Browsing University Libraries by Author "Messner, Kevin"
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Analysis and Assessment of the 'Get it Now' Service, Five Years after Implementation - is it Fulfilling its Purpose Sustainably?
Adams, Kristen; Messner, KevinThe 'Get it Now' service, from the Copyright Clearance Center, is a rapid document delivery program for journal articles which we implemented in 2014. With five years of data, our analysis addressed questions including: ... -
Assessment of a Broad-Based CCC “Get It Now” Program Implementation
Messner, Kevin; Hurst, Susan; Bazeley, Jennifer; Withers, RobWe 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 ... -
Book Lovers, Technophiles, Printers and Pragmatists: The Social and Demographic Structure of User Attitudes toward e-Books
Revelle, Andrew; Messner, Kevin; Shrimplin, Aaron; Hurst, Susan (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 ... -
Contradictions and Consensus — Clusters of Opinions on E-books
Shrimplin, Aaron; Revelle, Andrew; Hurst, Susan; Messner, Kevin (2011-03)Q methodology was used to determine attitudes and opinions about e-books among a group of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at Miami University of Ohio. Oral interviews formed the basis for a collection of ... -
Contradictions and Consensus: Clusters of Opinions on E-books
Hurst, Susan; Messner, Kevin; Revelle, Andrew; Shrimplin, Aaron (2012-09-12)Q methodology was used to determine attitudes and opinions about e-books among a group of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at Miami University of Ohio. Oral interviews formed the basis for a collection of ... -
Creating Museum Exhibits Faculty-Librarian Collaboration within a First-Year Research Course
Boehme, Ginny; Sullivan, Steve; Messner, KevinIntegrating information literacy (IL) into credit-bearing courses is not a new topic for librarians, but few are able to go beyond the traditional one-shot session. Some are able to become embedded in a class, with varying ... -
Job sculpting in the midst of organizational change
Adams, Kristen; Messner, Kevin“Job sculpting” – matching employees to job duties consistent with their professional interests and strengths — in librarian positions can be a helpful practice for enhancing employee satisfaction and ultimately retention. ... -
Minding Your Ps & Qs: A Q-Methodology Workshop
Brinkman, Stacy; Messner, Kevin; Shrimplin, Aaron; Waller, Jen; Waller, JenLibrarians are continually turning to new metrics to evaluate services, impact, and priorities. Q-methodology - a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative research techniques - is a systematic study of subjectivity that ...