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The Espy Project: From Paper Archives To Digital Scholarship, Mark Wolfe, Melissa Mcmullen, Amanda Partridge

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

The M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives has digitized the most complete existing collection of execution records and is making them available for digital scholarship. M. Watt Espy spent his life documenting the death penalty in the United States. He created over 24,000 index cards and over 100,000 pages of reference material to document each case. The project connects this source material to a problematic 1980s-era execution dataset. We implemented Samvera’s open source digital repository software, Hyrax, which provides online access to all of the digitized materials. Hyrax allows users to query digital collections for online viewing or …

Technology And Power In The Digital Age Lti 450g, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Timelords & Timelines: Four Web Apps For Storytelling In Libraries, Rachel S. Evans, Sharon Bradley, David Rutland

Presentations

From online embeds to interactive displays, timelines can serve many purposes and tell powerful stories. In this panel librarians discuss collaboration and how to bring history to life through displays, events and online platforms for engaging students and preserving community milestones. Four of our favorite tools for creating digital timelines and gathering content will be shared including Prezi, TikiToki, TimeToast, and Piktochart. Comparisons will be given based on cost, technical limitations, and general ease of use. Specific examples will also be shared and discussed.

Comparison Usability Testing: Classic Online Catalog Vs. Ebsco Discovery Layer, Marie Mize, Rachel S. Evans, Jason Tubinis

Presentations

For years we have offered our EBSCO discovery layer service (EDS) as a secondary search tool in addition to our traditional online catalog (GAVEL) linking to both from the library website. However, the traditional catalog search, also known as “Classic GAVEL”, is always listed first while EDS, also known as “GAVEL & Beyond”, is listed second. Although maintenance has continued for populating EDS with library records on a daily basis, customization for this interface and sharing it with our users has not been prioritized. Before making any decisions related to changing the primary location our users experience when searching the …

Open Parks Network: Partnering For Expanded Access, Dlf 2019, 7x, Joshua Morgan, Jamie Rogers

Presentations

The OPN has been a digitization and hosting program between the NPS and Clemson University since 2010. Our next goal is to unite NPS collections from other institutions to create a vast network of National Parks material under one cloud. Florida International University will be our first partner institution.

The Great Csu Weed Of 2019, Amy B. Parsons, Emily Crews

Faculty Bibliography

We kicked. We screamed. We coped. We survived. We will tell you how. In early 2019, The Columbus State University Schwob Memorial (Main) library faced a MASSIVE weeding project like nothing they had coped with before. In this presentation, two librarians, Amy Parsons from Technical services and Emily Crews from Reference services, will share their workflows, public relations challenges, a few best practices, and changes that will be implemented. Oftentimes, libraries have to be torn apart to build them back better. This will be a lighthearted conversation on how we handled this challenge. We will also share a fall update …

Une Ufa Aac Library Subcommittee Resource Highlight: Quick Student Research Help Via Une Library Services’ Web Pages, Une Library Services

UFA AAC Library Sub-Committee Library Resource Highlights

October 2019 library resources highlight compiled for the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee's Library Sub-committee at the University of New England. Focus on: Resources for quick student research assistance on the library web pages, including finding and evaluating sources, guides and tutorials, and help with citations.

“Tell Us What You Think:” Results Of An Exploratory Study Of Student Feedback On An Academic Library, Anne Grant, Jessica Serrao, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

Last September, the Dean of Libraries created the Campus Feedback Task Force to “develop a process by which Clemson Libraries [could] solicit online and in-person feedback from students, faculty and staff on campus.” In response, Task Force members prepared a marketing strategy and three methods of soliciting feedback: online via our 10 Days to Have Your Say blog and social media, and in-person through tabling across campus. This presentation discusses the details of how the Task Force met its charge, summarizes the 804 responses received, reflects on what worked and what we would do differently next time, and outlines the …

What The Japanese, The Swedes, And The Minimalists Can Teach Us About Library Instruction, Sharon Bradley

Presentations

The presenter summarizes the lessons to be learned and applied to instructional efforts from a number of popular organizing schemes. Participants will learn how these various productivity and lifestyle programs can help librarians:

• Declutter and better organize our presentations.
• Develop a syllabus or lesson plans filled with things we love.

And help our patrons or students:

• Develop practices and procedures to get things done.
• Find joy as well as relevant information.

There will be an online guide with tips and suggestions. Anyone doing any kind of instruction will be interested in this program and there is no advance knowledge needed.

Georgia Southern University Libraries And College Of Education Receive "Great Stories Club" Grant From The American Library Association, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Georgia Southern University Libraries and College of Education receive "Great Stories Club" grant from the American Library Association

Professionalism And Educational Research & Involvement The Importance Of Librarians Showing Up And Showing Out, Joe Swanson Jr., Roland Bernard Welmaker Sr.

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

Mapping Metadata At A Public University, Blake Graham, Harriet Wintermute, Margaret Mering

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

This session explores the purpose of metadata application profiles (MAP), and how a team of practitioners at a public university developed a single MAP representing metadata elements and values from multiple repositories.

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PowerPoint (.pptx) slides attached below.

The Search Activity Of Disaster Mitigation Information Through The Use Of Smartphones In Kersaratu Village, Sidamulih District, Pangandaran Regency, Iriana Bakti, Priyo Subekti, Hanny Hafiar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The landslide is one of the natural disasters that poses a serious threat in the Kersaratu Village, Sidamulih District, Pangandaran Regency, therefore a serious disaster relief is needed. However, the village has not received disaster mitigation training from related parties, so that most of the community does not understand how to deal with the landslide. For this reason, the village head and his staff and Youth Organization tried to search for information on disaster management using a smartphone, then the results of the search were disseminated to the community. This study aims to obtain an overview of the motivation, objectives, …

Curriculum Library Book Fair: October 2019, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Scholastic book fair hosted by the CWU curriculum library in Black Hall.

Census 2020: You've Got Questions; We've Got Answers, Central Washington University, Aimée Quinn

Brooks Library Events

Part 2 of the Census series. A free community event to learn what the 2020 Census is about, how it differs from past censuses, and potential implications for redistricting. This second part (of a three part series) will focus on the importance of student participation in the Census.

Stranded Behind Bars: The Failure Of Retributive Justice (Research Materials), Holy Cross Libraries

Library Resources for Campus Events

A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Stranded Behind Bars: The Failure of Retributive Justice," a lecture by Erin Kelly, professor of philosophy at Tufts University and author of “The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility” (Harvard University Press, 2018), who explains how retributive justice exaggerates the moral meaning of criminal guilt, normalizes excessive punishment, and distracts from shared responsibility for social injustice.

The lecture was sponsored by the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, and was held at the College of the Holy Cross …

How To Hack Outreach: An A To Z Guide Of Collaborative Ideas, Tips & Tools, Rachel S. Evans, Sharon Bradley, Marie Mize, Szilvia Somodi, David Rutland

Presentations

In an increasingly digital word, how do we communicate to library users? How can librarians and staff collaborate effectively on a variety of outreach efforts? In this session, panelists from UGA Law Library take turns sharing an alphabetically organized catalog of favorite tools, tips and general ideas including library displays, social media, and face-to-face offerings. At the close of the presentation attendees will have a chance to ask questions, participate in an open discussion about what has worked or not for them and why, and take a handout of our complete A to Z guide with resource links and examples.

Successful User Experience Active Listening + Creative Solutions = Building Relationships, Engaging Older Adult Patrons, Kay Coates, Dylitchrous Thompson

University Libraries: Faculty Presentations

Presentation given at Georgia Libraries Conference

A brief discussion on ways librarians can use design thinking strategies to support older adult library users. With more university libraries serving the public, academic librarians must be prepared to serve non-traditional students and multi-generational patrons. In particular, older adult library patrons often surface with unique research quests ranging from leisurely bylines, life-long learning to ancestral pursuits and more. Assessing their distinct needs yields opportunities to serve this population of users through relationship building, knowledge-based content, and access privileges. Design thinking solutions can equip academic librarians to effectively engage, support, and satisfy the diverse …

University Scholar Series: Craig Simpson, Craig Simpson

University Scholar Series

The Kent State Shootings at 50: Rage, Reflection, and Remembrance

Drawing from over 50 interviews from The Kent State Shootings Oral History Project, the authors examine how these detailed, varied and at-times contradictory accounts challenge and deepen our understanding of the events of May 4, 1970, which culminated in four KSU students killed and nine more wounded by gunfire from the Ohio National Guard. Simpson will explore how their methodology led to both obstacles and opportunities, resulting in a text departing in some ways from its original conception, yet one that fulfilled their objective to show how “The Long …

Data Management Plans - What You Need To Know, Michele Gibney, Barbara Sasso

Pacific Libraries Workshops

Talk directed at all Pacific researchers including faculty and graduate students. Michele Gibney, University Libraries, and Barbara Sasso, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, will cover the importance of data management planning from grant and journal requirements to transparency and accountability in the research process. Presenters will demo the DMPTool, a useful and free resource.

High Mountain Valley Local Authors Collections: Jampa Dorje, Central Washington University, Jampa Dorje

Brooks Library Events

Jampa Dorje, also known as Richard Denner, is Ellensburg’s resident Tibetan Buddhist monk. This reception celebrates the collection of works by local authors that Jampa Dorje collected and donated to the CWU Archives and Special Collections. A talk by Mr. Dorje on the collection will be followed by a reception and tour of the Archives.

Fashion E-Commerce Tmd 333, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Vocal Pedagogy Mus 445, Jim Kinnie

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Research Science: Principles And Practice Bio 200, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

From The Mansion To The University, And Now, The World: Armstrong's History Available From Digital Commons@Georgia Southern, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• From the Mansion to the University, and Now, the World: Armstrong's History Available from Digital Commons@Georgia Southern

On The Reactionary Treatment Of American Radicals By J. Edgar Hoover's Fbi, Sonia Potter

Student Projects from the Archives

African Americans, who had been systematically oppressed from the very beginning of their time in the United States, were calling more and more loudly for freedom and equality in the mid-twentieth century. Compounded with the fear and hatred of communism was also a fear of black Americans ascending to the same societal plane as white Americans, especially among individuals and groups of people who held racist views and had reservations about equality between blacks and whites.

One of the groups of people who seemed to have reservations about such a concept was the United States’ own Federal Bureau of Investigation …

Tuberculosis Patient Number 296 In The Daniel Harris Papers, Margaret Stehura, Cristopher Shell, Zachary Piette

Student Projects from the Archives

This essay examines Susan Sontag's _Illness as Metaphor_ alongside Daniel Harris's studies of those admitted for tuberculosis care at the Saranac Lake Sanitarium. While both Sontag’s perceptions and Patient 296’s tubercular reality may not be 100% aligned with one another (i.e., lived experience of someone with tuberculosis versus historical perceptions of the disease itself), by combining both aspects we are able to develop a fairly crystalline image of what it was like to actually have tuberculosis at this point in time. In doing so, it becomes clear that while some perceptions of tuberculosis may have been fairly misguided, it was …

“Failure Of Will”?: Tb Patient Narratives And Susan Sontag’S Illness As Metaphor, Bryon Dickon, Ashley Gonzalez

Student Projects from the Archives

Susan Sontag outlines in Illness as Metaphor the romantic narratives of what she called a “tubercular personality.” Sontag writes the following in doing so, describing one key aspect of romantic tuberculosis: “TB was understood, like insanity, to a kind of one-sidedness; a failure of will or an overintensity…the tubercular was considered to be someone quintessentially vulnerable, and full of self-destructive whims” (63-64). “A failure of will” and “quintessential vulnerability” form a set of characteristics through which a narrative of the “tubercular personality” is constructed. The tubercular narrative Sontag describes is based on a wide variety of stereotypes. This creates a …

“Ships, Vol. 2” Beyond Transport, Combat And Tourism: A Study Into Ships On Postcards, Janos Jalics

Student Projects from the Archives

Over several millennia, ships have been displayed in all sorts of media ranging from commercials to diaries and newspapers. When the postcard was invented in 1869, various ships began appearing on them. Postcards with ships became far more than a way to message. They became advertisements, showcases of paintings, and repositories of information. Postcards gave ships a new purpose and unique audiences in the name of advertisement, art, and knowledge, as this essay will show by examining “Ships, Vol. 2”of the David P. Campbell Postcard Collection at The University of Akron.

Replicating Nontraditional Postcards From The Archive, Cristopher Shell

Student Projects from the Archives

The purpose of this project is to digitize and replicate nontraditional postcards from the David P. Campbell Postcard Collection from Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology.I set out to find the easiest way to replicate a few postcards that are nontraditional in one way or another. The method I came to involves using a Cricut Printer and the Cricut Design Space to scan and upload the complex shapes. The result was that I could very easily replicate any of the three chosen postcards with little to no trouble. I concluded that, even though Cricut Printers …