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2016-01 Library Impact Statement For Spa 110 Spanish For Heritage Speakers I, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for SPA 110 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Zoila Castro.

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Women's & Gender Studies, Spring 2016, Carrie Moran

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Psychology, Spring 2016, Carrie Moran

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Welcome Back Cookies & Cocoa Winter 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Poster advertising a table in the lobby of the James E. Brooks Library for Welcome Week Winter 2016, offering free cookies, cocoa and library information

A Citation Analysis Of The E-Journal, Library Philosophy And Practice (2005-2014), Anjali Verma, Sharad Kumar Sonker, Vibha Gupta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is based on the citation pattern of the articles published for the period 2005–2014 of the Library Philosophy and Practice, E-Journal. 1180 articles are published in the journal during 2005-2014. Highest numbers (198) of articles were published in 2011. The E-Journal contained 20978 references for the study period of which 15518 are documentary sources citations and 5460 are non-documentary source citations. Every year almost 118 articles are published and each article has an average of 13.15 documentary sources and 4.618 non-documentary citations.

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 32, January 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.

The Folklore Of Flowers, Lisa Karen Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

This presentation was prepared for WKU's Society for Lifelong Learning. It relates history and folklore of a variety of flowers, including their use in folk medicine, as food, and other stories and beliefs.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 16, January 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.

Editorial Staff And State Representatives

The Southeastern Librarian

Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guides for article submissions to The Southeastern Librarian.

The Tumblarians, Tamarack Hockin

School of Information Student Research Journal

This paper examines the tumblarians as an information community and discusses community membership, information behaviours, and complementary models for a situated understanding of this unique personal-professional community. A review of the literature concerning LIS bloggers is presented as a complement to the tumblarians, who have no in depth treatment in the research as yet. Characteristics particular to the tumblarians are explored through informal conversation with a community member, and Fisher, Unruh, and Durrance's (2003) information communities model is employed to provide a deeper understanding of the information behaviour of the tumblarians. This paper offers suggestions for future research based on …

Merging Special Collections With Gis Technology To Enhance The User Experience, Gina L. Nichols

School of Information Student Research Journal

This analysis evaluates how PhillyHistory.org merged their unique special collection materials with geospatial-based progressive technology to challenge and educate the global community. A new generation of technologically savvy researchers has emerged that expect a more enhanced user experience than earlier generations. To meet these needs, collection managers are collaborating with community and local institutions to increase online access to materials; mixing best metadata practices with custom elements to create map mashups; and merging progressive GIS technology and geospatial based applications with their collections to enhance the user experience. The PhillyHistory.org website was analyzed to explore how they used various geospatial …

Research Trends & Emerging Technologies For Genealogists, Catherine Lucy

School of Information Student Research Journal

This study examines current research methods utilized by genealogists, and seeks to discover the impact of emerging tools and technologies on their information seeking needs and behaviors. When it became clear that there is a shortage of scholarly studies identifying the use of newer technologies (i.e. blogs, social media, and apps), an original survey for genealogists was created. Over four hundred genealogists were surveyed regarding their use of both traditional research methods (methods that have existed for many decades) and Internet/electronic resources, in order to demonstrate which new trends are emerging. The data from the survey might lessen the gap …

Rethinking Assessment: Information Literacy Instruction And The Acrl Framework, Melissa J. Anderson

School of Information Student Research Journal

Most information literacy instruction (ILI) done in academic libraries today is based on the ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, but with the replacement of these standards by the new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, there is a need to re-evaluate current teaching strategies and instructional techniques so that they can better serve the Framework’s goals. This paper explores current trends in ILI instruction and in the area of assessment in particular, since ILI assessment provides an opportunity not only to evaluate teaching effectiveness but also to reinforce the learning goals of the new Framework …

Information Behavior In The Mobile Environment: An Overview, Ziming Liu

School of Information Student Research Journal

As smartphones become ubiquitous, they increasingly influence the way in which students seek and use information. It is important to understand emerging information behavior as a result of wide spread use of smartphones. This paper provides an overview of information behavior in the mobile environment. Gender differences in mobile information seeking are discussed. People interact with mobile information in varied and unpredictable locations or while in transit. The mobility of information engagement is an important issue that human information theory should embrace.

Information Literacy In The Digital Age, Adrienne Mathewson

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Where's The Data?, Andrea Payant, Betty Rozum, Liz Woolcott

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

At Utah State University, a pilot project is under development to evaluate the benefits of tracking data sets and faculty publications using the online catalog and the Library’s institutional repository.

With federal mandates to make publications and data open, universities look for solutions to track compliance. At Utah State University, the Sponsored Programs Office follows up with researchers to determine where data has been or will be deposited, per the terms of their grant.

Interested in making this publicly discoverable, the Library, Sponsored Programs, and Research Office are working together to pilot a project that enables the creation of publicly …

Scholarly Communication And Research Libraries, Adrian K. Ho

Library Presentations

This presentation provides an overview of the scholarly communication ecosystem as well as two major forces that affect it. It wraps up with a discussion of the evolving roles of research libraries.

Preparing For Linked Data In Digital Repositories, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This program will present the experiment of adding linked data values to the digital collections at the University of Central Florida Libraries in its digital repository and institutional repository (IR). Working with the Digital Initiatives and some faculty members, the Metadata Librarian in Technical Services has been adding Library of Congress linked data and Virtual Internarial Authority File data to the library's collections in CONTENTdm and its Digital Commons based IR. While these systems haven't been designed or updated to fully accommodate linked data yet, to add linked data values to the collection fields in these systems is preparing for …

Defying Jim Crow: African American Community Development And The Struggle For Racial Equality In New Orleans, 1900-1960, Keith Phelan Gorman

The Southeastern Librarian

Defying Jim Crow: African American Community Development and the Struggle for Racial Equality in New Orleans, 1900-1960. Donald E. Devore. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8071-6037-4. $45.00

Varieties Of Southern Religious History: Essays In Honor Of Donald G. Mathews, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

The Southeastern Librarian

Varieties of Southern Religious History: Essays in Honor of Donald G. Mathews. Edited by Regina D. Sullivan and Monte Harrell Hampton. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-61117-488-5. $54.95.

A Study Of Nigerian Librarians' Attitude To Open Source Software, Olatunji Adimabua Akintomide Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper discussed librarians’ attitudes towards open source software. Questionnaires were the research instrument used. One thousand (1000) questionnaires were administered out of which nine hundred and twenty (920) were returned and used for the study which represents a return rate of ninety-two percent (92%). Responses were analysed using simple percentages and results were presented in tables and charts.

The study revealed that Nigerian Librarians are familiar with open source, proprietary software and are strongly in favour of open source software. The study also revealed that the Android Operating System and Windows Operating System are the most popular operating system …

Heading South To Teach: The World Of Susan Nye Hutchinson, 1815-1845, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Heading South to Teach: The World of Susan Nye Hutchinson 1815-1845. Kim Tolley. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4696-2433-4.

Making Scholarly Profiles Work, Carolyn Schubert, Laura Drake Davis

Libraries

A presentation on scholarly profiles given at the 2016 January Symposium at James Madison University.

Venerable Trees: History, Biology, And Conservation In The Bluegrass, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass. Tom Kimmerer, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8131-6566-0. $39.95.

Awareness And Use Of Web 2.0 Tools By Lis Students At University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria., Eberechukwu Monica Eze

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by Library and Information Science (LIS) students at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study adopted a descriptive survey method and questionnaire was used to collect data from 220 respondents. The results show that the LIS students of UNN are quite familiar with some Web 2.0 tools such as Social networking sites, Instant Messaging, blogs and Wikis, while, they are not familiar with tools such as RSS feeds, Podcasts, and social bookmarks. The study revealed that the most frequently used Web 2.0 tools are Facebook, …

Channels Students Prefer In Submitting Reference Inquiries: A Survey Of Undergraduate Students In University Of Nigeria, Nsukka., Eberechukwu Monica Eze

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims to bring to light the various channels students prefer to submit reference inquiries to librarians in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the various channels students prefer when making reference inquiries in Nigerian university libraries. The questionnaire was administered to the students in the university library. It was found that the students use the person-to-person/traditional reference desk, the phone/SMS, the library Facebook page most when seeking for reference help. Other channels such as: Instant messaging and e-mail were indicated to be least used by the students. The students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka …

2016-01 Library Impact Statement For Com 460 Environmental Communication, Joanna Burkhardt

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for COM 460 Environmental Communication. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Norbert Mundorf.

2016-01 Library Impact Statement For Com 460 Environmental Communication, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for COM 460 Environmental Communication. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Norbert Mundorf.

Ziegfeld And His Follies: A Biography Of Broadway's Greatest Producer, Melinda F. Matthews

The Southeastern Librarian

Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway’s Greatest Producer. Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8131-6088-7. $38.00.