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The Library As Network Hub, Jill Emery, Michael Levine-Clark

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.

What Collaboration Means To Me: Collaboration As A Cocktail: Shaken And Stirred, Maureen Cole

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.

Presentation On Countering Stryker's Punch, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

Presentation made at the 2017 Cultural Heritage Imaging Professionals Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, on July 11, 2017.

Collaborating On Code At An Unconference: Review Of Code4lib Midwest 2017, Jim Craner

Collaborative Librarianship

Review of Code4Lib Midwest 2017, held in Chicago. This unconference is one of several regional conferences held for for library software development professionals and is affiliated with the national Code4Lib group.

Librarians Doing Dh: A Team And Project-Based Approach To Digital Humanities In The Library, Lydia Bello, Madelynn Dickerson, Margaret Hogarth, Ashley Sanders

Collaborative Librarianship

The Claremont Colleges Library embarked on a “learn by doing” Digital Humanities (DH) program and series of team-based projects in order to provide librarians experience working directly with DH methodologies and tools. Drawing from two divisions in the Library, a team of librarians designed an analysis project using DH tools to examine collection development trends on the topic of terrorism. In the process, the team addressed technical obstacles, communication issues and time management techniques that contributed to a productive collaboration. DH can be a catalyst for librarians’ own research beyond serving in a supportive role for the disciplines. With its …

Diversity Residency Programs: Strategies For A Collaborative Approach To Development, Chanelle Pickens, Ashleigh D. Coren

Collaborative Librarianship

Organizations across the United States are investing in diversity and inclusion programs with the goal of increasing the representation of underrepresented individuals (including gender, racial, and ethnic diversity) within the workforce. Libraries are not exempt from this pursuit. For years, diversity residency programs have been introduced at a number of institutions as a way to recruit a more diverse workforce. These programs are specifically designed to introduce early career librarians from underrepresented groups to academic librarianship. A residency program will most obviously prove transformative for the participating resident, however, a well-designed program will benefit all members of the host library …

Stronger Together: Increasing Connections Between Academic And Public Libraries, Maureen Richards

Collaborative Librarianship

Much has been written about collaborations between public and academic libraries. These collaborations generally take the form of joint libraries, special programs or consortia. They are motivated by the desire to do public outreach or community building or to provide better facilities, services or library resources to users from both library systems or, in the case of consortia, by economics.

Since the library website is now the most common entry point to an academic library, this paper explores the opportunities for building connections between an academic and public library’s resources by hyperlinking to public library resources. Deepening these connections supports …

Developing Teachers’ Information Literacy Capabilities In Secondary Schools In Ghana: A Comparative Study Of Two Best Schools In The Central Region, Gloria Tachie-Donkor Ms, Perpetua Sekyewaa Dadzie Prof

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examines the information literacy capabilities of teachers in two of the oldest secondary schools in the Central Region of Ghana. The study assesses the availability, accessibility and use of the schools’ library and internet facilities as well as in-service training programmes in relation to the acquisition of information literacy skills. The survey method was adopted and questionnaire was administered to all 211 teaching staff in the two schools. Questionnaire design was based on the literature review and research objectives. The findings confirmed the availability of fairly well-equipped libraries with internet facilities; the ability of most teachers to use …

Scholarworks Usage Report, 05-2017, Central Washington University

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Lanthorn, Vol. 52, No. 01, July 10, 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.

The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights And The Politics Of Race In Richmond, Virginia, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia. Julian Maxwell Hayter, Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 2017. ISBN 978-0-8131-6948-4 (hardback). 346 p. $60.

University For Business And Technology Knowledge Center: Making Local Knowledge Visible, Anita Mirijamdotter, Mary M. Somerville, Sadef Salavati, Edmond Hajrizi

University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations

A vision to further national development through higher education now informs planning for the University for Business and Technology (UBT) Knowledge Center. At its essence, the Center aims to make local knowledge visible through furthering discovery of and access to research content produced by academic students and university professors on institutional, local, and international levels. This paper reports on conceptual exploration of this institutional idea during spring semester 2017 in a graduate course on systems sciences. Using active learning pedagogy to improve local situations, an international teaching team facilitated student and stakeholder engagement in participatory design activities using systems thinking …

Scholarworks Usage Report, 06-2017, Central Washington University

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Island Passage: An Illustrated History Of Jekyll Island, Georgia, Melanie J. Dunn

The Southeastern Librarian

Island Passages: An Illustrated History of Jekyll Island, Georgia. Jingle Davis; Photographs by Benjamin Galland. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-8203-4869-8 (hardbound). 288 p. $34.95

Sapelo People And Place On A Georgia Sea Island, Melinda F. Matthews

The Southeastern Librarian

Sapelo People and Place on a Georgia Sea Island. Buddy Sullivan; Photographs by Benjamin Galland. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-8203-5016-5 (hardcover: alk.paper); 334 p. $34.95.

Democracy Abroad, Lynching At Home, Racial Violence In Florida, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home, Racial Violence in Florida. Tameka Bradley Hobbs, Gainesville: The University Press of Florida, 2015. 978-0-8130-6104-7 (hardcover) $74.95; 978-0-8130-6239-6 (pbk.) $24.95. 288 p.

Linguistics And Lis: A Research Agenda, Mary K. Bolin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Librarian On The Loose: A Roving Reference Desk At A Small Liberal Arts College, Peter Bremer

Library Publications

Discusses the roaming reference service provided by Briggs Library at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Writing The Legal Record: Law Reporters In Nineteenth-Century Kentucky, Peter R. Dean

The Southeastern Librarian

Writing the Legal Record: Law Reporters in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky. Kurt X. Metzmeier. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8131-6860-9. 211p. $50.

News Articles

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent activities from the Southeastern Library Association, developments from SELA member institutions, and personnel news.

A Comparison Of Discovered Regularities In Blood Glucose Readings Across Two Data Collection Approaches Used With A Type 1 Diabetic Youth, Victor R. Lee, Travis Thurston, Chris Thurston

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Type 1 diabetes requires frequent testing and monitoring of blood glucose levels in order to determine appropriate type and dosage of insulin administration. This can lead to thousands of individual measurements over the course of a lifetime of a single individual, of which very few are retained as part of a permanent record. The third author, aged 9, and his family have maintained several years of written records since his diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes at age 20 months, and have also recently begun to obtain automated records from a continuous glucose monitor.

Objectives: This paper compares regularities identified …

Health Sciences Assessment At Unc Charlotte: A Collection Devleopment Fellowship, Stephen Krueger

The Southeastern Librarian

The J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte serves over 21,000 undergraduates and over 4,000 graduate students. Apart from the sole branch library (Arts & Architecture), all of the resources are housed in the main building. In 2016, a plan was developed for a comprehensive weeding project. Two primary factors made this necessary. One was the adaptive nature of the library’s philosophy; student needs and preferences were constantly assessed, and changes were made to the library’s services and spaces based on them. The creation of a makerspace, a family-friendly study room, and other student workspaces …

Information Literacy Skills, Alternative Format Availability And Information Sources Utilization By Visually Impaired Secondary School Students In South-West, Nigeria, Stephen Olufemi Olaopa Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Provision and utilization information resources of various types are important in every educational setting to sustain learning activities. The study investigated factors affecting information resources utilization such as information literacy skills and availability of alternative format by visually impaired students in South-West. Descriptive survey design was adopted and the study population consisted of 164 visually impaired students in eight secondary schools selected for the study. Total enumeration sampling technique was adopted for this study. The questionnaire tagged ‘Visually Impaired Persons Questionnaire (VIPQ) was the instrument used for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics for the four research questions …

Application Of Bradford's Law Of Scattering To The Literature Of Microbiology In India, Gouri N. Gourikeremath Miss, Rudramuni Hiremath Mr, B D. Kumbar Dr, Gururaj S. Hadagali Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper investigates Bradford’s Law of scattering for the ‘Microbiology’ literature in India for the period 2002-2016 as accessible in the Web of Science Core Collection database. A total of 25,744 articles related to Microbiology literature published in journals during the study period is retrieved. The data has been examined with respect to year-wise publication productivity, Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (DT) of literature. The time series analysis is also used to predict the future growth of literature. The 25,744 articles are scattered in 328 journals. A top ranked journals list was prepared and it unveiled that …

Psychological Factors And The Use Of E-Library Resource Among Undergraduates In South-West Nigeria, Fehintoluwa E. Omosebi Mrs., David O. Okhakhu Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction: This study investigates the psychological factors and the use of E-library resource among undergraduates in south-west Nigeria.

Methodology: The study adopted a correlational survey research design and a sample size of 900 respondents was used but 800 questionnaires were retrieved. The target population for the study comprised of undergraduate students in private universities in Southwest Nigeria which cuts across Ekiti, Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Ogun and Oyo states. A simple random sampling technique was adopted for the purpose of this study. The questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection and was divided into four sections namely demographic characteristics, …

Using Mobile-Based Social Networks By Iranian Libraries: The Case Of Telegram Messenger, Amir Reza Asnafi, Shima Moradi, Mohadeseh Dokhtesmati, Maryam Pakdaman Naeini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose the present research was to examine the use of Telegram Messenger as a mobile-based social network in Iranian academic libraries. Data were collected from March 2016 to May 2016. Telegram channels of different libraries were identified through the websites of the National Library of Iran and individual academic libraries. quantitative analyses were carried out on the data. Researchers joined these channels to examine their content. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis. The results showed that files, news and information, book introductions, and literary quotes were the main materials shared on these channels. Most posts contained images. The …

The Ischools: A Study, Abhijit Chakrabarti, Sukumar Mandal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information School, popularly known as iSchool, played a vital role in the arena of the Information Science. An information school popularly known as iSchools or iSchool or “School of Information”, “Department of Information Studies” and “Information Department” is a nonprofit making university level organization and professional association whose sole objective is to nurture information and technology. iSchools organization, set up in 2005, is a collective effort of iSchools to advance the field of information in the 21^st century. Actually information schools refer to the members of the iSchools organization, which is formerly known as iSchools project, governed by the …

Developing An Instrument For The Validation Of Competencies: The Case Of Medical Librarians, Mumtaz Ali Anwar, Midrar Ullah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Reliable and valid tests / instruments are the foundation of good research. They need to be developed carefully following acceptable scholarly procedures. The procedure for developing a test / instrument is a long and complicated one. This paper describes in detail the process of developing an instrument for the identification and validation of competencies required for medical librarians. The understanding of the process of designing an instrument is important as it helps in assessing its validity and reliability. Therefore, this paper describes in detail the various steps that were undertaken to develop the instrument.

The Role Of Academic Libraries In The Accreditation Of Undergraduate Programmes: A Case Study Of Federal University Of Technology Minna, Niger State., Joseph Manasseh Men, Aliyu Abubakar Isreal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study sets to find out the role of academic libraries in the accreditation of undergraduate programme. The study is anchored by five objectives and is limited to Federal University of Technology, Minna with academic librarians as target respondent. The study adopted census design method as means of gathering data with a target population of 97 staff of the library and a total enumeration was used for the research. The questionnaire was used as instrument of data collection. One hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significant and data was presented in frequency, Tables and percentages. The hypotheses were …

Knowledge And Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Medical Students At Al-Jouf University In Saudi Arabia, Aquil Ahmed, Sulaiman Al-Reyaee Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Electronic resources are becoming an integral part of the modern education system, especially in higher education settings. Due to the need of medical professionals for high quality, authoritative, relevant, accurate and timely information, students studying in healthcare institutions need to know the various e-resources and the best suitable way to track and access them in order to support their learning and evidence-based medical practice. The present study has tried to assess and compare the awareness and usability level of medical students of two different colleges at Al-Jouf University in using the subscribed electronic resources. The main purpose was to determine …