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The Facebook Frontier: Harnessing The Power Of Facebook Live, Christine A. Anderson Mar 2021

The Facebook Frontier: Harnessing The Power Of Facebook Live, Christine A. Anderson

South Carolina Libraries

Facebook Live offers librarians the opportunity for ongoing engagement with their community, even during a pandemic. During the COVID-19 quarantine, community organizations of all types used the site to continue to connect with their community. Kimbel Library used the social media platform to hold virtual versions of annual face-to-face events and create reference education for students and faculty. While there is no replacing the dynamics of face-to-face interaction with patrons, Facebook Live offers opportunity for continued safe social contact. It also is a “safe” place for less outgoing patrons to attend or even participate in library events they would not …


Libapps Lti: Integrating Libapps Into Blackboard Using The Springshare Libapps Lti Tools, Deann Brame, V. Emily Deinert, Amanda Mcleod, W. Cody Walters Mar 2021

Libapps Lti: Integrating Libapps Into Blackboard Using The Springshare Libapps Lti Tools, Deann Brame, V. Emily Deinert, Amanda Mcleod, W. Cody Walters

South Carolina Libraries

This article discusses how librarians on the Dacus Library Online Instruction Task Force at Winthrop University collaborated with the campus online learning office to integrate Springshare LibApps directly into the Blackboard Learning Management system through Springshare’s LTI Tools. We share first impressions, implementation, and best practices for consideration, along with challenges and development opportunities.


South Carolina Library Association’S Advocacy Committee: Campaign Efforts And Best Practices., Virginia Cononie Mar 2021

South Carolina Library Association’S Advocacy Committee: Campaign Efforts And Best Practices., Virginia Cononie

South Carolina Libraries

Annually, the South Carolina Library Association Advocacy Committee presents an advocacy update discussing the past year’s legislative practices and campaign efforts. This paper details the committee’s work from 2017 until 2020 and discusses succession planning.


From The Ground Up: Building A Digital Scholarship Program At The University Of South Carolina, Stacy L. Winchester, Amie D. Freeman, Kate F. Boyd Mar 2021

From The Ground Up: Building A Digital Scholarship Program At The University Of South Carolina, Stacy L. Winchester, Amie D. Freeman, Kate F. Boyd

South Carolina Libraries

In 2019, the University of South Carolina Libraries launched a new department called Digital Research Services to support new and evolving forms of scholarship in the digital age. Departmental librarians will discuss the experience of planning and implementing a digital scholarship program and will provide suggestions for other libraries planning a digital research initiative.


“All The World’S A Stage” And Each Has A Role To Play: A Collaborative Cross-Unit Metadata Project In Five Acts, Jessica L. Serrao, Scott M. Dutkiewicz, Charlotte Grubbs, Krista Oldham, Lisa Bodenheimer, Jessica S. Scott, Allison Shultz Mar 2021

“All The World’S A Stage” And Each Has A Role To Play: A Collaborative Cross-Unit Metadata Project In Five Acts, Jessica L. Serrao, Scott M. Dutkiewicz, Charlotte Grubbs, Krista Oldham, Lisa Bodenheimer, Jessica S. Scott, Allison Shultz

South Carolina Libraries

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the metadata team at Clemson University Libraries facilitated a work-from-home project, during which 14 employees across two units described a collection of over 2,400 photographs. From the standpoint of both the metadata reviewers and metadata creators, this session provided an overview of the project, including how it was managed remotely. This presentation reflects a balanced cross-unit perspective on what worked well and what could be improved.


A Team-Based Liaison Approach To Science Coverage, Jenessa Mcelfresh, Maggie Albro, Jennifer Groff Mar 2021

A Team-Based Liaison Approach To Science Coverage, Jenessa Mcelfresh, Maggie Albro, Jennifer Groff

South Carolina Libraries

Liaison librarianship is an evolving specialty area in academic librarianship in which success is heavily dependent upon long-term relationship building between departments and librarians. In times of turnover and change the success of the liaison model is threatened due to the lack of continued staffing in liaison roles. This paper presents a case study of a team-based liaison coverage model for STEM fields during an extended period of turnover and change. Without this shared approach to liaison and functional duties, it would not be possible for only three people to provide service to over 14,000 patrons across multiple colleges.


Letter From The Scla 2020 Conference Chair, Megan Palmer Mar 2021

Letter From The Scla 2020 Conference Chair, Megan Palmer

South Carolina Libraries

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Letter From The Co-Editors, April P. Akins, Megan Palmer Mar 2021

Letter From The Co-Editors, April P. Akins, Megan Palmer

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Letter From The Co-Editors, April P. Akins, Megan Palmer Oct 2020

Letter From The Co-Editors, April P. Akins, Megan Palmer

South Carolina Libraries

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Got Metadata In Your Future? Lessons Learned From Describing A Unique Image Collection, Scott M. Dutkiewicz, Jessica Serrao, Charlotte Grubbs Oct 2020

Got Metadata In Your Future? Lessons Learned From Describing A Unique Image Collection, Scott M. Dutkiewicz, Jessica Serrao, Charlotte Grubbs

South Carolina Libraries

This practical session covers how Clemson University Libraries’ metadata team describes their largest digital collection of historical images. It focuses on what the team has learned from the project, including developing workflows and strategies for describing images, creating a local heading controlled vocabulary, and leveraging expertise to streamline metadata creation. The team explains the metadata management tool CollectiveAccess, shares examples from the collection, and discusses benefits of documentation. The session concludes with continued metadata challenges.


Re-Imagining Our Story: Creating A Virtual Summer Reading Program, Taylor C. Atkinson, Raven L. Miller Oct 2020

Re-Imagining Our Story: Creating A Virtual Summer Reading Program, Taylor C. Atkinson, Raven L. Miller

South Carolina Libraries

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union County Library System (UCLS) opted to solely offer virtual programming for our popular Summer Reading Program. This article focuses on the background, planning, and implementation in creating and executing a fun and innovative summer experience for our community and patrons, including a gamification twist to incentivize our participants.


We Heard You! Designing An Engaging User Feedback Station, Jean Thrift Oct 2020

We Heard You! Designing An Engaging User Feedback Station, Jean Thrift

South Carolina Libraries

In November 2018, Lander University’s Jackson Library replaced their rarely-used traditional suggestion box with a new feedback station installed in the printing area, including open-ended whiteboard prompts and public replies posted to all question/comment forms received. Since then, the library’s users have shared hundreds of forms and whiteboard responses. How to install and manage a feedback station, challenges encountered, and actions taken in response to user feedback are discussed.


Tidying Up: Information Literacy Program Sparks Joy!, April P. Akins Oct 2020

Tidying Up: Information Literacy Program Sparks Joy!, April P. Akins

South Carolina Libraries

Making a simple adjustment to how we set up our information literacy one shot sessions sparked new joy among the faculty and the librarians. Using Springshare's suite of applications we were able to tidy up the process for requesting, scheduling, and presenting our information literacy one shot sessions. This conference proceeding will provide an overview of what tools we used and how we were able to spark joy in our information literacy program.


Bodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, And Maternal Power In The Novels Of Toni Morrison, Jonathan Garren Oct 2020

Bodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, And Maternal Power In The Novels Of Toni Morrison, Jonathan Garren

South Carolina Libraries

Jonathan Garren reviews Bodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, and Maternal Power in the Novels of Toni Morrison by Geneva Cobb Moore.


Once More, With Feeling: A Case Study In Emotional Intelligence Testing Of Library Staff, Jennifer Wright Oct 2020

Once More, With Feeling: A Case Study In Emotional Intelligence Testing Of Library Staff, Jennifer Wright

South Carolina Libraries

Emotional intelligence is key to employee success, yet many libraries do not consider EI in training. 46 library staff completed the Emotify test and a survey assessing their performance. Staff in leadership roles tended to score higher and rate their EI knowledge higher. Staff with lower scores tended to assess the test as not useful. More EI training is needed for nonsupervisory staff, and library administrations should encourage EI training for all staff.


They Stole Him Out Of Jail: Willie Earle, South Carolina's Last Lynching Victim, Tamara Law Oct 2020

They Stole Him Out Of Jail: Willie Earle, South Carolina's Last Lynching Victim, Tamara Law

South Carolina Libraries

Tamara Law reviews They Stole Him Out of Jail: Willie Earle, South Carolina's Last Lynching Victim, by William B. Gravely.


The Shell Builders: Tabby Architecture Of Beaufort, South Carolina, And The Sea Islands, Jennifer P. Smith Oct 2020

The Shell Builders: Tabby Architecture Of Beaufort, South Carolina, And The Sea Islands, Jennifer P. Smith

South Carolina Libraries

Jennifer P. Smith reviews The Shell Builders: Tabby Architecture of Beaufort, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands, by Colin Brooker with a forward by Lawrence S. Rowland.


Technical Colleges On The Cutting Edge: Implementing New Technologies At Hgtc Library, Jj Fickenworth, Richard J. Moniz Jr. Jun 2020

Technical Colleges On The Cutting Edge: Implementing New Technologies At Hgtc Library, Jj Fickenworth, Richard J. Moniz Jr.

South Carolina Libraries

The integration of new technologies on college campuses is an imperative to enhance learning and prepare students for career success. This article describes the implementation of new technology at a technical college library. Thanks to a multi-layered grant from The Chapin Foundation HGTC Library was able to install a video wall, 10 zSpace machines, and a PolyCom system all in the same space located inside the library. Uses of this equipment in other settings as well as at HGTC are considered.


Making Space For Makerspaces, Aubrey Jenkins, Charlotte Dunn, Shannon Ashley, David Ballinger, Jessica White May 2020

Making Space For Makerspaces, Aubrey Jenkins, Charlotte Dunn, Shannon Ashley, David Ballinger, Jessica White

South Carolina Libraries

Makerspaces promote equity, diversity and creativity, and while different for each organization, can build peer-to-peer relationships and amplify learning by establishing shared, safe spaces where authentic experiences happen, allowing libraries to define the culture of their communities. The authors believe communities that learn and make together, stay and grow together.


Nothin' To It But To Do It! Simple And Effective Outreach To Faculty, Jillian Collier May 2020

Nothin' To It But To Do It! Simple And Effective Outreach To Faculty, Jillian Collier

South Carolina Libraries

This paper is a summary of a poster presentation, originally presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the SCLA, which described a simple and effective method for outreach to faculty, encouraging them to schedule library instruction. Such a method can be used to improve communication with faculty and grow a library instruction program.


More Of What You Love: Using Data To Connect Customers To Their Next Great Library Experience, Diana Keane, Sarah Sawicki, Phillip Higgins May 2020

More Of What You Love: Using Data To Connect Customers To Their Next Great Library Experience, Diana Keane, Sarah Sawicki, Phillip Higgins

South Carolina Libraries

When the need for a new website aligned with the opportunity to develop an open source event management application, Richland Library (SC) dove right in. Freed from the limitations of proprietary software, the development team designed an entirely new web experience to help Richland County residents discover and attend events. Called Intercept, this application pushes event recommendations to customers based on their activity, gets direct feedback from customers, and enable staff to better plan for future programs.


I Always Feel Like Somebody’S Watching Me: Student Perceptions Of Library Data Privacy, Megan Palmer, Amie D. Freeman, Jade Geary May 2020

I Always Feel Like Somebody’S Watching Me: Student Perceptions Of Library Data Privacy, Megan Palmer, Amie D. Freeman, Jade Geary

South Carolina Libraries

Data privacy has emerged as a controversial topic in higher education. As librarians, we recognize the importance of privacy and confidentiality for allowing patrons to learn and explore without unnecessary barriers or fear of repercussions. However, there is a growing trend of data collection and analysis in libraries that impacts a patron’s right to privacy. In a presentation given at the 2019 South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference, we explored issues of click-through-consent, data invasion, and awareness of the types of data tracked. We asked for audience engagement as we discussed future directions including a survey on student perceptions of …


Tlc@Fcls: Continuing Education Program For The Staff Of Florence County Library System, Linda Ray May 2020

Tlc@Fcls: Continuing Education Program For The Staff Of Florence County Library System, Linda Ray

South Carolina Libraries

Florence County Library System created and implemented a continuing education program called TLC@FCLS. The process began in 2016 when a new position was created, Training and Outreach Coordinator. The person hired researched programs and training providers creating a program that is meeting the needs of its staff and customers.


Universal Design Creates Equity And Inclusion: Moving From Theory To Practice, Clayton A. Copeland Phd, Brady Cross, Kim Thompson May 2020

Universal Design Creates Equity And Inclusion: Moving From Theory To Practice, Clayton A. Copeland Phd, Brady Cross, Kim Thompson

South Carolina Libraries

Universal design focuses on small changes that can be made to benefit everyone. Universal design principles can be applied to both physical and virtual environments and help provide universal access to technology and information. This paper provides a case study of the design of a library computer kiosk in an academic library, using principles of universal design to create a universally accessible workstation. The paper provides an overview of features included in the workstation, images of the workstation, and includes discussion of additional considerations and lessons learned from the design experience.


How I Hired My Own Boss: Tips For Running An Inclusive Search, Christy Allen May 2020

How I Hired My Own Boss: Tips For Running An Inclusive Search, Christy Allen

South Carolina Libraries

This paper contains ideas and strategies on how to run an organized and inclusive librarian search. Contents of the paper are based on the work of the search committee for the Furman University Director of Libraries. Topics covered include creating specific documentation, crafting an inclusive job ad, advertising the position to reach diverse audiences, screening applications, interviewing candidates, and making a final selection.


Thinking Outside Of The (Lunch) Box: Building A Program Around Summer Feeding, Heather R. Smith, Kristin Hare May 2020

Thinking Outside Of The (Lunch) Box: Building A Program Around Summer Feeding, Heather R. Smith, Kristin Hare

South Carolina Libraries

Charleston County Public Library partnered with Charleston County School District to offer the Summer Feeding Program. This article focuses on the experience of the Dorchester Road Regional Branch in creating an effective companion program to educate and entertain a diverse community and foster a positive experience for those who attended.


Digitally Embedded Librarianship: Adding Library Instruction To Lms Courses, Robert Freeman May 2020

Digitally Embedded Librarianship: Adding Library Instruction To Lms Courses, Robert Freeman

South Carolina Libraries

Clemson University has traditionally focused on the on-campus experience and believed that every student should “get Clemson dirt on their shoes.” But the University has begun placing more emphasis on online instruction and teaching, culminating with the first E-Learning Day in the Fall of 2019. This poster highlights the efforts of a librarian focused on supporting online instruction through embedding in courses within the University’s learning management system. It offers a definition for Digitally Embedded Librarianship, best practices for getting embedded, and shares feedback from course instructors.


Connecting Libraries To Campus Communities Through Collaborative Displays, V. Emily Deinert, Deann M. Brame, Amanda T. Mcleod, W. Cody Walters May 2020

Connecting Libraries To Campus Communities Through Collaborative Displays, V. Emily Deinert, Deann M. Brame, Amanda T. Mcleod, W. Cody Walters

South Carolina Libraries

To elevate diverse voices and collections at Winthrop University, the Dacus Library Display Committee began collaborating with campus community partners to coordinate library displays with campus events. We found that collaborative displays had a higher rate of engagement, and encouraged additional partnerships throughout our campus community.


That Was Easy! Incorporating (Free) Cloud-Based Project Management Tools Into Your Day-To-Day Library Workflows, Allison Kaiser Jones May 2020

That Was Easy! Incorporating (Free) Cloud-Based Project Management Tools Into Your Day-To-Day Library Workflows, Allison Kaiser Jones

South Carolina Libraries

After realizing the limitations of Microsoft Office Suite for managing subscription renewals, the author evaluated commonly used cloud-based project management tools to help make the renewal workflows more collaborative, dynamic, and accessible. One criterion necessary for implementation- it would have to be free. This paper, derived from the author’s presentation given at the 2019 South Carolina Library Association, explores several cloud-based project management tools that were considered, how the author incorporates a cloud-based project management tool into her collection management workflows, the pros and cons of doing so, and tips for implementation.


What Gets Libraries Sued: Measuring Librarian Fears Against Statistical Realities, Kristina Schwoebel, Eve Ross May 2020

What Gets Libraries Sued: Measuring Librarian Fears Against Statistical Realities, Kristina Schwoebel, Eve Ross

South Carolina Libraries

“We can’t do that, we’ll get sued.” How do libraries balance the benefits of a course of action with legal risks? Our project attempts to explore this by obtaining librarian feedback via a survey, evaluating existing literature, and compiling legal cases.