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Library Impact Statement For Nrs/Bio 417 Herpetology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Mar 2012

Library Impact Statement For Nrs/Bio 417 Herpetology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for NRU/BIO 417 Herpetology new course proposal. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Nancy E. Karraker.


Library Impact Statement For Nrs/Bio 517 Herpetology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Mar 2012

Library Impact Statement For Nrs/Bio 517 Herpetology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for NRS/BIO 517 Herpetology. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Micael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Nancy E. Karraker.


The 2020+ Project: Using Wordpress To Organize, Evaluate, & Discuss The College Of The Future, Julie A. Decesare, Hailie D. Posey, Julia R. Tryon Mar 2012

The 2020+ Project: Using Wordpress To Organize, Evaluate, & Discuss The College Of The Future, Julie A. Decesare, Hailie D. Posey, Julia R. Tryon

Library Faculty and Staff papers

The provost of Providence College asked the Library+Commons to compile scholarly materials on the future of higher education in order for the Academic Affairs Committee to prepare for the college of 2020. The committee needed an easily accessible, annotated "bibliography" that would allow for commenting and more. The research and education librarians focused on topics like teaching and learning, accountability, and student and faculty characteristics. The research end was challenging, and the librarians continue to explore avenues to find appropriate resources online. They experimented with many platforms before choosing WordPress as the best open-source vehicle to organize and present the …


Library Impact Statement For Eec 3xx Economics Of Climate Change, Andree J. Rathemacher Feb 2012

Library Impact Statement For Eec 3xx Economics Of Climate Change, Andree J. Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for EEC3XX Economics of Climate Change new course proposal. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Andree J. Rathemacher. Requesting faculty member: Corey Lang


Library Impact Statement For Bio 501 Advanced Scientific Ethics, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Feb 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bio 501 Advanced Scientific Ethics, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for BIO 501 Advanced Scientific Ethics new course proposal. No new resources are required to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Chris Lane.


Library Impact Statement For Bio 502 Advanced Scientific Communication, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Feb 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bio 502 Advanced Scientific Communication, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for BIO 502 Advanced Scientific Communication new course proposal. No new resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Chris Lane.


Monograph Expenditures Summary, Andrée J. Rathemacher Feb 2012

Monograph Expenditures Summary, Andrée J. Rathemacher

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

This is a spreadsheet of library expenditure data prepared for NEASC's five-year accreditation visit to the University of Rhode Island in fall 2012. It presents time series data from 1995/96 to 2010/11 on total expenditures on monographs (books), total number of monographs purchased, total gift volumes added, expenditures on monographs as a percentage of total materials expenditures, and purchasing power of the library's monograph budget calculated by deflating monograph expenditures by the U.S. College Books price index to 1995 dollars.


Serials Expenditures Summary, Andrée J. Rathemacher Feb 2012

Serials Expenditures Summary, Andrée J. Rathemacher

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

This is a spreadsheet of library expenditure data prepared for NEASC's five-year accreditation visit to the University of Rhode Island in fall 2012. It presents time series data from 1995/96 to 2010/11 on total library serials expenditures (for periodical and database subscriptions), number of serials purchased (total and online-only), expenditures on serials as a percentage of total materials expenditures, and purchasing power of the library's serials budget calculated by deflating serials expenditures by the U.S. Periodicals Price Index to 1995 dollars.


Library Impact Statement For Bps 540 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Robin B. Devin Feb 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bps 540 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Robin B. Devin

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for BPS 540 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems new course proposal. No new library resource are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Robin Devin. Requesting faculty member: Wei Lu.


2012-01-23 B.S. Program In Susatainability And Food Systems, Joanna Burkhardt Jan 2012

2012-01-23 B.S. Program In Susatainability And Food Systems, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for the proposed B.S. Program in Sustainability and Food Systems. No new library resources are required to support this program.


Ithaka Boston Forum, Andrée J. Rathemacher Jan 2012

Ithaka Boston Forum, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

This report covers the Ithaka Boston Forum, held in Boston on December 6, 2011. Presenters from Ithaka S + R updated attendees on new initiatives at JSTOR, forthcoming Books at JSTOR, the JSTOR Current Scholarship Program, and long-term preservation of electronic content through Portico.


Library Impact Statement For Bio 553 Regulatory Processes In Eucaryotic Cells, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Jan 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bio 553 Regulatory Processes In Eucaryotic Cells, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for BIO 553 Regulatory Processes in Eucaryotic Cells new course proposal. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Joanna Norris.


Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino Jan 2012

Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Brief short story or observation about life in a small southern Italian town.


Library Impact Statement For Bio 485x Salt Marsh Ecology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Jan 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bio 485x Salt Marsh Ecology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for BIO 485X Salt Marsh Ecology new course proposal. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Serena Moseman-Valtierra.


Library Impact Statement For Bio 585x Salt Marsh Ecology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Jan 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bio 585x Salt Marsh Ecology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for BIO 585X Salt Marsh Ecology new course proposal. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting faculty member: Serena Moseman-Valtierra.


Library Impact Statement For Nrs 518 Ecohydrology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii Jan 2012

Library Impact Statement For Nrs 518 Ecohydrology, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for NRS 518 Ecohydrology new course proposal. No new library resources are needed to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Michael A. Cerbo II. Requesting facutly member: Arthur J. Gold.


Fy2012 Association Of College And Research Libraries (Acrl) Statistical Survey: University Of Rhode Island Data, Michael Vocino Jan 2012

Fy2012 Association Of College And Research Libraries (Acrl) Statistical Survey: University Of Rhode Island Data, Michael Vocino

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

The main document posted here is a report generated from the online subscription service ACRLMetrics. The report contains FY2012 data as submitted by the University of Rhode Island Libraries for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2011-2012 statistical survey. It also provides additional metrics calculated by ACRL. Several files are included as supplemental content: "ACRL academic library survey -- URI FY2012 data.xlsx," the report (above) in spreadsheet format; "ACRL Statistics blank worksheet 2011-12.pdf," "2012 ACRL data entry printout - URI.pdf," a printout of URI's final FY2012 data as entered in the ACRL Web-based form; "ACRL Statistics Questionnaire 2011-12 …


The Southeastern Librarian V. 59, No. 4 (Winter 2012) Complete Issue Jan 2012

The Southeastern Librarian V. 59, No. 4 (Winter 2012) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 59, No. 4 (Winter 2012).


Create Your Own Cephalonian Method Adventure: An Interactive Session, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald Jan 2012

Create Your Own Cephalonian Method Adventure: An Interactive Session, Amanda Izenstark, Mary Macdonald

Public Services Faculty Publications

The Cephalonian Method has garnered much interest for its possibilities for engaging students in what could be an otherwise one-sided orientation program. This workshop will help attendees determine how and when to incorporate the Cephalonian Method into their sessions, how to discuss the technique with colleagues, and, most importantly, develop a set of Cephalonian Method questions that can be used in orientation and instruction sessions at their home libraries.


Dissertation Proposal In Progress: A Study Of The Impact Of Technology On Millennial Males Choosing The Library Profession, Heidi Blackburn Jan 2012

Dissertation Proposal In Progress: A Study Of The Impact Of Technology On Millennial Males Choosing The Library Profession, Heidi Blackburn

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This poster highlights the Purpose, Select Literature Review, Theoretical Lens, and Pilot Study on research studying the Impact of Technology on Millennial Males Choosing the Library Profession.


Acrl New England Scholarly Communication Special Interest Group Workshop: Open Access And Scholarly Societies: A Panel Discussion About The Opportunities And Challenges, Andrée J. Rathemacher Dec 2011

Acrl New England Scholarly Communication Special Interest Group Workshop: Open Access And Scholarly Societies: A Panel Discussion About The Opportunities And Challenges, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

This report covers a workshop held by the Scholarly Communications Interest Group of the Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC), an independent chapter of ACRL. The workshop, titled "Open Access and Scholarly Societies: A Panel Discussion About the Opportunities and Challenges," took place on November 18, 2011, at the Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.


Michelino: A Gay Short Story, Michael C. Vocino Dec 2011

Michelino: A Gay Short Story, Michael C. Vocino

Technical Services Faculty Publications

A chapter, a gay short story, about a central character in an as yet unpublished novel.


Using The Cloud For Collaboration And Productivity, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2011

Using The Cloud For Collaboration And Productivity, Amanda Izenstark

Public Services Faculty Presentations

Slides from a presentation, "Using the Cloud for Collaboration and Productivity" offered as part of the Rhode Island Library Association Program Technologies in Libraries: Today's Cutting Edge Services, at the Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning Commons, Kingston, RI, November 28, 2011


Library Impact Statement For Eec 497 Internship In Environmental Economics, Andrée J. Rathemacher Nov 2011

Library Impact Statement For Eec 497 Internship In Environmental Economics, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EEC 497 Internship in Environmental Economics. New course was supported iwth no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Andree J. Rathemacher. Requestion faculty member: Emi Uchida


Need Exceeds Space: A Serials Withdrawal Project At The University Of Rhode Island University Libraries, Brian T. Gallagher, Andrée J. Rathemacher Nov 2011

Need Exceeds Space: A Serials Withdrawal Project At The University Of Rhode Island University Libraries, Brian T. Gallagher, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Public Services Faculty Publications

In 2009, the University of Rhode Island’s main library, the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons in Kingston, initiated a pilot serials withdrawal project when the need for space for new services exceeded the space available in the library. A joint venture between Acquisitions and Access Services, the successful pilot led to a subsequent withdrawal project in summer 2010 to free additional space in the library. The print journals targeted for withdrawal were ones to which the library had online access through licensed journal archives. Considerations on what to withdraw, the process of identifying titles for withdrawal, and the …


Engaging New Partners In Transportation Research: Integrating Publishing, Archiving, And Indexing Of Technical Literature Into The Research Process, Mark P. Newton, Darcy M. Bullock, Charles Watkinson, Paul J. Bracke, Deborah K. Horton Nov 2011

Engaging New Partners In Transportation Research: Integrating Publishing, Archiving, And Indexing Of Technical Literature Into The Research Process, Mark P. Newton, Darcy M. Bullock, Charles Watkinson, Paul J. Bracke, Deborah K. Horton

Libraries Research Publications

transportation research. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) annually invests approximately $180 million in State Planning and Research (SPR) and University Transportation Centers (UTC). This investment generates an extensive portfolio of “grey literature” that is not yet uniformly cataloged or accessible, despite the best efforts of the National Technical Information Service, the Transportation Research Board, and the National Transportation Library. This paper reports on a review of publishing and archiving practices for transportation research technical reports, summarizes best practices, and recommends that UTC and SPR research programs seek and strengthen partnerships with libraries to facilitate improved production, stewardship and …


Where’S My Journal: Open Access And Digital Repositories, Andrée J. Rathemacher Nov 2011

Where’S My Journal: Open Access And Digital Repositories, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Presentation slides for the breakout session "Where’s My Journal: Open Access and Digital Repositories" at the 2020 Vision: The Future of URI Library Services Forum, University of Rhode Island Memorial Union, Kingston, RI. November 4, 2011.


Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2011

Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement for CSC 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection and Defense. No new library resources are required to support this course.


And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings — 30th Annual Charleston Conference. Creating A Mega Technical Services Department From Smaller Departments, Andrée Rathemacher Nov 2011

And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings — 30th Annual Charleston Conference. Creating A Mega Technical Services Department From Smaller Departments, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Brief summary of a session at the 30th Annual Charleston Conference, held in Charleston, S.C. in November 2010.


Acrl Peer Comparison For University Of Rhode Island Libraries, 2006-2010, Andree J. Rathemacher Oct 2011

Acrl Peer Comparison For University Of Rhode Island Libraries, 2006-2010, Andree J. 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 2006-2010. Metrics compared are: total library expenditures, total library materials expenditures, current serials expenditures, monographs expenditures, current serial subscriptions, number of monographic volumes purchased, salaries & wages professional staff, salaries & wages support staff, professional staff (fte), support staff (fte), and total library materials resource expenditures per student FTE.