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Assessing Information Literacy In A Living Learning Community: An Academic Library Case Study, Sara Mccaslin, Sean Kinder Apr 2025

Assessing Information Literacy In A Living Learning Community: An Academic Library Case Study, Sara Mccaslin, Sean Kinder

The Southeastern Librarian

Assessment of information literacy efforts can impact college students’ success and retention. Library outreach and partnerships with teaching faculty, especially those targeted towards first-year students, are important. Library involvement with High Impact Practices (HIPs) including Living Learning Com-munities provide librarians with an assessment-rich environment to connect information literacy with student success and retention. This case study sought to assess the impact of information literacy library instruction on first-year Living Learning Community (LLC) Criminology students and asked the follow-ing question: Are the general information literacy class and the Special Collections information literacy class beneficial to Criminology LLC students? The authors learned …


Government Documents For All: The Congressional Record, Tim Dodge Apr 2025

Government Documents For All: The Congressional Record, Tim Dodge

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


The President’S Column, Laura Slavin Apr 2025

The President’S Column, Laura Slavin

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


What The Folk: Analyzing Folk Music Collections In The Mississippi Library Partnership, David Salinero, Fawn Ussery Apr 2025

What The Folk: Analyzing Folk Music Collections In The Mississippi Library Partnership, David Salinero, Fawn Ussery

The Southeastern Librarian

This study analyzes the folk music literature collections held in the Mississippi Library Partnership’s 12 library systems. The authors used Dick Weissman’s 100 Books Every Folk Music Fan Should Own as the primary gauge or standard by which to analyze the collections. Authors also examined new titles that Mississippi libraries have collected since the publication of 100 Books in 2014. Findings include an analysis of popular titles and topics, a discussion of folk music and its terminology, and a look at the value of library partnerships.


Library Experience Day: Fostering Student Engagement And Recruitment Through A Community Partnership, Melissa Dennis, Amanda T. Osborne Apr 2025

Library Experience Day: Fostering Student Engagement And Recruitment Through A Community Partnership, Melissa Dennis, Amanda T. Osborne

The Southeastern Librarian

This study explores the creation of a community engaged partnership between a university librarian and high school librarian. The article underscores the significance of university-school collaborations in ad-vancing K-12 education, offering insights for academic and educational institutions seeking to strength-en community engagement and recruitment initiatives. The authors discuss how the collaboration helped bolster an academic library’s strategic initiative to foster community engagement, particularly with local K-12 schools, and advance college readiness skills for area students. Collaborating with four high school librarians, the authors designed an interactive day on campus with activities and tours high-lighting the diverse roles within an academic …


The Witch Of Pungo: Grace Sherwood In Virginia History And Legend, A Blake Denton Apr 2025

The Witch Of Pungo: Grace Sherwood In Virginia History And Legend, A Blake Denton

The Southeastern Librarian

Scott O. Moore Charlottesville: Rivanna Books, 2024 ISBN: 9780813951300 298 p. $24.95 (Pbk)


The Sisyphean Struggle Of Librarianship, A Blake Denton Apr 2025

The Sisyphean Struggle Of Librarianship, A Blake Denton

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


Killing The Buddha On The Appalachian Trail: Walking On Through Self-Doubt And Aging, Sidney Gavel Apr 2025

Killing The Buddha On The Appalachian Trail: Walking On Through Self-Doubt And Aging, Sidney Gavel

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John Turner Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2024 ISBN: 9780820367736 364 p. $29.95 (Pbk)


Create Engaging Library Resource Lists: Helping Faculty Discover Educational Technologies For Curating And Sharing Library Resources, Allison Faix, Ariana Baker Jan 2025

Create Engaging Library Resource Lists: Helping Faculty Discover Educational Technologies For Curating And Sharing Library Resources, Allison Faix, Ariana Baker

The Southeastern Librarian

Academic libraries have long supported faculty’s use of reading lists. The need for this support has only increased with the growing popularity of distance learning as well as the shifting resource use patterns brought on by online learning during the covid-19 pandemic. However, reading list software can be pro-hibitively expensive while not always meeting faculty needs, and traditional print-based course reserves can only be accessed in person in the library, creating unnecessary barriers for students. This article ex-plores alternatives to commercial reading list software. Librarians can consider promoting these tools to help faculty meet their instructional goals and help students …


Government Documents For All: The Federal Depository Library Program, Tim Dodge Jan 2025

Government Documents For All: The Federal Depository Library Program, Tim Dodge

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


Romancing The Gullah In The Age Of Porgy And Bess, Allison Faix Jan 2025

Romancing The Gullah In The Age Of Porgy And Bess, Allison Faix

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Kendra Y. Hamilton Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2024 ISBN: 9780820362892 266 p. $144.95 (Hbk)


Students’ Perceptions Of An Embedded Librarian In The Doctor Of Business Administration Program, Christine E. Woods Jan 2025

Students’ Perceptions Of An Embedded Librarian In The Doctor Of Business Administration Program, Christine E. Woods

The Southeastern Librarian

The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ perceptions of an embedded librarian in a Doctor of Business Administration program at a private, Catholic, doctoral-granting university in the Southeast. Quantitative methods were used via an online anonymous survey invitation sent to 137 DBA students using university email addresses. There were 44 students who completed the survey for a 32% response rate. Results of the study indicated almost all students perceived the embedded librarian as helping them complete coursework and improve their research and citation abilities. Students preferred synchronous methods of instruction but only by a small margin compared to …


Ripe For Harvest: Data Harvesting And The Need For E-Lending Privacy Legislation, George M. Farris Jan 2025

Ripe For Harvest: Data Harvesting And The Need For E-Lending Privacy Legislation, George M. Farris

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Digital lending has revolutionized libraries, adding a trove of available titles and increased accessibility and convenience to patrons. However, handling of patron privacy when utilizing e-lending services is an area that has not received much attention. This paper examines reasons why libraries and patrons alike should be concerned about privacy and the harvest of data when engaging in e-lending through a non-library entity. Examples of mishandling of patron data are discussed in this paper. Recommendations for legislative and non-legislative actions that libraries can take to uphold the American Library Associa-tion core values of intellectual freedom and privacy are also discussed. …


Sela Officers And State Representatives Jan 2025

Sela Officers And State Representatives

The Southeastern Librarian

Current SELA officers and representatives.


The President’S Column, Laura Slavin Jan 2025

The President’S Column, Laura Slavin

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


From Dixie To Rocky Top: Music And Meaning In Southeastern Conference Football, Ariana Baker Jan 2025

From Dixie To Rocky Top: Music And Meaning In Southeastern Conference Football, Ariana Baker

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Carrie Tipton Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2023 ISBN: 9780826506399 320 p. $34.95 (Pbk)


Voodoo: An African American Religion, A Blake Denton Jan 2025

Voodoo: An African American Religion, A Blake Denton

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Jeffrey E. Anderson Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2024 ISBN: 9780807181324 272 p. $45.00 (Hbk)


News From The States Jan 2025

News From The States

The Southeastern Librarian

News from participating Southeastern states.


A Look Back: My Presidential Term, Crystal Gates Jan 2025

A Look Back: My Presidential Term, Crystal Gates

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


In The Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning, Chris Andrews Jan 2025

In The Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning, Chris Andrews

The Southeastern Librarian

Grace Elizabeth Hale New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2023 ISBN: 9780316564748 256 p. $29.00 (Hbk)


Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration And Struggles For Abolition Democracy In Louisiana, Tim Dodge Jan 2025

Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration And Struggles For Abolition Democracy In Louisiana, Tim Dodge

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Lydia Pelot-Hobbs Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023 ISBN: 97814696775114 374 p. $29.95 (Pbk)


Usability, Visibility, And Style: Libguides Usability Testing To Support Students’ Needs, Tera A. Ray Jan 2025

Usability, Visibility, And Style: Libguides Usability Testing To Support Students’ Needs, Tera A. Ray

The Southeastern Librarian

The study aimed to discover the level of knowledge students have regarding LibGuides, the preferred navigational layout, and how students use guides to conduct research. Ten undergraduate students par-ticipated in a mixed-methods study consisting of semi-structured interviews and usability tasks. The study revealed that the usability test was the first time any of the participants had interacted with a guide, resulting in data free from bias or previous experience. Participants did not exhibit a clear prefer-ence for navigation style, and an emphasis was placed on the importance of an aesthetically pleasing design and a functional search bar. The study's findings …


Selling Science Fiction Cinema: Making And Marketing A Genre, Camille Mccutcheon Jan 2025

Selling Science Fiction Cinema: Making And Marketing A Genre, Camille Mccutcheon

The Southeastern Librarian

J.P. Telotte Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023 ISBN: 9781477327333 192 p. $45.00 (Hbk)


Southeastern Librarian 72(4) Winter 2024 (Full Issue) Jan 2025

Southeastern Librarian 72(4) Winter 2024 (Full Issue)

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian Volume 72 Number 4


A Building Progress Report: What Ekstrom Library Has Learned, 2006-2024, Bruce L. Keisling, Robert E. Fox Jr Jan 2025

A Building Progress Report: What Ekstrom Library Has Learned, 2006-2024, Bruce L. Keisling, Robert E. Fox Jr

The Southeastern Librarian

In 1994, Stewart Brand introduced the concept that buildings “learn” or adapt to their changing uses and circumstances over time through addressing maintenance, fixing mistakes, and adding enhancements. This article builds on Brand’s work by applying the concepts to one academic research library that has experienced additions and renovations based on changing assumptions through time of what the build-ing should provide and support. These changes were possible because the building was designed with an open structure that supports change and thus has allowed it to learn and adapt in a financially and envi-ronmentally sustainable manner. The concepts discussed can be …


Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows And Runaways Shaped Modern America, Layla Farrar Nov 2024

Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows And Runaways Shaped Modern America, Layla Farrar

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Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023 ISBN: 9781469676401 312 p. $27.95 (Pbk)


Integrating Pop Culture Into The Academic Library, David W. Young Nov 2024

Integrating Pop Culture Into The Academic Library, David W. Young

The Southeastern Librarian

Melissa Edmiston Johnson, Thomas C. Weeks, & Jennifer Putnam Davis , eds. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 ISBN: 9781538159408 309 p. $132.00 (Hbk)


Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers, And Landscapes Then And Now, Austina Mcfarland Jordan Nov 2024

Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers, And Landscapes Then And Now, Austina Mcfarland Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Leslie Kemp Poole Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2024 ISBN: 9780813080475


Sown In The Stars: Planting By The Signs, Linh Uong Nov 2024

Sown In The Stars: Planting By The Signs, Linh Uong

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Sarah L. Hall Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2023 ISBN: 9780813197043 150 p. $34.95 (Hbk)


The President’S Column, Crystal Gates Nov 2024

The President’S Column, Crystal Gates

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.