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Open Access Publishing In Developed Countries: A Comparative Study Between United States Of America And United Kingdom, Irfan Ul Haq Akhoon

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study measured quantitatively the current position and growth of Open Access archives, at the first stage it gives a quantitative overview of Open Access archives established and published from different developing and developed countries. Further it focuses on a comparative study between United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK) the two developed nations. Open access journals indexed in Scopus database are being surveyed for this study. As the study is based on the data collected from the Scopus database upto July 2017, which shows that the total number of journals indexed are 36377 in which 63% …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 042, Number 06, November 6, 2017, Grand Valley State University

2017-2018, Volume 42

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 52, No. 22, November 6, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 52, July 10, 2017 - April 23, 2018

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Open Humanities: Strategies For Creating Open Access Course Materials, John Venecek, Christian Beck, John Raible, Sarah A. Norris, Lily Flick

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

As textbook affordability and access to information become important topics on university campuses and within the population more generally, finding ways to decrease book costs in a humanities classroom while providing the best possible resources for students emerges as a multi-disciplinary strategy that requires cooperation across campus. Open Access texts are a way to offer content for free, but humanities assembling this type of text in the humanities is often restricted by copyright and intellectual property. Utilizing materials found in public domain or with a Creative Commons license, however, provides an opportunity to create Open Access texts. In spring 2016, …

Relationship Between Information Literacy Standards And Organizational Creativity Among Employees Of An Iranian Company (A Case Of Tehran Electric Company), Hamid Ghazizadeh, Majid Tabarzadi, Ali Akbar Khasseh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

From the organizational perspective, the concept of creativity can be thought of as a new design for improving and enhancing the quantity or quality of activities. Few studies have been conducted on the employee organizational creativity and its relationship with information literacy standards (which is one of the essential requirements for creativity). This study tries to investigate the relationship between organizational creativity and information literacy standards and among employees of a manufacturing organization in Iran (Tehran Electric Company). The research uses a survey methodology. The study population consists of employees of Tehran Electric Company. A simple random sampling method was …

Jfk Assassination Records Collection In Government Documents, Minnesota State University, Mankato

History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Friends Of The Library Book Sale Fall 2017, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

The Friends of the Library hold an annual book sale to help fund the library.

Nonviolent Economics Ecn 399, Andrée Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Where The Old Meets The New: What Does The Next Generation Really Expect From Librarians?, Cheryl L. Blevens, Valentine K. Muyumba

Library Faculty and Staff

The paradigm of librarians who continue to follow the “traditional” behavior of sitting behind a Reference Desk expecting students to come to them, is shifting. A literature search reveals a variety of ways librarians are embracing “new” ways to connect with students. They are going where the students hang out: in the classroom, in residence halls, food courts, and student lounges. The reader of this paper is given a brief overview of literature searches that were conducted by the writers but the primary focus of the paper is on the library’s program of “Librarians in The Residence Halls (“LRH”),” where …

Launching A Web Archives Program At A Public University, Blake Graham, Jennifer L. Thoegersen, Mary Ellen Ducey

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Many organizations and institutions rely heavily on a web presence to disseminate information and to manage programs and policies. This tendency leaves library and archive professionals with a challenge: how best to capture and preserve web-based information and resources. Over the last few years, the proactive collection and management of web archives has gained traction across all types of libraries and archival repositories. This paper offers a synopsis of actions and initiatives conducted by a small team dedicated to creating a sustainable web archives program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. The authors discuss (1) how the project team formed …

State-It: Connecting Students To The Archives, Kayla Siddell, Katie Sutrina-Haney

Faculty and Staff Publications

The University Archives Department at Indiana State University (ISU) assists faculty, students, and the public by providing access to and preservation of primary resources and ISU history. Despite the resources and services available, archival holdings are often underused and receive few donations from students and student organizations. These students are often unaware of the function and uses of the archives. To address these concerns, Special Collections staff have created a website utilizing the Omeka platform called STATE-IT to engage students with the University Archives. This site houses digital archival materials, digital exhibits, and oral histories. STATE-IT also provides a quick …

Does A Nextgen Catalog Imply A Nextgen Library?, James T. Shaw

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Much has been written about Next Generation (or, NextGen) catalogs and their implications for searching and retrieval. The NextGen ideal moves beyond a discovery layer or federated search to approach a single database offering seamless access to all library resources. Criss Library at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is now four years into its experience with OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS), a NextGen catalog which merges the library’s WorldCat holdings with records from other sources ported in through a Knowledge Base. This presentation addresses several technical curiosities that users may encounter in WMS, but it also steps back to …

Collaborative Approaches To Digital Projects: Enhancing Collections Through Effective Access And Promotion, Yumi Ohira, Amy C. Schindler

Criss Library Faculty Publications

Academic libraries house a variety of primary historical materials in their archives and special collections. Increasingly, archivists and librarians charged with curation have turned to digitization, an effective access tool that addresses institutional constraints while offering worldwide access to collections. In addition, these digital collections can support the teaching and research mission of the university by ensuring the accessibility of the university’s historical materials of enduring value. Moreover, by using existing digital collections as a foundation for digital scholarship and digitizing physical collections in order to enhance their accessibility and visibility, libraries promote their teaching and research mission. Digitization facilitates …

The Challenges To Learning In A Digital Age: Exploring Issues Of Access And Equity, Sandy Avila, Sarah A. Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

As teaching and learning evolves to meet the demands of an increasingly digital world, we find these experiences transformed by hard unsolved problems and burgeoning opportunities yet to be explored and identified. Of critical importance to learning in the digital age are the issues of access and equity. These issues, while long prevalent in academia and beyond, have become increasingly more significant as the shift towards online and digital technologies provides new pedagogical possibilities we could not have predicted. Like faculty and students, libraries and librarians have equally felt this digital shift. The challenges faced provide an interconnected struggle that …

2016-2017 Use And Reach Of College Of Education Publications In Digital Scholarship@Unlv, Scholarly Communication Initiatives

Scholarly Communication Initiatives Department Reports

The College of Education Digital Scholarship Collection contains faculty publications, theses and dissertations, three journals including the newly launched Journal of Research in Technical Careers, and the college series Policy Issues in Nevada Education (added Sept 2017).

This report contains downloads (how many and where from-“reach”) for the 2016-2017 Academic Year (August 2016-July 2017) of fulltext materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Records that only contain metadata do not generate downloads and therefore are not reflected in the maps and show as 0 in the download report attached at the end.

Ghosted By Faculty: When You Build It And They Don’T Come, Meghan Salsbury, Heidi Blackburn, Tammi M. Owens

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Have you ever built a great online module or LibGuide only to have the collaborating faculty vanish after it’s finished? Moving face-to-face content into an online environment is a daunting task. This is especially true when the library takes on the task without prompting from the academic colleges on campus. The effort of producing engaging, interactive digital learning objects can make any librarian take pause, so when a faculty member requests it for a course, it can feel like half the battle is over. How about when you design an awesome student or faculty workshop only to have an empty …

Collaborative Approaches To Digital Projects: Enhancing Collections Through Effective Access And Promotion, Yumi Ohira

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Academic libraries house a variety of primary historical materials in their archives and special collections. Increasingly, archivists and librarians charged with curation have turned to digitization, an effective access tool that addresses institutional constraints while offering worldwide access to collections. In addition, these digital collections can support the teaching and research mission of the university by ensuring the accessibility of the university’s historical materials of enduring value. Moreover, by using existing digital collections as a foundation for digital scholarship and digitizing physical collections in order to enhance their accessibility and visibility, libraries promote their teaching and research mission. Digitization facilitates …

Challenges Of Utilization Of Online Information Resources By Undergraduate Students: Implications For Information Services, Cyprian Ifeanyi Ugwu, Emilia Nkem Orsu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to explore the direct and indirect factors underlying the students’ challenges with the use of online information resources in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and propose the implications of these challenges. This study used qualitative descriptive inductive content analysis that enabled the researchers to reveal who said what with respect to the research questions. Data were collected from a total of two hundred third year undergraduate students who visited the university library between September, 30, 2015 and March 31, 2016. The data collection was done through a questionnaire developed by the researchers. While the …

Your Online Identity As A Researcher, Michael Ladisch

Pacific Libraries Workshops

This workshop will help researchers to create an online identity as a way to better disseminate research and to collaborate. Social networks such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu will be introduced as well as Google Scholar profiles, Twitter for research, blogs and the ORCID identifier.

• Benefits (and where to be careful)
• Tools
• ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, LinkedIn
• Twitter, Facebook
• Blogs, Personal website
• ORCID ID and other identifiers
• Slideshare, figshare

Lanthorn, Vol. 52, No. 21, November 2, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 52, July 10, 2017 - April 23, 2018

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Colloquium Series: A Study In Library Faculty Engagement, Dana Haugh, Jamie Saragossi

Library Faculty Publications

This paper explores the implementation of a Colloquium Series intended to connect library faculty and staff through research projects, presentations, and proposals. The Series aims to foster collaboration among library faculty and staff as well as support the library's strategic goals for encouraging research, academic engagement, and learning in a semi-formal setting.

Holy Cross Chamber Singers Fall Concert: 2017 (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries

Library Resources for Campus Events

A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Music Library which provide additional information related to the Holy Cross Chamber Singers Fall Concert, performed on November 9, 2017 in the Brooks Concert Hall.

Digital Marketing Strategies In Libraries, Dana Haugh

Library Faculty Publications

In this paper, the author examines the importance of digital marketing in libraries across the United States. As patrons become more technologically savvy, libraries are tasked with expanding their presence to digital landscapes. One way to do so is to implement simple and effective digital campaigns. This step can ensure ensure libraries remain relevant and indispensable to the patrons they serve. Marketing, once thought to be an unnecessary expense for libraries, is fast becoming a necessity. This paper explores different contemporary views on digital marketing in libraries.

Library Monthly - November/December 2017, Lea Iadarola, Sabine Dantus, Alison Leonard, Tsukasa Cherkaoui, Jordan Chussler, Jared Wellman, Leecy Barnett

Library Newsletter

In this issue:

• SPIRAL: The Library's Latest Acquisition, An Institutional Repository
• Information Literacy: What is It?
• Introducing Classical Scores Library
• Librarian Assistance for Struggling Students
• Database Trials
• Open Call for Proposals
• YouTube: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Himmelfarb Headlines - November/December 2017, George Washington University, Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users.

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts November 2017, James Roger Weaver

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine statistical quick facts for November 2017.

Archiving Constituent Services Data Of The U.S. Congress, Danielle Emerling, John Caldwell, Hope Bibens, Natalie Bond, Alison White

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The Society of American Archivists Congressional Papers Section formed the CSS/CMS Task Force in August 2016 to study the issue of constituent correspondence management systems, and this report addresses the ongoing development and use of constituent services data in Congress; the vendors, systems, and functionality; and the obstacles faced by collecting repositories. It provides an overview of research conducted with analog constituent correspondence and the vast potential for research with constituent data. The report recommends a vested advocacy coalition to support management guidelines in member offices, in commercial vendors working with congressional offices, and in collecting repositories, and it calls …

Enhancing Information Literacy Using Bernard Lonergan's Generalized Empirical Method: A Three-Year Case Study In A First Year Biology Course., Lisa M. Rose-Wiles, Marian Glenn, Doreen Stiskal

Praxis Publications

This paper describes a three-year long collaborative project between a science librarian, a biology professor and a physical therapy professor to improve information literacy in an undergraduate biology laboratory course. The authors used Bernard J. Lonergan’s Generalized Empirical Method (GEM) as a cognitional framework, emphasizing the role of experience, understanding, judgement and action in conducting research. They focused on the selection, integration and citation of scholarly articles in formal laboratory reports. The science librarian became embedded in the course, delivering information literacy instruction sessions, grading and providing feedback on the use of information sources in the lab reports. Overall the …

Wayfinding Meets Library App: What Students Want From A Mobile Library Experience, Teagan Eastman, Whitney Lewis, Breanne Krystine Litts

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Wayfinding refers to how someone navigates a space. Indoor maps, directories, and more recently, digital mobile maps are used as wayfinding aids.

Porter Henderson Library Display: Aviation History Month, Angelo State University

Aeronautics

Bibliography and photograph of a display of government documents from Angelo State University, Porter Henderson Library, San Angelo, Texas.