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What Are Archives?, Ruth E. Bryan

Library Presentations

This presentation summarizes what archives are, what archivists do, how one becomes an archivist in the United States, why archives matter, the differences and similarities among archives, libraries, and museums, and what's in a Special Collections Research Center

Faculty Awareness And Use Of Library Subscribed Online Databases In The University Of Education, Winneba. Ghana: A Survey., Agatha Gifty Larson

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Faculty awareness and use of Library subscribed online databases in the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana: A survey.

Today electronic databases have become the backbone of many academic libraries around the globe including Ghana. This is largely due to its advantages over the print resources. Libraries spend colossal amount of resources on online databases in a bid to enhance teaching, learning and research in institutions of higher learning. This study was carried out to examine the usage of online databases by faculty members of the University of Education, Winneba. It focuses on only the Winneba campus to address the following …

03-2017 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for March 2017.

Nea Big Read: The Things They Carried Preview Of Events, Central Washington University

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 shows all events to do with the Big Read.

What, Why, Who, When, Where?, Gulcin Cribb

Research Collection Library

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Institutional Repositories, Chee Hsien Aaron (Zheng Zhixian) Tay

Research Collection Library

The article discusses the reason behind the reluctance of some researchers to deposit their work in institutional repositories (IR). These include ignorance on the existence of IR and the right of researchers to self-archive, lack of permanent institutional affiliation, and the tendency of IR to offer poor user experience. Also mentioned is the need aggregate each IR and the advantage of IR over centralized silos.

Morris Public Library Expansion And Renovation Survey, Kelly Asche, Ai Sano, Taylor Vetsch

Center for Small Towns

The Library is exploring expansion and renovation options and sought public feedback on the role the library building and programming plays in the community. CST assisted in developing a survey which gather this information and is being used in the development of additional programming and as guidance in the development of expansion and renovation plans.

Capturing Their Stories: Collecting Oral Histories From Users Of Segregated Libraries In The South (Presentation For The Southern History Of Education Society Annual Meeting, March 2017), Matthew R. Griffis

Publications and Other Resources

From the conference program: "This presentation reviews the progress of a federally-funded, 3-year historical study that explores how segregated Carnegie libraries were used as places of community-making, interaction, and learning for African Americans in the days of Jim Crow. Known then as “Carnegie colored libraries,” these public libraries opened in eight southern states between 1900 and 1925 and were an extension of the well-known library development program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Some operated for as many as six decades until, by the 1970s, most had closed or were integrated into the library systems of their larger …

Nea Big Read: Music And Words Confront War, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

NEA Big Read Event: Words, music, and dance expressing the human experience of war. NEA Big Read is an event held througout the country in which many book clubs read the same book.

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts March 2017, James Roger Weaver

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine statistical quick facts for March 2017.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Officially Opens Smu School Of Law Building And Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

Singapore Management University (SMU) today celebrated the official opening of its new School of Law building and the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was the Guest-of-Honour at the ceremony, which was attended by 800 distinguished guests, donors, faculty, students, and SMU’s partners in the legal fraternity. Completed in December 2016, the new School of Law building now stands as a distinctive landmark at the junction of Armenian Street and Stamford Road/Fort Canning Link. The 23,000-square-metre building contains modern facilities to enrich the learning and teaching experience of SMU law students and faculty. It will …

Give Me A K-I-L-L, Maggie Mason Smith

Publications

No abstract provided.

Apple Slices: A Card-Matching Party Game About The Library, Kelly Giles, Kristen S. Shuyler, Andrew Evans, Jonathan Reed

Libraries

Inspired by the popular party games Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity, this is a fun and flexible small group activity developed for use in library orientation sessions.

Issue 42, David Bell

NoteBooth

"A Question of History: Public History in Illinois" exhibit; Edible Book festival

Book Review: David W. Lewis. Reimagining The Academic Library. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016., Teresa A. Fishel

Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Une Library Services Quarterly Report March 2017, Une Library Services

Quarterly Reports

Highlights of accomplishments of the University of New England's Library Services department.

The Anchor, Volume 130.18: March 1, 2017, Hope College

The Anchor: 2017

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.

Mind The Gap: Curating Digital Commons Metadata For Share, Lisa Palmer, Emily Stenberg, Wendy C. Robertson, Joanne Paterson

Western Libraries Presentations

The goal of the SHARE initiative, a partnership between the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Center for Open Science (COS), is to build a “free, open, data set about research and scholarly activities across their life cycle.” As of October 12, 2016, 129 repositories and publishers have made metadata available to SHARE for harvesting, and the aggregated data set is available for searching. Many metadata providers are institutional repositories utilizing the bepress Digital Commons platform whose metadata is harvested through the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) protocol for repository interoperability.

As part of …

Making Shared Print Management Happen: A Project Of Five Canadian Academic Libraries, Tony Horava, Harriet Rykse, Anne Smithers, Caitlin Tillman, Wade Wyckoff

Western Libraries Publications

Five academic libraries in Ontario (Canada) are collaborating in a shared last print copy repository project. The project, called Keep@Downsview, aims to consolidate and rationalize low-use print materials held by the partner libraries and ensure long-term preservation of these important scholarly materials in Ontario, while still providing access via document delivery and ILL. In doing so, each of the partner institutions demonstrates its commitment to the stewardship of print collections for future generations while repurposing valuable space on campus. This paper describes the background, rationale, challenges, and lessons learned for this unique Canadian project that leveraged funding from the province …

Connections, March 2017, University Library

Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - March 2017, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Connections And Outreach Opportunities: Faculty And Graduate Student Use Of Special Collections, Stephanie Shreffler

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Discover faculty and graduate students’ varying preferences regarding curriculum integration of special collections, their interest in using particular formats of materials, and their shared desire for greater outreach from special collections.

Clemson Literary Festival Display, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

Clemson’s Department of English is hosting its 10th Annual Literary Festival Wednesday, March 29th through Friday, March 31st.

Selected works from the eleven authors attending the festival – including Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, The Sympathizer, and The Refugees by Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen – have been pulled and placed on display atop the New Books shelf on the 4th floor of Cooper Library. The display books are available for checkout and will be up through mid-April.

Learn more about the authors attending the Literary …

Volume 37, Number 1, March 2017 Olac Newsletter, Marcia Barrett, Autumn H. Faulkner, Richard N. Leigh, Jan Mayo, Yoko Kudo, Jay Weitz, Lisa Romano

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized March 2017 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

The Immigrant Experience, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

Cooper’s March display features fictional works that center on the immigrant experience. An emphasis has been placed on immigration to the United States and second-generation Americans, but alongside works such as Behold the Dreamers and Americanah are works like Refugee Tales, and more fantastical options like The Golem and the Jinni and Life of Pi. Young adult novels such as 90 Miles to Havana, picture books like One Green Apple, and graphic novels like The Arrival and American Born Chinese are included, as are films such as Foreign Letters.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, March 2017, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Rod Library Newsletter: Notes For The Stalled, V9n7, March 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--RodCon17!
--Want Your Own Library?
--RodCon Pre-Events
--Postcard Exhibit
--West African Drum Ensemble
--Upcoming Events

Library Statement For Student Solidarity Rally 3-1-17, Janelle Wertzberger, Musselman Library

All Musselman Library Staff Works

This document was written to share information about the library's support of the Student Solidarity Rally on 3-1-17.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Predatory Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask, Monica Berger

Publications and Research

Librarians have a key role to play in educating users about predatory publishing. Predatory publishing can be described as low quality, amateurish, and often unethical academic publishing that is usually Open Access (OA). Understanding predatory publishing helps authors to make more informed decisions about where to publish. In the process of educating our users, librarians can set the ground for important conversations that encourage critical thinking about the scholarly communications process. Predatory publishing stems from broader problems including overemphasis on publication quantity, an OA models based on traditional, for-profit publishing, and resource disparities in the Global South. When users take …

Leading From The Library Loo: An Illustrated, Documented Guide To New York City Academic Library Bathrooms, Stephanie M. Margolin, Jennifer Poggiali

Publications and Research

What students need from academic libraries has changed dramatically in recent years. We are reminded of this by each new article on library space design, which may emphasize movable furniture, Wi-Fi connectivity, class-room technology, and group study spaces. What is less frequently noted is that in all these years of change and adaptation, at least one need has remained the same: the need for a working bathroom.

Bathrooms are fundamentally important; nevertheless, we are often uncomfortable talking about these spaces (and the activities that take place within them) in public contexts.

In this conference proceeding, the authors build on their …