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Under The Influence: First-Year Seminars And The Librarian Teaching Role, Steven Hoover, Randy Hensley

Library Faculty Presentations

The discussion will address the benefits and challenges of teaching as a librarian outside of the library.

How can a librarian's experiences prepare them to teach a semester-long course?

What factors influence the design and delivery of a first-year seminar?

What challenges might arise when teaching outside of the library?

Toward A Nevada Digital Collaborative, Jason Vaughan

Library Faculty Research

In mid-2008, through Library Services and Technology Act funding, the Nevada State Library and Archives brought together members for a newly established Nevada Statewide Digital Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as “NSDAC”) to engage in a comprehensive, statewide digital planning process. As stated in the charge, “Advisory committee members participate in the identification of issues regarding digitization in Nevada, collaborate in the planning and development of a statewide digital initiative . . . and contribute to effective communication among the key digital stakeholders in Nevada.” The full charge is provided in Appendix A. By design, the committee included members from …

Why Not Just Google It? An Assessment Of Information Literacy Skills In A Biomedical Science Curriculum, Karl Kingsley, Gillian M. Galbraith, M. Herring, Eva Stowers, Tanis Stewart, Karla V. Kingsley

Library Faculty Research

Background: Few issues in higher education are as fundamental as the ability to search for, evaluate, and synthesize information. The need to develop information literacy, the process of finding, retrieving, organizing, and evaluating the ever-expanding collection of online information, has precipitated the need for training in skill-based competencies in higher education, as well as medical and dental education.

Methods: The current study evaluated the information literacy skills of first-year dental students, consisting of two, consecutive dental student cohorts (n = 160). An assignment designed to evaluate information literacy skills was conducted. In addition, a survey of student online search engine …

Communication In “The Cloud”: Skype, Googletalk, And Google Voice, Marisa Ramirez

Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Research Dataset - Asking For Permission: A Survey Of Copyright Workflows For Institutional Repositories, Ann Hanlon, Marisa Ramirez

Library Scholarship

In October 2009, survey invitations were emailed via the OpenDOAR email service to 778 Institutional Repositories that met the OpenDOAR parameters of "content type=articles" and "repository type=institution". One hundred twenty-one completed online survey responses were collected from October 12 - November 12, 2009 using the SurveyMonkey tool. Please refer to the related publication for additional details and published findings.

Strategies For Developing An Institutional Repository: A Case Study Of Scholarworks@ Umass Amherst, Yuan Li, Marilyn S. Billings

Librarian Publications

ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst is an institutional repository that collects, manages, and disseminates intellectual output of UMass Amherst faculty, researchers, and students. In less than five years, it has become one of the top five Digital Commons repositories with more than 23,000 items and over half-a-million full-text downloads. ScholarWorks content recruitment strategies are examined as a case study for the development of an institutional repository. The authors aim to provide best practices for developing a digital repository in academic settings and inspire colleagues to explore and adapt new strategies.

Programmatic Student Learning Outcomes, Vicki Gregory

School of Information Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Patron Driven Acquisition Of Publisher-Hosted Content: Bypassing Drm, Jason S. Price

Library Staff Publications and Research

Academic library patron driven acquisition (PDA) of ebooks on aggregator platforms is gaining steam. Although there are many advantages to this model, aggregated ebook content is still hampered by digital rights management (DRM). Publisher hosted ebooks are often DRM free, providing user-friendly access to ebook chapters that emulates ejournal article access. Librarians and libraries should build win-win-win partnerships with aggregators and publishers that facilitate centralized PDA on aggregator platforms which results in library ownership of purchased books on DRM-free publisher platforms. Ultimately, a simpler solution would be to reduce the restrictiveness of digital rights management on aggregator-hosted content, which might …

From Stealthy To Burgeoning: Student Curators In The Earl Gregg Swem Library, Amy Schindler

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Presentation about Swem Library's Special Collections working with student curators as part of class projects presented at the 2011 meeting of the Society of North Carolina Archivists.

From Both Sides Now: A Recently-Hired Librarian And A Library Veteran Respond To The Loss Of A Favorite Database, Harry D. Nuttall, Carley Knight

Research, Publications & Creative Work

The recent economic downturn has disrupted libraries no less than it has other sectors, causing cutbacks in funding which have resulted in hiring freezes and layoffs, reduced operating hours and services, and smaller acquisitions budgets for both print and electronic materials. These cutbacks have been most acutely felt by library acquisitions departments and collection development librarians, but the public services areas -- especially instruction librarians -- feel the blow too and must adapt their practices to the reductions in resources. This paper details the response of two instruction librarians -- one a veteran of some two decades’ service and the …

Asking For Permission: A Survey Of Copyright Workflows For Institutional Repositories, Ann Hanlon, Marisa Ramirez

Library Faculty Research and Publications

An online survey of institutional repository (IR) managers identified copyright clearance trends in staffing and workflows. The majority of respondents followed a mediated deposit model, and reported that library personnel, instead of authors, engaged in copyright clearance activities for IRs. The most common “information gaps” pertained to the breadth of information in copyright directories like SHERPA/RoMEO. To fill these gaps, most respondents directly contacted publishers for permissions. Respondents typically did not share publisher responses with other IRs citing barriers such as time, expertise, staffing and the need for improved methods for sharing data with copyright directories.

Citation Analysis Of Authorship And Articles Characterization In Technology And Development: A Journal Of Scientific And Technological Research, Tukur Abba, Musa Dauda Bassi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined citation analysis of authors and articles characterization in the Technology and Development: a Journal of scientific and technological research, Federal University of Technology Yola. It focused on number of articles in each volume, references cited, levels of authors’ collaborations, subjects covered, authors’ institutional affiliations and geographical location of the authors. The study revealed that a total of 96 articles were published in the five volumes (1991-1995), a total of 1421 references were cited from different sources of information. Single authored articles ranked highest followed by two authors articles. Majority of the authors are from universities 148(92.50%). The …

Reference Service In Academic Libraries: Accommodation Of International Students, Olugbenga Ademodi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper examines reference service in academic libraries, especially as it relates to international students. This group of students may experience hardship when faced with a new cultural and educational environment which is most times different from what they are used to. After a discussion of the planning process, the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) standards, and the relationship of assessment to the standards, the article will investigate the nature, objectives, and value of reference service in academic libraries along with the special problems associated with reference service for international students. Assessment practices and the particular difficulties associated …

A New Service Model For The Reference Desk: The Student Research Center, Steven Deineh, Julie Middlemas, Patrichia Morrison

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

There is no doubt that reference services are changing and that the reference desk needs to change also, in response. In this article, Julie Middlemas argues that the foundations of the reference interaction remain the same regardless of this shift: that a successful reference interview and the need to save the time of the reader/researcher remain the primary functions of that interaction. Steven Deineh then puts forth his case for student-centered reference, which offers the service of intensive collaborative research working with students behind the reference desk. Students will learn hands-on because, although millennials and others of the digital generation …

Curriculum Development In Library And Information Science Education In Nigerian Universities: Issues And Prospects, Wilson I. Edegbo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper examines the curricula of library and information science education in Nigeria with a view of determining its present state of content of its courses offered and how it affects the present graduates produced in the universities with respect to the labour market for librarians in this age of computerisation / digitisation. The curricula of three universities as well as National Universities Commission (NUC) minimum standards for university library and information science schools provided the needed data. The result shows that there are ICT courses in the curricula but not covering some courses taught and the personnel are not …

Factors Affecting Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) Use By Academic Librarians In Southwestern Nigeria, Yacob Haliso

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) improves service provision of librarians. In spite of this, it is observed that librarians in Nigeria do not maximally utilize the ICTs. Consequently, the communities of scholars complain of the poor information services provision by librarians. It is in the light of this that this study investigated factors that may be responsible for the poor utilization of the ICTs in the Southwestern Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design. A total enumerative sampling technique was used. The finding indicated that lack of organizational commitment towards ICT acquisition constituted the highest barrier …

Information-Seeking Behavior Of Law Practitioners: A Survey Of Bahawalpur City, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Rubina Bhatti, Ghalib Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article is an attempt to investigate the information needs and seeking behavior of law practitioners at District Bar Association Session Court Bahawalpur. Purposely, it seeks to ascertain the type of information required by the lawyers to meet their specific information needs; their information seeking habits; different information sources used by them and the impact of ICT on their information seeking behavior. Data were collected with the help of questionnaire and analyzed through SPSS software version 14. It was noted that almost all the lawyers always seek information for case preparation. It was found that they acquire information from their …

Information Needs And Information-Seeking Behaviour Of Allopathic Medical Practitioners In Tirppur District In Tamilnadu, India, B. O. Sathivel Murugan, S. Allysornam

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is based on the information needs and seeking behaviour of allopathic medical practitioners (general /specialists) in Trippur district, Tamilnadu, India. Research design was preplanned and systematic method of data collection, analysis and interpretation was presented. Survey method was adopted for collection of primary data and pre-tested questionnaire was tool of data collection. Dependent and independent variables are used for data analysis and results are shown.

Information Seeking Behavior Of Tapioca (Cassava) Growers In Salem District, C. Murugan, R. Balasubramani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper is an outcome of the research study conducted by the authors on information seeking behavior of tapioca growers in Salem District, Tamilnadu, India. Data were collected by using structured questionnaire and analyzed by using chi-squire test. This study discusses the findings of various strategies and procedures adopted by the tapioca growers in meeting their information requirements. The survey result shows that tapioca growers have expressed great dependence in meeting their information requirements on their mass media sources.

An Assessment Of The Impact Of Nigerian Book Foundation (Nbf) On The Development Of Library Collections In Private University Libraries In South-West Geo-Political Zone Of Nigeria, J. I. Adeyomoye

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study looks at the impact of Nigerian Book Foundation (NBF) on the development of library collections in private universities in South West Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. It is designed to create awareness among university librarians about the existence of Nigerian Book Foundation (NBF) and the enormous benefits that they can derive from being in close contact with the Foundation and other donor agencies (Local or International) who readily assist academic libraries particularly in developing countries in their collection development efforts. A good number of the respondents strongly believe that the Foundation is beneficial and that it has improved their …

Old School And New School: Engaging Undergraduates In Discipline- Based Research, Heidi Gauder, Fred W. Jenkins

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Cross-unit collaboration and curriculum integration became a reality when librarians were approached by academic departments to teach a course about conducting discipline-specific research skills. At this university students are required to demonstrate general and discipline-specific information literacy competencies, which are determined by the departments and programs, not by the library; in reality most of the departments and programs adopt the general information literacy competencies for both sets of competencies.

Two departments, however, had 1-credit hour research courses on the books; in one case, the course had been taught over a weekend by a faculty member and in the other case, …

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 53, March 31, 2011, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

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

Simple Marketing Techniques And Space Planning To Increase Circulation, Kelly Giles, D. Yvonne Jones, Margarite Mccandless, Kara Kiblinger, Jenne Klotz

Libraries

In the academic Information Commons, the frontline staff are key library assets. This article demonstrates one example of frontline staff observing, analyzing, and modifying user behavior using simple marketing techniques and space planning. James Madison University East Campus Library personnel increased circulation of books by increasing the visibility of the book collection. Minor furniture changes in the lobby, adding rotating themed book displays, and providing digital and print signage produced a dramatic effect. Circulation numbers essentially doubled for the lobby browsing book collection and markedly increased for books highlighted in the displays.

Completing The Research Cycle: The Role Of Libraries In The Publication And Dissemination Of Undergraduate Student Research, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Merinda Hensley, Sarah Shreeves

Scholarly Publications

Since the publication of Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities (Boyer Commission 1998), many colleges and universities have committed to systematic programs of undergraduate research. Librarians are increasingly proactive in providing the tools and research support services necessary to build long-term relationships with undergraduate student researchers through a variety of services and outreach including instruction services, space for individual and group research, and targeted collection development. However, two crucial elements are under-developed: dissemination and persistent access to this scholarly work. With the production of original scholarly or creative work comes the expectation to disseminate and share the …

How New Librarians Used Branding And Outreach To Create Communities Of Practice, Kiyomi D. Deards

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Want to get involved and make a difference? Come learn how one librarian got involved and used branding and outreach to promote and increase membership in their professional service organization, and developed their personal community of practice. Find out how you can get involved professionally. Learn how you can define and promote a unique brand for a professional group or yourself, and see how getting involved can exponentially increase your professional network while serving others.

Circulating The Odd: Putting Technology In The Hands Of Patrons, Jason Dupree, Erin Ingraham-Ridgeway

Faculty Articles & Research

No abstract provided.

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

Library Publications (1999-2023)

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Fronts And Backs, Sierra R. Green

Blogging the Library

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday! I come to you with an exciting piece of news- I have completed processing my manuscript collection and it is has joined the ranks of other processed collections in the depths of Special Collections! As you might guess, I felt an immense sense of accomplishment as I completed my finding aid and prepared it for Karen to review. After Karen approved the manner in which I had processed the collection, I put descriptive labels on the manuscript collection boxes and headed back to the temperature controlled shelving area. As I put MS-118 Wikoff on the …

The Anchor, Volume 124.20: March 30, 2011, Hope College

The Anchor: 2011

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.

The Information And Learning Commons: Some Reflections, Elizabeth K. Heitsch, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

The Information and Learning Commons modes of library organization has become more prevalent over the past few decades and allows academic libraries to provide wider-ranging and more cohesive services to their constituents. Several issues, including relying upon a single, mythical "Patron" in planning for services; poor organization; a lack of cohesion and centralized leadership; and the "digital divide" may hinder the effectiveness of the Commons and negatively impact both patrons and staff. If these problems can be surmounted, this model shows great promise for both current and future application in academic libraries.