Library and Information Science Commons^™

Lanthorn, Vol. 49, No. 62, June 1, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 49, July 7, 2014 - June 1, 2015

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

Digitalcommons Report: 2015, Jean Bigger

DigitalCommons Documents

DigitalCommons has been fully operational for two and a half years:

• FY14: 464 works to date | 43,278 full-text downloads to date | 27,613 downloads in the past year
• FY15: 762 works to date | 88,466 full-text downloads to date | 44,033 downloads in the past year

13 Days Of Midnight, Maggie Mason Smith

Publications

No abstract provided.

White Paper On Research Opportunities And Cuny Library Faculty: The Need For Annual Leave Parity, Psc Cuny Library Faculty Committee (2014-­2015), Jay H. Bernstein, Jill Cirasella, John A. Drobnicki, Francine Egger-Sider, Lisa Ellis, Robert Farrell, William Gargan, Bonnie Nelson, Mariana Regalado, Sharon Swacker, Tess Tobin

Publications and Research

This White Paper provides an exposition and analysis of how annual leave disparity has arisen for Library Faculty at the City University of New York (CUNY) as compared to other CUNY faculty, its effects on librarians, and what a positive solution to the problem would look like.

Embedded Librarian Ideas: Best Practices Explored And Redefined, Carl R. Andrews

Publications and Research

This paper explores the multitude of ways in which embedded librarianship can be implemented. Although the paper is primarily targeted to academic librarians in higher education settings, the literature examined and the ideas presented can support secondary and college level inter-disciplinary teaching initiatives. The ideas presented are sourced from scholarly journal articles, monographs, and best practices implemented by the author. Attention is given to programs where Information Literacy is infused into a school’s General Education curriculum. Academic librarian pedagogy, outreach, and networking strategies are also highlighted. The author is especially interested in projects that address student academic success after an …

Promoting Your Scholarship Through Open Access, Andrew Wesolek

Presentations

Many academic librarians are required to publish as part of the promotion and tenure process. And if they are not, they surely consult with faculty who are. Often, it is not enough to simply have published works, but one must also demonstrate the impact of those works. Luckily, there are strategies you can use to bolster the visibility and impact of your work. This presentation will cover author's rights, negotiating publication agreements, open access publishing, and free resources you can use to boost the visibility of your work.

Early Colleges And Academic Libraries: Instruction Failures And Successes, Jolene Cole

Library Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V7n10, June/July 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

-- Beyond Google
-- OITNB Book Club
-- Welcome Orientation Groups!
-- Pardon our Progress
-- Welcome Schindler Staff

Op Ed — Random Ramblings — Don’T Forget About Small Libraries, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Bob expands on the fact that small libraries don’t get the respect that they deserve.

Assessing The Needs And Measuring The Impact Of The Information Literacy Sessions At The Aga Khan University’S Institute For Educational Development, Pakistan, Qammer Naveed, Ashraf Sharif

Libraries

Main objective of this paper is to assess the information literacy needs of the fresh M.Ed. students at the AKU-IED and to measure the impact of the information literacy sessions over the students by using the pretest and post-test tool.Document the users’ reflections to improve the forthcoming information literacy sessions. Pretest questionnaire was sent to the M.Ed. students of AKU-IED to know the information literacy needs, and to know about their understanding about collection, OPAC and e-resources. As a result needs identified through this questionnaire were addressed in the information literacy session. This hands-on information literacy session was complimented with …

Using Digital Libraries Non-Visually: Understanding The Help-Seeking Situations Of Blind Users, Iris Xie, Rakesh Babu, Soohyung Joo, Paige Fuller

Information Science Faculty Publications

Introduction. This study explores blind users' unique help-seeking situations in interacting with digital libraries. In particular, help-seeking situations were investigated at both the physical and cognitive levels.
Method. Fifteen blind participants performed three search tasks, including known-item search, specific information search, and exploratory search, using the selected digital library. Pre-questionnaire, pre- and post-interviews, transaction logs and think-aloud protocols were used to collect data.
Analysis. Open coding analysis was used to identify help-seeking situations the physical and cognitive levels.
Results. The study identified seventeen help-seeking situations that blind users encountered while using digital libraries, including nine at …

Rrh Library Newsletter, June 2015, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Cancer Survivorship; Help us celebrate!; Used Book Sale

Review Of The Book Polish Roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Polish roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd ed.

The Lesson Plan As A Tool For Library Instruction, Michelle Price

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

A lesson plan is the backbone to a library instruction session, no matter what the time length, teaching methods, location or media used. When well-constructed, a lesson plan can provide a seamless integration of library instruction with a classroom assignment and can help create intrinsic motivation for students. Also, it can serve as a guide to scale the lesson objectives and activities to the time available. This living document can also expand and contract with each new session as different situations arise, allowing you to quickly adapt to different time or technology restrictions. It can also help to differentiate the …

Journal Assessment Is Not All About Counter Statistics, Lutishoor Salisbury

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

User Engagement And Outreach In Scholarly Communication Issues In The Stem, Education And Behavioral Sciences, Lutishoor Salisbury, Julie Speer, Mel Desart, Brian Quinn

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Opportunistic Uses Of The Traditional School Day Through Student Examination Of Fitbit Activity Tracker Data, Victor R. Lee, Joel R. Drake, Ryan Cain, Jeffrey L. Thayne

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

In large part due to the highly prescribed nature of the typical school day for children, efforts to design new interactions with technology have often focused on less-structured after-school clubs and other out-of-school environments. We argue that while the school day imposes serious restrictions, school routines can and should be opportunistically leveraged by designers and by youth. Specifically, wearable activity tracking devices open some new avenues for opportunistic collection of and reflection on data from the school day. To demonstrate this, we present two cases from an elementary statistics classroom unit we designed that intentionally integrated wearable activity trackers and …

Ithaka University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Survey: Report Of Findings, University Of Northern Iowa

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

The University of Northern Iowa implementation of the Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey was launched on April 2, 2015, and was closed to new responses on April 30, 2015, with a total of 113 complete responses. The questionnaire covers topics in several key areas, including: how faculty members discover materials for research; how faculty members select research topics and collaboration within research projects; the role of the library in supporting faculty members’ needs; faculty members’ usage of scholarly communication services; faculty members’ perceptions of students’ research skills; and faculty members’ undergraduate instruction practices. The following report provides a high-level overview of …

Ithaka University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Survey: Survey Comments, University Of Northern Iowa

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

Comments from the ITHAKA University of Northern Iowa Faculty Survey administered during the spring 2015 semester.

Rod Library Learning Commons Brochure, University Of Northern Iowa

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

The Rod Library Learning Commons is a vibrant, comfortable social space equipped with 21st century tools, technology, and services that support the students' academic success.

• Connect: people, events, Book Bistro, Faculty office hours, Flexible collaborative stations, Group projects, Comfy seating areas
• Create: Digital Media Hub, Green screen room, Assistive technology, Adobe software, Media consultants
• Innovate: Maker space, Public programming space, Art
• Succeed: Tutoring, Research help

Partners: The Learning Commons is maintained through a collaborative effort between several offices, departments, and programs on the University of Northern Iowa campus.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, June 2015, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Fundamentals Of Library Instruction, Darren Sweeper

University Libraries Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

National Gallery Of Modern Art, Tammi M. Owens

Criss Library Faculty Publications

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) was founded in 1954 at the Jaipur House near the India Gate in New Delhi, India. Today the NGMA holds a permanent collection of over 17,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs, including most of Amrita Sher-Gil’s work not already in private collections, several hundred works by members of the Tagore family, and more than 6,700 works by painter Nandalal Bose. In 2009, the museum’s exhibition space significantly increased with the addition of several new wings.

Oregon Trails--Anatomy Of A Collection, Thomas W. Leonhardt

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Booklover--Beckett, Donna Jacobs

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Don's Conference Notes--Don Reports On Anticipating Demand: The User Experience As Driver; The 2015 Nfais Annual Conference, Creating Sustainable Community; The 2015 Acrl Conference, Donald T. Hawkins

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

What's A Nice Jewish Book Group Doing In A Catholic University?: The Book Group As A Community Outreach Tool, Rhonda Rosen

Librarian Publications & Presentations

The book group is a staple of the public library system. For years public libraries have used it to gather readers of different genres (mystery book lovers), to celebrate holidays or different times of year (seasons, summer reading programs), and to appeal to diverse patron groups (children’s reading groups, student recreational reading groups). At Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a medium-sized private Jesuit university, we decided to use the book group as a way of reaching out to our neighboring communities. This article will describe how we used the traditional book group to promote a new academic program and the unanticipated …

Collecting To The Core--American Crime Fiction, Anne Doherty

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Curating Collective Collections--Collaborating To Build: Using Consortial Collection Analysis To Inform Collection Development, Bob Kieft, Genya O'Gara, Anne Osterman

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

In My Humble But Correct Opnion--Is There Such A Thing As Nimble Academic Library? Thoughts On Governance, Allyson Mower, Rick Anderson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.