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Collaboration Between The Library And Office Of Student Disability Services: Document Accessibility In Higher Education, Rebecca Arzola

Publications and Research

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the relationship between interdepartmental stakeholders in higher education and the information identified as a result of collaborations. It proposes that collaborations can help clarify issues to then advocate for them.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper opted for a naturalistic case study design, gathering direct and participant observation of interdepartmental collaborations including 1 Student Share, 12 one-hour collaborative sessions and 1 Accessibility Conference.

Findings – The paper provides observed insight about student needs to have documents that are accessible for assistive technologies to recognize and read how change is brought about during internal brand building. …

Color Me Calm: Adult Coloring And The University Library, Heidi Blackburn, Claire E. Chamley

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

An activity often reserved for children, coloring books for adults rose from hipster trend to global phenomenon beginning in 2013. Adults flocked to the activity for a variety of reasons, including stress relief, socialization, a way to unplug from technology or even as a way to gain social status by appearing trendy. Participants reported enjoying the tactile, interactive nature of the books as a respite from constant screen time. Coloring books became big business for craft suppliers and bookstores by 2015. Coloring books shot to the top of the Best Sellers list on Amazon and were prominently displayed in book …

Where Should These Books Go?, Haruko Yamauchi

Publications and Research

Designed for pre-college and first-year students new to conducting independent research, this is a lesson plan for an activity that is part of a workshop to strengthen students’ skills in using books for research. The activity includes small groups coming to consensus about a hypothetical shelf order for a set of books, and a larger class discussion about the Library of Congress call number system as a useful-to-know but ultimately arbitrary system created within a particular historical context. Chapter within the Assocation of College and Research Association’sCritical Library Pedagogy Handbook, vol. 2.

Peer Guides Deliver Popcorn And More At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Joan Barnes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

In recent years, one of our key strategic goals at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL; http://libraries.unl.edu) has been to transform into a more student-centered library by creating a more inviting and comfortable environment for study, collaboration, and academic programming. To accomplish this goal, we needed feedback from students, which meant we had to develop formal, and informal, ways to engage , them. As a member of the User Experience and Student Success Team, in August 2014, I was given the responsibility of coordinating a new initiative called the Peer Guide Program. The plan was that I'd hire undergraduate students to …

Spring 2016, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

The LBHP & the Smithsonian page 1

A Unified Library Management System page 1

From Gift to Shelf page 2

We LOVE Bookmarks! page 3

24/7 Study Area page 3

Librarian of the Year page 5

Goodbye, Jonathan Smith! page 5

LexisNexis to be Replaced page 5

The Impact Of Faculty Status And Gender On Employee Well-Being In Academic Libraries, Quinn Galbraith, Leanna Fry, Melissa Garrison

Faculty Publications

This study measures job satisfaction, personal fulfillment, work/life balance, and stress levels of male and female librarians. Researchers surveyed 719 librarians at ARL institutions that either offer faculty status and tenure or offer neither. Females at libraries offering faculty status indicated poor work/life balance and high levels of stress compared to male colleagues and female librarians without faculty status; however, their reported job satisfaction was similar. Possible implications of the results are discussed.

12-2015 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for December 2015.

Assessment Of Library Registration Between Fresh And Returning Undergraduate Students Of The Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Fehintola Nike Onifade, Adeniyi Sowole, Taiwo Aderonke Idowu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The paper examines the rate at which students register with the library by comparing the fresh and the returning undergraduate students in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Nigeria. Two hundred and fifty (250) copies of questionnaire were randomly distributed among students in late August, 2015 while two hundred and twenty four (224) copies were returned. Also used as databases for the study are the library statistics of registered students and the University’s student enrolment list for a period of five years starting from 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 academic sessions. The study revealed that fresh undergraduate students registered more than …

Citation Workshops In The Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Citation Workshops in the Henderson Library

Two Repositories, One Strategy: Marketing Digital Collections, Daardi Sizemore, Heidi J. Southworth

Library Services Publications

In the last year, the Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato has launched two repositories for digital content, Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works and ARCH: University Archives Digital Collections. An important component of developing these repositories has been our marketing efforts. We will share how we worked together with Integrated Marketing, Printing Services, and the Library Outreach Committee to actively promote and advance the collections.

Library Analytics And Assessment: The Sine Qua Non Of Measuring Our Success, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This "New and Noteworthy" discusses recent and classic titles related to library evaluation and assessment in academic, public, and school library settings. Key online resources are also discussed.

Enriched Primo Browse From Aleph At Cuny, Joan Kolarik

Publications and Research

Presented at ENUG (Ex Libris Northeast User's Group) 2015

Are you an Aleph-Primo customer using Primo Browse? Have you added the enhancements that Aleph makes available to Primo, such as see references? If not, this presentation will explain how.

10-2015 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2015.

Fall 2015, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

New Critical Information Literacy Resource for Faculty

Latino Baseball History Project to Partner with the Smithsonian

Another First for the Pfau Library: hoopla!

Extensive Latino Research Collection Acquired the Kirk and Magdalena Whisler International Latino Achievements Collection

Innovation Lab to Open This Fall

Your Research Goes Global: CSUSB ScholarWorks

Our Newest Librarian

Summer Movies Success Story!

Memories Of T. H. Tsien

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Directions - Fall 2015, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Notes From The Stacks, October, 2015, Friends Of The Brooks Library

Friends of the Brooks Library

No abstract provided.

Conference Report: The Inside Out Library: Collaboration, Inspiration, Transformation., Niamh Walker-Headon, Shona Thoma

Support services (Former ITT) - Other Resources

Conference report co-written with Shona Thoma as part of the conditions of receipt of bursary to attend the Academic and Special Libraries Conference in 2015. Details the conference sessions attended by the authors.

The Information Literacy Imperative In Higher Education, Todd J. Wiebe

Faculty Publications

This article contends that information literacy should be considered a standard component in a 21st century liberal education. It explores the role of libraries and librarians within this context while contrasting the "Google it" mentality with deep researching and critical thinking about information and the information-seeking process, both in libraries and in the free online environment.

Video Tutorials Help Students In The Health Sciences Improve The Quality Of Their Cited Sources, Paige Mcdonald, Catherine Golden, Laurie Lyons, Paul Levett

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Through a George Washington University Emerging Scholars program grant, faculty and instructional designers collaborated with the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library to develop video tutorials for new graduate and undergraduate students in the Health Sciences to improve their scholarship skills.

Being The Inspiration: Seizing The Fosce Opportunity, Alexandra Gomes, Tom Harrod

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

The launch of the revised medical school curriculum in Fall 2014 provided new opportunities for librarians to collaborate with clinical faculty. As a result of our past informatics instruction embedded in the first year curriculum, we were invited to expand this content as part of a new formative Objective Structured Clinical Examination (FOSCE) initiative. Two reference librarians worked closely with faculty to develop original case-based scenarios that were taught by a team of six reference librarians over the course of a year.

In FOSCEs, small groups of students rotated through simulated patient encounters in order to demonstrate their clinical knowledge …

Keeping Up With New Legal Titles, Patricia Alvayay

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In this book review, Patty Alvayay discusses Rethinking Library Technical Services: Redefining Our Profession for the Future by Mary Beth Weber.

A Tribute To T. H. Tsien, Eugene W. Wu

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Acrl Peer Comparison For University Of Rhode Island Libraries, 2010-2014, Andrée Rathemacher

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

Comparison of the University of Rhode Island Libraries with peer institutions (as defined by the University's Office of Institutional Research). Data used are from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Statistical Survey from the years 2010-2014. Metrics compared are: total library expenditures, total library materials expenditures, ongoing resource purchases, one-time resource purchases, salaries & wages professional staff, salaries & wages support staff, professional staff (fte), support staff (fte), full-time students (undergraduate and graduate headcount), total library expenditures per student, and total library materials expenditures per student.

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Workshops by Appointment
• Writing Tutor returns to Henderson Library

Squaring Up To Youth Unemployment Through Entrepreneurial Based Learning: The Library As A Panacea, Margaret Nwakaego Ngwuchukwu, Margaret Nwakaego Ngwuchukwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The unemployment situation in Nigeria is like a worm that has eaten deep into the nation’s fabric. The youth in Nigeria suffer the most because they make up the highest number of people in the country .The unemployment situation has caused macro-economic distortions in the country, it has also brought many crimes. As a result of this, there is need to train the youth to be entrepreneurial and self reliant so that the nation will be peaceful and as well prolific. The library has a role to play in inculcating the skills of entrepreneurship in the youth. Through the …

Cross-Border Implementation Of Institutional Repository: A Case Of Aga Khan University, Mary Ngure, Ashraf Sharif, Peter Gatiti

Libraries

Institutions globally have increasingly embraced Institutional Repositories (IRs) to collect, showcase, archive, and preserve their intellectual and scholarly output. Many benefits are gained from implementation of the platform including: the institution’s visibility, status and reputation is increased; authors get wider public access and visibility thus more citations for their work; long-term preservation of research; and the library benefits from its new role in information creation and distribution thus the opportunity to re-assert its importance in the face of declining user dependence on libraries for simple access to information (Sharif 2013).

Despite the high uptake of IRs to manage institutions’ digital …

Upcoming Classes, Nha Huynh

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

PubMed Basic - August 25

Systematic Review - September 9

Searching the Nursing Literature - September 17

2015-07 Library Impact Statement For Lib 250 Information Literacy Across Disciplines, Mary C. Macdonald

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for LIB 250 Information Literacy Across Disciplines. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mary MacDonald. Requesting faculty: Amanda Izenstark.

2015-07 Library Impact Statement For Lib 250 Information Literacy Across Disciplines, Mary C. Macdonald

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for LIB 250 Information Literacy Across Disciplines. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mary MacDonald. Requesting faculty: Amanda Izenstark.