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Using Chat Metadata To Learn About Our Users, Vera Lux, Linda Rich

University Libraries Faculty Publications

The adoption of a proactive, popup chat service prompted an analysis of chat metadata and transcripts to gain a better understanding of our chat users for future decision-making. We analyzed the library pages from where chats initiated, examined chat transcript topics, and identified locations via IP addresses. Through this we learned more about our chat users and where they are most likely to encounter difficulties and seek assistance.

Editorial Staff & State Representatives

The Southeastern Librarian

Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.

Deposit In Local Ir V. Deposit In Researchgate, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides from a presentation at the 2017 Boston OA Advocates Meeting, which took place on July 19, 2017 at Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Also included as supplementary files are the speakers' notes and the meeting agenda.

Green V. Gold, Or Chatter About How Green Oa Is Not Cutting It, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Andrée Rathemacher's prompts for a discussion at the 2017 Boston OA Advocates Meeting, which took place on July 19, 2017 at Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Also included as supplementary files are presentation slides and the meeting agenda.

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submission to The Southeastern Librarian.

2017 Annual Report, Hedi Benaicha

Library Reports

The 2017 Annual Report includes an executive summary, statistical graphics, and goals for the 2018 fiscal year of Lesley University Library. This report briefly summarizes the goals and accomplishments of the Lesley University Library.

Fundamentals Of Human Anatomy And Physiology I Bio 220, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Fundamentals Of Human Anatomy And Physiology Ii Lab Bio 223, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Corn: A Savor The South Cookbook, Melinda F. Matthews

The Southeastern Librarian

Corn: A Savor the South Cookbook. Tema Flanagan. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-4696-3162-2 (cloth: alk.paper); 978-1-4696-3163-9 (ebook) 131 p. $13.44.

Fundamentals Of Human Anatomy And Physiology I Lab Bio 221, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Fundamentals Of Human Anatomy And Physiology Ii Bio 222, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Conectándonos Con La Comunidad Local En Entornos Digitales Y Presenciales, Jesús Alonso-Regalado

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Presentation focusing on library experiences about connecting with our local communities in both digital and physical environments.

Information Literacy Skills Required By Blind And Visually Impaired Students For Effective Information Access In The University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Michael Chigozie Nwafor, E.D. Chigbu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The work examined the information literacy skills (ILS) of blind and visually impaired students for effective access to information in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study is a case study, guided by four research objectives which include: ILS’s possessed by the blind and visually impaired students, Method of acquisition of ILS, challenges encountered in the acquisition of ILS and strategies of enhancing their ILS acquisition. The study is a case study. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire and interview. The population of the study comprised 95 visually impaired students of the UNN. Copies of the questionnaire were administered …

Yes, Lord, I Know The Road: A Documentary History Of African Americans In South Carolina, 1526-2008, Tim Dodge

The Southeastern Librarian

Yes, Lord, I Know the Road: A Documentary History of African Americans in South Carolina, 1526-2008. J. Brent Morris, ed. Columbia: University of South Carolina, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-61117-730-5 (hardcover: alk. paper), ISBN: 978-1-61117-731-2 (paperback: alk. paper), 978-1-61117-732-9 (ebook). 232 p. $49.99 (hardcover), $24.99 (paperback), $24.99 - $58.23 (ebook).

Challenges And Solutions In Library And Information Sciences: Formulating A Pharmacy Collection Without A Prescription, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

Librarians, pharmacists, and scientists encounter diverse challenges relating to knowledge management, the creation, organization, and retrieval of information. This session will highlight current challenges faced in this area by colleagues from across the Academy. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in two roundtable discussions. By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe current challenges faced in Library and Information Science, and bring solutions back to their academic program.

These slides include the "Formulating a Pharmacy Collection Without a Prescription" portion of the panel, which discussed the collection development process for a group of non-health science …

The Civil War Letters Of Alexander Mcneill, 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Allison Faix

The Southeastern Librarian

The Civil War Letters of Alexander McNeill, 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Mac Wyckoff, editor. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-61117-536-3. 704 p. $39.99.

Social Media Internet Resources, Carol Anne Germain

JLAMS

No abstract provided.

Likes, Shares And Follows: Launching A Facebook Page For Your Academic Library, Annie Jansen

JLAMS

This review provides (1) a discussion of best practices, including the content and frequency of posts, and (2) tips on how to get started on a library oriented page. Facebook is a powerful social media platform that, when used correctly, can have beneficial effects for academic library outreach and marketing. However, it is not a catch-all for engagement with students, staff, faculty, and the public. Engagement through Facebook needs to be carefully thought out and well-planned in order to meet the needs of library outreach and work toward the university and library strategic plan.

Will Boosting A Post Bring Them In?: Promoting Library Programs With Facebook Advertising, Cary F. Gouldin

JLAMS

Facebook continues to be the most popular social media platform. Academic libraries have had some success using it as an outreach and marketing tool. However, few have taken advantage of Facebook’s advertising options, and most have only focused on increasing engagement and page likes. This paper investigates the effectiveness of using Facebook advertising for the promotion of specific library programs and services. The results of two advertising campaigns, one promoting a workshop series, the other promotion a one-on-one reference service, were analyzed to determine if usage of these programs was increased through advertising. While the advertising campaigns did have a …

Taking Care Of Business: Why Libraries Should Incorporate Listening Into Their Social Media Goals, Maria Atilano

JLAMS

The purpose of this article is to summarize the importance of practicing social listening and online engagement on behalf of one’s library. While the literature shows that libraries, both public and academic, often strategize their social media goals to include listening, a concerted effort should be made by all libraries with an online presence to take an active role in engagement. By including social listening in one’s social media plan, goals and objectives, a library can anticipate a higher rate of engagement and meaningful interactions with their patrons.

Social Media Collaboration: A Case Study From The University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sarah Christensen, Jaena Manson, Leah Dudak

JLAMS

Large academic libraries with a decentralized structure can lead to individual library units creating and maintaining their own social media accounts with little standardization or cohesiveness across the library system. As a result, social media account owners often duplicate efforts, overwhelming patrons with communication channels, and lacking a consistent message. At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I), for example, the library system comprises nearly thirty separate library units, and maintains nearly eighty social media accounts. These accounts are spread across platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, YouTube, and Flickr, as well as a plethora of blogs. …

Results Of A Survey Of Social Media Use In Nys Libraries, Katherine Moss

JLAMS

No abstract provided.

Libraries On Social Media: Connecting With Your Communities, Greg Bobish

JLAMS

No abstract provided.

No Jim Crow Church: The Origins Of South Carolina's Baha'i Community, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

No Jim Crow Church: The Origins of South Carolina’s Baha’i Community. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8130-6107-8 (hardcover; $74.95); 978-0-8130-5407-0 (pbk.: $27.95). 344 p.

Developing A Community Of Practice Among Undergraduate Digital Scholars, R.C. Miessler, Janelle Wertzberger

All Musselman Library Staff Works

In the summer of 2016, Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library piloted the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship (DSSF), a library-led, student-centered introduction to digital scholarship. For 10 weeks, a cohort of three undergraduate student fellows were introduced to digital tools, project management, research skills, and the philosophy behind digital scholarship, with the culmination the creation and presentation of a digital scholarship project. While the DSSF program is a library initiative, it drew support from partners from across campus, leveraging instructional support and the experience of digital scholarship practitioners from multiple departments to implement a broad curriculum in digital scholarship. The partners—who included …

Creating An Open Textbook Publishing Program: Inside Pdxopen, Karen Bjork

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

A look inside Portland State University Libary's open textbook publishing initiative, PDXOpen. The presentation focuses on recruiting authors, author selection and lessons learned.

Environmental Risks Control And Monitoring Bps 426x, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Horace Holley: Transylvania University And The Making Of A Liberal Education In The Early American Republic, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Horace Holley: Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic. James P. Cousins. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8131-6857-9 (cloth); 978-0-8131-6859-3 (epub). 322 p. $50.

Oclc Expenditures Fy17, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

This report lists the total amounts invoiced to the University of Rhode Island Libraries by the bibliographic utility OCLC during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.

Costs are broken down by invoice date and category and include all library locations (RIN, RIU, and RIX).

We pay two fixed monthly fees for each location: one for cataloging (FIX9832) and one for interlibrary loan (FIX9836). Note that for FY2017, the former third fixed monthly fee for access (FIX6600) was eliminated and absorbed into the fixed fees for cataloging and interlibrary loan. This accounts for part of the increase in fixed cataloging …

Economic Model Of Information, Information Society, And Information Literacy: A View From Russia, Dmitry M. Kochetkov

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The article reveals the theoretical model of information as an economic resource. The emphasis is put on the role of information in social and economic evolution, development of information society in Russia in the context of global trends. Further, the author proceeds to the concept of 'information literacy' and a new educational role of university libraries. The service model itself is changing: from satisfying information needs to an advanced model of want formation. Besides, in the 21st century, research libraries find new users: in addition to students and faculty, their services increasingly attract the attention of business. The article is …