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RDA Training I: A Gentle Introduction
(Wichita State University Libraries, 2011-05-17)This presentation gives a gentle introduction to the new cataloging standard “Resource Description and Access” (RDA). It starts from the conceptual models and principles RDA is built on and the rationale to switch from ... -
Reaching youth through diverse collections
(2012-09-21)Do our collections reflect the diverse youth we serve? We present the preliminary results of a nationwide assessment on how collections reflect experiences of youth of different ethnicities, sexual orientations, and ... -
A regression model of predictor variables on critical reflection in the classroom: Integration of the Critical Incident Questionnaire and the Framework for Reflective Thinking
(Elsevier Publishing, 2008-11)This research study investigates the influence of independent variables on students’ critical reflection scores in a library instruction program. A student sample (n= 321), enrolled in English Composition II courses, ... -
Repository services for students, faculty, and research administration
(Kansas Library Association, 2012-04-12)Institutional repository services are a fast growing new academic library service. Unlike other library services focused on delivering information created elsewhere, institutional repository services concentrate on collecting, ... -
Resolved: A Chronicle of Technical Services (2006)
(2006-11-27)The news reports of Technical Services -
Resolved: A Chronicle of Technical Services (2007)
(2007-01-31)The news reports of Technical Services -
A Review of Food Accessibility Measures and Decision Support Models
(Wichita State University, 2022-06)The objective of this research is to identify quantitative methods to study food accessibility and investigate their use or potential in supporting decisions that improve our food systems. To achieve this objective, we ... -
Review of The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job
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Rightly sore subscribers: where libraries are going wrong with RSS
(Maryville, MO, Northwest Missouri State University, c2008, 2008-11-07)During the past several years a lot of attention has been given to RSS feeds and how this syndicating technology can be used to channel information to library patrons. Libraries can certainly benefit from the power of this ... -
Rites of deliverance and disenchantment: The marriage celebrations for Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, 1661-62
(Manchester University Press, 2012)This article examines the political significance of royal and civic pageantry staged in Portugal and England in 1661-62 to celebrate the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza. Portugal used its celebrations to ... -
A role for classification: the organization of resources on the Internet
(Michigan Library Association, 2002-06-14)The author explores a number of theoretical and practical issues concerning classification of remote electronic resources. The necessity to catalog electronic resources has raised questions regarding including and ... -
RSS feeds: Promoting new materials
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RSS Feeds: Promoting New Materials at Mississippi State University
(2008)Most libraries promote new materials by displaying them together, but MSU Libraries also uses RSS feeds to promote recent arrivals to people who aren’t in the library. This article describes how MSU Libraries developed ... -
Saddling the whirlwind: exploring an organizational culture of a hybrid library
(Maryville, MO : Northwest Missouri State University, c2006., 2006-11-03)How to cope with the whirlwind of changes with no additional staff or money? The small cataloging unit seeks the answer on this familiar question in its organizational culture that includes a “team” and “hierarchical” ... -
Same Dance, New Partner: A Branch Music Library and Language Lab
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-03-03)A renovated facility provides a new home for an outsized branch music library and an underutilized language lab in a new partnership on campus. A committee is formed, compromises are made, and the project is realized in ... -
Sarah Bagby, Watermark Books
(2011-02-24)Books & Cafe in Wichita, KS, discusses the current state of book publishing and independent booksellers. -
Service philosophy statements in academic libraries: A qualitative content analysis
(Routledge, 2018)Some academic libraries use service philosophy statements to strengthen the quality of their service culture. A service philosophy statement communicates directly to users what they can --and should -- expect from the ...