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Bryson’S Dictionary For Writers And Editors, Priscilla Finley

Library Faculty Research

This update to Bryson's Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors (1991) lists and glosses selected proper nouns, frequently confused words, and anomalies of written usage that are likely to draw the attention of copy editors.

An Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial In A Web 2.0 World, Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino

Library Scholarship

The development of an interactive web-based science information literacy tutorial that introduces undergraduate science majors to basic components of scientific literature is described. The tutorial introduces concepts, vocabulary and resources necessary for understanding and accessing information. The tutorial content is based on the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and the Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology (American Library Association (ALA) /Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)/Science and Technology Section (STS) Task Force on Information Literacy for Science and Technology). In order to engage students in a Web 2.0 world, …

Most Downloaded Documents For October 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

Institutional Repository Information

In October 2008, the repository furnished 121,393 downloads; 78.3% of available files were downloaded at least once. The average for all 19,107 documents was 6.35 downloads. The archived spreadsheet shows the top 200 documents, downloaded at least 50 or more times during the month.

Top 25 Downloads for October 2008 (and their authors)
Electronic Rodent Repellent Devices: A Review of Efficacy Test Protocols and Regulatory Actions — Stephen A. Schumake
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work — Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, & Scott Lyell Gardner
The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition. — …

Growth And Development Of Scholarly Literature: An Analysis Of Scopus, Mehmood Ul-Ajaz Wani, Sumeer Gul

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Researchers require access to a variety of information sources, in order to stay current with developments in their own and related fields, to work collaboratively with others, to critically evaluate and examine the work of others, and to contribute to teaching. This study is assesses the SCOPUS database bibliometrically to explore the growth of scholarly literature.

Hot Docs (Twofer Special), Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Hot Docs (Twofer Special)

The Library Of Faith: An Exploration Of The Role Of The Library In A Seventh-Day Adventist College, Keith Clouten

Public Document Archive

An examination of the role of libraries in Adventist college settings.

Ufa Aac Library Sub-Committee Meeting Minutes, October 2008, Barbara Swartzlander

UFA AAC Library Sub-committee Meeting Minutes

Meeting report from the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee's Library Sub-committee meeting at the University of New England.

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 21, October 30, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

360 Resource Manager: The Jccc Experience, Judi Guzzy

Library Papers and Presentations

The presenter discusses the implementation of the Serial Solutions 360 Resource Manager.

The Anchor, Volume 122.08: October 29, 2008, Hope College

The Anchor: 2008

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Breaking News: Google Book Search, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Breaking News: Google Book Search

First-Year Writing Teachers, Perceptions Of Students' Information Literacy Competencies, And A Call For A Collaborative Approach, Elizabeth Joy Birmingham, Luc Chinwongs, Molly Flaspohler, Carly Hearn, Danielle Kvanvig, Ronda Portmann

Communications in Information Literacy

Despite the shared work of teaching research and writing, research librarians and compositionists (writing teachers) have not engaged regularly in dialogue about how they might collaborate in this endeavor. This project surveyed English teachers at three institutions, a private liberal arts college, a public liberal arts college, and a land grant university, concerning their perceptions of their students' information literacy skills, as well as about the variety of strategies they used to introduce and reinforce information literacy competency in their classrooms. These strategies ranged from assigning a research project with little classroom or library support, to using up to ten …

Development And Evolution Of An Information Literacy Course For A Doctor Of Chiropractic Program, Phyllis June Harvey, Karen Jo Goodell

Communications in Information Literacy

The authors report on the development and evolution of a required one-credit course in information literacy for a doctor of chiropractic program. Our experience can serve as a model for planning and designing information literacy courses for doctor of chiropractic and other graduate health sciences programs.

The Economics Of Open Access, Christopher V. Hollister

Communications in Information Literacy

No abstract provided.

Teaching Matters: Developing As A Teacher/Librarian. Web 2.0: Opportunities For Information Literacy Instruction, Patrick P. Ragains

Communications in Information Literacy

No abstract provided.

Teaching Near The Edge Of Chaos: Dynamic Systems, Student Choices And Library Research, Robert Hautala, Bryan Miyagishima

Communications in Information Literacy

This article is an investigation of the Dynamic Systems theory and its application to instruction and the learning process. Curricular suggestions are provided from the authors' collaborative uses of library instruction within university academic courses. These suggestions address the use of environmental (classroom) and task manipulations to provide students with choices within activities related to conducting literature reviews. A Four-Step Teaching Model, based on the "Ecological Task Analysis Model" (Davis and Burton, 1991), is also outlined, to give readers a step-by-step procedure to use when developing classroom curricula and delivery plans.

Information Literacy Education In The Uk: Reflections On Perspectives And Practical Approaches Of Curricular Integration, Susie Andretta, Alison Pope, Geoff Walton

Communications in Information Literacy

This paper has two main aims, to present the current position of information literacy education in UK-based academic institutions and to propose a strategy that ensures the integration of this phenomenon in learning and teaching institutional practices. The first part of the paper offers an insight into the perceptions of information literacy by exploring four distinct perspectives, including the institutional angle and the views associated with faculty staff, library staff and students. What transpires from the findings is that information literacy from an institutional perspective is dominated by the need to measure information skills within the context of information as …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 10, October 27, 2008, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Tell Galileo What You Need, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Tell GALILEO what you need

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 20, October 27, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. The Lanthorn, Vol. 43 No. 19 is missing.

When Users Talk...We Listen: Connecting With Our User Needs, Cheryl Lauricella, Mary Lou Baker Jones

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Today's libraries are seeking innovative ways to "retrofit" their services, products and physical spaces in order to meet the needs of a new generation of library users. To better understand our evolving user needs, we used both low-tech and high-tech methods to collect feedback, including: comment books in the library, electronic surveys of selected courses, in-class discussion, course assignments, audience response systems, user interviews , and email requests for comments to the teaching faculty.

This poster demonstrates the variety of methods we have used to gather user feedback and some of the changes that were implemented in response. Among these …

Reducing The Print, Repositioning The Electronic, Monique Andrews, Mike Hawthorne, Rhonda Mcginnis

Library Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 122.07: October 22, 2008, Hope College

The Anchor: 2008

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Telling Stories Of Libraries And Leadership, Audrey Defrank

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

A presentation outlining the four frames of leadership and storytelling as they relate to libraries. Leadership Orientation Questionnaire; Overview; Inspiration; Leadership; Reframing Leadership; Structural Frame; Human Resources Frame; Political Frame; Symbolic Frame; Where do you fit in the frame?; Native American Storytelling; Organizations as Cultures; Story Narrative; Telling the Story.

Introduction To Data Curation, Elaine L. Westbrooks

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Few people as yet, outside the world of expert librarians and museum curators and so forth, know how manageable well-ordered facts can be made, however multitudinous, and how swiftly and completely even the rarest visions and the most recondite matters can be recalled, once they have been put in place in a well-ordered scheme of reference and reproduction.

Library Services For Graduate Students, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Library Services for Graduate Students

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 09, October 20, 2008, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Hot Tips: Gale Virtual Reference Library, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Hot Tips: Gale Virtual Reference Library

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 18, October 20, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. The Lanthorn, Vol. 43 No. 19 is missing.

Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, October 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.