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NASIG Workshop: The SISAC barcode and the periodicals analysis database
(Haworth Press, 1997-05-05)This workshop described the development of two serials management databases at Wichita State University (WSU) in Kansas. The databases facilitate periodical labeling, checkin, and use data collection. Usage information is ... -
The New Distance Learners: Providing Customized Online Research Assistance to Urban Students on the Go
(Urban Library Journal, 2012)This article provides an overview of the pedagogical theories surrounding distance learning while discussing the learning styles and characteristics of distance learners. The author describes how the use of social media ... -
New rates of exchange: Technological integration and university libraries in Central and Eastern Europe
(University of Tennessee. Central and East European Center, 2000)Over ver the course of the past ten years, Central- and Eastern-European Countries have seen significant changes in virtually all sectors of society. Higher education has been transformed, bringing western philosophies to ... -
New support for the research process: Desktop delivery of microform content
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)While trying to access microform content, patrons at the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources at Valparaiso University were often hampered by unfamiliar equipment, temperamental software, and a puzzling ... -
Now you see it: Transparency in instruction and assessment
(2013-04-05)NILOA (National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment) offers those faculty, administrators, peer institutions, and librarians a wealth of information concerning all forms and types of assessment on a campus. Librarians ... -
OER jargon: Free vs digital vs open
(Kansas Board of Regents, 2020-09-10)This webinar identifies the use and difficulty of Open Education jargon for newcomers to the Open Community and clarifies Open Education Resources (OER) terms as well as the difference between free, digital, and open. -
OPAC redesign at WSU Libraries
(Kansas Library Association Tri-Conference, 2007-03-13)This program presents the OPAC enhancements especially two pioneer features developed by the WSU Libraries, dynamic map direction for each item on OPAC, and a link to Amazon.com added to provide users with access to each ... -
Optimized metadata repurposing in a library using MarcEdit
(ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group Meeting, ALA Midwinter 2009, 2009-01-24)At WSU Libraries, Special Collections and Technical Services had been creating in-house inventories in Excel and MARC records in OCLC separately for their projects, including for a collection of 1800 poems by American poet ... -
Optimizing the online catalog: experiences at WSU
(College and Universities Libraries Section of the Kansas Library Association Annual Meeting, 2008-10-23)In February 2008 the OPAC Redesign and Evaluation Team at Wichita State University Libraries was charged to investigate options to improve the online catalog to provide better access for all library users. This presentation ... -
Paul Dickey, Poet
(2011-10-26)Paul Dickey, poet from Omaha, Neb. and WSU alumnus, reads new and published poetry (from "They Say This is How Death Came Into the World"). -
Peer review of teaching
(Communications in Information Literacy, 2014)Many academic librarians who provide library instruction have never received formal training in educational theory and methods. To bridge this gap and improve the teaching skills of instruction librarians, some academic ... -
Perfection isn't the goal, right? Reflections from early-career librarians on adapting the one-shot to an online environment
(2021-05-13)This presentation is a reflection of three early-career librarians from different universities on the pivot from in-person to online one-shot instruction due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Presenters will discuss how adapting ... -
The perspective on Luther from a Lutheran historian
(K-REx, 2016-05-26)Ernest G. Schwiebert (b. 1895 – d. 2000) numbered among the Reformation and medieval historians of the early twentieth century who came out of the Ivy League; in his specific case, Cornell. Schwiebert’s legacy places him ... -
Peter Barnes and the nature of authority
(Ottawa National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada,[1999], 1998)Peter Barnes (1931-2004) was among the most theatrically-minded playwrights of the contemporary non-musical stage in England. His work makes use of virtually every element of theatre: spectacle, music, dance, heightened ... -
Phenomenological reduction and emergent design: Complementary methods for leadership narrative interpretation and metanarrative development
(International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, 2007-03)The author's intent in this paper is to discuss new methods for conducting research on and connecting the works of chaos and complexity theorists with interpretive, hermeneutical, and phenomenological theorists as a ... -
Preferred political, social, and technological characteristics of electronic resources (ER) librarians
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)The digital revolution has created a need for a new type of professional called the electronic resources (ER) librarian. This chapter traces the development of this new position in academic libraries, identifies preferred ... -
Preparing for renovation: Estimating shelf occupancy to inform decision making regarding the redevelopment of library space
(Routledge, 2016)University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is in the process of repurposing space currently occupied by the print collection. To prepare for further reallocation of library space, reliable ... -
Prioritizing Accessibility in the E-Resources Procurement Lifecycle: VPATs as a Practical Tool for E-Resource Acquisitions and Remediation Workflows at Academic Libraries
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-02-20)Libraries within academic institutions need to comply with federal disability law. Specifically, the Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires electronic and information technology to be fully ...