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Atg Interviews Patrick C. Sommers, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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A Fire To Be Kindled, Matthew Landau

Against the Grain

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Standards Column -- Ebook Identification: Disrupting The Tried And True Isbn System, Todd Carpenter

Against the Grain

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Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn

Against the Grain

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Notes From Mosier -- March Of The Dinosaurs, Scott A. Smith

Against the Grain

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Against the Grain

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Wrl Newsletter April 2010, Maryke Barber

WRL Newsletters

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Google Analytics: A Worm's-Eye View & Digitalcommons Usage Reports, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

How we use Google Analytics data and DigitalCommons usage reports to tell us about our global outreach, user audience, traffic patterns, and growth over time. Examples drawn from actual statistics for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital Commons.

To boil it down ...
1.Google Analytics & DC Usage Reports measure different things
2.Local audience is the most intensive
3.Global audience is also significant
4.Largest source = Google (therefore) Optimize for web search
5.Usage growth is exponential
6.Size and variety drive usage
7.Maintain consistent records

Connections Newsletter Spring 2010

Connections Newsletter

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Is Mens Sana In Corpore Sano A Concept Relevant To Honors Students?, Kate Wintrol

Library Faculty Research

Belief in a "healthy mind, healthy body" is as relevant to twenty-first-century honors students as it was to their ancient counterparts. The ancient Greek athlete and the honors student-athlete both share the dedication and discipline needed to excel, and our culture still finds praiseworthy those who exhibit excellence in both mind and body. At the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the library is sponsoring a poster series promoting literacy by featuring student-athletes reading their favorite books. An honors college student athlete will be featured in the near future, a symbol of distinction somewhat akin to Myron's Discobolos (Discus Thrower).

Challenges And Opportunities Of Creating Library Services For The Singapore Campus, Lateka Grays

Library Faculty Research

When the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, opened its Singapore campus, it was critical that library services be provided and integrated into the curriculum. The University Libraries team overcame many challenges to create a libraries services infrastructure to support the students. Work began with then-hospitality liaison librarian Cory Tucker and has been carried on by current hospitality liaison librarian Lateka Grays. Our greatest strengths were the expertise of the liaisons and the support of the university.

We faced challenges to our mission of establishing library services in three key areas: access, communication, and technology. We developed a list of questions …

Getting Into The Workflow: Graduate Support Workshops, Steven Baumgart, Rebecca Payne, Anne Rauh, Lisa Saywell

Librarian Publications

How can librarians engage with graduate student education and research? Often, graduate student orientations of academic departments include only introductory information about the library and are discipline-focused. To address a need for better library support for graduate students increasingly pursuing interdisciplinary research and study, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries initiated a series of workshops designed to integrate into the workflow of graduate students. Presenters will discuss how the program evolved from a one-library pilot program into a coordinated series of workshops across multiple campus libraries. Details about workshop topics, structure, design, and promotion and series feedback and next steps will …

Accreditation Or Certification, Vicki Gregory

School of Information Faculty Publications

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My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Steve W. Schaefer

Georgia Library Quarterly

The author focuses on his addiction to books and his book collection. He notes that according to his inventory, he has 6,904 books. He relates that his aunt bought him his first book on former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and has 734 books on Lincoln. He cites that he owns 346 books about fictitious character Sherlock Holmes.

Library Home Page Design: The Artist-Librarian Perspective, Virginia C. Feher

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article focuses on a library home page that is designed from the artist-librarian perspective. It cites the need to include promotional features on a page to advertise resources available from the Web site and sponsored events. It notes that the application of the basic principles of art such as emphasis, harmony and movement is important for a successful composition of the page. Also stated is the use of color on a home page which, according to the author, can result in a page that is vibrant while supportive of the delivery of information.

Ingram Library Of Uwg News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from the Ingram Library of the University of West Georgia.

Cobb County News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from the Cobb County Public Library System.

Is It Really Sink Or Swim For Tenure Tracks?, Crystal Goldman, Valeria Molteni, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

A panel consisting of a mentor and two mentees will share their experiences and tell their stories. They seek to exchange ideas on surviving a fast-changing environment with librarians from other academic libraries where librarians have faculty status. The San Jose State University (SJSU) experience is easy to duplicate and aims to help junior librarians achieve her/his full potential, to design/develop personal goals that fit into personal career expectations, to take one step at a time to reach those goals, to better support organizational goals and objectives, to develop leadership within the organization, to boost morale and productivity, and finally …

Tech Tuesday: Technology Workshops At San Jose State University's King Library, Peggy Cabrera

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Using Podcasts For Assessing Information Research, Lauren Yannotta, Brian Lym, Shiao-Chuan Kung

Publications and Research

This paper reports on the use of podcast audio recordings to assess learning in a hybrid information research course. Evidence of learning that appeared in the audio recordings and how the project affected student learning were investigated. Findings suggest that student-created podcasts can be beneficial in that instructors can see what students learned from the podcast content; students can see evidence of own learning by looking at before and after podcasts; and that students see methods used by other students and reflect on own methods/knowledge.

Developing Information Literate Students, Cindy Judd, Betina Gardner, Julie George

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

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Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Hot Docs: Government Book Talk, and Congressional Directory
• New Scanners thanks to Student Technology Fee

Application Of Icts In Nigerian Secondary Schools, Esharenana E. Adomi, Emperor Kpangban

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper examines ICT applications in Nigerian secondary schools. It reveals that ICTs should be adopted in Nigerian schools to improve the educational system and help the students receive a solid education, enabling them to live successfully. Though some efforts have been made to ensure the integration of ICTs in the system, the level of ICT adoption and use is low, due to poor policy/project implementation strategies, and limited/poor information infrastructure. Recommendations for improvement of ICT applications are set forth.

Information Use Among Working Women In The Associated Cement Company (Acc) Wadi, Gulbarga: A Survey, S. Machendranath, V.T. Kamble

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article provides insight into the information use, needs, and information-seeking behavior of the working women of ACC Ltd. Wadi, Gulbarga District, Karnataka, India. Data collected through a structured questionnaire from 100 working women are analysed. The majority of the working women have stressed the need for an adequate and varied reading material.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 27, March 29, 2010, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

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

Building Brick By Brick: A Pragmatic Approach To Measuring Impact, Sarah Faye Cohen, Janet R. Cottrell, Michelle G. Miller

Library Scholarship

Illustrates pragmatic approaches to building meaningful information literacy impact measures in an imperfect environment.

Lanthorn, Vol. 44, No. 52, March 29, 2010, Grand Valley State University

Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 10, 2010

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

Ict Facilities: Ergonomic Effects On Academic Library Staff, Aderonke O. Adeyemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ICT has fundamentally affected the operations of library and information services. Working long hours on a computer system may result in pain or other physical symptoms. A close-ended questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents at two university libraries, the University of Lagos (Unilag) and Covenant University (CU). The study revealed tension, stress, headaches, and pain in wrist

Ict Availability In Niger Delta University Libraries, Abraham Tabor Etebu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in two libraries at Niger Delta University, the main library and the health sciences library. The study found that the university has an array of ICT facilities, but that automation in the libraries has not advanced, and the library has no web presence on the university website.

Librarianship In The 21st Century: Lessons In Leadership, Rob Morrison, Jack Fritts

Faculty Publications

Many of the challenges librarians face in the 21st century have existed for years and reflect the nature of higher education and society in the United States. One issue the presenters have observed is that librarians, like many educators, react to rapidly changing systems, pressures, economics, and technologies by “balancing” workloads and budgets and not by deeply reflecting on how to change strategies in order to integrate themselves more fully into academic curricula, prove the library’s value to administrators, and develop meaningful services and resources.

In order to thrive and survive, librarians must be proactive at their institutions in areas …