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Degrassi.Ca: Building A Fan Community Online, Mark Aaron Polger Jan 2005

Degrassi.Ca: Building A Fan Community Online, Mark Aaron Polger

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No abstract provided.


Zines Straight From The Stacks: Self-Published Tracts From Library Workers, Alycia Sellie Jan 2005

Zines Straight From The Stacks: Self-Published Tracts From Library Workers, Alycia Sellie

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No abstract provided.


Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Kyrgyzstan, John A. Drobnicki Sep 2004

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Kyrgyzstan, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan.


Approaches To Teaching Through Digital Reference, Lisa A. Ellis Apr 2004

Approaches To Teaching Through Digital Reference, Lisa A. Ellis

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As “teaching libraries,” many academic libraries are committed to teaching not only in classrooms but also at the reference desk. As reference has expanded to include digital modes of e-mail and chat, reference librarians are prompted to consider approaches to teaching in these new reference venues in ways that are meaningful to the user. A promising approach to teaching through digital reference is the application of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards. This paper presents some challenges and benefits of teaching via digital reference. Practical methods for promoting self-directed learning by examining online instruction, and suggestions for effectively advancing a …


Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Feb 2004

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Historical dictionary of Poland, 2nd ed.


Resources For Forensic Psychology., Ellen A. Sexton Jan 2004

Resources For Forensic Psychology., Ellen A. Sexton

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Libraries supporting a forensic psychology undergraduate and/or graduate level college program need to collect materials from a range of disciplines – psychology, law, psychiatry and criminal justice. In this guide I identify the major reference works, journals, databases and other resources that should be in a good forensic psychology collection.


Predicting The Success Of Commercial Aska Services, In The United States And Abroad, Kate Lyons, Jenny M. Baum Jan 2004

Predicting The Success Of Commercial Aska Services, In The United States And Abroad, Kate Lyons, Jenny M. Baum

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This article discusses the quality of commercial and library-sponsored AskA services and uses this as a prediction for the success of the programs. The authors also explore the idea of the commoditization of information and its acceptance rates in different countries, and use these to predict the success of commercial and library-sponsored AskA services both in the United States and abroad.


Europarl: The European Parliament On-Line, John A. Drobnicki Sep 2003

Europarl: The European Parliament On-Line, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of EUROPARL: The European Parliament On-Line.


Review Of The Website City Directories Of The United States Of America, John A. Drobnicki May 2003

Review Of The Website City Directories Of The United States Of America, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the website City Directories of the United States of America.


Freshmen's Use Of Library Electronic Resources And Self-Efficacy, Michael Waldman Jan 2003

Freshmen's Use Of Library Electronic Resources And Self-Efficacy, Michael Waldman

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To encourage students' use of the library, and in particular of its electronic resources, we need to understand what factors encourage students to seek out information in the library setting. Research has shown that self-efficacy influences academic achievement. This paper looks at the role self-efficacy plays in their search for information and use of the library's electronic resources, by surveying a class of freshmen at Baruch College. Their library and computer use were analyzed and correlated with their self-efficacy scores. Through statistical analysis, we found that use of the library correlated to the students' use of the library's electronic resources. …


Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild (Librarian), Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild (Librarian), Janet Butler Munch

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Biographical sketch of librarian and administrator Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild (1855-1921).


Old Maids And Faeries: The Image Problem, Polly Thistlethwaite Jan 2003

Old Maids And Faeries: The Image Problem, Polly Thistlethwaite

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Librarian stereotypes are akin to those of gays and lesbians. Librarians battling negative professional images are in common cause with gays and lesbians battling similarly slanderous representations. This article proposes relationships between these varieties of maligned people and professionals.


Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Fifth Bibliography, John A. Drobnicki Sep 2002

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

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This bibliography is a supplement to four 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.


Review Of The Book Genealogical Research On The Web, John A. Drobnicki Jul 2002

Review Of The Book Genealogical Research On The Web, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Genealogical Research on the Web.


First Recipients Of Anthropological Doctorates In The United States, 1891-1930, Jay H. Bernstein Jun 2002

First Recipients Of Anthropological Doctorates In The United States, 1891-1930, Jay H. Bernstein

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This article seeks to show the origins of the professionalization of anthropology by examining early doctoral dissertations in this field and their authors. The bibliography consists of citations with biographical details of the authors, when known, of doctoral dissertations in anthropology from United States educational institutions up to 1930. One hundred twenty-four citations are given in all, representing 18 institutions. Forty-one of the dissertations were not written for degrees in anthropology. Besides documenting the existence of anthropological work outside recognized graduate programs of anthropology, the bibliography provides a demographic profile of anthropology and shows the distribution of subdiscipline concentrations and …


Armenian National Institute, John A. Drobnicki Apr 2002

Armenian National Institute, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the Armenian National Institute website.


Librarians With Faculty Status: Reassignment Leaves In The Libraries At The City University Of New York (Cuny) As A Vehicle Of Professional Development, Janet Butler Munch Apr 2002

Librarians With Faculty Status: Reassignment Leaves In The Libraries At The City University Of New York (Cuny) As A Vehicle Of Professional Development, Janet Butler Munch

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This article discusses the requirements and benefits of faculty status to CUNY academic librarians. Union contractual research leaves have provided time in fulfilling scholarly expectations and in promoting professional development for library faculty. How librarians have taken advantage of these leaves and how chief librarians have perceived the effects of these leaves on library operations are reviewed.


Inventory At Brooklyn College, 1998–1999: An Original Method, Judith Wild Jan 2002

Inventory At Brooklyn College, 1998–1999: An Original Method, Judith Wild

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This article discusses the development of an inventory project at Brooklyn College that entailed examining the collection and comparing it to the corresponding records in the online catalog. The procedure became necessary in large part due to problems resulting from the migration to a new, integrated cataloging system in 1987. We needed to deal with (a) books in the catalog that were not on the shelves, (b) books on the shelves that were not in the catalog, and (c) books that lacked circulation information (item records). We used the circulation module of our integrated system to discharge every book, thereby …


Know-It-All Librarians, Beth Posner Jan 2002

Know-It-All Librarians, Beth Posner

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Librarians are depicted as know-it-alls by some, and as know-nothings by others. Similarly, they are seen as both utterly powerless and preternaturally powerful. This essay offers examples of these contradictory images, examines their implications, and proposes a more realistic view of librarians and their relation to knowledge and power.


Combinatorial Chemistry: A Guide For Librarians, Philip Barnett Jan 2002

Combinatorial Chemistry: A Guide For Librarians, Philip Barnett

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No abstract provided.


Urban Librarianship: Libraries, Cities And Beyond, Beth Posner Jan 2002

Urban Librarianship: Libraries, Cities And Beyond, Beth Posner

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As urbanization and urban issues become increasingly universal, the study of urban libraries will become increasingly relevant to all librarians, all library patrons, and all citizens of the world. In light of this, this essay examines how the past development, present issues and future possibilities of cities, urban areas, and urban libraries relate to each other and to the study of urban librarianship.


"The Homosexual" As Problem Patron, Polly Thistlethwaite Jan 2002

"The Homosexual" As Problem Patron, Polly Thistlethwaite

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Libraries host a range of human activity, some of which is overtly sexual. What's a librarian to do about public displays of affection? cruising? public sex? First, we read up on the issue. Unfortunately, problem patron library literature is spotted with vivid illustrations of irrational bias against gay men, male-to-female transgender women, and men-cruising-men. It also discounts the private nature of most consensual sex in public places. This article discusses sex and gender biases in library literature, arguing that gender equitable, privacy-respecting practices will better serve librarians administering public space.


Review Of The Book Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, And Librarians, John A. Drobnicki Dec 2001

Review Of The Book Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, And Librarians, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians.


Review Of The Book Guide To Genealogical Research In The National Archives Of The United States, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Dec 2001

Review Of The Book Guide To Genealogical Research In The National Archives Of The United States, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd ed., ed. Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicak.


Review Of The Book In The Shadow Of The Polish Eagle: The Poles, The Holocaust And Beyond, John A. Drobnicki Oct 2001

Review Of The Book In The Shadow Of The Polish Eagle: The Poles, The Holocaust And Beyond, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond.


The Data Game: Colorado State University’S Animated Library Research Tutorial, Polly Thistlethwaite Oct 2001

The Data Game: Colorado State University’S Animated Library Research Tutorial, Polly Thistlethwaite

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The Data Game, produced by Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries, is a web-based multimedia tutorial designed to teach basic research skills. Using interactive contests and animated presentations, The Data Game introduces and reinforces essential ideas. This paper discusses the tutorial's design, construction, and implementation.


Applying Information Competency To Digital Reference, Lisa A. Ellis, Stephen Francoeur Aug 2001

Applying Information Competency To Digital Reference, Lisa A. Ellis, Stephen Francoeur

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Presented at the 67th IFLA Council and General Conference (2001), this paper presents a case for applying information competency (IC) standards to digital reference services at academic libraries. Practical reasons for applying standards or guidelines to e-mail and online chat reference services are given with some insight to the nature of digital reference interactions. The standards that arose from the information competency movement in academic libraries are described and offered as a touchstone for planning and designing digital reference services. The paper concludes with preliminary ideas for how IC standards could be applied to the provision of digital reference.


Review Of The Website Central Asian Studies World Wide, John A. Drobnicki Apr 2001

Review Of The Website Central Asian Studies World Wide, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the website Central Asian Studies World Wide.


Historical Fabrications On The Internet: Recognition, Evaluation, And Use In Bibliographic Instruction, John A. Drobnicki, Richard Asaro Jan 2001

Historical Fabrications On The Internet: Recognition, Evaluation, And Use In Bibliographic Instruction, John A. Drobnicki, Richard Asaro

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Although the Internet provides access to a wealth of information, there is little, if any, control over the quality of that information. Side-by-side with reliable information, one finds disinformation, misinformation, and hoaxes. The authors of this paper discuss numerous examples of fabricated historical information on the Internet (ranging from denials of the Holocaust to personal vendettas), offer suggestions on how to evaluate websites, and argue that these fabrications can be incorporated into bibliographic instruction classes.


Robert A. Machalow: Chief Librarian, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2001

Robert A. Machalow: Chief Librarian, John A. Drobnicki

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Profile of Robert Machalow, who was appointed as Chief Librarian at York College in 1992.