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The Librarian Says…Turn Your Cellphones On! Piloting Mobile Phones And Polling In Inquiry-Based Information Literacy Instruction, Andy Burkhardt, Sarah Faye Cohen

Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Supporting Alternative Incentive Mechanisms For Digital Content: A Comparison Of Canadian And Us Policy, Michael B. Mcnally

FIMS Publications

This paper compares the Government of Canada’s copyright focused approach for encouraging the production of digital content with the U.S. Government’s adoption of a range of incentive systems for the production of content through a content analysis of government policy papers. The first part of the paper examines Canadian policy outlined in the Improving Canada’s Digital Advantage consultation paper and the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (Bill C-32). The paper argues the government is overly reliant on copyright to encourage the production of creative digital content. Though Bill C-32 would expand the definition of fair dealing and create a …

Management Of Library's Financial Resources Implementing The Open Environment, Janina Pupeliene

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Open Libraries, Open Resources, Open To Change?: Library Organisational Development And Design To Improve And Support The Creation And Open Publication Of Research Resources, Sue Roberts, Alison Stevenson

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

The Collection? It's All About The User!, Maria Heijne

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Open Access And The Practice Of Academic Librarianship: Strategies And Considerations For "Front Line" Librarians, Laura Bowering Mullen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Open Future Of Academic Research And Communication, Marek Niezgódka

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Reshaping And Rescoping University Libraries To Fit Changing Academic Requirements, Maude Frances, Janet Fletcher, Sue Harmer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Library As A Hub. Changing Roles And Functions Of Academic Library, Błażej Feret

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Acl 546 Research Methodology, Rob Morrison

Faculty Publications

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At Albertsons Library, User-Centered Is More Than A Trendy Phrase, Peggy S. Cooper

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

At Albertsons Library being user-centered is at the heart of our decision-making. We focus our collective staff energy on what our users want and need. How do we know? We ask them. In focus groups, in LibQual surveys, at the reference desk, and in course evaluations -- we ask, we listen and we act on their requests.

New And Innovative Academic Writing Library Training Programme At Singapore Management University, Priyanka Sharma

Research Collection Library

The Li Ka Shing Library at Singapore Management University (SMU) has designed a hands-on training programme to kick-start research and critical thinking skills in students taking the Academic Writing course. Academic Writing is a course that introduces students to the conventions of good essay and term paper writing, and includes a compulsory one hour library training session. For the academic year 2010-2011, over 1,000 students attended the AW library training programme. In addition to the focus on critical thinking, basic searching skills for both subscribed databases and free web resources are shared. Finally, a hands-on exercise highlighting the importance of …

Top 25 Journals By Usage Update, Vol.9 (6), Texas Medical Center Library

Insider Express (2003-2013)

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, June 2011, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2011

Volume 15, Issue 4

Google Like A Librarian: Sharing Skills For Search Success, Mary K. O'Kelly, Colleen Lyon

Scholarly Papers and Articles

The workshop announcement started simply enough: “Your students are using
it. You are using it. Why not get the most out of Google tools?” The workshop, called “Using Google Like a Librarian,” was for faculty and staff at Grand Valley State University. Over the past two years, librarians have been teaming up with instructional technology staff to create on-campus professional development opportunities, and this was going to be (we thought) just another workshop. And then it got popular.

Holy Cross Libraries Annual Report Fy2011, Kathleen M. Carney

Holy Cross Libraries Annual Reports

At the end of the fiscal year, the Director of the Holy Cross Libraries issues an annual report that provides a review of library services, details budgets and regular operations, and highlights programs, projects and activities that were initiated, sponsored or assisted by the Libraries

Selected Works: Creating Your Connection To The World, Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson

SelectedWorks™

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Music-Library Personnel Characteristics, 2009, Susannah Cleveland, Mark A. Puente

University Libraries Faculty Publications

Results from the 2009 Music Library Association (MLA) Survey of Personnel Characteristics are presented and analyzed. Areas covered include education and training, status and salaries, professional activities, and demographics of MLA members. In each area, comparisons are made to results from the study of the same name conducted in 1997.

Addressing Abet Program Outcome 'I': A First-Year Engineering Program And Library Instruction Initiative Collaboration, Debbie Morrow

Presentations

Grand Valley's School of Engineering recently invited the University Libraries to collaborate in an effort to address ABET outcome ‘i’, engaging in lifelong learning, in one of their first year core courses. The Libraries have recently developed an "Information Literacy Core Competencies" document, evolving out of the ACRL IL competencies standard adopted in 2000. Our collaboration has so far been a great exercise in exploring the effective intersection of ABET ‘i’ and information literacy competencies, in the context of incorporation into an existing course in GVSU's first-year engineering curriculum.

And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings — 30th Annual Charleston Conference. Developing An E-Book Acquisition Strategy That Works, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Brief summary of a session at the 30th Annual Charleston Conference, held in Charleston, S.C. in November 2010.

Volume 31, Number 2, June 2011 Olac Newsletter, Kate Leigh, Nathan Putnam, Jan Mayo, Barbara Vaughan, Katie Eller, Jay Weitz

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized June 2011 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

How To Be Uncommon: Advice To Grads Seeking A First Professional Law Library Job From A Recent Survivor Of The Process, Beau Steenken

Law Faculty Popular Media

In this article, the author provides advice on how to successfully apply for jobs in law libraries.

Research For The Greater Good: Incorporating Service Learning In An Information Literacy Course At Wright State University, Maureen Barry

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Like many librarians who teach a for-credit information literacy course, I often struggled to engage students meaningfully. My students seemed to lack any real connection to the curriculum and so were often unmotivated and difficult to teach.

One day, while talking to a faculty member who teaches service learning (SL) courses, I saw an opportunity to incorporate an SL component into my course. My class would require students to provide research to a local nonprofit agency. The class assignments would allow my students to develop real-world connections to the community and the curriculum. I hoped it would engage them more …

Tennessee Archivist 34, No. 2, Society Of Tennessee Archivists

Tennessee Archivist newsletters

Summer 2011 issue of the Tennessee Archivist, a newsletter produced by the Society of Tennessee Archivists.

Random Ramblings - The Journal Is Dead: Long Live The Article, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Should the article stand alone, as the basic unit, apart from its container the journal?

The Evolution Of An Embedded Information Literacy Module: Using Student Feedback And The Research Literature To Improve Student Performance, Allison Kavanagh

Articles

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and evolution of the embedded information literacy (IL) module for first year BSc in Marketing students in Technological University Dublin (DIT) over a three year period between 2007-8 and 2009-10. It describes the pedagogical theories underlining the teaching and assessment of the course in its original format, the reflective practice in which the library team engaged, and the subsequent changes made to the teaching and assessment of the course, informed by the research literature. The study uses performance in the assessment task, student feedback drawn from survey questionnaires and a …

Integrating Information Literacy Into Technology Literacy Classes, Rory Patterson, Elizabeth Ann Rowlette

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

An Overview Of The Engagement With Stakeholders To Determine Logical Subject Headings, Anne E. Rauh, Katie Sanders, Bryan Vogh

Librarian Publications

Xerxes is an interface application, used by over 40 institutions around the world (see http://code.google.com/p/xerxes-portal/wiki/Implementations) including several UW System Libraries. For these UW System Libraries, Xerxes serves as the user interface to MetaLib and also provides sophisticated citation management functionality and integration options. It's developed by libraries for libraries, and therefore designed to be completely customizable. One of the more challenges aspects of the Xerxes implementation is determining logical subject headings. The experiences of UW-Eau Claire, UW Colleges, and UW-Madison will be discussed.

From The President: A Heart-Felt Thank You, Joyce Manna Janto

Law Faculty Publications

In her final From the President column, Ms. Janto reviews her terms and thanks those who assisted her.

Evaluating Use Of Purchased Books Using Circulation Information, Kathleen Hughes

University Libraries Scholarship and Creative Works

Describes a project of the VALE Cooperative Collection Management Committee to determine the circulation of recently purchased material and analyze its use in order to help assess collection development policies and practices regarding book selection and approval plans, as well as help identify trends, strengths and weaknesses in the collection, and to consider ameliorative strategies.

Presentation made to the June 2011 SNRG Conference.