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Message From The Dean, Annie Bélanger

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Front Matter, Grand Valley State University Libraries

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Front Cover, Grand Valley State University Libraries

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Clemson Libraries Retro Etd Project, Joshua Morgan

Presentations

In 2015, the Libraries began scanning theses and dissertations that were housed in our offsite storage facility. Many of these were single copies that were not held by any other library in the world, so we have insured their long term preservation in both print and electronic forms. We began scanning theses and dissertations in a then-cramped Gunnin Architecture Library, and are now scanning theses and dissertations housed in Cooper. The digitization process results in the removal of the circulating copies from Cooper and Gunnin, the creation of an electronic copy that is accessible anywhere on campus, and one non-circulating …

Enhancing Your Intelligence Agency Information Resource Iq: Pt. 2: The Central Intelligence Agency, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Provides an overview of information resources produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) including popular reference works like World Factbook and Chiefs of State and Cabinet Leaders of Foreign Governments. Additional content describes the CIA's origins and development, descriptions of current organizational components, information about it's directors, and the text of historical National Intelligence Estimates (NIE) and the President's Daily Brief covering topics as varied as North Korea, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and NIE's on Soviet ballistic missile forces and numerous other topics. Features artifacts from the CIA Museum.

Advancing Information Literacy In A Semester-Long Library Instruction Course: A Case Study, Derek Stadler, Ian Mcdermott

Publications and Research

The following case study investigated the efficacy of Information Literacy (IL) pedagogy on undergraduate research in a credit-bearing library instruction class. More specifically, the study analyzed student success and sought to determine whether written reflection and practice strengthen IL skills, including the fundamental ability to develop a research question and thesis statement. Developing research questions and formulating thesis statements are among the most challenging duties of a young researcher. From high school through undergraduate, students often have minimal experience conducting research. They may not know where to begin the research process and what steps are necessary. Student frustration is exacerbated …

Facets: Drivers Of Discovery, Kimberly Willson-St. Clair

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This presentation covers how facets can drive user discovery in Primo whether students have library instruction or not. At the Portland State University Library, the new Primo UI was launched August 2016. The design team decided which facets to turn on, their order, and which ones should be open or closed. The pedagogical perspective addressed the student user who does not receive formal library instruction face to face or online. This presentation covers the decision-making process, statistical analysis, and how enhancements informed subsequent changes to the facets.

Bringing Culture Back: Managing Unconscious Bias To Strengthen Your Corporate Culture, Michael Sholinbeck, Michele Villagran

Faculty Publications

Have you ever examined the sources of unconscious bias and how bias can influence interactions with others? Have you ever explored how cultural values impact our own biases and interactions? Cultural awareness and seeking to understanding unconscious biases are critical first steps towards improving our performance; however, we cannot stop there. Awareness alone does not guarantee success; individuals need to put that awareness into action in order to ensure these biases do not influence judgments about others. When done effectively, these actions can have a direct and positive impact on a library’s inclusive work environment and the strength of the …

Ms 098 Guide To John T. Armstrong, Md Papers (1914-1987), John T. Armstrong (1912-1999)

Manuscript Finding Aids

The John T. Armstrong, MD papers contains professional correspondence, personal correspondence, family papers, institutional documents, institutional publications, research, medical data, memos, minutes, newspaper clippings, legal documents, insurance documentation, and professional diaries that document the career and life of Dr. John T. Armstrong. See more at MS 098.

Technology Use For Extra-Curricular Activities And Academic Performance In Library Instruction Sessions, Lutishoor Salisbury, Abayomi Omotola Omolew, Jeremy J. Smith

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This poster reports on a study that investigated:

a. The impact of students’ use of technology for extracurricular purposes during instruction sessions and its effects on their learning and retention of information.

b. Whether attendance at a previous library instruction session provided the students with the advantage of scoring higher in the assessment, and

c. Whether the use of these technologies in class sessions was disruptive to other students.

Scholarly Communications Of Mizoram University On Web Of Science In Global Perspective: A Scientometric Assessment, Sanjay Kumar Maurya, Akhandanand Shukla, R K Ngurtinkhuma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: Scientometric assessment of the performance of scholarly communications of Mizoram University in world scenario.

Methods: The ten years of scholarly communications have been retrieved from Web of Science for Mizoram University. The study analyses the scholarly communications, citations data, h-index, prolific contributors, forms of scholarly communications, funding agencies, highly cited scholarly communications, top areas of scholarly communications, authorship patterns and degree of collaboration.

Results: Physics and Chemistry subjects found the highest productive area of scholarly communications, multiple authorship is prevalent with high degree of collaboration among authors, Department of Science and Technology (DST) as the topmost …

Competencies Through Community Engagement: Developing The Core Competencies For Cataloging And Metadata Professional Librarians, Bruce J. Evans, Karen Snow, Elizabeth Shoemaker, Maurine Mccourry, Allison Yanos, Jennifer A. Liss, Susan Rathbun-Grubb

Faculty Publications

In 2015 the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (ALCTS CaMMS) Competencies for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group (CECCIG) charged a task force to create a core competencies document for catalogers. The process leading to the final document, the Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians, involved researching the use of competencies documents, envisioning an accessible final product, and engaging in collaborative writing. Additionally, the task force took certain measures to solicit and incorporate feedback from the cataloging community throughout the entire process. The Competencies document was approved by the ALCTS Board …

Journal Collection Analysis: How We Developed New Tools To Improve Collection Assessment, Evaluation And Outreach, Evan Rusch, Nat Gustafson-Sundell

Library Services Publications

If you could create any collection management report, including any data, what would it look like? At Minnesota State University, Mankato, we’ve created a tool to provide journal collection analysis and evaluation (JCAE) reports which bring together a wide variety of data in one place. These reports can include Scimago journal evaluative data, any number of COUNTER JR1s, cost and payment data from the integrated library system or from vendor licenses, holdings data from the knowledgebase, subject data from indexes, Scimago, or the knowledgebase, journal data from Ulrich’s, custom data from academic departments, and more, as well as calculations based …

Bridging The Gap: Providing A Marketing And Support Framework For Institutional Repository Services, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Debra G. Skinner

University Libraries: Faculty Presentations

Institutional Repositories require continuous promotion and support to attract and retain campus collections. However, balancing promotion with a clear representation of repository offerings, policies, and procedures is challenging, especially for institutions that rely on public services personnel for front-line promotion. This poster presents Georgia Southern University's recently-developed IR Services LibGuide as a model for providing such a framework (http://georgiasouthern.libguides.com/irservices/). This portal provides 1) a front-line promotional tool; 2) a client-management tool for support consultations; and 3) a storehouse for repository-related forms and licenses. It further integrates with the library's other scholarly communications-related guides, providing seamless representation of these …

Information Into Action? Reflections On (Critical) Practice (Keynote Address, Wilu 2018), Karen Nicholson

FIMS Presentations

In this keynote address, I consider the WILU 2018 conference theme “Information into Action" as representative of normative mainstream discourses of innovation, entrepreneurialism, vocation, and practicality in contemporary academic libraries.

Research Output Analysis Of Top Six Universities Of Tamil Nadu, India : A Scientometric View, Sadik Batcha M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Scientometrics is an important field of information science as it represents a unique set of techniques and tools for the monitoring and analysis of information resources and for the management of knowledge in social and organizational contexts. This article analysed the various Scientometric components of the articles published by top six universities of Tamil Nadu from 2000-2017. The study identifies research trend, characteristics growth and collaboration pattern of published literature. The analysis of data reveals that the average growth rate increases at the rate of 9.76%. Further, the average citation per paper observed is 12.18%. High degree of international collaboration …

A Scientometric Analysis Of Environmental Management Research Output During 1989 To 2014, Amsaveni N, Harikrishnan Ca

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this article is to find out most prolific authors and journals in the environmental management research output during 1989 to 2014. This area is an interdisciplinary subject and developed dramatically over the last few decades. Scientometrics offers assess the quantitative analytical techniques with the development and growth of research in Environmental management. The total sample data retrieved from the database of Web of Knowledge, includes, SCI, SSCI, A&HCI. Total records of 61877 research articles retrieved from 22 types of different sources. Applicability of Bradford’s law and Lotka’s law methods was tested.

The Importance Of Information In International Relations, Njabulo Bruce Khumalo, Miniyothabo Baloyi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information and information technologies are steering international relations as they have fostered collaborations and even wars. Competition for information and information products have resulted in massive cyber-attacks and information wars. Information is being used by different countries for economic and political gains and this has brought about information theft and manipulation over the cyber. Information has become a central and key driver in international relations. However, different countries are not aware of the exact extent of the importance of information in international relations. This has made them not pay attention to securing their information and information products and even not …

Research Skills, Ict Application And Sustainable Library Development, Adekoya Clement Ola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated research skills, ICT application and sustainable library development. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 142 librarians working in the university libraries of twelve universities in South-west, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique and total enumeration sampling technique were employed for the study. Data were collected using well-structured questionnaire. Six research questions were raised and three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Pearson-Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The findings of the study revealed that: sustainable library development was primary to librarians; librarians exhibited high need for research skills that …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Cited References In Commerce Journals, Nishat Fatima

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examines the distribution of cited references in three commerce journals pertaining to the years 2012 to 2014. The study reveals that maximum number of cited references was found in Journal of World Business, followed by The International Journal of Accounting and Journal of Commerce and Management Thought. Most of the cited references were authored by more than one author. M. W.Peng's articles were most cited and maximum journals were from the fields of business and management.

Information Behavior Of Students Towards The Use Of Library Information Resources In Universities In Oyo State, Nigeria, Mobolaji Tolulope Oladunjoye Mrs, Ojinga Gideon Omiunu Mr., Temitope Olorunwa Yomi-Owojori Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the information behavior of students towards the use of library information resources in Universities in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adapted the Wilson’s model of Information Behavior and adopted a correlational survey research design. A sample size of four hundred respondents was drawn from selected universities in South Western Nigeria, using a simple random sampling technique. Regression analysis and correlation analysis were used to analysis data obtained from the field. The findings of this study revealed that among the information behavior independent variables which include information needs, seeking and sources, only information needs significantly influence information use. …

Library Performance Measurement: A Study Of Dhaka University Residential Hall Libraries, Bangladesh., Sazzadul Karim

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Measuring the performance of a library’s services is one of the most crucial parts of providing good services. The main objective of the study is to examine the perceptions of the DU residential hall library users as they relate to quality service and to determine how far the DU residential hall libraries have succeeded in delivering such service to its users. The primary data were directly collected from residential students of DU in three segments (desired service, minimum service, and perception) using the modified SERVQUAL questionnaire. Different types of measures were calculated as necessitated by the study. The outcome of …

Digital Reference Services In The Information Communication Technology (Ict) Based Environment: A Study, Sabah Jan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The digital reference service refers to the task of providing assistance to the library users in fulfilling their various information needs. The digital reference services have become an important part and parcel of the library services in the changing technological environment. The paper is an attempt to provide an overview of the digital reference services in libraries in the present day world.

Trend Of Public Library Research In India: A Bibliometric Study, Trishna Bhui, Sanjukta Sahoo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective - The aim of this paper is to reveal the trend of public library research in India. Public libraries are considered as an imperative institution to provide information and to spread knowledge within the rural and urban settings, therefore a closure examination on public libraries is necessary in order to know the researches going on in these libraries. This paper is thus intent to investigate the year wise researches on public library, core areas of public library in which researches are done, keyword analysis by using zipf’s law, supervising pattern, university wise ranking in contribution of public library research …

What Do We Value In Academic Ownership?, Ian Harmon

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Are We There Yet? Sustaining Enthusiasm And Powering The Repository Road Trip, Jen W. Green

Dartmouth Library Staff Publications

Like a road trip, building and sustaining an open repository is rich with anticipation, road maps, detours, persistence, perseverance, and finally, a deep sense of accomplishment for weathering the experiences and reaching a destination. Dartmouth’s repository road trip has been long and winding, but in 2017 the Library launched Open Dartmouth: Faculty Open Access on Digital Commons. After a long journey, this seemed like the primary destination, but like most road trips, the destination was the start of the next journey: sustaining growth and participation to continue to build this valuable open resource.

Road trips offer time to better understand …

Embedded Research Guides: Are They Doing What Students Want?, James Seale, Alison Wetheral

Western Libraries Presentations

Since we integrated Research Guides into our learning management system in 2016, access has increased by 71%. How can we improve the content within this resource? We will present the results of student usage surveys and interviews. These results will inform how we create Research Guides to support student research.

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GUIDES DE RECHERCHE INTÉGRÉS: FONT-ILS CE QUE LES ÉTUDIANTS VEULENT?

Depuis que nous avons intégré les guides de recherche dans notre système de gestion de l’apprentissage en 2016, l’accès a augmenté de 71 %. Comment pouvons-nous améliorer le contenu de cette ressource? Nous présenterons les résultats de sondages et …

Battling Fake News And Developing Digital Literacy Skills In The Legal Profession, Carol A. Watson, Caroline Osborne, Kris Niedringhaus

Presentations

Alternative facts? Truthiness? Post Truth? Hardly a day passes without someone making a reference to fake news. But why should lawyers care and what can information technology professionals and the legal academy do about it?
In order to fulfil a lawyer's duty of technology competency, digital information literacy is essential. Legal professionals must be able to locate, evaluate and use online information effectively. Evaluation of the reliability of digital information is a complex skill that must be mastered for the successful practice of law.
This program will discuss digital information literacy in the context of fake news. The session will …

Primary Journals And Their Countries In The Field Of Dengue Literature: An Analysis, Kotti Thavamani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Presents a bibliometric analysis of the literature in the field of Dengue as indexed the MEDLINE data which covered in the Pubmed for the period 2008 to 2017. It is noticed that total of 11826 records on literature of Dengue are covered for a period of ten years from 2008 to 2017. It is also noticed that the maximum number of records (1810) was published during year 2016, followed by 1540 in 2017 and 1520 in 2015. It was found that Journal Article (41.4%), Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t (33.81%), Review (10.69%), Letter (3.61%), and Research Support, U.S. Gov't Non-P.H.S. (2.86%). …

Rethinking The Library’S Role, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Discussion of the library's evolving role in supporting students and the university community. In this presentation, we will discuss several projects and support services the Franklin University Library provides to the university community, including our etextbook initiatives, video tutorials, and rapid point-of-need reference services. These projects center around Affordability, Convenience, and Accessibility for our students, faculty, and staff.