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Criss Chronicles, Volume 4, Issue 3

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This edition of Criss Chronicles features From the Dean's Desk, the Distinguished Service Awards, A Conversation With... Bob Nash, New Faces at the UNO Library, Focus on Resources: The Reference Collection Movies, From the Archives: The Fifteenth Century Comes to Criss Library, Adventures in Interlibrary Loan, books at the Kaneko-UNO LIbrary, a calendar of events, and the 1955 Tangerine Bowl winners, then and now.

Depaul University Library Research Guides User Study, Jessica Alverson, James Lefager, Amelia Brunskill, Jennifer Schwartz

Staff Publications - University Libraries

The LibGuides Subcommittee conducted a qualitative user study of the DePaul University Library’s Research Guides during the Fall 2013 quarter. This exempt study received approval from the Institutional Review Board and included 15 participants from different age ranges and student roles within the university. This user study investigated how users actually perceive, navigate through, and use these guides. The results of the user study will help us determine better ways to meet student needs through further development of the research guides.

I Felt Like Such A Freshman: Creating Library Insiders, Heather Jagman, Lisa Davidson, Lauri Dietz, Jodi Falk, Antonieta Fitzpatrick

Staff Publications - University Libraries

Independent learning activities, when coupled with reflection, are effective in providing an orientation to the library in particular and “academic life” in general. After participating in a self-guided library activity and reflecting on the process, students in DePaul’s First Year Experience program are able to articulate how the library can contribute to their success as academic learners.

Maps: A "Must Have" Item For Genealogists, Katherine Rankin

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation will cover the parts of a map, types of maps, especially those useful to genealogists, how maps can be used in genealogy, how to find places on maps, cartographic tools, paper versus electronic maps, online map viewers, how to locate map collections online, and where to buy maps.

Busted!, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

Bits Of Research, Michele C. Weigle

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation that provides an overview of digital preservation, web archiving, and information visualization research; dated June 26, 2014. Also available on Slideshare.

Freedom Is Everybody's Business: Using Multi-Faceted Outreach To Draw Student Attention To Local Archival Collections On The Civil Rights Movement Of The 1960s, Joshua Youngblood

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

As the recent celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington demonstrated, numerous digital projects and numerous scholarly and popular print publications have made the grander stories and lessons of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s widely available. But what about the lesser known heroes and the local and regional episodes that have not received the same level of interest? Manuscript collections that capture those hidden stories, integral to the achievements—and setbacks—of the Civil Rights Movement, can provide students access to richer understandings of the social and political watersheds of the era. By utilizing select …

Controlling Goods Or Promoting The Public Good: Choices For Special Collections In The Marketplace, Michelle Light

Library Faculty Presentations

Examines how Special Collections in the United States require permissions for publishing and assess permissions fees for commercial use of reproductions from their holdings. Advocates a review and change of policy and practice based on copyright law, ethics, and mission. .

Supporting Community Transformation: Becoming A Community-Engaged Academic Library, Patrick Griffis

Library Faculty Presentations

• Community engagement and service as third mission
• Targeting who to engage in community
• Community organization needs
• Academic library community services
• Benefits of community engagement
• Challenges of community engagement
• Supporting infrastructure
• Community engagement strategies
• Supporting community engagement initiatives of academic institution
• Co-curricular experiential learning community projects
• Service learning courses
• Small business development centers
• Developing academic library community outreach initiatives
• Going out to the community
• Bringing the community in the library
• Business by the book workshop series
• Following up & closing the loop
• Communicating the value of community engagement initiatives

Introduction, Leah Hinds, Beth Bernhardt

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Preface And Acknowledgments, Katina Strauch, Bruce Strauch

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Beth R. Bernhardt, Leah H. Hinds, Katina P. Strauch

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

The Evil In Orland Park, Adam Andrezejewski

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

Collection Development In The Context Of Research Data, Michael Witt, Courtney Earl Matthews, Nastasha Johnson, Amy Barton, Charlotte Erdmann, Marianne Stowell Bracke

Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials

This presentation was given to subject specialist librarians at Purdue University to engage the topic of research data in the context of collection development. The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR, http://purr.purdue.edu) creates opportunities for librarians to interact with researchers, including email notifications when a project is created, when a grant is awarded, and when a dataset is submitted for publication. Next, three subject specialist librarians from Agriculture, Engineering, and Mathematics each shared recent examples of their experiences in working with researchers to acquire new data collections for PURR. Lastly, a discussion of library science principles was facilitated, in particular, including …

Orland Park Public Library Scandal – Timeline Of Events As Of Jun 20, 2014 –, Edgar County Watchdogs

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

What Joy Mcfadden (And Her Husband Chris) And Diane Jennings (And Her Relative Bill) Have Engaged In, Megan Fox

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

Mike Marron (Vermilion County) Should Resign, Jmkraft

Orland Park Public Library (Illinois), 2013

No abstract provided.

Using Perl Modules To Interact With The Contentdm Api, Andrew Bullen

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Using Xslt And Php To Sreamline Populating Proquest Etd Metadata Into Contentdm, Yan Wang

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Best Practices For Scrapbook Collections In Contentdm: Lessons From The University Archives Scrapbook Collection At The University Of North Carolina Greensboro, Anna Craft, David Gwynn, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

All Together Now: Collaboration In Contentdm Projects, Jessica Short, John Quirk, Ashley Knox

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Use And Future Of Splash Pages For Contentdm Databases, Jill Ellern, Joel Marchesoni

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Going Hosted: The Good, The Bad, And The Minions, Jim Cunningham

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Using "Batches" To Create Workflows In Contentdm For Shared Projects Within The Library, Jill Ellern, Paromita Biswas

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Automating The Audit: Updates From The Metadata Upgrade Project At The University Of Houston Libraries, Santi Thompson, Andrew Weidner

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Personalizing Google Analytics, Josh Wilson

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

From Postcards To Practicum, Anne Price, Kathy Harden

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Digitizing The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Sheet Music Collection, Brianna Hughes

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Digitizing Historical Newspapers, Virginia Pierce, Laura Blair

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.

Access To Spatial Datasets Using Contentdm, Rhys Stevens, Bryson Duda, Maxine Tedesco

CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, May 2014

No abstract provided.