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Instructional Programmatic Assessment Rubric, Maya Hobscheid, Kristin Kerbavaz, Emily Frigo, Sheila García Mazari, Hazel Mcclure, Samantha Minnis, Gayle Schaub

Library Reports and Communication

This rubric was developed between April, 2020 and August, 2021. The purpose of this rubric is to internally assess student learning of information literacy to better inform the GVSU Libraries’ instruction program.

Mind The Gap: Teaching Archival Silences In Digital Collections, Colleen Hoelscher, Michael J. Hughes

Library Faculty Research

This engaging case study describes a library instruction session held virtually for undergraduate students in an upper-level history course on US foreign relations. Working collaboratively, the special collections librarian and instruction librarian for history presented students with strategies for finding and evaluating digital primary sources for their research papers. Students were introduced to the role the curatorial process plays in the creation of digital collections. The instructors highlighted that such collections frequently contain only a portion of the materials in a full archival collection as well as the role of curatorial bias: digital collections often reflect the prejudices and interests …

2019-2020 & 2020-2021 Annual Report Of The Work In Imsa’S Archives, Christian Nokkentved

Archives' Annual Report

The IMSA Archives, housed in the Leto M. Furnas Information Resource Center, serves to collect and preserve materials relating to the history and ethos of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. The Archives includes both special and general collections with materials about IMSA’s establishment, led by Dr. Leon Lederman and Governor James Thompson. There are materials about the Academy’s opening in the fall of 1986 and its development since, as well as about its ideas and programs and how they evolved. Included are sample curricula, presidential speeches, samples of student work, as well as material about and from partnership programs …

From The Vault - August 2021 Newsletter, Archives & Special Collections

From the Vault: Archives & Special Collections Newsletter

In the August 2021 issue of From the Vault, we reiterate that Archives & Special Collections is open by appointment and announce an early preview of the Samurai and the Cross exhibit and the new collection of mini books we acquired during the pandemic. Additionally, we announce the addition of Ethnic Studies Department newsletters to the Digital Collections and share links of our most recent blog posts.

Elementary School Library Collections: A Content Analysis Of Science Trade Books, Sandra W. Watson, Sheila F. Baker

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In this study, science trade books from the libraries of 10 elementary schools across the United States were evaluated using the modified Hunsader rubric for their overall quality pertaining to science content, literacy, and critical literacy criteria. Findings indicate that 62% of the books met the overall science content criterion, 99% met the overall literacy criterion, and 41% met the overall critical literacy criterion. The majority of science trade books in each school were life science books, and the majority of books across all schools were 18–23 years old, with many being much older. Implications and recommendations are provided.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - August 2021, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

No abstract provided.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, September 2021, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Exphys370 Library Assignments Parts 1 & 2, And Library Website Scavenger Hunt, Jenn Monnin, Beth Nardella

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The Search Terms & Boolean Operators Activity, Information Evaluation Activity, and the Library Website Scavenger Hunt are three assignments for the course ExPh370: Writing for Exercise Science. These assignments were librarian created with final approval by the course instructor, are credit-bearing in the course, and are the current version of the assignments as of Fall 2021. These assignments are supplemental material for a book chapter by the same authors.

An Insider’S Guide To Study Space (East Falls), 2021-2022

Electronic Handouts

The University provides a variety of study areas to accommodate the studying styles and needs of its students. These include areas for quiet/individual study, formal study by a group, and areas for informal study. The University is pleased to provide you with information on the most popular areas. Please cooperate in maintaining the distinctions between these areas by observing any restrictions, and please remove any trash when you leave an area.

"Introduction" The Social Movement Archive, Nora Almeida, Jen Hoyer

Publications and Research

The Social Movement Archive examines the role of cultural production within social justice struggles and within archives. This book contains reproductions of political ephemera—zines, banners, stickers, posters, memes, and more—alongside 15 interviews with artists and activists who have worked across a broad range of movements including: women’s liberation, disability rights, housing justice, Black liberation, anti-war, Indigenous sovereignty, immigrant rights, and prisoner abolition, among others. These images and accompanying conversations illustrate the power of political art and ephemera to transform cultural practices, places, and communities; and its capacity to be a force for disruption in archival spaces.

Smith Neilson Library: The Sustainability Story, Smith College

The New Neilson Library

The complete "Sustainability Story" of the New Neilson Library project.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, July 2021, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

The Veins That Lighten Dearth: Documenting Hidden Collections In Rural California, Jillian M. Ewalt

Marian Library Faculty Publications

This case study discusses an archival consulting project to document and preserve hidden collections in rural northern California. The paper provides an overview of the collecting institution (the Mother Lode Land Trust), the collections and their historical context, and the consulting process. The author highlights processing strategies to improve preservation and description while developing a post-custodial approach to managing collections in a rural, community-based archives setting.

Copyright And State Sovereign Immunity: A Report Of The Register Of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

In March 2020, the Supreme Court held in Allen v. Cooper that Congress had exceeded its constitutional authority when it enacted legislation authorizing copyright infringement suits for damages against states.1 The Court based its decision on the legal doctrine of sovereign immunity, which generally precludes a federal court from hearing a suit against a state without the state’s consent. The Court noted that Congress has the power to abrogate state immunity, including to prevent or remedy deprivations of property without due process in violation of the Constitution. To do so, however, Congress generally must develop a legislative record demonstrating a …

New Interface: Nursing Reference Center Plus, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Nursing Reference Center™ Plus, is an evidence-based information resource designed by nurses for nurses. Unique in scope, nurses use Nursing Reference Center Plus for their practice, education and research needs.

The previous version of Nursing Reference Center will no longer be available as of Friday, August 27th, 2021.

Library Recorded Classes, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Did you Miss the Library’s Brown Bag Webinars?

Catch up by listening to the recorded versions of the following classes: Introduction to RefWorks, EndNote Basics, Make Your Conference Poster Pop or APA Citation Style. Additional videos on Using the Library’s Discovery Tool PRIMO, and Searching for Nurses as Authors, are also available.

University Libraries Objectives For Negotiations And Licensing, University Of South Carolina Libraries

University Libraries Policies and Reports

The University of South Carolina Libraries prioritizes arrangements with publishers and vendors that align with the missions of the University and Libraries. As a public institution, the University of South Carolina acts in the best interests of the states’ citizens and other stakeholders by encouraging “teaching, research, creative activity, and community engagement.” It is the responsibility of the Libraries to ensure that all stakeholders can fully access and participate in the scholarly communication process and that all agreements maximize institutional and public value while minimizing costs.

In the spirit of transparency and to expand the creation and dissemination of knowledge …

Library Brown Bag Webinar At The Tmc Library, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library is Offering the Following "Brown Bag" Webinar Introduction to Archives and the McGovern Historical Center Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 from noon - 12:30 pm.

Notes For The Stalled, V14n1, August/September 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

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Law Library Blog (August 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.

Democracy Requires Good Law Libraries – With Books, Franklin L. Runge

Library Scholarship

In this brief commentary, the author argues for the continued presence of a print collection in law libraries because (1) law libraries serve as a fail-safe for democracy, (2) inexperienced researchers achieve a greater understanding of how primary law is produced when exposed to print materials, and (3) there is still a high demand for print materials in scholarly endeavors.

Accessibility, Susan David Demaine

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Susan deMaine's contribution to the open access textbook, Introduction to Law Librarianship, is chapter 3, "Accessibility."

Abstract: Equitable access, which includes access for people with disabilities, is included in the first principle of the ethical codes of both the American Association of Law Libraries and the American Library Association. Accessibility in law libraries that are open to the public is an especially keen concern because it implicates access to justice and government information, both of which are key to a successful democracy. This chapter will introduce concepts that help us think productively about accessibility and explore accessibility issues in …

Study Of Library Automation And Computing Skills Of Library Professionals In Goa, Prayangi V. Matonkar, Munesh Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Computers have become an essential part of our daily lives. With computers' help, one can perform various tasks related to analysing, computing, and publishing tasks more efficiently. Software and computing software programs support library services in dealing with the users' needs and demands for knowledge. With the advent of advanced library software for automation and digital preservation of knowledge, libraries worldwide have transformed the services from manual to automated. There are various software and solutions available for reading and reference. This research work tries to various collect data and insights on automation, library professionals' skills in handling the computer technologies, …

Trends And Pattern On Library Marketing: A Systematic Review, Abdurrahman Rahim Thaha, Rita Purnamasari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this paper is to analyze trends and patterns of library marketing research results using statistical and co-word analysis with a systematic review. After going through the screening results in the Scopus database, the search results yielded 287 documents in library marketing from 1977 to mid-2021. The analysis results will produce publications, citations, sources, countries, keywords, and topic clusters. The library marketing research trend tends to increase every year, with the most citations related to social media marketing in the library. The primary source of publications in the last three years has been Library Philosophy and Practice. The …

Assessment Of Service Quality Of Libraries In Higher Educations: A Review, Kakali Sarmah, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This review article compiles literature on library service quality assessment both nationally and internationally, and discusses user perceptions of library service quality in the higher education context, including why library service quality research is necessary, how customer satisfaction and library service quality are linked, and how service quality in higher education is measured using SERVQUAL, LibQUAL+, etc., The gap, according to the research, is primarily due to variances in expected and perceived service quality. While all of the great work can contribute to and be supplemented by an effective planning process, a closer look at the sources of variances might …

Book Acquisition And Technical Processing Pattern In Government First Grade College Libraries Of Karnataka, Ramesh Kuri

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study examines the book acquisition and technical processing pattern in the libraries of Government First Grade College (GFGC) of Karnataka. The study includes 249 colleges spread across the state and shows various methods of book procurement and technical processing employed in the selected college libraries. It is found that 90% of colleges procure library documents based on demand from faculty and student. Almost 45% of colleges use the publisher’s catalogue tool to select documents. At most (83.94%) colleges indicated that insufficient funding was the main obstacle to acquiring reading material. In addition, more than 51% of libraries …

Citation Analysis On The Articles Published In International Journal Of Digital Library Services(Ijodls) During 2015-2017, Sagarika Medhi, Mukut Sarmah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Citation analysis of all the journal articles published in the International Journal of Digital Library Services (IJODLS) from 2015-2017 is carried out. 144 articles published in the journal during 3 years. The highest numbers (55) of articles are published in the year 2015. The journal contained 1915 citations from 2015-2017. The average number of citations per article is the maximum in the year 2015. The study also covers the analyses of authorship patterns in citing articles. In the authorship pattern, Single author citations are dominant than others and it is 806(42.07%). Among the citations, Journal citations were the highest 1104(57.67%). …

Top 100 Cited Publications In Physics Education In The Last Thirty Years: A Bibliometric Analysis, Nadi Suprapto, Binar K. Prahani, Utama A. Deta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study's focus is to analyze the top 100 cited papers (classic papers) in the field of physics education in the last thirty years. The study is aimed to provide insight into the citation pattern, authorship pattern, year, journals, countries of these classic papers with the help of bibliometric analysis. The data for the study was extracted from the Scopus database. The study indicated that among these top 100 papers maximum were in the form of research articles. The majority of these top-cited papers were published during the five years from 2012 to 2016. The average citation per paper …

Research Output Analysis Of The Highest Productive Department Of Mizoram University: A Study Based On Scopus Database, Nayana Borah, S. N. Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study, an attempt has been made to analyze the research productivity of the highest productive department of the Mizoram University indexed in SCOPUS database. Since it is the only central university in the state of Mizoram and scientometric profile of the highest productive department of Mizoram University is not analyzed until now. Agricultural and Biological Sciences has the highest number of publications i.e., 303 indexed in SCOPUS database. The study revealed that highest number of publications is on 2020; highest number of documents are published as research article; Hazarika, T. K. is the most productive author with 36 …

Awareness And Use Of E-Resources At Chandigarh College Of Architecture, Chandigarh, India: A Study, Bhanu Partap, Manju Ranga

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper is an attempt to study the awareness and use of e-resources among the students at Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh, India. For the present study, survey method has been adopted using questionnaire as a data gathering tool. Copies of self designed questionnaire were distributed online through e-mail/WhatsApp to the 150 students during February-March, 2021. Out of total 150 administered questionnaires, 127 completely filled questionnaires were received back and found valid for analysis. The response rate is achieved @84.66 percent. The study revealed that more than 90 percent of the respondents were aware about the use of electronic resources …