of interlocking policies on ethics and related issues; that ALA leadership has taken the most conservative possible approach to ethics policy - and especially the connection between librarians' professional responsibilities and rights; and that when policies are amended, they are not always improved, and those on the books are often ignored. The author considers and discusses likely objections to his proposal.

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Creating A Library Logo For An Academic Library, Jim Kapoun Apr 2006

Creating A Library Logo For An Academic Library, Jim Kapoun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Memorial Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato needed a new library logo to replace one that was 25 years old and which did not reflect the library's current program. This article discusses the role of a logo in conveying an organization's identity, and describe the entire process of developing, producing, and implementing a new logo for the library.

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The Plane Tree Turns Fifty: A History Of The Department Of Librarianship At Ankara University, Oya Gürdal, Fatos Subasioglu Apr 2006

The Plane Tree Turns Fifty: A History Of The Department Of Librarianship At Ankara University, Oya Gürdal, Fatos Subasioglu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Education for librarianship in Turkey, which was established at Ankara University in the academic year 1954-1955, has lasted 50 years, with the contributions of national and foreign collegues and scholars, and organizations such as ALA, the Ford Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission. This article describes that history and those who participated in it.

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The Challenges Of Computerizing A University Library In Nigeria: The Case Of Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Grace Nok Apr 2006

The Challenges Of Computerizing A University Library In Nigeria: The Case Of Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Grace Nok

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria is one of Nigeria's first generation universities, opening its doors in 1962. University library computerization in Nigeria has been in the pipeline since the 1970s, although concerted efforts began in the late 1990s. ALICE, an integrated library system which is popular in the UK, was acquired and implemented then. Challenges to library automation include poor infrastructure, a low level of computer literacy among the staff, and a lack of resources for maintaining and updating hardware and software.

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Internet Use By Researchers: A Study Of Panjab University, Chandigarh, Preeti Mahajan Apr 2006

Internet Use By Researchers: A Study Of Panjab University, Chandigarh, Preeti Mahajan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A survey was used to gather information about use of the Internet by researchers at Panjab University, Chandigarh in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. The results indicate that researchers in the sciences are the most positive about the impact of the Internet, while 70% of the social science and 20% of the humanities felt positive about the Internet and its impact. Other survey results contrast the use of electronic journals, access to computers, and other topics.

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The Impact Of Self-Efficacy And Prior Computer Experience On The Creativity Of New Librarians In Selected Universities Libraries In Southwest Nigeria, Adeyinka Tella, C. O. Ayeni Apr 2006

The Impact Of Self-Efficacy And Prior Computer Experience On The Creativity Of New Librarians In Selected Universities Libraries In Southwest Nigeria, Adeyinka Tella, C. O. Ayeni

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A study examined the impact of self-efficacy and prior computer experience on the creativity of the freshly-recruited librarians in selected southwest Nigeria universities’ libraries. Fifty-two new librarians who were selected through total enumeration sampling technique represent the population of the study. Both the independent and the dependent variables were measured with relevant standardized instruments. Three research questions were developed and answered in the study. The results showed that both self-efficacy and computer experience influenced creativity

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The Pains And Gains Of The Publication Requirement: A Survey Of Librarians At Delta State University, Nigeria, J.E. Onohwakpor, P.A. Tiemo Apr 2006

The Pains And Gains Of The Publication Requirement: A Survey Of Librarians At Delta State University, Nigeria, J.E. Onohwakpor, P.A. Tiemo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The employment status and expectations for academic librarians in Nigeria has changed recently. Librarians now have an academic status that includes a publication requirement. This paper examines the publication requirement for academic librarians in Delta State University Library, Abraka, Nigeria. Most librarians were found to lack publications because of other workload, lack of research resources, and inadequate knowledge of scholarly journals.

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Human Capital For Nigerian Libraries In The 21st Century, Stella E. Igun Apr 2006

Human Capital For Nigerian Libraries In The 21st Century, Stella E. Igun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article describes human capital needs for Nigerian libraries. It looks at training for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and proposes a model for library education that combines theory with practice.

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Information Outlook, April 2006, Special Libraries Association Apr 2006

Information Outlook, April 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 4

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Commons-Based Digital Libraries, Anita Coleman Mar 2006

Commons-Based Digital Libraries, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 30 slides at the Brown Bag Series, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana on 31 March 2006. Abstract: Commons-based digital libraries are an emerging phenomenon. They are based on a new vision of digital information organization and use. A definition of commons-based digital libraries, some examples, fundamental characteristics, emerging information behaviors, and preliminary results from a scholarly communication survey of LIS faculty will be presented.

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Information Outlook, March 2006, Special Libraries Association Mar 2006

Information Outlook, March 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 3

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Information Outlook, February 2006, Special Libraries Association Feb 2006

Information Outlook, February 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 2

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Metadata Education And Research Information Clearinghouse (Meric): Web Prototype, Anita Coleman Jan 2006

Metadata Education And Research Information Clearinghouse (Meric): Web Prototype, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 15 slides at the Metadata Education Resources Clearinghouse: Background and Future Plans session sponsored by the Technical Services SIG at the 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), 17 January, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. Explains the rationale for the design of the prototype 

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Transforming Teachers Into Teacher Researchers: How To Become Information Literate Teacher Researchers And Model Information Literacy For Student Researchers, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Lorene Sisson Jan 2006

Transforming Teachers Into Teacher Researchers: How To Become Information Literate Teacher Researchers And Model Information Literacy For Student Researchers, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Lorene Sisson

Faculty and Staff Publications

Information literacy is one of the major areas emphasized by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). According to NCATE, all candidates in school settings must be able to systematically integrate information literacy in Pre-K and K-12 school curriculum to assist student learning. The 21st century requires information literate teacher-researchers who are capable of meeting the standards set by the professional organizations such as (NCATE), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Teaching is no longer finite knowledge distributed by the teacher and returned upon demand. Critical thinking, …

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Findings From A Study Of Jelis, Anita Coleman Jan 2006

Findings From A Study Of Jelis, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 29 slides at the Scholarly Communication panel session of the 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, 19 January, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. Reports the findings from a study that investigated the value of the Journal of Education for Library & Information Science (JELIS). As far as growth is concerned, JELIS is in a holding pattern. Practitioners have decreased as authors and most articles continue to focus on Curriculum in library schools. Articles on distance education and cognition are increasing as are authors from foreign countries (outside US and Canada), …

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Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng Jan 2006

Usability Of The Digital Library: An Evaluation Model, Judy Jeng

Faculty Publications

Summary report from the 2004 ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient

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William Stetson Merrill And Bricolage For Information Studies, Anita Coleman Jan 2006

William Stetson Merrill And Bricolage For Information Studies, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

Purpose – This paper examines William Stetson Merrill, the compiler of A Code for Classifiers and a Newberry Library employee (1889‐1930) in an attempt to glean lessons for modern information studies from an early librarian's career. Design/methodology/approach – Merrill's career at the Newberry Library and three editions of the code are briefly examined using historical, bibliographic, and conceptual methods. Primary and secondary sources in archives and libraries are summarized to provide insight into Merrill's attempts to develop or modify tools to solve the knowledge organization problems he faced. The concept of bricolage, developed by Levi‐Strauss to explain modalities of thinking, …

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Information Outlook, January 2006, Special Libraries Association Jan 2006

Information Outlook, January 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 1

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Information Outlook, December 2005, Special Libraries Association Dec 2005

Information Outlook, December 2005, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2005

Volume 9, Issue 12

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Open Access Federation For Library And Information Science, Anita Coleman, Joseph Roback Dec 2005

Open Access Federation For Library And Information Science, Anita Coleman, Joseph Roback

Faculty Publications

Self-archiving, the practice of depositing one's works in an OAI-compliant archive, is a key strategy for innovating scholarly communication and achieving open access. DL-Harvest, a subject service for Library and Information (LIS), based on the aggregation of OAI-PMH compliant metadata from both institutional and disciplinary digital repositories, including dLIST, is described. Additionally, results from two studies that explored LIS journal publishers' stances towards self-archiving as expressed in copyright transfer agreements (CTAs) and the scholarly communication behaviors of LIS scholars, with regard to self-archiving and searching, are presented and some implications for the development of federated subject services are highlighted.

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Synergies Sparked: A Research Agenda For Practicing Professionals, Anita Coleman Nov 2005

Synergies Sparked: A Research Agenda For Practicing Professionals, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation (of 50 slides) at the University of California, Irvine sponsored by the Libraries' Department of Education and Outreach and by the LAUC-I (Librarians Association of the University of California, Irvine) Professional Development Committee. The title is picking up on the 2005 ASIS&T Annual Conference theme of Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together. Coleman discusses her research agenda which spans both sides of the information coin - she tries to examine representations of information and information usage in a unified program of inquiry. The research goal is to expand and integrate knowledge about uses and users …

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Virtual Reference Services In Multilingual Environment, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu Nov 2005

Virtual Reference Services In Multilingual Environment, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Building Context-Based Library Instructions, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu Nov 2005

Building Context-Based Library Instructions, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Dlist, Anita Coleman Nov 2005

Dlist, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation at the ASIS&T 2005 Annual Meeting session on Progress in the Design and Evaluation of Digital Libraries: Implications for Research and Education (moderator: Kyung-Sun Kim). The presentation discusses the creation, design, and management of dLIST, an open access archive for the Information Sciences, and the affiliated DL-Harvest, an open access aggregator and federated search engine. As an Eprints-based open access archive, dLIST is a digital repository but it is a cross-institutional and interdisciplinary repository built on the concept of "sustainable information behaviors." Elements such as openness, transparency, information quality and interoperability are critical components along with …

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Challenges Documenting Early Era Regional Leaders, Danelle L. Moon Nov 2005

Challenges Documenting Early Era Regional Leaders, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Information Outlook, November 2005, Special Libraries Association Nov 2005

Information Outlook, November 2005, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2005

Volume 9, Issue 11

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Building [Virtual] Communities, Anita Coleman Oct 2005

Building [Virtual] Communities, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of 21 slides at the Leadership Development session of the ASIST 2005 Annual Meeting at Charlotte, N.C. on October 30. It discusses the 2002 virtual community building experiment undertaken by the Arizona Chapter of ASIST. The chapter experimented with three different pieces of software, a wiki, a content management system, and slashcode. This presentation was also video-taped and may become available through the ASIST website, http://www.asis.org/.

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Look Out! The Biggest Library Problem, Scott Rummler Oct 2005

Look Out! The Biggest Library Problem, Scott Rummler

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries may lose control of the support, operation, and direction of their institutions because of the popularization of information and accompanying political wrangling. To a large extent, it will be their activism that will determine their viability going forward. If they fail to deal with this situation they may lose control of their destinies. Will we continue to expand and prosper? Case studies.

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Effective Communication And Smooth Administration Of Academic Libraries In The 21st Century: A New Paradigm In Nigeria, Henry Itohowo Oct 2005

Effective Communication And Smooth Administration Of Academic Libraries In The 21st Century: A New Paradigm In Nigeria, Henry Itohowo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Effective communication is the soul of any institution. New opportunities are presented by Information and Communication Technology (ICTS). Library managers must adopt a more critical and communication plan that will enhance their skills and allow for further training, as well as allowing stakeholders to have input into decision-making.

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