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Spicing up the Orientation: Promoting Brill Science Library
This poster describes “Follow The Silk Road….to the Science Library”, a new orientation for the Brill Science Library at Miami University. The orientation combined many important ingredients including outreach, information ... -
Stakes and Stakeholders: OER—Framing the Issues
This book is intended to act as a guide for would-be champions of Open Educational Resources (OER) that anyone—called to action by the example set by the chapter authors—might learn serve as OER champions and guides ... -
Striking Up A Conversation, Striking Up A Victory: Engaging Faculty in Scholarly Communication
(2014-04-15)The concepts “open access” and “scholarly communication” have become inseparable from the library landscape. Librarians are increasingly aware of the issues inherent in these concepts, but faculty have been slower to ... -
Student and Librarian Attitudes toward Academic Libraries and Information Retrieval: An Ethnographic Study.
A study done at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of students and librarians that incorporates ethnographic methods and utilizes HCI theory in order to examine the following questions: Where students go when they have ... -
Student Health and Wellness and the Library
The COVID-19 pandemic made clear that student health and wellness is a priority for every area of campus, including the library. As students continued to struggle with stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns after ... -
Student Perceptions as a Method to Improve Information Literacy
Purpose When considering the information literacy skills of students, faculty (and librarians) often make assumptions as to what students know, understand, or why they act as they do. To help alleviate these misunderstandings, ... -
Success on the Small-Scale: Non-Traditional Tours Targeting Students in Transition
A Student Success Librarian outlines an unconventional approach to an academic library tour. In this newly adopted student-focused model, small-scale tours serve as a setting to share study tips for every style and space, ... -
Sustainability in Library Preservation
(2014-03-26)Many in the library world are embracing sustainability initiatives in an effort to better serve our communities and planet. In this article the author explores the need to integrate preservation within the broader approach ... -
Sustainably Supporting Assessment Work with Communities of Practice
This session brings together five librarians to discuss their recent projects assessing student success and learning, as well as the communities of practice--the ACRL Assessment in Action learning community environment and ... -
Sustaining and Enhancing Embedded Library Instruction in the Learning Management System
This panel will be a lively discussion of embedded librarianship in the online learning management system (LMS). Panelists will forego simply sharing the approaches of their own libraries and will instead pose a series of ... -
Systematic Reviews and Evidence Syntheses
Invited presentation on systematic reviews, evidence syntheses, and a librarian's role on evidence synthesis teams. -
Tablet Based Data Recorder for Librarians and Researchers
To promote easier and more accurate data collection, a tablet based tool was created that guides data collectors by providing color coded and textual instructions. Validation rules can be dynamically created that will ... -
Taking Action to Contain COllege Expenses: Cultivating a Collection of Textbooks for High-Use Classes
The cost of tuition and related expenses has become a hot topic. The College Board estimated that the cost of textbooks per student per year was nearly $1,200. One institution has created and maintained a collection of ... -
Talent Within: Building Library Leaders Through Staff Development
(2015-11-30)Staff development is the cornerstone of a vibrant and responsive library system that meets the needs of today’s students. In lean times, spending effort on staff development can often be overlooked beyond the initial ... -
Taming the Communication Beast: Using LibGuides for Intra-Library Communication
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Library Technology Conference on March 16, 2011. Using LibGuides for communication between technical services and other library departments. -
TEACH-ing Online?
In recent years, K-12 and academic libraries have seen an increasing demand to provide online access to film that can be used as part of course instruction. The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) ... -
Teaching and learning human anatomy using a 3-dimensional computer graphics learning tool: Considerations and benefits
3D Computer Graphics anatomical atlases provide a promising avenue for exploration of fiscally responsible collection management decisions to support student learning outcomes and university initiatives. -
Teaching Communities of Faculty About Scholarly Communication
(2015-01-27)This article by Jennifer Bazeley and Jen Waller originally appeared on the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog as “Faculty Learning Communities are a positive way for libraries to engage academic staff in scholarly ...