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Documenting The British East India Company And Their Involvement In The East Indian Slave Trade, Bonnie Pinkston

SLIS Connecting

The histories of the British East India Company, possessions, political influence, and economic ventures have shaped the dynamics of modern history. The enormity of the British East India Company (EIC) and other European trade companies’ impact on globalized world trade has been the subject of numerous studies. Yet, as many scholars have pointed out the topic has lacked proper attention regarding the Indian Ocean slave trade, particularly when it involved the transportation of people from nations other than from the continent of Africa. As Jayasuriya (2005, 2006) stated, “Africans were not the only people to be enslaved within the boundaries …

Through The Lens: World War I Photography As Historical Record, Kimberly Holifield

SLIS Connecting

Soldiers of the First World War viewed their experience not only through the lens that surrounds a colored iris but also through the lens of a camera. World War I marked the first time that the camera traveled with amateurs to war. Unencumbered by the assortment of nineteenth-century equipment necessary to develop a single photograph, soldiers of the new century used the camera to capture their personal view of war (Carmichael, 1989). Their pictures tell a story of comradeship, the daily drudgeries of duty, and sacrifice. Words convey thoughts and emotions. A photograph captures them for display.

The Feminist Library: “History Is Herstory, Too”, Lauren B. Dodd

SLIS Connecting

The Feminist Library is not a typical public library; it is an organization with roots in the historical revolution. Its history, services, and classification system are unique; its collection is irreplaceable. The purpose of this study is to document the history, resources, and organization of the Feminist Library in London, England.

Historic Pubs Of London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Teresa S. Welsh Mlis, Ph.D.

SLIS Connecting

Inhabitants of Great Britain have been brewing and drinking ale since the Bronze Ages. The province of Britannia and its capital Londinium were ruled by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago. Romans were great builders of roads that connected tabernae, which served food, wine, and local ale. These tabernae displayed vine leaves outside to advertise their trade.

After the Romans left, alehouses became common, as ale was safer than water, which was becoming increasingly polluted with an expanding Medieval population. In 1393, King Richard II ordered: "Whosoever shall brew ale in the town with intention of selling it must …

British Studies Interview, Martha Attridge Bufton, Teresa S. Welsh

SLIS Connecting

Interview by British Studies 2015 alumna Martha Attridge Bufton, University of Alberta, for an article, "Crossing the Pond: MLIS Students Researching in the U.K." published in Open Shelf (http://open-shelf.ca/, March 2016), updated and used by permission.

Remembering A Visit To The World’S Oldest Carnegie Library, Matthew R. Griffis

SLIS Connecting

Remembering a British Studies class visit to the first Carnegie Library in Dunfermline, Scotland, one of over 2,800 Carnegie libraries worldwide at the turn of the last century. In their day, Carnegie libraries were more than just charming buildings; they fueled a growing enthusiasm among the masses for the existence of free, tax-supported public libraries intended to enrich their parent communities—especially those for which no comparable institution had existed before.

Student Associations: News And Events

SLIS Connecting

News and events from SLIS student groups: Library and Information Science Students Association (LISSA) and Southern Miss Student Archivists (SMSA).

From The Gas: Congratulations, Publications, Presentations

SLIS Connecting

News and congratulations from SLIS Graduate Assistants for student, alumni, and faculty accomplishments, publications, and presentations.

Spotlights: Faculty, Alumnus, And Courses

SLIS Connecting

Spotlighting SLIS Director Teresa Welsh, SLIS alumnus Amed Demirhan, and British Studies LIS study-abroad courses.

Director's Report

SLIS Connecting

Welcome to a special issue of SLIS Connecting on British Studies. Read the report on the British Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections class offered each summer in London and the selection of students’ British Studies research papers in this issue.

How We Done It Good: Research Through Design As A Legitimate Methodology For Librarianship, Rachel Ivy Clarke

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

“How we done it good” publications—a genre concerning project-based approaches that describe how (and sometimes why) something was done—are often rebuked in the library research community for lacking traditional scientific validity, reliability, and generalizability. While scientific methodologies may be a common approach to research and inquiry, they are not the only methodological paradigms. This research posits that the “how we done it good” paradigm in librarianship reflects a valid and legitimate approach to research. By drawing on the concept of research through design, this study shows how these “how we done it good” projects reflect design methodologies which draw …

Try It! Learn To Improve Guides And Websites Using Design Research Methods, Ashley Hoffman, Amy Barker

Faculty Articles

Keeping our libraries “Open to All” includes providing online content that students can easily navigate whenever and wherever they are. Designing from the student perspective requires data, but design research methods can be intimidating and time-consuming. During this interactive session, you’ll learn two design research techniques, card sorting and task-based usability testing. You will gain hands-on experience in planning, designing, and conducting both research methods, including practical tips we gleaned from our own redesign of our research guides.

The Anchor, Volume 132.05: October 3, 2018, Hope College

The Anchor: 2018

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Collaborations Infrastructure Research Support, Amanda Page, Sebastian Karcher, Paul Bern

Librarian Publications

Different organizations providing research infrastructure often co-exist within the same university, failing to benefit from each others expertise and duplicating efforts.

Library Newsletter (Fall 2018), Holy Cross Libraries

Holy Cross Libraries Newsletters

Announcements and other items of interest related to the services offered by the libraries at the College of the Holy Cross.

Podcasting The Place: Using Tech To Create Community, Rachel S. Evans

Presentations

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Relevance And Quality Of Refresher Course In Educational Technology Among The Fraternity Of Agricultural And Allied Sciences: A Survey @Aarem, Dhrm, Ccs Hau, Hisar (India), Bhanu Partap

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Education will play an important role in everyone’s life. Education made the life disciplined in students and develops ethics among them to become an informed and civilized human being. In every education system, students, teachers and contents are playing very important role equally. If students are the main factor in education system then teachers are the backbone of the system that will shape the future of aspirant students. Before making the students aware and educated, teachers must be well versed in his concerned field of specialization. Teachers should be updating their knowledge by the means of various ways such as …

Use And Awareness Of Reference Management Software Among Community College Students, Ajatshatru Pathak, Sarah Johnson,

Publications and Research

This research study investigates the use and awareness of reference management software (RMS) among community college students. An in-person survey was conducted in April and May 2017 at two mid-sized urban public community colleges in New York City. Researchers recruited 124 participants for this survey. The 13-item survey instrument was designed to determine participants’ awareness and use of RMS. The results show a low awareness and use of RMS among community college students regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, field of study, undergraduate class level, English proficiency, or academic level. The article discusses areas for further research and suggests strategies …

The Status Of Women In Stem In Higher Education: A Literature Review 2007-2017, Heidi Blackburn, Tarun Chaturvedi

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Use Google to search “Women in STEM in higher education” and see what comes up. What if you were an administrator trying to write a grant to recruit female students in IT? Or an instructor trying to advise a student club for women in computer science? In recent years, the spotlight on STEM education has given rise to hundreds of studies ranging from the recruitment and retention of women students to the workplace climate of women faculty and staff. This information was not easily available in one location for use in reports, press releases, curriculum, or grants. Through a Carnegie-Whitney …

Open Illinois: Supporting Open Educational Resources As A Consortium, Anne Shelley, Anne Chernaik, Kathy Ladell

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) comprises 128 diverse member libraries, including 13 public universities, 39 community colleges, and 76 private, research, and special libraries. In 2016, member libraries began to ask CARLI staff about joining the Open Textbook Network (OTN), a membership organization anchored at the University of Minnesota that promotes access, affordability, and student success through the use of open textbooks. Part of the University of Illinois System, CARLI is funded by State of Illinois appropriations and at the time was unable to afford the OTN membership fee due to the historic 736-day “budget …

Satisfaction Of Library Services By Catholic Religious In Ss. Peter And Paul Seminary, Ibadan, Nigeria, Oyedele Abimbola Ojeniyi Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries not only acquire, organize, retrieve and disseminate information but also provide some services such as references services, current awareness, selective dissemination of information, document delivery services and inter-library loan services. Others include internet, audiovisual, reprographic, customer relation and user education services. The sole aim of these services is to satisfy the information needs of the users and clienteles of the library. The catholic religious who are studying to become priests have information needs not only for their academics but also for their pastoral training, which is given a greater priority towards their eligibility as priests. Therefore, they need to …

University Libraries News, Georgia Southern University Libraries

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Henderson Library RESEARCH BOOT CAMP
• Register to Vote by October 9th
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Library And Information Services For The Attainment Of Sustainable Development Goals, Ozonuwe Opene Sunday Oos, Blessing Inyang Johnson Jbi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

The greatest problem of any society is lack of authentic, efficient and right information to function effectively. No society can function without proper information, as such, this paper tends to examine the roles of the library in providing information services for the attainment of sustainable development goals, three research objectives were set to put the paper in the right perspective. It also emphasized the roles libraries plays in the society which are educational, informational, research, conservational, cultural and reference roles. The paper focused on eight of the seventeen points Sustainable development goals. The challenges libraries and librarian may face …

10-2018 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2018.

Family Literacy Night Fall 2018, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Free books and snacks for families. In partnership with the Diversity and Equity Center and the Early Childhood Education Department.

Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2018, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Linked Data, Bibframe And Rda Walk Into A Bar..., Amy B. Parsons

Faculty Bibliography

This poster illustrates basic introduction and concepts of linked data and how it relates to RDA and Bibframe. Currently catalogers in libraries are struggling with learning these new concepts and keeping up with our traditional cataloging knowledge and workflows. Linked data brings us a step closer to global bibliographic control. The MARC record is not going away any time soon but catalogers should be aware of these concepts and models as they are being developed for our workflows in the future.

Jim Udden, Professor Of Cinema & Media Studies, Musselman Library, James N. Udden

Next Page

In this Next Page column, we ask Jim Udden, Professor of Cinema & Media Studies, to talk books instead of films. Find out which authors make him laugh, his go-to source for reading about new books, and what he is planning to read as soon as his end-of-semester grading is complete.

Fall 2018, Friends Of Dacus Library

Friends of Dacus Library Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Message from the Chair
Table Sponsorships Available
Rock Hill Symphony
Dacus, Dragons,Monsters, Oh My!
Meet Diann Smothers, FOD Liaison
Digital Commons 100,000 Downloads

Emerging Roles Of Health Information Professionals For Library And Information Science Curriculum Development: A Scoping Review, Jinxuan Ma, Lynne Stahl, Erica Knotts

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Objective: This scoping review identified the emerging and evolving roles of health information professionals (HIPs) in a range of tasks and settings, as they adapt to varied user needs, while keeping up with changing medical landscapes to provide evidence-based information support in grand rounds and scholarly research. The review aims to inform library school students about expected entry-level job qualifications and faculty about adaptable changes to specialized HIP curricula.

Methods: The authors examined 268 peer-reviewed journal articles that concentrated on evolving HIP roles, professional settings, and contexts by retrieving results from several multidisciplinary databases.

Results: HIPs, who generally serve as …