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Katherine Vaz, Distinguished Fiction Writer
(2011-11-17)Katherine Vaz, Visiting Faculty & Distinguished Fiction Writer in Residence for WSU Dept. of English, reads her work. -
Kevin Brockmeier, Fiction Reading
(2013-11-13)Award winning author Kevin Brockmeier, reads from his work. -
Le délégué de la compagnie: Claude E. Boillot and the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956-57
(1995-08)For 90 years the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez played an integral role in the economic development and stability of the world. The Suez Canal connects the western world to the eastern, and, consequently, ... -
Leadership and decision-making in team-based organizations: A model of bounded chaotic cycling in emerging system states
(ISCE Publishing, 2013-11)This article discusses the results of both intrinsic and instrumental case study investigations of team-based leadership and decision-making in an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institution undergoing dramatic ... -
Learning from librarians and teens about YA library spaces
(Public Library Association, 2014-05)Young adult (YA) librarianship has received growing attention in the library literature over the past several years. However, the majority of writing on this topic has focused on the services provided rather than on the ... -
Learning the code: Deciphering digital literacy
(IGI Global, 2021)The concept of "digital literacy" has been much discussed and variously misunderstood in our society. Owing to digital communication technologies, it is often confused with other literacies and skills necessary for utilizing ... -
LibGuides and Web-Based library guides in comparison: Is there a pedagogical advantage?
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-05-05)This study investigates whether the platform used to deliver a tutorial matters in online information literacy instruction and assesses the overall quality of an information literacy tutorial assignment given to an ... -
A LibGuides presence in a Blackboard environment
(Emerald, 2012)Purpose – Describes current approaches to and assesses the value of placing course-level research guides generated through LibGuides software into Blackboard learning management system (LMS) shells. Describes the specific ... -
Librarians and the complexity of individual and organizational change: Case study findings of an emergent research library
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009)The purpose of this case study was to increase the knowledge base of how research librarians experience and cope with the turbulence of change within their library system. A library belonging to the Association of Research ... -
Librarians and the emerging research library: a case study of complex individual and organizational development
(2007)The purpose of this case study was to increase the knowledge base of how research librarians experience and cope with the turbulence of change within their library system. This research also examined the issues that surround ... -
Library instruction and student engagement in the age of Google
(LOEX Press, 2010)A typical library instruction session generally includes demonstrations of how to use the library catalog, how to access information via library-provided electronic resources, and how to use the electronic journal list. ... -
Lifelong learning: Moving beyond the library degree?
(American Library Association, 2011)Describes the decision to continue taking courses towards an advanced degree, as well as personal or professional factors in motivation for this decision. -
Linking location and shelf mapping from OPAC search results: with reference to Wichita State University
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2008)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine dynamic mapping of holding locations to the animated maps in a library catalog which aims to resolve complex shelving situations, augment the user experience in locating ... -
Long nav or short nav?: Student responses to two different navigational designs using LibGuides Version 2
(Elsevier, 2018-03-17)This study used two successive phases of usability testing to evaluate two different versions of a Communication 430 course LibGuide. The first version of this guide had a longer, more visually complex navigation menu, ... -
Managing World Wide Web information in a frames environment: a guide to constructing Web pages using frames
(Sage Press / Emerald Publishing Group, 1998-12)Explains how to build World Wide Web home pages using frames-based HTML so that librarians can manage Web-based information and improve their home pages. Provides descriptions and 15 examples for writing frames-HTML code, ... -
Marlin "Bart" Barton
(2012-03-22)Marlin "Bart" Barton, award-winning author, reads from his newest book, The Cross Garden. -
Materials used by Master's students in Engineering and implications for collection development: a citation analysis
(2006)The purpose of this study is to determine the materials used by graduate students in engineering and to guide library collection development decisions. A literature review shows citation studies are useful in developing ... -
Maximizing access through consortial partnership: Mississippi State University Libraries’ Journal Expansion Project
(2007)Consortial licenses with online access clauses can offer libraries the opportunity to begin new journal subscriptions at no additional cost and without losing access to existing subscriptions. Mississippi State University ...