Library and Information Science Commons^™

Structured Peer Review Form, Lisa Benson

Peer Reviewer Training (PERT) Program

This form is a way to begin thinking about a manuscript review. Your responses may be first impressions that change as you reflect on your review. Your final review does not have to follow this format, but this can serve as a starting point.

November 2024 Native American Heritage Month Celebration, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

E-Supplement 1: Final Articles Retained From Database Searches After Application Of Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria. From: Lotka’S Law Of Scientific Productivity Across The Research Disciplines. A Review, Selenay Aytac, Clara Y. Tran, Nancy Frye

Post Library Faculty Publications

This is the E-supplement 1: Final articles retained from database searches after application of inclusion/exclusion criteria for the article "Lotka’s Law of Scientific Productivity Across the Research Disciplines. A review."

Avoiding Sharks In The Publishing Sea, Joseph Holland

Maxwell Library Faculty Publications

Sometimes the role of a library can be misunderstood or underestimated. The common misconception is that a library is just a place for books, magazines, and videos. This concept is very last century, or indeed, last millennium. There are different types of libraries, librarians, and what is offered. When some people think of academic libraries, they think of the stereotype. A quiet place to read a book or journal and type a paper. An academic library is more than that. Part of an academic librarian’s role, as faculty themselves, is to assist other faculty (those who teach courses and are …

Discovery In The Stacks: A Primer (Or Refresher!) For Stacks Maintenance Of Music Collections In Libraries Maintenance Of Music Collections In Libraries, Sarah Ward, Bonnie Finn, Laura Thompson, Jessica M. Abbazio, Carol Lubkowski

Scholarship and Professional Work

As libraries evolve to meet changing user and organizational needs, the work of maintaining music materials may take a backseat to other priorities. The value of physical collections endures, however, and thoughtful stacks maintenance is crucial for making library materials discoverable and accessible. This article discusses policies and workflows for maintaining music collections at academic institutions, supplying readers with practical suggestions and a best practices checklist for stacks maintenance activities. By taking a thoughtful approach to maintaining collections of music formats like scores and recordings, the authors explore the ways that stacks maintenance work can enhance users’ experience.

Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows And Runaways Shaped Modern America, Layla Farrar

The Southeastern Librarian

Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023 ISBN: 9781469676401 312 p. $27.95 (Pbk)

Integrating Pop Culture Into The Academic Library, David W. Young

The Southeastern Librarian

Melissa Edmiston Johnson, Thomas C. Weeks, & Jennifer Putnam Davis , eds. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 ISBN: 9781538159408 309 p. $132.00 (Hbk)

Faculty Response To Journal Cancellations, Catherine A. Johnson, Samuel Cassady

Western Libraries Publications

This paper reports on a qualitative study that aimed to discover faculty and graduate students’ reaction to journal cancellation projects. In most studies that examine cancellation projects the main aim is to delineate methods used in making decisions about cancellations and the process followed to achieve a successful outcome. Our study looked at these factors but also interviewed faculty to get their response to the cancellations that had occurred at their university and to discover whether there was an alignment between the different ways in which librarians and faculty evaluated journals. We interviewed fourteen librarians and thirteen faculty/graduate students from …

Book Review: Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: A Workbook For Navigating Intellectual Freedom Challenges Together, Fatemeh Kholoosi Raftar

Velma K. Waters Library Faculty Publications

Book review of Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: A Workbook for Navigating Intellectual Freedom Challenges Together by Becky Calzada, Val Edwards and Maegan Coffin Heindel. It is published by ALA Editions, Chicago.

Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers, And Landscapes Then And Now, Austina Mcfarland Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Leslie Kemp Poole Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2024 ISBN: 9780813080475

Beyond Engineering: Unleashing The Universal Benefits Of Makerspaces For All Disciplines, Cath Bruhnke

Presentations

The Adobe Studio & Makerspace at Clemson serves students from over fifty-six programs in addition to our engineering program. We collected data from the logs students fill out when logging their equipment use and found that during the '23-’24 academic year, over half of the visitors were from non-engineering programs. We have learned from our discussions with students that word of mouth is a significant factor in bringing new students to our space. With consistent outreach to faculty and staff, we hope to get more non-engineering classes for Adobe Studio & Makerspace tours.

Critical Credulity: Seeking Balance In A New Era Of Information Literacy, Kate E. Wimer

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Library

For many, information literacy could be described to some extent as “critical thinking about information”. This makes sense. For at least a decade, we’ve noted an apparent lack of critical behaviors in regard to information. In the meantime, we’ve seen these trends: Fake News and Misinformation Rising polarization As a field, librarians have doubled down on teaching better ways to recognize “good information,” usually by providing a more critical lens.

Is it possible that this is too one-sided?

Sown In The Stars: Planting By The Signs, Linh Uong

The Southeastern Librarian

Sarah L. Hall Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2023 ISBN: 9780813197043 150 p. $34.95 (Hbk)

25 Reading Challenges An Interactive Reading Competition, Marion O. Finnegan, Etchel Barina

Presentations

This poster aims to guide the audience through the process of creating a relevant and engaging reading challenge for third-level students in the UAE, using a real-world example created by librarians for the UAE’s Month of Reading in 2024.

For this reading competition, librarians created 25 fun reading challenges to encourage university students to read in various genres and formats, sometimes outside their comfort zone. Challenges included ‘Cook a Dish from a Recipe Book’, ‘Read a Story to a Child’, ‘Read a Book by an Emirati Author’ and ‘Listen to an audiobook using the Libby App’.

Platforms and software used …

Une Library Services Quarterly Report November 2024, Une Library Services

Quarterly Reports

Highlights of accomplishments of the University of New England's Library Services department.

Challenges And Opportunities In Providing Academic Library Services To Incarcerated Higher Education Students: A Case Study From A Tennessee State Prison, Ryan E. Yoakum, Caroline Fleming

Library Faculty Scholarship

This case study describes the Belmont University Library’s partnership with a Tennessee men’s prison to provide access to higher education. The program has led to challenges relating to communication, circulation, cataloging, and collection development. These library services are necessary to provide students with access to information not only for their academic endeavors, but also for their own well-being and growth. This paper explores possible solutions to the information deficit of incarcerated students and how the library can support the needs of an underserved population.

November 2024 Library & Learning Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library & Learning Dean’S Office Communications Team

Library & Learning Newsletters

PDF version of the November 2024 (Volume 3, Issue 3) Library & Learning Newsletter.

Notes For The Stalled, V17n03, November 2024, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--- Fortepan Iowa
--- Celebrate UNI ScholarWorks
--- Spring Classes
--- Nina Lohman
--- Paddle Past Midterms

Expanding Horizons: From Information To Inspiration At The Aaas Annual Meeting, Stephanie Bennett, Aja Bettencourt-Mccarthy, Karen Burton, Shelby Carroll, Amber Gruszeczka, Haoyong Lan, Melanie Radik

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

The authors attended the 2024 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as part of a cohort of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) librarians sponsored by the partnership between the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and AAAS. We describe two sessions, one on combating misinformation and one on open science. For these topics especially, hearing the perspectives of scientists was particularly valuable and interesting to us as librarians. We share our reasoning for attending a science disciplinary conference rather than a library conference in these days when one must carefully weigh a …

“No One Left Behind!” First Year Transition Programmes: Collaborations Between Smu Libraries And Student Success Centre, Rajendra Munoo, Zhenyan Li, Siying Ong, Phyllis Pang

Research Collection Library

No one left behind! Diversity and inclusion! Level-playing field!

Clichéd or fact?

This is a fact at Singapore Management University (SMU) as student demographics have started to change and classrooms have become more intergenerational, comprising first-generation adult learners, students returning from National Service, increasing enrolment of IB graduates, international students, and those wanting to pursue a higher degree beyond a polytechnic diploma. This diverse learner profile warrants the need to ensure that no one is left behind. SMU’s Holistic Student Development Framework (HSDF) emphasises inclusivity beyond the classroom to recognise out-of-classroom learning through a variety of learning programmes focusing on …

Himmelfarb Headlines - November/December 2024, The George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News, information, and resources relating to Himmelfarb Library that is of interest to patrons.

Book Review: Speed, Safety, And Comfort: The Origins Of Delta Airlines, Dana Johnson

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

0886: Ken Reffeitt Collection, 1852-2023, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Ken Reffeitt was employed by Marshall University Special Collections for many years and was a member of a number of fraternal organizations. His extensive collection of materials on this subject was donated in 2024.

The Ken Reffeitt Collection consists of annual reports and other documents of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) of West Virginia, the Rebekah Assembly, I.O.O.F., the Improved Order of Red Men, the Department Council Patriarchs Militant, I.O.O.F., the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of West Virginia, and other organizations. The collection also includes a number of books …

Georgia Library Spotlight: Forsyth County Public Library’S Bat Walk, Brooke West

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Georgia Library Spotlight: One Book, One Toy, One Opportunity To Make A Difference, Lisa Echols

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Karen Manning

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Implementing Open Educational Resources In Colleges And Universities: A Literature Review, D. Laverne Hill, Taralynn Hartsell, Jamie L. Workman, Amy Smith

Georgia Library Quarterly

The use of Open Educational Resources (OER) is becoming increasingly widespread in higher education institutions as the ease of use, equitable access, and the cost-free availability makes OER a viable option for classroom materials. Incorporating OER into the curriculum can be both beneficial and challenging for faculty. Because librarians are skilled and efficient in finding adequate resources to supplement learning, they prove to be an asset when striving to implement an OER initiative in the institution. While faculty would be the primary group to introduce many of the OER to students, it takes a collaborative effort between faculty and librarians …

Sharing Our Library Workspaces, Emily Rogers

Georgia Library Quarterly

This article about library workspaces features photo contributions and descriptions from Joy Bolt, Raymond Goslow, Elizabeth McKinney, Angela E. Megaw, and Rachel Zion.

Kennesaw State University Libraries Celebrate Constitution Week, Courtney Gardner

Georgia Library Quarterly

During Constitution Week, Kennesaw State University Libraries organized a series of engaging events from September 16 to 20. The festivities kicked off with a faculty panel discussing the 25th Amendment and presidential succession, featuring insights from political science faculty. Voter registration events were held on both Kennesaw and Marietta campuses, allowing students to register, check their status, and interact with historical figures, and most importantly a therapy dog and library mascot, Summer the Corgi. A highlight of the week was the unveiling of a rare 1840s facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, accompanied by the launch of the exhibition "We …

Kennesaw State University Libraries' Reorganization, Ashley Dupuy, Catherine Lewis

Georgia Library Quarterly

Kennesaw State University Libraries have gone through an extensive reorganization over the past year.