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The Scholarly Communication Crisis: Setting An Agenda For Utah Libraries, Betty Rozum, Margaret Landesman, Randy Ward

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

A panel of three librarians present an overview of the scholarly communication crisis in Utah and lead the audience in a discussion of options for helping faculty and administrators understand the climate and find solutions the the economic pressures facing academic libraries.

Marginalia No. 16, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 16: Spring 2004

REMEMBERING THE PAST, BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE-John Elsweiler update on new library construction.

A POSTSCRIPT FROM VENICE-Notes on Ona Siporin’s lecture on rescuing Venice, Italy.

HAY DERRICKS, GRAVEMARKERS AND THE INTERNET: THE FIFE SLIDE COLLECTION ON line- Randy Williams.

LOOKING BACK …Bygone Years at USU now just a click away-Dan Davis reports on digital access to old photos.

KENT CLARK, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT DOING A SUPER JOB FOR USU LIBRARIES-new Director of Development

AN UNEARTHLY BEAUTY …Racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats- Dr. Keith Grant-Davie on Prof. Ron Shook’s talk

FRIENDS FUND ACCESS TO THE …

Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way To Print Library Labels, Cheryl D. Walters

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Thermal-transfer printing, a technology borrowed from the manufacturing sector, offers libraries a flexible method for printing durable, accurate, legible, and attractive labels that reliably adhere to most book surfaces. When guided by an electronic program customized to meet a library’s particular needs, a thermal-transfer printing system offers virtually limitless variations in font, format, and functionality. It can print labels directly from the online catalog, thereby guaranteeing that call numbers on labels match what patrons see in the catalog. This article explains thermal-transfer printing and how it compares with other printing technologies, briefly explores applications in both the manufacturing and library …

"The Hardest Worked River In The World": The 1962 Bear River Project, Utah And Idaho, Robert Parson

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Arising on the north slope of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, Bear River travels five hundred miles through three states and ten counties in Utah,Wyoming, and Idaho.The river’s route traverses from mountain slopes, through several valleys, deep canyons and gorges before terminating at the Great Salt Lake, only ninety miles from where it begins.This unique geological and geographical mix, as well as interstate politics have complicated efforts to fully harness its waters.

Finding Answers To Complex Questions, Anne R. Diekama, Ozgur Yilmazel, Jiangping Chen, Sarah Harwell, Lan He, Elizabeth D. Liddy

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

In this chapter, we motivate one potential type of future QA system that deals with questions more complex than simple factoid questions and which provides answers with their supporting context. Our approach is based on the issues we faced when developing and delivering a QA system to deal with real time questions in the domain of RLVs within the larger field of aerospace engineering. This particular domain, the actual users of the system, and the questions asked, all demanded a change in our question-answering strategy. First, the chapter will present background on the project that provided the context and a …

Marginalia No. 15, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 15: Autumn 2003

BLUE PRINTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARY-Ground-breaking for new library

VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT-Randy Williams: Preserving stories of service for future generations

GUARDING THE STONES OF VENICE-Ona Siporin will be featured at the upcoming Friends Lecture Program

THE INTELLECTUAL CENTER OF CAMPUS-Plans for the new library as a focal point on campus

SPACE WARS: NEW ROBOTIC HELPER- The Automated Storage & Retrieval System

TRIBUTE TO THE SERVICE OF WILLIAM F. LYE-Max Peterson profiles outgoing Friends’ President

EXTRA, EXTRA: FRIENDS BEAT SERIAL CRUNCH-FRIENDS HELP TO GET LOCAL & NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

WELCOME: NEW PRESIDENT-Blythe Ahlstrom profiled. …

Nasig Conference Report: Electronic Resources Management And The Marc Record—The Road Less Traveled, Jennifer Duncan

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

The question of how to track administrative metadata for electronic resources has become a real conundrum for serialists over the past few years. As the number of electronic resources licensed by any given library has grown, we have discovered the need to communicate technical and licensing terms to (among others) the public, the reference librarians, and the Interlibrary Loan office. Paula Sullenger, the Serials Acquisitions Librarian (and a former Serials Cataloger) at Auburn University, discussed a relatively new approach to making the licensing terms available: enhancing MARC records.

Nasig Conference Report: Copyright Law—Fact Or Fiction?, Jennifer Duncan

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Because copyright law is notoriously difficult to interpret, Janice Krueger's program on this topic drew a large and engaged crowd. Krueger, the Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at the University of the Pacific, became interested in copyright when her institution implemented an openURL-enabled linking service and she began to wonder what kind of implications the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) might have for open linking. Krueger began the program with a broad overview of how the Copyright statutes of the U.S. Code (Title 17) govern many of the day to day activities of any library.

Enhanced Resource Sharing Through Group Interlibrary Loan Best Practices: A Conceptual, Structural, And Procedural Approach., Lars E. Leon, June L. Deweese, Carol A. Kochan, Billie Peterson-Lugo, Brian Pytlik Zillig,

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

: Members of the Greater Western Library Alliance Interlibrary Loan Committee have spent more than two years developing a Best Practices model for Interlibrary Borrowing and Lending for consortia and local operations. The model includes the practices to be followed, a monitoring plan, and a process for regular evaluation. The GWLA Interlibrary Loan Committee has not yet determined the regular evaluation process, including the timeline. We anticipate that process being established in Spring 2003.

Marginalia No. 14, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 14: Spring 2003

RIBBON CUTTING & DISCUSSION OF AMERICAN LAW-Pres. Kermit Hall opens Quad-Side Café

SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION SYMPOSIUM AT USU- Rob Morrison on Journal publishing & profits

FRIENDS HOST BOOK TALK: WATER POLITICS AND THE WEST-Stephen Sturgeon on his new book

WHODUNIT LIBRARY TOUR-Marcia Cheney reports on the Halloween Tour for library staff

WESTERN ARCHIVISTS TO MEET AT USU-Randy Williams reports on CIMA Archivists May meeting

FAREWELL TO A GREAT FRIEND RICHARD BRIAN SCHOCKMEL-Death of Collection Development Librarian

The Stories We Are: Old Meshikee And The Winter Of 1929, Michael Spooner

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters, Western States Digital Standards Group

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Funded by a grant awarded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the fall of 2001, the University of Denver (Denver, Colorado) spearheaded a multi-state collaborative initiative to create a virtual collection of widely dispersed digital resources on the topic, Western trails. As part of this initiative, 23 institutions in four Western states were awarded mini-grants to create digital content and metadata for resources related to Western trails. In addition to creation of a virtual collection of digital resources, another significant component of this multi-state initiative was development of a set of Dublin-Core based best practices by …

Marginalia No. 12.5, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 12.5: Autumn 2002

TREASURES OF THE USU LIBRARIES-Cynthia Lleyson on the November gathering

FOOD FOR THOUGHT-Randy Williams discusses the Anderson Cook Book Collection

BOOK-KEEPING: PRESERVATION AT USU LIBRARIES-Noel Carmack’s book-keeping etiquette

SOMETHING OLD: HATCH ROOM TREASURE-A history of an astonishing room by Rose Milovich

SOMETHING NEW: QUAD-SIDE CAFÉ OPENS-By Patrick Williams, P. R. & Marketing

FRIENDS’ BOARD WELCOMES PHYLLIS HALL-USU’s First Lady joins the Friends’ board.

FRIENDS OF USU LIBRARIES 2002 -a list of current members

FRIENDS CALENDAR-Upcoming events including Pres. Kermit Hall, Gina Wickwar, Michael Spooner & more.

E-Sources: Challenges For Librarians, Students, And Teachers, Betty Rozum, Kevin Brewer, Flora Shrode, Linda Wolcott

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Libraries face many challenges as electronic resources proliferate and become the expected means of accessing information. In a period of ten years, expectations of library users for desktop access to information has required dramatic shifts in the behind the scenes work performed at the library as well as the instruction provided to students. This presentation provides an overview of the issues.

Marginalia No. 12, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 12: Spring 2002

LIGHTING THE FIRE WITHIN: OLYMPIC VOLUNTEERS-Betty Dance & Todd Hugie share their Olympic Diaries

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS-Trina Shelton reports on this year’s Phonathon

A MOVEABLE FEAST: USU COWBOY POETRY COLLECTION HITS THE ROAD-Randy Williams reports.

AVANT-GARDE TREASURES IN USU LIBRARIES-Poetry reading and ‘A close circle of friends’ show in Gallery.

LINDA WOLCOTT APPOINTED VICE PROVOST-Her appointment is made official

UINTAH BASIN CAMPUS LIBRARY & USU-On the partnership by Bert Jenson of Uintah-Basin

LIBRARIES CHANGE LIVES-Rob Morrison on Distance Education services to Utah prisons

LIBRARY WEEK CALENDAR-What’s happening during National Library Week

An Essay We're Learning To Read: Responding To Alt.Style, Michael Spooner

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Marginalia No. 11, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 11: Autumn 2001

LIBRARIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE-Special thanks to all the participants in the Phonathon Campaign.

SHHH … LIBRARIANS AT WORK- A list of USU Librarians’ accomplishments in 2000

STICKER SHOCK ADS- Comparing the cost of academic journals to luxury Goods – Shocking!

PRESIDENT HALL LECTURES ON THE JFK ASSASSINATION- STEVE STURGEON REPORTS.

SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION CROSSROADS-The Tempe Principles, dealing with spiraling inflation

LIFTING THE VEIL-ROSE MILOVICH REPORTS ON BOB BISSLAND’S EXHIBIT & THE FRIENDS’ RECEPTION

FALL SEMESTER EXHIBITION-Upcoming Print Exchange Portfolio, USU Art Department

THE NEVER-ENDING BOOKSALE-Announcing a new chapter in our book sale history

RESEARCH HELP: JUST …

Marginalia No. 10, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 10: Spring 2001

APRIL FOOLS-Folklore curator, Randy Williams, on the origin of April Fools

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, APRIL 2 – 6-A summary of the weeks activities.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS GREETING CARD PROJECT WRAPS UP-Dan Davis’ summary & information on cards.

BOOK OF THE SEMESTER-Libraries ASUSU rep. Peter Dawson on Steinbeck’s ‘Travels with Charlie’

PHONATHON-Trina Shelton reports on the success of the annual Phonathon

SUMMERTIME-Reference Librarian, Jo Ann Murphy outlines tentative Summer Lecture Series.

WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU-A summary of the year’s Friends contributions

WE’VE COME A LONG, WONDERFUL WAY-Campus Liaison Jan Anderson reports on the Libraries’ latest offerings

FREEDOM …

Marginalia No. 9, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 9: Autumn 2000

SAN FRANCISCO FINE PRESS PRINTING EXHIBITION- Virginia Parker’s Collection.

INTERIM DIRECTOR-A brief introduction to Reference Librarian John Elsweiler.

CALENDAR-Announcing the Arrington Lecture; Exhibits, Receptions.

WILD ABOUT HARRY- Vaughn Larson of the Moore Library on the Harry Potter phenomena.

USU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MANUSCRIPTS-Stephen Sturgeon describes this collection & its growth

UTAH OPERA FESTIVAL CLASSIFIED-Jean Jensen on the cataloguing of the UFOC collection by USU libraries.

THE OPERA AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS-Where did this expression come from?

GIVING, APPRECIATED ASSETS-Jeannie Simmonds, Development, on how to use stock, etc. to make contributions

TAX TIP!- How …

Marginalia No. 8, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 8: Spring 2000

“HAPPY TRAILS”-a farewell to retiring long time Libraries Director, Max Peterson [by Robert Murdoch]

CUSTOMIZED CENSUS MAPS-Documents librarian John Walters describes this service

LADELL HOTH BIDS FAREWELL TO AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES-Another retirement noted.

TENORS & WHIPPED CREAM -Sarah Jane Clayton reviews Prof. Arthur Frietzsche’s gift of music CDs.

THE FATHER LIEBLER COLLECTION-April C. Hawes mined this special collection and makes a fascinating film

DIGGING [INTO] THE BEAT COLLECTION-Prof. Roberta Stearman uses unique collection for her class on Beat literature

USU LIBRARY WEEK 2000-a Calendar of events including a Freedom of Speech Forum

BASKETS FOR BOOKS-A …

From Hawaii To Kairos: Alt. Writing And Ongoing Composition, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey, John Barber, Dene Grigar, Tina Perdue, Mike Williamson

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

What current experiments in academic writing do is invite the reader to play an active role in the text with the writer, and also apart from the writer perhaps; that's one effect of re-presenting collage-like invention processes.

Marginalia No. 7, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 7: the proverb issue Autumn 1999

A MESSAGE FROM DEAN WHITE - new Dean of Libraries introduces herself.

“BIG THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES”-Randy Williams on Proverbs, Power and Books.

INSTRUCTION: ‘IT TAKES SHARP WITS…’-Listing of Reference Librarians & Library instruction services

MERRILL LIBRARY RENOVATIONS-A brief discussion of recent changes in the Merrill Library

THE ART OF LARRY ELSNER-Art curator Rose Milovich on the upcoming exhibit and silent auction fund-raiser

USU LIBRARIES EXHIBITION SCHEDULE, 1999-Upcoming exhibits in the Library Gallery

THE STANFORD O. CAZIER SCITECH LIBRARY-Director Max Peterson reports

UTAH ACADEMIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM- Assoc. Director, Robert Murdoch describes …

Marginalia No. 6, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Issue Number 6: Winter ’98 / Spring Issue 1999

“GIFTS OF BEAUTY AND KNOWLEDGE”-Rose Milovich, (Spec. Coll) on gifts from the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation

*Includes the text of Friends’ President Dr. William F. Lye’s remarks on the contributions of the Caine Foundation

BEAT COLLECTION MAKES THE SCENE AT USU-Introducing a recent gift – a beat poetry collection

USU LIBRARIES 1999 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE-Upcoming Exhibitions featuring USU Libraries collections

LOCAL AUTHOR IS ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ- Editor Liz Evans on Gina Warwick’s prize-winning new Oz book

FACULTY SURVEYED ON ELECTRONIC DATABASES-Liz Evans reports on Reference survey

FRIENDS OF USU LIBRARIES SUMMER …

Petals On A Wet Black Bough: Textuality, Collaboration, And The New Essay, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Marginalia No. 5, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Volume 2, Number 2 (Issue no. 5): Spring Issue 1998

WELCOME TO USU LIBRARIES: A LIFELONG CONNECTION-a profile by Elizabeth A. Evans, Marginalia associate editor

LONDON’S IN LOGAN-Ann Buttars, Special Collections, introduces the Jack London Collection

CENSORSHIP UNEARTHED AT USU LIBRARIES-Prof. Michael Sweeney & his research on wartime censors

THE GIFT OF READING-J Shewmake on the Friends’ purchase of 2 low vision reading systems for library

REACH OUT & TEACH SOMEONE-Rob Morrison, Reference, on Extension & Distance Learning programs

FRIENDS SUMMER LECTURE SERIES-Calendar of six summer lectures sponsored by the Friends

NEW SUPPORT FOR USU LIBRARIES- Development director John Payne’s …

A Single Good Mind: Collaboration, Cooperation, And The Writing Self, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Blake Yancey

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Preparing to sign off on the term paper that’s almost overdue, I assemble the onion-sheets, clean, almost papyrus in their texture, collectively re/producing Professor Johnson’s paper: a critical review of David Copperfield. Don’t talk about what you liked, don’t talk about how you felt reading it, don’t talk about how it’s like other novels you’ve read. Just don’t talk: the honor code prohibits that. All of which means: figure out what my Ichabod Crane wants, read the text his way, write his paper, type it, submit.

Not (Necessarily) A Cosmic Convergence: Rhetoric, Poetics, Performance, And The Web, Michael Spooner, Kathleen Yancey

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Marginalia No. 4, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Volume 2, Number 1 (Issue no. 4): Autumn/Winter Issue 1997-98

PRESIDENT EMERT’S VISION FOR USU LIBRARIES-USU’s President’s looks to the future

IN PRAISE OF FRIENDS-Friends’President William Lye reports on Friends’ contributions

‘PORTRAIT OF A LADY’ REDISCOVERED?-Noel Carmack (Spec. Coll.) speculates on this painting’s possible origins

ART IN THE LIBRARIES-Noel Carmack on some of the art & artifact holdings in Special Collections & Archives

CLICKING ON USU LIBRARIES-Kevin Brewer reports on web resources and the Internet

THE INNER LIFE OF LIBRARIES -Vicki Read reviews ‘Libraries, the Drama Within’

JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS-Library Friends Kaye Steed, Elizabeth Rozum & Carl Lundahl are profiled …

Journals Under Attack: Faculty And Researchers' Creative Solutions To Access Problems (Or, Theft Is The Answer. What Was The Question?), Judith R.J. Johnson, Betty Rozum

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Escalating journal subscription costs and concurrent library and institutional budget cuts have precipitated the cancellation of journal subscriptions by many research and academic libraries. How does the faculty and research community obtain the information no longer provided for them by their university libraries? Resource sharing among libraries has been a traditional solution to this dilemma, but is not the only solution employed by researchers and faculty. Part of a study conducted at Utah State University (USU) examines the methods faculty and researchers use to obtain access to materials not held by the University Libraries, focusing on identifying unique or unconventional …

Marginalia No. 3, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Volume 1, Number 3 (Issue no. 3): Spring Issue 1997

THE LEGACY OF ANNE CARROLL MOORE-Deb Boutwell, Dir. Of Moore Library shares some history

BRAVE NEW LIBRARIES- Cataloguing Head, Reed Painter, on Prof. Cannon’s Concerns (see last issue).

BRAVING NEW LIBRARIES- Collection Dev. Head, R.B. Schockmel also addresses Prof. Cannon’s concerns.

KIDS CONNECT @ THE LIBRARIES-ALA Technology Initiative provides training for online access for children

LIBRARY ADVOCACY-a list of useful information on libraries & funding issues from the ALA

FRIENDS SUMMER LECTURE SERIES -A listing with dates of the upcoming lectures

LISTING OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK -including speakers, book sales, …