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Summer 2014, Friends Of Dacus Library

Friends of Dacus Library Newsletter

Inside this Issue:

Bob Gorman Retires
Kim Wright to Speak
Why Friends Matter … Dean Herring
Active Member List & Friends Fall Election
Membership Application

July 2014: Volume 3 Issue 3, Dacus Library

Dacus Developments

In this Issue:

Double the Benefits...
Dacus Library of Winthrop University ...
Friends Endowment: A Little Can Go a Long Way...

Connections, July 2014, University Library

Library Newsletter

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Serials Spoken Here: Reports Of Conferences, Institutes, And Seminars, Jacqueline Magagnosc

Cornell Law Librarians' Publications

No abstract provided.

Got An Interesting Tip Yesterday, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

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Breaking! A Second Hatefest Is Being Planned For October!, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

More Notes From The Hatefest Trickle In, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

Things Are About To Move Into The Courtroom, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

The Thinker 2.07, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for July 2014.

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 24.02: Summer 2014, Allyson Hoffman, Geoffrey Reynolds

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Readcube Desktop, Michael J. Hughes

Library Faculty Research

ReadCube Desktop is a free-to-download file and reference manager that competes with Papers, Mendeley, and Zotero, among others. Many of its predecessors’ features are replicated in a sleek and lightweight interface from which researchers can manage PDFs, search Google Scholar and PubMed, and annotate documents. But ReadCube is distinguished by its ability to enhance eligible papers with clickable in-line references, a figure browser, and other ways to engage with formerly static PDFs. In attempting to simplify research management, however, ReadCube overcompensates, removing a feature for each it adds. The lack of collaboration features, in particular, makes ReadCube a program ill-suited …

Paper Towns, Maggie Mason Smith

Publications

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Wku Libraries: Using Pastperfect To Open Hidden Collections, Nancy Richey

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Traditionally, access records for the Department of Special Collections were produced in analog forms which limited their use to in-house researchers.

The author chronicles the library/museum decision to purchase, PastPerfect, collection management software and reviews the product from a librarian’s point of view

Flow (Proquest), Carolyn Schubert, Amanda Hedrick

Libraries

Flow is a new citation management product released by ProQuest in 2013, bridging the robust features in RefWorks with other popular characteristics from its competitors like Mendeley or Zotero. Additional features such as document annotations and revised folder sharing are great additions. However, Flow still lacks a full mobile-friendly interface and complete ADA-accessible navigation. Overall, Flow is a huge step forward in design and usability for those already familiar with RefWorks and who need a very robust citation management tool.

Beats (Review), Mandi Goodsett

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

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Digitizing Murder: Content And Platform Considerations, Rebecca Mattson, Susan Altmeyer, Elizabeth Farrell

Law Library Faculty Works

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Library Spaces In The 21st Century—Meeting The Challenges Of User Needs For Information, Technology, And Expertise, Robert A. Seal

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Libraries and library professionals face multiple challenges in meeting user needs in the second decade of the new millennium. This is particularly true in academic libraries where students and faculty demand and expect fast, easy, and seamless access to information as well as flexible, comfortable places to work alone was well as collaboratively with colleagues, friends, classmates, and instructors. These same patrons often require the assistance of information specialists to navigate a library’s increasingly large array of online resources. The past fifteen plus years have seen a major shift in philosophy in the U.S. and in other parts of the …

Use, Experience And Future Of E-Books From University Libraries, Lisa Rose-Wiles

Library Publications

Like most academic libraries, Seton Hall University Libraries have been increasingly investing in eBooks. This is partly a response to budget and space constraints, but also reflects an expectation that eBooks will follow the pattern of electronic journals and gain in popularity. In this research project I examine the use of our eBook collections and report on opinions of eBooks gathered from informal interviews with students and faculty members.

Successful Strategies For Teaching Undergraduate Research, Steve Brantley

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Book review of _Successful Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Research_ Brantley, S. (2014). Successful strategies for teaching undergraduate research. Editors Marta Deyrup and Beth Bloom. Public Services Quarterly, 10(3), 217-218. DOI: 10.1080/15228959.2014.932225

Lister Hill Letter - July 2014, Lister Hill Library

Lister Hill Letter (2011-2015)

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South Carolina Fiction And Authors Display, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

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Executive Mba Students' Information Skills And Knowledge, Todd Quinn, Lora Leligdon

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This study explores Executive MBA students information seeking skills and knowledge in academic and workplace environments in order to improve on library instruction. Our research consisted of a survey and 12 qualitative interviews, sampled from two University of New Mexico EMBA cohorts. The themes that emerged included: EMBA's specific skills and knowledge of their own industry's information, difficulty in finding new information, several barriers, and lack of transferability. By discussing adult learning theory and focusing on transferability, we can help students acknowledge and transfer their information skills and knowledge between academics and work.'

An Examination Of Embedded Librarian Ideas And Practices: A Critical Bibliography., Carl R. Andrews

Publications and Research

Although this annotated bibliography is primarily targeted to library science professionals in an academic setting, the literature examined can very easily support secondary and college level general education teaching initiatives. The majority of the literature examined in the list comes from journal articles. The author focused primarily on actual case studies that take place in an undergraduate academic setting. Attention was paid to community colleges and schools where there are students in need of remediation. The author was also interested in seeking out literature that addressed the needs of student academic success after an embedded program was implemented. Non-traditional embedded …

Rrh Library Newsletter, July 2014, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Quiet Time; Library Reopens!; Database Update

Researchgate And Academia.Edu: Academic Social Networks, Steven Ovadia

Publications and Research

The article reviews the websites ResearchGate and Academia.edu, both of which are social networks.

A Dream Come True -- An Academic Friend's First Ala Annual Conference, Essraa Nawar

Library Articles and Research

Essraa Nawar describes her first time attending the American Library Association's Annual Conference as the inaugural recipient of the United for Libraries/SAGE Academic Friend Conference Grant.

Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V7n1, July/August 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

-- Where Do I find....?
-- Did You Know....?
-- Socially Speaking
-- Bash in the Stacks

2014 Summer - Friendly Correspondence Newsletter, Courtright Memorial Library

Friends of the Library

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Law Librarian Summer 2014, Seaall

Newsletters

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Building A Sustainable Life Science Information Literacy Program Using The Train-The-Trainer Model, Patricia J. Hartman, Renae Newhouse, Valerie E. Perry

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

The train-the-trainer model has great potential for expanding information literacy programs without placing undue burden on already overextended librarians; it is surprisingly underused in academic libraries. At the University of Kentucky, we employed this model to create a new information literacy program in an introductory biology lab. We trained biology teaching assistants (TAs), each of whom was responsible for teaching two lab sections, to teach scientific database searching and Endnote Online to undergraduates. Over the first two semesters, we taught or co-taught 78 sessions of BIO 155 (nearly 2,200 attendees), with the librarian only in attendance at TA training and …