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Fund Allocation As A Correllate Of Sustainability Of Departmental Libraries In Nigerian Universities, Abdulganiy Okanla Ahmed, Kenneth Ivo Ngozi Nwalo Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Universities in Nigeria and the world over are engines of growth and development. They are increasingly recognised to have a broader role in the social, economic, technological and manpower development of a nation. In fact, the universities serve as the main source of supply of skilled manpower needed in the various sectors of the nation. The National Policy on Education (2004) acknowledges that university education shall make optimum contribution to national development by intensifying and diversifying its programme for the development of high level manpower within the context of the needs of the nation.

The library has a great role …

The Importance Of Reappraisal And Deaccessioning In Collegiate Archives In The Pacific Northwest, Courtney Buehn

Journal of Western Archives

This article examines the current reappraisal practices and procedures of archives, and investigates the need for official deaccessioning policies through the analysis of literature in the field and eight personal interviews conducted with professionals in universities in the Pacific Northwest. These persons were asked about the initial appraisal procedure of their repository, the current reappraisal process done without an official policy, and the factors that contribute to the decisions made concerning deaccessioning. Formal policies for appraisal and deaccessioning are important for responsible management of individual archival repositories, and also for the development of archival communities.

Capturing And Processing Born-Digital Files In The Stop Aids Project Records: A Case Study, Laura Wilsey, Rebecca Skirvin, Peter Chan, Glynn Edwards

Journal of Western Archives

In September 2012, the Manuscripts Division of the Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives completed a one-year National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)-funded project to process the records of the STOP AIDS Project, an HIV prevention non-profit organization in San Francisco, California. This project marked the department’s first large-scale processing project to capture and process born-digital records. Building upon the nascent framework outlined by the AIMS white paper and the infrastructure developed by Stanford University Libraries, the project team captured born-digital records and implemented new processing strategies using digital forensics tools. This case study will …

Brief History Of The Honor Society Of Phi Kappa Phi At The University Of Rhode Island, Michael Vocino

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Brief History of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Rhode Island

The D.B. Weldon Library's Instruction Portfolio: A Grassroots, Team-Based Approach, Kim Mcphee, Melanie Mills, Marg Sloan

Western Libraries Presentations

In an effort to address ever-shifting staffing levels and evolving service demands, staff in the Research & Instructional Services department of The D.B. Weldon Library at Western University developed and implemented a new and strategic approach to structuring their work. The ‘Portfolio Model’ provides a framework for organizing the primary functions of the department - collections, instruction and reference - while at the same time preserving liaison at its core. Through a close examination of this grassroots effort and in particular, the achievements realized and challenges faced by the team of librarians and library assistants who together comprise the ‘Instruction …

We’Ll Help You Handel It: Music Resources For Library Services, Mary Wise, Verletta Kern, Erin Conor, Bob Tangney, Laurel Sercombe, Ann Shaffer, Judy Tsou

Library Scholarship

Do you receive music questions at your reference desk? Are you in charge of purchasing music books, scores, and media materials? Do you catalog music materials? If you said yes to any of the above, this session is for you! In this lightning round style presentation, you’ll hear from a panel of music librarians who work in public, academic and archival settings. Learn about resources to use for collection development, resources to ease cataloging music materials, resources to answer those tricky reference questions, and how the Pacific NW Chapter of the Music Library Association acts as a networking resource for …

The Changing Roles Of Repositories: Where We Are And Where We Are Headed, Karen Bjork, David Isaak, Kay Vyhnanek

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This presentation examines the past, present, and future role of institutional repositories (IRs). IRs rapidly rose to prominence in libraries, but failed to live up to the promise of transforming scholarly communication. A decade since the debut of DSpace, IRs today look very different in their content and services. We will present the results of an in‐depth survey of repository managers. The role of IRs is now evolving to include support for data curation, e‐research, and scholarly networks. The session concluded with a discussion of how repository managers can better network and share expertise. Files ending in .csv are plain-text, …

The Anchor, Volume 126.22: April 24, 2013, Hope College

The Anchor: 2013

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.

A Bibliometric Analysis Of The Research Output Of Sambalpur University’S Publication In Isi Web Of Science During 2007-11, Rabindra K. Maharana, Bipin Bihari Sethi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is a bibliometric assessment of scientific research output of Sambalpur University during the 2007 to 2011. Which describes the growth, contribution and impact of research carried out by the faculty members, researchers or students of Sambalpur University. It also attempts to analyze the growth and development of research activity of the university as reflected in publications output covered by ISI Web of Science during the period under study. The study attempt to examines the content of papers published, including the annual average growth rate percent, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, distribution of citations, organizational affiliation of papers. …

Awareness And Use Of Online Public Access Catalogue By Students Of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., O. M. Fabunmi, B. O. Asubiojo Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the awareness and use of Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) by students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. A questionnaire was distributed to 800 students at various faculties and in different levels of studies in August 2012. Five hundred and twenty copies of the questionnaire was retrieved and used for the study. The study revealed that 68.7 % of the respondents were aware of the OPAC services; students who were aware of the library OPAC and did not use it to access library resources were statistically significant (x² =82.073; df =2; α = 0.001); 23.8% of the …

S&T Publications Output Of India: A Scientometric Analyses Of Publications Output, 1996-2011, B M. Gupta, Adarsh Bala, Avinash Kshitig

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses India’s performance in science and technology (S&T), using publications data and different quantitative and qualitative measures. Its focuses on India’s global publication share, growth rate, citation quality, international collaborative publications share, its publication share and distribution in various broad and narrow subjects using 15 years data from the Scopus international multidisciplinary database. The study suggests the need to increase the pace of Indian scientific research and also improve its quality compared with other developed and developing countries. It also suggests the need for India to build up its scientific capacity, competence and knowledge base to help bridging …

Stealth Librarianship: Creating Meaningful Connections Through User Experience, Outreach & Liaising, Kiyomi D. Deards, Bohyun Kim, Erin Dorney

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Description: Relationships are at the heart of providing a satisfactory user experience and delivering library services and programs that match with what our users want and need. Many libraries have traditionally spoken with users only when necessary or when a problem has occurred. Looking at user experience, outreach, and liaison librarianship from the perspective of relationship-building between librarians and faculty, staff, or students allows librarians to provide more targeted and desired services while increasing positive perceptions of libraries. This live webcast investigates the benefits of relationship-building in a holistic manner. Instead of focusing on one aspect of librarianship, public, technical, …

More Archives, More Better, Michael L. Nelson

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) 2013 General Assembly in Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 23, 2013. Also available from Slideshare.

Old Dominion University Computer Science Iipc New Member, Michael L. Nelson

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) 2013 General Assembly in Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 22, 2013. Also available on Slideshare.

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 61, April 22, 2013, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

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

Open Access, Scholarly Communications, And Digital Commons, Damecia Donahue, Joshua Neds-Fox

Digital Commons Information

Presentation to faculty in Wayne State University's (WSU) College of Education about Open Access Initiatives at WSU, and how to participate in Green OA as a matter of course in research and publication.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 037, Number 32, April 22, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2012-2013, Volume 37

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

What Would Marquette’S Digital Humanities Center Look Like?, John Jentz

Conversations across the Humanities

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Access To Digital Libraries For Disadvantaged Users, Silke Higgins

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Digital libraries, designed to serve people and their information needs in the same way as traditional libraries, present distinct advantages over brick and mortar facilities: elimination of physical boundaries, round-the-clock access to information, multiple access points, networking abilities, and extended search functions. As a result, they should be especially well-suited for the disadvantaged. However, minorities, those affected by lower income and education status, persons living in rural areas, the physically disabled, and developing countries as a whole consistently suffer from a lack of accessibility to digital libraries. This paper evaluates the effectiveness and relevance of digital libraries currently in place …

Bypassing Roadblocks To Technical Information: Locating Freely Available Technical Information For Entrepreneurs, Anne E. Rauh

Librarian Publications

If you have ever had to seek technical information, you have probably run into an information access roadblock or a pay-wall. This is a major issue for our students as they leave our universities and our subscription resources and move on to become practitioners of their field. This session will outline the different types of freely available technical information - including patents, government funded technical reports, and open access journal literature - and demonstrate how to access them. The session will also give examples of how to integrate these resources into the classroom through design projects and information seeking assignments. …

Future Tense: Technology Trends Affecting Libraries, Jay Jordan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Hubs And Centers As Transitional Change Strategy For Library Collaboration, Julie Speer, Brian Mathews, Tyler Walters

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Libraries of science and technology universities worldwide are adapting to a changing environment where cyberinfrastructure, eResearch, and new technology-intensive approaches to teaching and learning are transforming the very nature of universities. While many have adopted new technologies and the resources and expertise to manage them, this is only an initial step. Libraries are experimenting with organizational models that will transform their work capacity and expertise. The goal of these libraries is being an entity that feeds and produces collaborative synergies between faculty, students, information professionals, and technologists. Virginia Tech, among the top research universities in the United States, and its …

Meeting The Users’ Needs In The Access To Information: Effective Collaboration For Developing And Delivering New User-Centered Information Services, Ilona Trtíková, Lenka Němečková, Marta Machytková

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

University library needs to learn how to work with new models of scholarly communication and react on new challenges in the global knowledge environment within and outside the university community. This paper introduces electronic tools and services based upon a close cooperation and intensive feedback from the researchers and teachers, which have been introduced by the library for the enhancement of the electronic information resources use and for building a digital space for communicating information.

Based on the idea of alerting services and using simple and generally easy-to-setup RSS technology, the Central Library of the Czech Technical University in Prague …

Transliteracy At A Technical University – An Institution-Wide Collaboration In Practice, Caroline Leiss

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Information literacy has been strongly challenged by fundamental and continuing changes in the digital age and in the way students and researchers learn and work. New media types, collective data storage and information sharing made it necessary to extend information literacy from the capability to search and obtain information to producing, storing, and sharing it – involving fundamental technical skills and an understanding of the digital world.

Transliteracy – along with other terms such as digital literacy, 21century skills, and media literacy – aims at conceptualizing these new trends. At the same time transliteracy even in its most elaborate sense …

Creation Of A Digital African Archive Through Collaboration, Pierre Malan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Sabinet facilitates collaboration between various role players in the African region in an effort to create the most comprehensive collection of African research content in the world. By collaborating with publishers, libraries and faculty at institutions, Sabinet is bringing together full-text content published in journals and institutional repositories, on a single and easily accessible platform.

The initiative was started in 1998 with a project to collect and make available African journal content online. The aim was, for the first time, to create a central full-text collection of journal content containing important African research across a number of fields, including medical, …

Library-Faculty-Vendor Partnership To Create Stem Digital Learning Activities, Dianna Magnoni, Jackie Laplaca Ricords

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Olin College of Engineering’s Library staff set a 2013 academic year goal to transform their instructional program. Grounded in ACRL standards and ABET accreditation criteria, the program would become workshop-based, combining classroom experiences with digital exercises and tools.

Library Director Magnoni began work with a materials science faculty member to design a research rubric for the digital exercise. Following a brainstorming session, a broad outline was created. Magnoni turned the outline into a diagram, and then created the initial exercise as well as a set of research tips for use with the course subject guide. Both the faculty member and …

Collaborating To Develop Research Data Management Services And Collections, Martin Borchert, Stephanie Bradbury, Philippa Broadley

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library, like many other academic and research institution libraries in Australia, has been collaborating with a range of academic and service provider partners to develop a range of research data management services and collections. Three main strategies are being employed and an overview of process, infrastructure, usage and benefits is provided of each of these service aspects.

The development of processes and infrastructure to facilitate the strategic identification and management of QUT developed datasets has been a major focus. A number of Australian National Data Service (ANDS) sponsored projects - including Seeding the Commons; …

Bagan Mural Project – Building A Robust Digital Library On Wordpress, Chia Yew Boon, Ng Kiak Peng

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

With the advent of powerful computing devices, ubiquitous connectivity and affordable gadgets, a large amount of research data is produced every day. In the Bagan Mural project, a history professor had taken many photographs of the mural paintings in the temples of Bagan in the course of her field trips. These photographs are simply stored in her computer folders and are therefore not easily searchable or shareable. Ideally, these photographs should be made available online and come with descriptions to provide users with a perspective on the meaning behind the murals. Over one year, NTU librarians collaborated with the professor …

Educational Uses For The Ipad, Philip G. Swan Jr.

Publications and Research

These are bullet points of a talk regarding iPad apps suitable for use in higher education.

Astronomy / Galactic Structure - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Kathryn M. Dunn

Data Curation Profiles Directory

The researcher participates in large-scale astronomical survey projects, which are collaborative efforts of many institutions and individuals. Management of the raw and processed/calibrated data is handled by those projects, but data for specific research questions is handled by the researcher. The researcher would like to have a better way to share the data behind the figures in their published papers with other researchers. The effort involved in retrieving and documenting the data so it’s usable by others is a barrier to sharing the data. It would be easier to share data from publications if it could be deposited to a …