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Collaboration Made It Happen! The Kansas Archive-It Consortium, Cliff Hight, Ashley Todd-Diaz, Rebecca Schulte, Michael Church

Journal of Western Archives

This case study explores the formation, current membership, and future goals of the Kansas Archive-It Consortium (KAIC), one of the larger consortia contracting with the Web archiving service Archive-It. KAIC, which is composed of the state historical society and five public universities, has its foundation in a statewide culture of collaboration, and participants have agreed on an informal governance structure with a strong commitment to broadening accessible web resources for researchers. After establishing consortial consistency during its first two years, members have shared documentation with partners and are beginning to do collaborative collecting. In the future, the consortium will seek …

Using Rss To Improve Web Harvest Results For News Web Sites, Gina M. Jones, Michael Neubert

Journal of Western Archives

In the last several years, the Library of Congress Web archiving program has grown to include large sites that publish news–over more than a year we learned they present serious challenges. After thinking through the use cases for archived online news sites, we realized that completeness of harvest was paramount. As we developed our understanding of deficiencies in the completeness of these kinds of sites we began to test use of RSS feeds to build customized seed lists for shallow crawls as the primary way these sites are crawled. Over time we discovered that while completeness of harvest was greatly …

Case Study: Washington And Lee's First Year Using Archive-It, Alston B. Cobourn

Journal of Western Archives

This case study reviews the planning, methodology, and lessons learned during the first year of Washington and Lee University Library's web archiving program.

Introduction To The Special Issue On Web Archiving, Nicholas Taylor

Journal of Western Archives

This article serves as an introduction to the Journal of Western Archives Special Issue on Web Archiving. It provides a snapshot of and reflections on the state of the field, as well as an overview of the works that constitute the issue.

Space Upgrades: Review, Plan And Implement, Susan Fink

TCLC Program Proceedings

Library administrators need to be able to demonstrate their department’s impact and value. An initial step in this assessment process is conducting space and usage studies. Rowan University Campbell Library’s study has helped influence decisions that impacted building renovations and services and began quantitatively demonstrating the library’s value.

Unknown And Underused, Sad! Making The Curriculum Lab Great Again, Melissa Correll

TCLC Program Proceedings

Arcadia University’s Landman Library hosts a Curriculum Lab to support students in the School of Education, but the space and its collection are underused. This poster details the current project to revitalize the space, in direct collaboration with faculty and students in the School of Education.

Beam It!, Amanda Adams, Sharon Whitfield

TCLC Program Proceedings

The Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) Library is using BluuBeam technology, a proximity beacon, to engage patrons and push information to them. CMSRU librarians send “beams” to supplement the curriculum and provide resource assistance virtually. The CMSRU Library received the Health Sciences Librarian Project grant funding award from the Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) of NLM, National Institutes of Health (NIH) to engage in this research. The goal, which is not yet complete, is to assess whether students’ use of library resources during case-based sessions changes when libraries send supplemental material, library tutorials, and reminders of resources that pertain …

Open Educational Resources: An Initiative At Bucks County Community College, Mary Ellen Bornak, Jacqueline Burger, Linda Mccann, Bill Hemmig

TCLC Program Proceedings

Bucks is engaged in a two-year strategic initiative to transition sections of 10 gateway courses to the exclusive use of resources that are free to students. Librarians play a key role in guiding the identification, evaluation and promotion of OER and library resources and in the interpretation of licensing.

Leading Change, Debbie Gaspar

TCLC Program Proceedings

Leading change draws on soft skills, technical skills, and organization acumen. Implementing change is challenging as planning must address existing practices and the web of interpersonal relationships. How can leaders anticipate and plan for the impact on staff members as they guide them through the three steps of organizational change?

Methods, Effect And Challenges Of Library Instruction In Academic Libraries, Saturday U. Omeluzor, Alarape Asimi Akibu Ph.D, Sunday Ikhimeakhu Dika, Clement Chinemerem Ukangwa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated library instruction methods, effect and the challenges in academic libraries using the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) students as the target population. Library instruction is a core activity of academic libraries that entails educating, enlightening, guiding and helping the library users to identify, understand and utilize library information resources effectively. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population is consisted of seven hundred and seventy-three 100 level students who registered for Use of Library (GSE 112) course in the first semester of 2015/2016 academic session. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data …

Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses References As A Tool For Collection Management In History: A Study Of Panjab University, Chandigarh (India), Preeti Mahajan, Anil Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A citation analysis study was carried out on the citations appended in the end of History discipline Ph.D. dissertations to ascertain what types of documents are the most frequently used in the research process, the most commonly consulted core journals and obsolescence rate of the journals and books. The study analysed 8488 citations appended in the 36 Ph.D. theses of History discipline submitted to Panjab University, Chandigarh, for the award of doctoral degree during 2002-2012. The results obtained from the 8488 citations revealed that the most frequently used documents were books, which accounted for 54.16 percent of the total citations …

An Evidence-Based Review Of Academic Web Search Engines, 2014-2016: Implications For Librarians’ Practice And Research Agenda, Jody C. Fagan

Libraries

Academic web search engines have become central to scholarly research. While the fitness of Google Scholar for research purposes has been examined repeatedly, Microsoft Academic and Google Books have not received much attention. Recent studies have much to tell us about the coverage and utility of Google Scholar, its coverage of the sciences, and its utility for evaluating researcher impact. But other aspects have been understudied, such as coverage of the arts and humanities, books, and non-Western, non-English publications. User research has also tapered off. A small number of articles hint at the opportunity for librarians to become expert advisors …

Collecting With A Plan: The Arthur S. Obermayer Personal Library, Alison M. Greenlee, Sarah J. Andrus

Library Scholarly Publications

This presentation describes the acquisition, conservation, cataloging, and classification of a personal library that was donated to The Henry Ford in 2016. The size of the collection, as well as the decision to preserve the donor’s numbering scheme, produced unexpected challenges.

Perceived Emotions In The Information Seeking Behaviour Of Manchester Metropolitan University Students., Aondoana Daniel Orlu, Hajaratu Mafo Ilo, Nwafornso Theresa Tochukwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Emotions form a part of the individual variables that play a key role in the determination of information seeking behaviour of an individual. Anxiety and uncertainty characterize the initial phases of the process of searching for information. The affective indications of uncertainty, frustration, and confusion lead to vague and imprecise thoughts regarding a problem or topic. However, a shift to focused knowledge leads to a decline in uncertainty and increase in confidence. The current study relies on a single holistic case study in which students of Manchester Metropolitan University are the case and their emotional response to search.Consequently, the study …

Nea Big Read Film Series: The Most Dangerous Man In America, Central Washington University, Cynthia Mitchell

Brooks Library Events

NEA Big Read is an event held througout the country in which many book clubs read the same book. The book for 2017 is The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. This poster is for a film screening of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsburg and the Pentagon Papers.

Statistics In Practice Sta 490, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Institutional Repositories, Evidence Exchange, And Other Options To Share Your Findings And Research With The World, And How To Retain Your Rights., Kimberly S. Mollo, Otd, Otr/L, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Department of Occupational Therapy Posters and Presentations

Objective 1: Understand the need for open access to research and interventions

Objective 2: Be aware for the available venues for disseminating research findings

Did you come up with a new intervention, and would you like to share it with the world? Would you like a secure place to put your conference posters and handouts from your AOTA and other professional presentations? If so then Open Access is for you. This discussion among peers will discuss how you are preserving your research, and how we could collaborate more to share our findings across the country.

Archives Of The Southern Sociological Society: A Repository Of Decisions, Events, And People Affecting Sociology In The Southern United States, Ruth E. Bryan, James G. Hougland

Library Presentations

Since 1958, the Archives of the Southern Sociological Society have been housed in the Special Collections Research Center in the University of Kentucky Libraries. The collection includes official minutes, correspondence, newsletters, membership lists, photographs, and other official documents generated by the Society and dating from the Society's founding in 1935 to the present. These records of historical value have been provided by presidents, secretaries, treasurers, committee chairs, executive officers, and other Society officials so that the Archives may be available to scholars who wish to explore the history of the Society and the development of Sociology in the Southern United …

Results Of 2017 Library Survey, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Results of 2017 Library Survey

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 53, March 30, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

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

University Libraries News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Results of 2017 Library Survey
• Event: International Journey's, April 5@11AM-12Noon

Welcome Back Sweet Start Spring 2017, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Welcome table in the lobby of the James E. Brooks Library offering free treats and library information.

Credo Online Reference Service, Larry Sheret

Librarian Research

Credo Online Reference Service, popularly known as Credo Reference, is an e-reference database for K-12, public libraries, and academic libraries. The user-friendly interface provides an excellent place for students to begin their research, or to learn about the process of doing research during information literacy instruction. Instructors are provided with pre-proxied permalinks and embed codes that allow them to integrate any part of this resource into their learning management system.

Affordable Course Materials: A Library Primer For Student Academic Success, Jennifer Thompson, Allegra Swift

Library Staff Publications and Research

This presentation was a library staff education/professional development offering as part of the Claremont Colleges 2017 Open Education Week Celebrations.

International Research - Journal Of Library And Information Science: A Bibliometric Analysis, Akhandanand Shukla, Ng Thermi Moyon

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Paper studies bibliometric analysis of Indian open access LIS journal for five years from 2011 to 2015. Total 218 published articles were examined and analyzed for distribution of articles, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, and geographical distribution of articles has been done. Inferences has been drawn from the analysis that journal prevalent two authorship patterns with 0.66 degree of collaboration, India as top most contributor of the articles for the journal and amongst foreign countries Nigeria is the highest contributor. Tamil Nadu is the highest contributor amongst Indian states and union territories. Journal Articles were found most prevalent source of …

Do Index Pages Attract Higher Backlinks? : An Analytical Study Of Library Websites, Akhandanand Shukla

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines the number of backlinks to the websites of libraries belonging to Central Universities of India. The study has presented seven categories of library webpages based on their features. The study was conducted in five rounds to get the primary data through four selected search engines. Analysis is presented for each search engine separately. Study concludes that index page/home page of library websites attracts more number of backlinks than any other webpages of library websites. Search engine Yahoo Site Explorer retrieved highest number of backlinks for library websites.

Protecting Patron Privacy: Vendors, Libraries, And Patrons Each Have A Role To Play, Lori Bowen Ayre

Collaborative Librarianship

Abstract: Protecting patron privacy involves several activities including responsibly managing the data we store about patrons and their use of the library as well as working with our vendors which also access and make use of that data. It also involves educating our patrons so they can better control what happens with their personal information.

Illiad, Rapid, And An Unmediated Solution To The Interlibrary Loan Textbook Dilemma, Erika Mcneil

Published Works

As the cost of textbooks rises and discoverability of resources improves, students are turning more and more to interlibrary loan to meet their textbook needs. This paper describes how systems can be utilized to streamline processes and allow for the cancelling of textbook requests consistently and appropriately by taking full advantage of the capabilities of ILLiad and Rapid, saving both staff time and money. This paper looks at how a large research university made the decision to implement a textbook policy, and how it navigated the troubled waters to come to a simple, unmediated solution.

Creative Use Of Library Skills In Campus Collaboration, Matthew Conner, Leah Plocharczyk

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.

Information Literacy And General Education: Supporting Student Success, Jim Kinnie, Mary C. Macdonald, Amanda Izenstark

Public Services Faculty Presentations

Presented at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2017, Providence, RI. Section of presentation entitled "Don't They Teach That in High School? Closing the K-16 Information Literacy Gap."

From conference abstract: Hear how librarians at one university successfully wove IL concepts into the fabric of the curriculum through an outcomes-based general education program.