University Libraries: Recent submissions
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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. -
Digital accessibility as a core competency for E-resources librarians
(Routledge, 2020-06-24)This article will outline the electronic resources life cycle and identify key elements involved in e-resource management that exhibit potential for growth in terms of accessibility remediation. The aim of the article is ... -
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 ... -
InfoShock-2015
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2017 Strategic Planning: Fall Annual Review
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The visual effect: A literature review of visual design principles as they apply to academic library websites
(Routledge, 2019-12-27)This paper reviews the concept of visual design as it applies to academic library webpages. There exist multiple unsettled aspects of visual design on library websites, prompting a need to critically examine and update ... -
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 ... -
Superheroes in the Stacks: Halloween ComicFest and Wichita State University
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-04-03)Academic libraries’ graphic novel and comic book collections hold a wide appeal for both scholarly study and personal reading. Programming around these materials can attract diverse audiences to promote library services ... -
Mentoring mid-career: reflections on fostering a culture of mentorship for experienced librarians
(Elsevier, 2019-03)Academic librarians need mentoring opportunities. If personal experience doesn't convince you, perhaps the number of academic librarians talking about mentoring – at conferences, online, at your place of work, in academic ... -
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 ... -
Enhancing visibility of vendor accessibility documentation
(American Library Association, 2018-09-01)With higher education increasingly being online or having online components, it is important to ensure that online materials are accessible for persons with print and other disabilities. Library-related research has focused ... -
You Don’t Have to Do All the Things to be an Awesome Librarian. Really
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A Case Analysis of Olivia: Applying Gilligan’s Theory of Women’s Moral Development
(Palmetto Practitioner, 2013)This article examines the case of “Olivia,” a young woman studying at a regional state university, to examine how one woman experienced the stages of Gilligan’s theory of women’s moral development. It begins with an ... -
Book Review: 'Purity' by Jackson Pearce
(Kennesaw State University, 2012-04-01)Book review of "Purity" by Jackson Pearce -
A History of the Embedded Librarian Program at Odum Library
(Kennesaw State University, 2011-09-01)Reference librarians at Valdosta State University’s Odum Library serve as embedded librarians in many online classes. Librarians enroll in courses through the university’s learning management system (LMS) to interact ... -
My Own Private Library: A Peek inside the Personal Library of a Librarian
(Kennesaw State University, 2011-01-01)The article looks at the personal library of the author. As a librarian, her literary preferences are a microcosm of her diverse interests. The two best books that she read in a while are "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by ... -
Book Review: Sisters Red, by Jackson Pearce
(Kennesaw State University, 2011-01-01)Book review of "Sisters Red," by Jackson Pearce. -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Book review: The Silence of the Archive
(Association College & Research Libraries, 2018-03)In Silence of the Archive, Thomas, Fowler, and Johnson present the case that archives do not, and cannot, provide a complete historical record by looking at gaps, or “silences,” relative to the contents of archives. There ...