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How Do You Like Your Books: Print Or Digital? An Analysis On Print And E-Book Usage At The Graduate School Of Education, Dana Haugh

Library Faculty Publications

The shift from physical materials to digital holdings has slowly infiltrated libraries across the globe, and librarians are struggling to make sense of these intangible, and sometimes fleeting, resources. Materials budgets have shifted to accommodate large journal and database subscriptions, single-title article access, and most recently, e-book holdings. This analysis measures the impact of digital acquisitions in an academic setting during a highly transformative period of library practices. The study finds that both electronic and print books are valuable to the academic research community at GSE.

Making The Ucf Libraries Part Of Your Course, Carrie Moran, Sarah A. Norris, Barbara G. Tierney

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Plenary presentation given to UCF faculty attending the Center for Distributed Learning's IDL Showcase on November 18, 2016 by Carrie Moran, User Engagement Librarian, Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian, and Barbara Tierney, Head of Research & Information Services.

The presentation highlights UCF Libraries services and resources available to faculty teaching courses online at the university.

Advances In Research Using The C-Span Archives, Robert X. Browning

Purdue University Press Book Previews

This book is a guide to the latest research using the C-SPAN Archives. In this book, nine authors present original work using the video archives to study presidential debates, public opinion and Congress, analysis of the Violence Against Women Act and the Great Lakes freshwater legislation, as well as President Clinton’s grand jury testimony. The C-SPAN Archives contain over 220,000 hours of first run digital video of the nation’s public affairs record. These and other essays serve as guides for scholars who want to explore the research potential of this robust public policy and communications resource.

Bridging The Gap: Selected Works And Topscholar Galleries, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel, Todd J. Seguin Mr

Kentucky Convergence Conference

Higher education’s scholars utilize online catalogs and library finding aids with ease. However, for the larger community, accessing scholars’ Selected Works and online galleries with topical themes is a helpful intermediary step. Non-scholars often explore and produce scholarship, seek out obscure online sources and gladly volunteer to document cultural resources.Every day historically valuable ephemera is thrown away due to an ignorance of its value to research. Special Collections Librarians partnering with Scholarly Communication Specialists utilize social media to create a gateway and make certain that taxpaying interested parties do not miss the wealth of primary sources compiled over centuries by …

Developing Teen Health Information Literacy, Sharon A. Weiner, David Walker, Kathryn Dilworth, Lalatendu Acharya, Lisa Kirkham, Bethany Mc, Laura Henzl

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This presentation discusses a health information literacy project for teens that was a collaboration between librarians and experts in health communications and school administration. They co-developed and co-taught a required high school health course in Spring 2016 using student-centered active learning techniques. The course project was a “Teen Health” website developed by the students.

Bibliography Of Books On Sexual Minority Health 2005 To Mid-2015, Sharon A. Weiner

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

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Client-Based Experiential Learning And The Librarian: Information Literacy For The Real World, Andy Spackman

Faculty Publications

Business schools have increasingly turned to client-based experiential learning to better prepare their graduates with skills and abilities that translate to the workplace. The shift from academic learning to experiential learning requires a corresponding shift in the way librarians approach information literacy. This article explores this trend through the literature and through personal interviews and proposes ways in which library instruction, collection development, and liaison relationships can be tailored to meet the needs of experiential learners.

What Would Happen If You Ditched Your Textbook? Gettysburg Faculty Share Strategies, Ian R. Clarke, Sharon K. Birch, Charles W. Kann, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

How much do your course materials really cost? Do your students obtain all the books you assign? How much does access to required readings affect student success? What would happen if you ditched your textbook?

If you’ve ever been tempted to toss your conventional reading list out the window and start over, this session is for you. Learn how colleagues are swapping out expensive course materials for more affordable options, including freely available materials, library-licensed items, and original creations. Our panelists are:

• Ian Clarke – Ian recently abandoned his $150 textbook for ENG 111 (Writing through Literature) and created an …

How To Download An E-Book (Ebrary Academic Complete), Jan Whitfield

BI Class Material

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Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - November 2016, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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Research Performance Support: Connecting Online Graduate Students From The Lms To The Library, Kim G. Read, Maureen Joyous Morasch

CUP Faculty Research

Universities expand their online graduate programs daily, which challenges academic librarians to maintain research support and information literacy instruction for the growing number of online students. Performance support offers a scalable solution to the problems of limited time and staffing that academic librarians face. When embedded in the learning management system throughout a course or program, performance support provides point of need research help and scaffolds students’ information literacy development. Librarians are able to focus their limited time helping students with their more advanced research needs.

Jitim Volume 25 Issue 3 - Front Page

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

JITIM volume 25, issue 3

Shaping Deep Learning Through Rich Engagement With Information, Clarence Maybee, Michael Flierl

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

These slides were used in an interactive session at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) conference held in Louisville, KY, November 9-13, 2016. The session focused on instructors applying informed learning design to craft better learning experiences and prepare students for success by providing more guidance about student engagement with information. Drawing from informed learning pedagogic theory, informed learning design provides a framework for developing learning activities that foster learning through intentional engagement with information.

Worksheet From Pod Interactive Session - Shaping Deep Learning Through Rich Engagement With Information, Clarence Maybee, Michael Flierl

Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials

This worksheet was used with participants of an interactive session at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) conference held in Louisville, KY, November 9 -13, 2016.

Open Genes: Tools For Genealogy, Kathrine Aydelott

Open Access Events

Not everything you need to trace your roots is online, but our resident genealogy enthusiast will help get your started--and then show you how to hook into the library resources to help you further!

Improving Learner Experience Through Creative Library Instructional Design, Mandi Goodsett

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

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The Write Time To Collaborate: Strengthening The Ties Between The Library And Writing Center, Holly A. Jackson

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Poster highlights the successful relationship between the Wright State University Libraries and the WSU Writing Center.

User-Focused Redesign: Using Survey And Usability Data To Redesign A Library Website, Leigh Ann Duncan, Mary Lou Baker Jones, Jane S. Wildermuth

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Are library websites meeting our users’ needs? Usability testing is one way to answer this question. Panelists will share the planning process and usability testing method employed for the redesign of an academic library website. Observations, video clips from the tests, and practical application of the findings will be shared.

Leveraging Youtube For Storage Management And Accessibility, Jane S. Wildermuth, Elisabeth R. Shook, Andrew Harris

University Libraries' Staff Publications

In an effort to improve the users’ experience when accessing our institutional repository, we decided to add closed captioning to all videos. We investigated a number of options such as local streaming servers and vended products, but could not find one that could meet our needs in terms of accessibility, compatibility with our repository platform, and easy of storage and management of videos. We then decided to test YouTube as a possible solution. We were pleased to learn that YouTube had auto closed captioning/transcription, a method of merging previously transcribed text with videos posted in YouTube, and an easy method …

Getting Starting With The Open Science Framework, Patricia Condon

Open Access Events

The Open Science Framework is a free, open source web application that helps researchers manage workflows and facilitates open collaboration.