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6 Degrees of information literacy: How faculty, students, and administration are linked to (Kevin Bacon) - wait, a librarian
(2013-04-15)Librarians and library services can be critical in helping students make connections across campus, through their work with faculty assignments, providing reference services, or collecting subject or interdisciplinary ... -
A picture is worth 150 words: Using Wordle to assess library instruction
(Pierian Press, 2011)Making library instruction interactive and engaging is no easy feat, and assessment of the standard one-shot visit can be difficult. Librarians need a simple and fast method for evaluation of learning. The one-minute paper ... -
A scanner darkly: Retooling the tools for environmental scans
(2013-04-08)See how a small group of librarians gathered partners across campus to conduct an environmental scan of their instructional program. We took a long workbook (Analyzing Your Instruction Environment, published by ACRL) and ... -
Are they ready to make the switch? Results of the WSU Libraries survey on electronic and print collections
(DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2005-06-01)A recent survey of Wichita State University faculty, staff, and students by the WSU Libraries shows the university community far from consensus on the issue of print versus electronic journals and other resources. The ... -
Assessing learning, critical reflection, and quality educational outcomes: the Critical Incident Questionnaire
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008-09)This research study incorporates Brookfield’s Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) as a qualitative instrument to assess the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in one library’s instructional ... -
Assessing your vendors' viability
(2010-10-28)Modern libraries invest substantial resources in print and electronic serials. Unfortunately librarians do not always understand how financial issues faced by vendors in today’s economy can adversely impact library services. ... -
Automatic subject heading assignment for online government publications using a semi-supervised machine learning approach
(American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006)As the dramatic expansion of online publications continues, state libraries urgently need effective tools to organize and archive the huge number of government documents published online. Automatic text categorization ... -
Beyond the OPAC: creating different interfaces for specialized collections in an ILS system
(ALA (American Library Association) Annual Conference 2009., 2009-07-11)This presentation will discuss the speaker’s experiment of creating featured websites from specialized data in Voyager ILS in a wider context. These websites can be seamlessly integrated into public programming events and ... -
Bloomsbury Popular Music
(The Charleston Advisor, 2019-01)Bloomsbury Popular Music is a truly unique popular music resource that provides an easy-to-use interface along with valuable content for researchers. It would be an excellent supplement to academic libraries that support ... -
Book review: "Open Access: What you need to know"
(American Library Association, 2012-04)OA also has the potential to alleviate the problems caused by rapid price increases for science, technology, engineering, and medical (STEM) journals, which consume a disproportionate and growing share of academic and ... -
Book Review: 'Purity' by Jackson Pearce
(Kennesaw State University, 2012-04-01)Book review of "Purity" by Jackson Pearce -
Book review: Armitage's Garden Perennials, 2nd edition
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Book review: Developing and managing electronic collections: the essentials
(American Library Association, 2014-07)As Johnson comments in the preference, her goal is to offer practical advice in working through the many issues involved in providing library users access to online resources. She focuses on indexing and abstracting ... -
Book review: Ethics for records and information management
(ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 2019-05)During the last 30 years, information technology has exploded; with that comes a host of issues that constantly need to be addressed, including how to treat the various and numerous records that have been created as a ... -
Book review: Improving the visibility and use of digital repositories through SEO
(College & Research Libraries, 2013-11)With the increasing creation and use of institutional repositories (IR), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is necessary to draw users to digital collections. Arlitsch and OBrien provide useful information in their book, ... -
Book review: Information 2.0, second edition: New models of information production, distribution and consumption
(Association College & Research Libraries, 2016-05)Martin De Saulles, principal lecturer in digital marketing at the University of Brighton, UK, provides a solid examination of the digital information landscape and discusses the implications of technological changes in the ... -
Book review: Library automation: core concepts and practical systems analysis
(Association College & Research Libraries, 2015-03)Bilal discusses at length integrated library systems (ILS), provides and overview of the Library Automation Lifecycle (LALC), and emphasizes throughout the fact that technology changes rapidly. As a result of technological ... -
Book review: Linked data for cultural heritage
(Association College & Research Libraries, 2017-07)Linked data has been a hot topic in the library world, and this book provides a good overview of the topic. The contributors present theoretical and practical information to help readers understand linked data concepts and ... -
Book review: RDA and serials cataloging
(© 1996-2014 American Library Association, 2014-04)The transition to and implementation of RDA: Resource Description and Access have presented many challenges to those involved with serials and continuing resources cataloging. (1) In RDA and Serials Cataloging, Ed Jones ...