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Rock, paper, scissors, COUNTER, SUSHI: Making sense of usage
(2014-06-11)Presentation at the ALAO CMIG Workshop on June 9, 2014. -
Impact of a Library Instruction Session on Bibliographies of Organic Chemistry Students
(2014-06-16)Students in Chemistry 254: Organic Chemistry for Majors were required to write a paper about an organic name reaction (a reaction named after the chemist who discovered it). Before turning in this assignment, students had ... -
Engaging Faculty in Scholarly Communication Change: A Learning Community Approach
(Pacific University Libraries, 2014-08-01)INTRODUCTION As the landscape of scholarly communication and open access continues to shift, it remains important for academic librarians to continue educating campus stakeholders about these issues, as well as to create ... -
Engrossed, Enraged, Engaged: Empowering Faculty in Transforming Scholarly Communication
(2014-11-10)Librarians are deeply invested in the scholarly publishing lifecycle. This investment, in tandem with an evolving scholarly communication system, has encouraged librarians to become advocates for transformation in this ... -
Change as Opportunity: Re-Vamping LibGuides to Better Engage Students
(2014-11-17)Change can be a positive opportunity to evaluate how we engage students with our services and contribute to their success. We will share our experiences surrounding our migration to LibGuides 2.0 and how it presented an ... -
Are E-book Big Deal Bundles Still Valuable? [slide deck]
(2014-11-18)The academic e-book market has undergone significant change in the last five years. E-book availability has greatly increased as library demand has grown, with an increasing percentage of library acquisitions preferring ... -
Evangelists and Pragmatists Finding Common Ground: ISSSS members’ views on open access publishing
(2015-01-22)The issues surrounding open access (OA) publishing in academia are complex, sometimes misunderstood, and frequently debated among faculty and other stakeholders. In this study we explored the opinions of members of the ... -
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 ... -
Faculty Learning Communities are a Positive Way for Libraries to Engage Academic Staff in Scholarly Communication
(2015-01-27)The stakes and politics of research and scholarship are different depending on discipline, department, and institution, and as such, increasing awareness of scholarly communication is fraught with difficulty. Librarians ... -
With the Help of Students and Donors
(2015-01-30)This poster featured reflections on the first eighteen months of a long-term student-powered project to digitize a large and still-growing cultural heritage collection. Included were strategies developed for anticipating ... -
This Could Take a While
(2015-01-30)Reflections after the first year of a student-aided digitization project. The Bowden Postcard Collection contains a staggering 480,000 postcards, spanning the entire 20th century and the entire globe. The project already ... -
User Studies with Camtasia
(2015-02-12)A presentation on using the Camtasia tutorial creation software to collect and document user studies. -
Using Google Glass to Teach Privacy (and sharing)
(2015-02-22)Google Glass is Google’s latest consumer technology and is a wearable, head mounted computer that acts like a voice-activated, hands free smartphone. Hailed by some and reviled by others, Glass provides a peek into the ... -
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 ... -
Access and Use in the Digital Age: A Case Study of a Digital Postcard Collection
This article reflects on the first eighteen months of a long-term project to digitize a large and still-growing postcard collection. The project is notable for its use of student workers, developing an active donor base, ... -
Making It Real: Why a Makerspace Might Make Sense for Your Library
Makerspaces are a growing area of service for all types of libraries. People with varying skill levels create projects in these collaborative environments with support from one another and access to equipment and materials. ... -
Promoting the Use of the Library Science Collection for Professional Development
As librarians, we understand and appreciate the value of reading for professional development in order to meet the needs of our faculty and students, learn something new, and to spark innovation and forward-thinking. As ...