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Censorship: Filtering Content On The Web, Lizabeth Elaine Stem

The Southeastern Librarian

The World Wide Web has become a vehicle of free expression for millions of people around the world. It also represents a type of international library with no geographical or physical boundaries, bringing a vast array of information into private homes, schools and businesses. Because the Web allows anyone to post anything at any time, many believe some sort of censorship should be imposed. Censorship of the Web comes in the form of software which filters Web sites, blocking those which publish content deemed unsuitable by those administering the filtering software. Most content filtering software is used on computers in …

Legal And Ethical Issues Around Incorporating Traditional Knowledge In Polar Data Infrastructures, Teresa Scassa, Fraser Taylor

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Human knowledge of the polar region is a unique blend of Western scientific knowledge and local and indigenous knowledge. It is increasingly recognized that to exclude Traditional Knowledge from repositories of polar data would both limit the value of such repositories and perpetuate colonial legacies of exclusion and exploitation. However, the inclusion of Traditional Knowledge within repositories that are conceived and designed for Western scientific knowledge raises its own unique challenges. There is increasing acceptance of the need to make these two knowledge systems interoperable but in addition to the technical challenge there are legal and ethical issues involved. These …

News Articles

The Southeastern Librarian

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

Prisoners And Their Information Needs: Prison Libraries Overview, Atanda S. Sambo, Saliu A. Usman, Nafisa Rabiu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims at identifying the prisoner’s information needs. The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The census sampling technique was adopted for this study. Four objectives were set for the study and the interview was used to elicit information from respondents. As of the time of collecting data for this study, there were 936 prisoners in the four selected prisons. Findings showed that 95% were male while 5% were female. Findings also reveal that the information needs of prisoners covered health conditions, financial (99%), spiritual and moral (88%), life after prison/ information on legal issues (86%), family/friends …

Scholarworks Usage Report, 01-2017, 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. 51, No. 39, February 2, 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.

Customizations Of Web-Scale Discovery Tools In Alabama's Public & Independent College And University Libraries: A Longitudinal Study, Harry Nuttall, Hanrong Wang

The Southeastern Librarian

As digital technology developed to a point that electronic searching for information became practical, librarians began a quest for the Holy Grail of a single-search option that had the potential to harvest search results from the entirety of a library’s holdings. Initially it was hoped that federated searching might be this option, but federated searching was found unequal to the task. Response time was slow and could skew relevance rankings (Thompson, 2013). Further, the first generation of federated search engines proved not nearly capable of searching the totality of a library’s holdings. Something more was needed. That something more was …

Assessing Journal Quality In Mathematics Education, Ryan Andrew Nivens, Samuel Otten

ETSU Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Ic 007 Guide To University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston Records, 1943-2007, University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston

Institutional Finding Aids

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston records consists of about 89 boxes and contains financial documents, printed material, reports, VHS tapes, correspondence, meeting minutes, issues of Monday Morning and The Leader, presentation, t-shirts, NRC Newsletter and Bevo Bulletin that document the history of University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. See more at IC 007.

Blind Date With A Book 2017, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

To peak patron interest and increase circulation, staff recommends books and provides a few short phrases about the type of book it is. Books are wrapped in brown paper, so the patron is unaware of the title and author when the book is checked out.

Leveraging On Data Visualisation And Analytics For Assessment And Innovation, Salihin Mohammed Ali

Research Collection Library

No abstract provided.

Leveraging On Data Visualisation & Analytics For Assessment & Innovation, Salihin Mohammed Ali

Research Collection Library

Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries embarked on its ‘Culture of Assessment’ journey in 2013, geared towards demonstrating fiscal accountability and driving a higher degree of stakeholder engagement. With more than 80% of library staff trained in the use of Lean Six Sigma for business process improvements, it was only natural that the library started putting in place procedures and systems to continuously assess and improve services. For effective decision making, the challenge lies in the normalization, consolidation and visualization of data from the varied library services into a single coherent platform that could be used for making decisions that are …

Library Monthly - February 2017, Amy Filiatreau, Sabine Dantus, Lea Iadarola, Jordan Chussler, Tsukasa Cherkaoui, Hunter Murphy, Leecy Barnett, Alison Leonard

Library Newsletter

In this issue:

• How to Tell the Truth: Teaching Your Students How to Recognize "Fake News"
• Nominate Best Student Papers: Undergraduate and Graduate Awards Available
• New Librarian Alert! University Archivist and Records Manager: Lea Iadarola
• Sneak Peek Project to Showcase Lynn-Authored iBooks
• A Job Interview for Orchestral Musicians
• Lynn Library's Inaugural Creative Writing Contest
• Excerpts from the United States Copyright Office on Fair Use
• Library Humor

Notes From The Stacks, February 2017, Friends Of The Brooks Library

Friends of the Brooks Library

No abstract provided.

Writing Africa Today: Research Materials (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries

Library Resources for Campus Events

A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Writing Africa Today," a lecture by Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah held at the College of the Holy Cross February 15, 2018.

Gappah writes critically about the government, social and criminal justice issues, and human rights work in sub-Saharan Africa. Her collection of short stories called "Elegy for Easterly" was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and won the Guardian First Book Award in 2009. Her second book, a novel, "The Book of Memory" is the fictional story of an imprisoned albino …

Himmelfarb Headlines - February/March 2017, George Washington University, Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

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

Winter 2017 Notes From The Stacks, Central Washington University

Notes from the Stacks: CWU's Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook January/February 2017, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2017

Volume 21, Issue 1

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts February 2017, James Roger Weaver

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine statistical quick facts for February 2017.

Connections, February 2017, University Library

Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 130.15: February 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.

Atg Special Report — Purchasing Articles By Demand-Driven Acquisition: An Alternative Serial Distribution Model For Libraries, Jonathan H. Harwell, James Bunnelle

Faculty Publications

It’s 2017, and library patrons still have limited ways to access the text of articles behind pay walls. The current mix of subscriptions, interlibrary loan or document delivery, and pay per view is unsustainable for endangered library budgets, and thus is unsustainable for publishers. It’s time to begin leveraging the tools we use for e-books-- discovery services, demand-driven acquisition (DDA), and perpetual purchase-- and apply them to articles. After all, the distinction between a monograph and a serial is fluid. Books in series, book-length articles, article-length books, and special issues sold as monographs illustrate the folly of treating them as …

International Film Award Nominees And Winners Display, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

February’s library display features international film award nominees and winners from around the globe. The films have been culled from the 2014, 2015, and 2016 nominee lists of such major awards as the BAFTAs, the Ariel Awards, the Asian Film Awards, and the European Film Awards, as well as from international film festivals such as Cannes, Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, India, Tokyo, Toronto, San Sebastian, and Venice, and more.

Keeping On Top Of Tech, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This month's column focuses on key resources to help library professionals learn about trends and advances in library information technology, including industry news, products, services, and vendors.

Processing Manual For Archival And Manuscript Collections, Meghan Bailey, Jessica R. Holden, Joanne Riley

Joseph P. Healey Library Publications

University Archives and Special Collections collects and preserves materials related to the history of UMass Boston, providing academic research support for the university community. University Archives and Special Collections recognizes a formal commitment to working with, promoting, and assisting community archives in the Greater Boston area through facilitating cross-organization collaboration and access to informational, educational, and practical resources relevant to archival procedures and best practices.

This manual is intended to be used as a training guide for graduate-level interns, volunteers, and professional archivists new to working in University Archives and Special Collections (UASC). It is also intended to bring consistent …

Review Of The Book German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, And How Of A Valuable Genealogical Resource, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book German census records 1816-1916: The when, where, and how of a valuable genealogical resource.

Inukshuks: A Librarian's Narrative, Junli Diao

Publications and Research

The article offers the author's insights on the Inukshuks, landmarks in the shape of human beings built with rocks by Inuit people, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Topics mentioned include the Inukshuks that are considered signs of humanity to show the direction for lost or new travelers, his librarian job at College of the North Atlantic, and the library work management. Also mentioned are the workflow management, his career development, and the importance communication in librarians.

The Southeastern Librarian V 64, No. 4 (Winter 2017) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Law Librarian Special Election Edition 2017, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

When Erm Met Alma: The Intricacies Of Content Management In A Shared Consortia Landscape, Siôn Romaine, Jian Wang

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

In 2013, after nearly two decades of operating in a distributed legacy Integrated Library System (ILS) environment on local servers, the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of public and private academic libraries in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, began a two-year-long process to migrate its 37 members to a shared implementation of Ex Libris's cloud-based Alma library management system (LMS) and Primo discovery interface. Although much has been written on electronic resource management (ERM) functionality at an institution level, little has been written on serials and ERM functionality and workflows within a shared consortial environment. This article discusses the challenges and …