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(Questioning) Authority In Wikimedia Projects, Megan Wacha

Events

If Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can edit, Wikidata is the free knowledge base that anyone can edit. In an event sponsored by the LACUNY Emerging Technologies Roundtable, Wikibrarians Megan Wacha and Chanitra Bishop introduced authority control in Wikimedia Projects, with a focus on Wikidata. In addition to the content addressed in these slides, the workshop covered VIAF, categories and authority control on Wikipedia, systematic bias in Wikimedia projects more broadly, and querying Wikidata.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Bus 410x Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Practicum, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 410X Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Practicum. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: Douglas Hales.

Collaborative Growth Toward Discovery: Becoming Stronger Through Change, Margaret Heller, Hong Ma

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The radical act of replacing a traditional OPAC and ILS with a hosted library services platform (LSP) and web-scale discovery (WSD) system creates the impetus for libraries to rethink core workflows and practices. Both of these tools have the potential to greatly improve access to library collections and enhance user experience, but only if the implementation is a collaborative effort between different stakeholders, technical experts and subject librarians, grounded in a thoughtful selection process that emphasizes user needs. Furthermore, because this model removes the traditional OPAC, subject librarians must take on the challenge of understanding the tool and work as …

How To Create An Oral History Program, Devin Mckinney

All Musselman Library Staff Works

The archival literature is full of calls to document under-represented voices, to create participatory archives, and to be an activist archivist. However, when funds and time are limited, these ideals can seem impossible to implement. What's an archivist to do? One easy and affordable option is to create an oral history program. This workshop will give you the skills and the confidence to start an oral history program at your own institution. It will cover the main steps from performing preliminary research and developing questions all the way through thinking about how to promote and use your oral histories once …

Shall We Dance? The Re-Housing And Digitization Of Gettysburg College Dance Cards, Avery N. Fox, Alexa R. Schreier

All Musselman Library Staff Works

The Gettysburg College Dance Card Collection contains over 100 dance cards from multiple accessions and of differing sizes and materials. The collection was previously kept in small, crammed boxes; its re-housing and digitization were an evident necessity. The needs and goals of this project were two-pronged: first, establishing physical and intellectual control over the items by building custom housing and enhancing item descriptions; and second, creating a digital collection featuring samples and highlights of the dance cards.

Crossroads For Success: University Mission, Community Partnerships And Information Literacy, Judith Arnold, Veronica Bielat, Katrina B. Rouan

Library Scholarly Publications

Urban-based higher educational institutions often embrace an outreach mission that not only “gives back” to the community supporting the university but also fosters a relationship that may lead to recruiting local talent. This presentation examines what happens when that community engagement mission intersects with the library, and traditional and non-traditional partnerships are formed, offering information literacy a role in the goal of helping high school and middle school students prepare to succeed in college.

Infographic: Teachers Working In Australian School Libraries, Jo Earp

Teacher infographics

What is the percentage of Australian teachers working in school libraries? Are those teachers mainly female or male? Find out in this infographic.

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 57, April 14, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

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

Game Night At The Brooks Library April 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Game night in the James E. Brooks Library with refreshments. Hosted by Nerdcore Toys and Collectibles.

The Anchor, Volume 129.22: April 13, 2016, Hope College

The Anchor: 2016

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.

Recipe For A Healthy Collection Assessment, Paula Barnett-Ellis, Charlcie Pettway Vann

Presentations, Proceedings & Performances

Collection assessments are conducted at the Houston Cole Library to ensure that current programs are supported adequately and to find out if materials are needed for newly added programs. They are conducted approximately every 5 years or sooner if needed for program reaccreditations.

Subject librarians prepare collection assessment reports using either a detailed long method with conspectus worksheets, or a short method with more numbers and less narrative. Ingredients are mixed together with the help of the technical services and acquisition departments to prepare needed data.

Assessment reports on various Library of Congress subjects have the same basic recipe. Some …

Increasing Confidence In Evidence-Based Information Gathering For First Year Aud Students, Mickel Paris, Jiong Hu, Veronica Koo, Susanna Marshall, Gabriella Musacchia

University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations

Success of students in Doctor of Audiology programs largely depends on the ability of the learner to find and evaluate scholarly evidence. The purpose of this study is to measure changes in student information gathering confidence and behavior following training in evidence-based information gathering strategies. Results support the hypothesis that understanding foundational concepts in evidence-based practice (EBP) early in the first year of doctoral education allows the learner to gain confidence in information gathering and produce higher quality scholarly output.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Internship Bps 460, Robin Devin

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Internship Seminar Bps 461, Robin Devin

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Proposal For A Digital Archives Program At The Dr. Joann Rayfield Archives, Eric Willey, April Karlene Anderson, Ross Griffiths, Dallas Long

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

A report submitted in April 2016 discussing the creation of an infrastructure for the collection and preservation of digital files by the archives of Illinois State University. Includes three possible strategies based on monetary cost and staff time, with hardware and software recommendations appropriate to each.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Ucs 161 Learning In College, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for UCS 161 Learning in College. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: David Hayes.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 29, April 11, 2016, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

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

Combining Heritrix And Phantomjs For Better Crawling Of Pages With Javascript, Justin F. Brunelle, Michele C. Weigle, Michael L. Nelson

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) 2016 Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, April 11, 2016. Also available on Slideshare.

Libraries Transform: National Library Week; April 11-15, 2016 [Poster], James White Library

Library Administration and Marketing

Poster. Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage. Events included Lantern Making, Tai Chai Experience, and the Bridges to China Dance Group

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 56, April 11, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

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

Articulating A Clear Vision For Archives & Special Collections, Nadia Nasr

Staff publications, research, and presentations

It has been five years since OCLC published its report, “Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives,” a report that prompted many institutions to transform their special collections through a series of recommended shared actions. Using this report as a frame, department heads from different institutions will discuss their experiences and perspectives on the changing environments in their respective Archives and Special Collections departments. How do reorganizations affect us, and can they present opportunities to re-envision department structures? What is the impact of the increase in instruction we provide and how can we address that …

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Aaf 239 Leadership In African Diaspora, Michael Vocino

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for AAF 239 Leadership in African Diaspora submitted in response to new course proposal. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Vocino. Requesting faculty: anessa Wynder Quianoo.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Aaf 395 Religion And African American Life, Michael Vocino

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for AAF 395 Religion and African American Life. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Vocino. Requesting faculty: Vanessa Wynder Quianoo.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Aaf 304 Contemporary Research Methods In Africana Studies, Michael Vocino

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for AAF 304 Contemporary Research Methods in Africana Studies. The class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Vocino. Requesting faculty: Donna Gilton.

The Corpus Juris Civilis, Frederick W. Dingledy

Library Staff Publications

Byzantine Emperor Justinian I ordered the creation of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a compilation of the laws in force at the time, which would become a vital foundation for both the civil law and common law traditions. Important figures in the development of the United States' law used principles listed the Corpus as a guide, and to this day legal scholars and historians still refer to it. Despite its importance, the Corpus can seem impenetrable to researchers, citations to the Corpus enigmatic. This program will give a history of the Corpus, describe its components, and give participants tools for researching …

Developing Scan-And-Return Collecting At Unlv Libraries, Emily Lapworth

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation discusses how UNLV is providing access to primary
sources that would otherwise remain in the hands of private individuals.
Through their innovative “scan and return” process, UNLV is borrowing
important historical documents, digitizing them, and then returning the
originals to the owners. The digital surrogates become available through
UNLV’s Digital Collections.

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 55, April 7, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

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

Accessibility: Electronic And Information Technologies (Eit), Wendy Walker, Teressa M. Keenan

Mansfield Library Faculty Publications

In 2014, the President of the University of Montana (UM) signed a resolution agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights regarding the accessibility of electronic and information technology (EIT) at UM. Since that time, we have been learning about accessibility and accessible technologies and have investigated the accessibility of EIT-based services at the Mansfield Library. We will share what we have learned about EIT accessibility; key results from our assessment of CONTENTdm; and a new cataloging initiative that improves the discoverability of accessible materials in library collections.

Catching Up With Time: Tips, Tricks & Best Practices For Library Renovations, Simone L. Yearwood

Events

No abstract provided.

Classroom Space, In The Library, Stephanie Margolin

Events

No abstract provided.