University Libraries: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Succession planning in academic libraries: A reconsideration
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2015-11-24)It has been widely projected in the library literature that a substantial number of librarians will retire in the near future leaving significant gaps in the workforce, especially in library leadership. Many of those ... -
We deliver: Overcoming microform collection access issues with electronic delivery
(North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 2010-04-09)This presentation described the problems library users experienced trying to scan and save or print microform images at Valparaiso University. Complex, difficult to use equipment and software, unfamiliar formats, and file ... -
Space and place: a study of a specialized service desk
(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2022-02-10)Purpose: This study examines the activities of a specialized service desk and provides guidance on conducting an analysis of the activities. The authors wanted to know what is essential in terms of expertise, staffing, ... -
Circulation policies for external users: A comparative study of public urban research institutions
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This article is a study of the policies that govern the use of the university library by external users at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and 12 peer institutions used by IUPUI for comparative ... -
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 ... -
Service philosophy statements in practice: Motivation, authorship, and impact
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022-10-03)To improve customer service, some academic libraries have used a service philosophy statement to foster a shared understanding of service standards. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with heads of public ... -
2019: Progress report 2018-2019
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2020: University Libraries Progress 2019-2020
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2021: University Libraries Progress 2020-2021
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Multimodal Combination of Text and Image Tweets for Disaster Response Assessment
(International Workshop on Data-driven Resilience Research, 2022-07-06)Social media platforms are a vital source of information in times of natural and man-made disasters. People use social media to report updates about injured or dead people, infrastructure damage, missing or found people ... -
Writing Now, Reading Now: Peter Behrens
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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 ... -
Dispelling misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19 through a multidisciplinary teaching module
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-08)This presentation covered Aaron Bowen's strategies for designing a module for the Blackboard learning management system on how educators can fight the spread of mis- and disinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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 ... -
Converging Academic Librarianship with a Large-Scale Transdisciplinary Research Project
(Association of College & Research Libraries, Science & Technology Section, 2021-06-28)Five librarians in Research and Instructional Services at Wichita State University are co-principal investigators in the Disaster Resilience Analytics Center (DRAC), a multi-year grant-funded interdisciplinary project based ... -
Women in Horror Month stalks the academic library: Highlighting genre and popular culture collections
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-05-17)University and college collections typically focus on academic texts, yet most institutions contain popular culture resources that are overlooked or relegated to leisure reading. Although highlighting such collections is ... -
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 ... -
Mental health literacy and women: A systematic review
(Kansas State Nurses Association, 2021)The purpose of this review was to assess published literature of mental health literacy and women. The current review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses. ... -
Music scores: Retroconversion or recataloging?
(The Haworth Press, 1992)Many libraries across the country are planning projects to convert the manual records for their music scores into machine-readable form. Although the typical problems of music retrospective conversion are well documented, ...