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Fy2010 Association Of College And Research Libraries (Acrl) Statistical Survey: University Of Rhode Island Data

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

The main document posted here is a report generated from the online subscription service ACRLMetrics. The report contains FY2010 data as submitted by the University of Rhode Island Libraries for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2009-2010 statistical survey. It also provides additional metrics calculated by ACRL. Several files are included as supplemental content: "ACRL academic library survey -- URI FY2010 data.xlsx," the report (above) in spreadsheet format; "2010 ACRL data entry printout - URI.pdf," a printout of URI's final FY2010 data as entered in the ACRL Web-based form; "ACRL Statistics Questionnaire 2009-10 Instructions.pdf;" "ACRL Statistics FAQ September …

Refworks Usage Statistics 2009-2010

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

RefWorks is a subscription-based, online software product that helps researchers save, organize, and format bibliographic citations. This report provides monthly statistics on the usage of RefWorks by the URI community for 2009-2010. Data provided include total monthly users, new users, repeat users, total sessions per month, average sessions per user, total references added, and average number of references added per user.

Also provided is an annual "snapshot" of the total number of references and registered users, broken down by self-identified departmental affiliation and type (undergrad, grad, faculty, etc.).

The Southeastern Librarian V. 58, No. 2 (Summer 2010) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 58, No. 2 (Summer 2010).

Cataloging Unit Statistics 2009-2010, Amar K. Lahiri

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual productivity statistics from the Cataloging Unit of the University of Rhode Island Library for 2009-2010. Includes total number of copy-cataloged records and original catalog records created. Also includes bibliographic and item records created, modified, and deleted in the local Innovative Interfaces library system.

Digitalcommons@University Of Rhode Island Statistics 2009-2010

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of full text downloads from the DigitalCommons@University of Rhode Island institutional repository for 2009-2010. Data are provided monthly on the number of full text downloads by collection and document, and on the number of referrals by domain and country. Dissertations are included in the statistics. Digital Commons statistics are COUNTER-compliant, with downloads from robots and automated processes filtered out.

Georgia Library Quarterly, Summer 2010, Susan Cooley

Georgia Library Quarterly

Complete issue of Georgia Library Quarterly, Summer 2010, vol. 47, no. 3.

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2009-2010

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2009 through June 2010. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.

Cataloging Online Usage Statistics For F/Y 2010

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Monthly productivity and collection statistics for the Cataloging Unit, University Libraries, University of Rhode Island. Data for fiscal year includes the number of exported records, authority work and number of searches that were performed using OCLC's WorldCat online service.

Prepare To Be Googled: Social Media, Privacy, And Your Digital Reputation, Amanda Izenstark

Public Services Faculty Presentations

Slides from a presentation for the Orphan Foundation of America, "Prepare to be Googled: Social media, privacy, and your digital reputation," part of a series of training sessions for volunteer mentors.

2010 New England Technical Services Librarians Spring Conference: Crosswalks To The Future: Library Metadata On The Move, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Martha Rice Sanders, Michael A. Cerbo Ii

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Report on the 2010 New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Spring Conference, held on April 15, 2010 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sustainable Scholarship Forum, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Report on the "Sustainable Scholarship Forum," held on March 30, 2010 in Boston and hosted by Ithaka S+R.

The Southeastern Librarian V. 58, No. 1 (Spring 2010) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 58, No. 1 (Spring 2010).

Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2010, Susan Cooley

Georgia Library Quarterly

Complete issue of Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2010, vol. 47, no. 2.

Report Of The Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force, Michael Vocino, Michael Cerbo, Margaret J. Keefe, Sarina Wyant

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

March 2010 report to the faculty of the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island by the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force.

On December 17, 2009 in a letter to its members, the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force was created by Dean David Maslyn at the request of the December 2009 Library Faculty Meeting. The charge from the Dean read: “Based upon the motion made at the faculty meeting of 12/4/2009, the Dean appoints the following people to an Ad Hoc Task Force to 'study and establish policy and procedures' for the possible establishment and implementation of a library …

The Southeastern Librarian V. 57, No. 4 (Winter 2010) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 57, No. 4 (Winter 2010).

Improving Financial Information Literacy In Introduction To Financial Accounting, Anne Kelly, Teresa Williams, Brad S. Matthies, J. Burdeane Orris

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

The motivation for this study came from a desire to improve teaching of the use of accounting information for decision making. The information literacy standards and related performance indicators guided the development of a semester-long case study by accounting faculty and academic business librarians. Their collaboration yielded a series of instruction modules and related student exercises leading up to a group activity involving the evaluation of a company as a potential investment for retirement savings. Students enrolled in two sections of an introductory accounting course volunteered to participate in this study. They provided information about their knowledge before and after …

Georgia Library Quarterly, Winter 2010, Susan Cooley

Georgia Library Quarterly

Complete issue of Georgia Library Quarterly, Winter 2010, vol. 47, no. 1.

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2008-2009

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2008 through June 2009. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.

Library Impact Statement For Bus 390 Junior Career Passport Program

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 390 Junior Career Passport Program. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Andrée Rathemacher. Requesting faculty member: Deborah Rosen.

Brave New (Pedagogical) World: Participating In The Selection Of – And Actually Using – A New Course Management System, Amanda Izenstark

Public Services Faculty Presentations

When the University of Rhode Island was faced with the opportunity to upgrade the current course management system (CMS) or to select a new one, two librarians asked for a seat at the table. Once the decision was made, one librarian opted to dive into the new system and run a section of an online 3-credit Information Literacy class using the newly adopted technology. Both the librarian – the first instructor on campus to move an entire class into the system – and the students in the class became pioneers in a new pedagogical world. This paper presentation will describe …

Library Impact Statement For Evs/Nrs/Eec 109 Introduction To Sustainable Energy Issues

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EVS/NRS/EEC 109 Introduction to Sustatinable Energy Issues. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Andrée J. Rathemacher. Requesting faculty member: Professor Marion Gold.

Intelligent Search From Multiple Resources Of Purdue Library, Dzung Hong, Luo Si, Paul Bracke, Michael Witt, Timothy C. Juchcinski

Libraries Research Publications

Besides web resources that are visible to traditional search engines such as Google or Bing, there are a large portion of the web that is invisible to them. For example, the Purdue Library has access to more than 400 databases. Most of them contain documents that are not reachable by traditional web crawlers due to security, technical limitations or copyright agreement. The only way to search and retrieve documents from those databases is through their service interfaces, which implement different methods of indexing and searching. Given a large number of databases available, it is difficult for users to select the …

Library Impact Statement For Sus/Ecn/Com 108 Spaceship Earth

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course [program] proposal for SUS/ECN/COM 108 Spaceship Earth. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Andrée J. Rathemacher. Requesting faculty members: Art Mead, Judith Swift.

Library Impact Statement For Lrs/Mba 573 Staffing Organizations

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for LRS/MBA 573 Staffing Organizations. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Andrée J. Rathemacher. Requesting faculty member: Professor Anthony R. Wheeler.

What Color Is Your Paratext?, Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

In the final vision session of the 2009 NASIG Annual Conference, Geoffrey Bilder from CrossRef discussed the problem of how to identify trustworthy scholarly information on the Internet. This problem is exacerbated by readers’ growing distrust of intermediaries such as publishers and librarians, by the fact that the Internet lacks the traditions that have developed in scholarly communication to ensure trust, and by the sheer amount of information now readily available. Paratext is understood as anything outside of a text that sets expectations about that text. In the past, paratext, for example a publisher logo, provided important clues as to …

What The Text Is Happening? : Texting, Mobile Communications And The Academic Library, Audrey Defrank, Linda Parker

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Academic libraries are looking for ways to stay relevant to the Millennial/Internetgeneration. At the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Criss Library, we are conducting a pilot study on mobile computing to provide people to people (p2p) reference services. We will use smart phones and iPhones to interact with students who need information assistance. The study's objectives are the following: 1. Collect data to inform decisions about budgeting, reference services and staffing to re-tool for mobile computing; 2. Identify the audience for mobile computing; 3. Identify the skill sets needed by staff; 4. Create an action plan for redefining the …

The Southeastern Librarian V. 57, No. 3 (Fall 2009) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 57, No. 3 (Fall 2009).

Georgia Library Quarterly, Fall 2009, Susan Cooley

Georgia Library Quarterly

Complete issue of Georgia Library Quarterly, Fall 2009, vol. 46, no. 4.

24th Annual Conference Reports, Vision Sessions. What Color Is Your Paratext? By Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Serials Unit Annual Report 2008-2009, Andree J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual report of the Serials Unit, University Library, University of Rhode Island. Covers personnel, work flow, subscriptions, and statistics on expenditures by a number of variables.