Library and Information Science Commons^™

Random Ramblings -- The Journal Is Dead; Long Live The Article, Bob Holley

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

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People Profile: Susan Hinken

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Biz Of Acq -- Acquisitions And The Digital Repository, Steven Douglas, Michelle Flinchbaugh

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Atg Interviews Phoebe Ayers, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

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Collecting To The Core -- Nature Field Guides, Flora G. Shrode, Anne Doherty

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Table Of Contents

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And They Were There -- Reports Of Meetings -- Ssp, Computers In Libraries, And 30th Charleston Conference, Sever Bordeianu

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Legally Speaking -- Righthaven: Wrong Model, Bryan M. Carson J.D., M.I.L.S.

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Developing A Model For Long-Term Management Of Demand-Driven Acquisitions, Michael Levine-Clark

Against the Grain

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@Brunning: People & Technology, Dennis Brunning

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Atg Deadlines

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Publisher's Profile -- Bep

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Something To Think About -- Spring Fever?, Mary E. (Tinker) Massey

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Ebooks And Memory: Down The Rabbit Hole?, Tony Horava

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From Your (Chocolate Loving) Editor, Katina Strauch

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Atg Special Report -- Looking Beyond Etextbooks And Tapping Into The Personal Learning Experience, William Rieders

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Back Talk -- Under The White Nights Of St. Petersburg, Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson

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People Profile: Jason Price

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A Publisher's Perspective On Pda, Rebecca Seger, Lenny Allen

Against the Grain

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Records Management Theory's Dilemma: What Is A Record?, Joshua Finnell

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A familiar dialogue is taking place in the professional literature of records and information management. Since the early 1990s, the theoretical foundation of a records management theory has been constructed on convergence (Pemberton & Nugent, 1995; Walters, 1995; Zawiyah M Yusof & Robert W Chell, 2002). While certain concepts are shared across disciplines, arguably the most foundational definition is the most divergent: a record. Each discipline (Archival Science, Library Science, Computer Science) defines the term record in its own way. Records managers at all levels have difficulty espousing a universal definition of the term, while claiming sole responsibility for …

Effective Motivation Of Paraprofessional Staff In Academic Libraries In Nigeria, Iwu Juliana James

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examined the factors that affect paraprofessional staff motivation and performance in academic libraries. It underlines the importance of well-motivated staff in ensuring a continuously maximized performance. The literature review comprises relevant papers which discuss how motivation is used to modify behavior of staff to improve performance. It explores Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and its application to the category of staff under study. Training and development of paraprofessional staff were some of the benefits highlighted.

Faculty Information-Seeking Behaviour In The Changing Ict Environment: A Study Of Commerce Colleges In Mumbai, Jayadev Kadli, B. D. Kumbar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Changing technologies have brought a more sophisticated and higher speed of communication. Academic libraries are responding to this change in the learning and research environment. It changes in the behaviour of library users. Libraries are adding new electronic information resources and bringing services for the benefit of users. Developments in ICT have made drastic changes in the way the information collected, stored, and distributed by libraries and accessed by users. Information-seeking behavior is expressed in various forms, from reading printed material to research and experimentation. Scholars, students, and faculty actively seek current information from the media available in libraries. This …

Effective Communication For Reference Service Delivery In Academic Libraries, Felicia Yusuf

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examines the role of communication in effective reference services. Specific objectives include examining the effect of communication on reference services, discovering the duties of reference librarians, determining the impact of interpersonal communication on reference services, and identifying barriers to effective communication. Inferiority complex, stereotypes, etiquette and decorum, boundaries in relationships, low level of education, and frustration due to poor working condition were identified as some of the barriers that impede effective communication in reference services. The paper concludes by charging reference librarians to build strong capacity in the area of communication to enable them understand and meet the …

Copyright Across The Cohort: A Qualitative Evaluation Of The Dissemination Of Intellectual Property Information On Arl Websites, Janet Bishop

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Over thirty years of legislation since the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 has redefined how academic library professionals view their responsibilities regarding copyright oversight of their print and digital collections, as well as how they have disseminated intellectual property information to their constituencies. This article presents a qualitative evaluation of how copyright information is disseminated on twenty ARL websites—including how sampled sites communicate copyright leadership roles on campus and webpage "best examples". Sampled websites were also searched separately by the author and an undergraduate student to gauge how easily accessible the information was to a "novice user" and "experienced user". …

Management And Support Of Shared Integrated Library Systems, Jason Vaughan, Kristen Costello

Library Faculty Research

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries has hosted and managed a shared integrated library system (ILS) since 1989. The system and the number of partner libraries sharing the system has grown significantly over the past two decades. Spurred by the level of involvement and support contributed by the host institution, the authors administered a comprehensive survey to current Innovative Interfaces libraries. Research findings are combined with a description of UNLV’s local practices to provide substantial insights into shared funding, support, and management activities associated with shared systems.

Whose Role Is It Anyway?: A Library Practitioner’S Appraisal Of The Digital Data Deluge, Marisa Ramírez

Library Scholarship

As the volume of digital data multiplies exponentially and the use of digital repositories to capture academic research expands, the demands on academic librarians are also increasing. Librarians are expected to serve as liaisons between data authors, managers, scientists and end users, while providing a full range of curation services. Little has been offered from the perspective of archival and records management, despite archivists’ traditional role as keepers and stewards of scholars’ data. Archival science focuses on appraising, selecting and describing data, managing data retention and attending to source, authenticity and preservation. Professional archivists have considerable expertise in handling volumes …

Fun, Thoughtful Technology In The Classroom, Andy Burkhardt, Sarah Faye Cohen

Library Scholarship

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A Comparative Study Of Methods To Explore Searchers' Affective Perceptions Of Images, Jungwon Yoon

School of Information Faculty Publications

Introduction. Previous search query analysis studies demonstrated that emotional perceptions and needs tend not to be sufficiently reflected in image queries. To provide a better understanding of the emotional attributes of an image, this study explored and compared such attributes obtained from related tasks.

Method. This study analysed attributes of an image through sorting, describing and searching. A data-set was obtained from Flickr images tagged with one of six basic emotions (love, joy, surprise, anger, sadness and fear); fifty-nine students participated.

Results. The sorting and describing tasks revealed two categories of emotions, joy and sadness, which people perceive from …