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Assessing Technological Self-Efficacy to Support Student Learning
Technology usage is a vital, and often expected, prerequisite for student engagement and learning. Knowledge of various technologies is assumed, but is that really the case? One way to examine this is by surveying Technological ... -
Assessment of a Broad-Based CCC “Get It Now” Program Implementation
We conducted a year-long pilot of the Copyright Clearance Center’s “Get It Now” rapid document delivery program. Get It Now is intended to supplement traditional library journal collections by providing rapid on-request ... -
Assessment, Analytics, and Analysis: Demonstrating the Impact of LMS Embedded Librarians on Student Learning
The Ithaka S&R US Library Survey 2016 documents that library directors are committed to supporting teaching and learning services in terms of staffing and budget. They are equally committed to supporting student success, ... -
Automated Bulk Uploading of Images and Metadata to Flickr
(2014-03-26)The Digital Initiatives department at Miami University, like most Digital Initiatives and Special Collections, has a large amount of rich digital image collections, stored primarily in a third-party database. ... -
Avoiding the “Axe”: Advancing Affordable and Open Education Resources at a Midsize University
INTRODUCTION To address the soaring cost of textbooks, higher education institutions have launched a number of strategies to promote the adoption of affordable and open educational resources (AOER). Although a few models ... -
Be a Force For Affordable Learning!
In this session the presenters will provide an overview of Affordable Learning (AL) initiatives that can help address student textbook costs, including the use of Open Educational Resources (OER), also known as Freely ... -
“Begin with a Moment:” A Pilot Study of a Method for Supporting Information Creativity in First Year Writing Instruction
This presentation describes a pilot study conduced at the University of Illinois during the fall of 2017, which tested the effectiveness of a low-pressure early-semester information creativity session that encouraged ... -
Between the Sheets: a Library-wide Inventory with Google
When it comes to taking an inventory of physical items, libraries often rely on their traditional integrated library system’s (ILS) à la carte add ons; outside vendors; or other possibly outdated, complex, and often expensive ... -
Beyond the Land Acknowledgement: Indigenous Language Revitalization, Student Activism, and Critical Theory in STEM Librarianship
Throughout their history, libraries have participated in white supremacist power structures that privilege white knowledge over that of other cultures. While humanities and social science librarians are becoming more ... -
Beyond the Stacks to Partner for Success: Libraries and TRiO Programs!
Two academic libraries built connections with the federally funded first-generation or low-income student success programs (TRiO Student Support Services) on their campuses to support student success. -
Book Lovers, Technophiles, Printers and Pragmatists: The Social and Demographic Structure of User Attitudes toward e-Books
(2012-09)Q-methodology was used to identify clusters of opinions about e-books at Miami University. The research identified four distinct opinion types among those investigated: Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and ... -
Boolean and Truncation
(2014-03-26)Classroom handout describing Boolean operators and truncation. -
Building Alliances and Allies: Advocating for Art Methodologies in Digital Collections Collaborations
This presentation addresses the art of advocating for disciplinary methodologies in collaborations with digital collections and special collections. While art librarians speak from a well-articulated methodological position ... -
Building Library Communities through Makerspace Engagement
Makerspaces and other experiential learning labs are a growing addition to libraries of all types. But in order to ensure they are a lasting part of library services, these spaces must be more than just the technology and ... -
Building STEAM: Collaborative Outreach and Engagement with Art and Science in the Academic Library
Art and science are often thought of as separate and unrelated disciplines. However, art has frequently been influenced by scientific discoveries while science has used artistic techniques to expand knowledge. This ...