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University Libraries: Recent submissions
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Our Role in Retention:
Description of how libraries best reach out to students who are at-risk of dropping out. -
Appalachian Links: Libraries, Collections, Campus and Community
The migration of Appalachians to urban areas during the early and mid-20th century is having ripple effects to this day. One manifestation of this is the interest in Appalachian Studies by both academics and laypersons ... -
Hard Times and Opportunities: Lessons Learned from the Pack Horse Librarians
Libraries everywhere are feeling the pinch from the nationwide economic slowdown. Whether it is cuts in journal subscriptions or cuts in staff, the changes wrought by these extenuating circumstances will have longstanding ... -
Keeping up with Free-Range Internet Tools
An overview of some of the lesser-known freely available reference and research tools. -
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 ... -
Data Curation Workshop:
The current state of research data is like a disorganized photo collection: a mix of formats scattered across different media without a lot of authority control. That is changing as the need to make data available to ... -
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 ... -
Lights! Camera! Action! Creating a First Tier Information Service Point (with less than 30 days' notice)
Libraries are moving towards consolidating service points and cross-training staff. Due to staffing changes, one university library recently decided to consolidate first-tier information service with the circulation desk. ... -
Gephi - Network analysis and visualization
This set of PowerPoint slides used in a workshop for librarians gives a brief explanation of network analysis and how to use the Gephi visualization tool (version 0.9.2). -
Copyright in action: Creating sustainable copyright policies
Clear and consistent policies are the key to easing your copyright-related worries. In this session, attendees will discuss how to make policy determinations in a wide variety of areas, including digitization projects, ... -
Copyright in action: Coping with copyright questions in your library
As information professionals, library staff members are on the frontlines of copyright and intellectual property discussions. In this session, we will review examples of real-life copyright quandaries. Attendees will ... -
Copyright in Action: Considerations for Instruction
It’s part of nearly every library’s mission to preserve and freely share collected resources. However, as we move further into a world of contracting for access to (rather than ownership of) digital resources, it’s critical ... -
Copyright in Action: Understanding Section 108--The "Reproduction by Libraries and Archives" Exception
It’s part of nearly every library’s mission to preserve and freely share collected resources. However, as we move further into a world of contracting for access to (rather than ownership of) digital resources, it’s critical ... -
Copyright in action: Understanding fair use
Fair use is an exception found in US copyright law that users, including information professionals, can consider utilizing when looking to make copies of copyrighted works. Codified in in Section 107 of US copyright law ... -
Acting on IP: Valuing Students Rights as Intellectual Property Creators
Many works that students create are eligible for some form of intellectual property (IP) protection; however, students are rarely educated about these rights or the management of them. This session will provide an overview ... -
Copyright and Open Educational Resources: Creation, Licensing, and Use
Copyright permeates almost every aspect of the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER). Given academic librarians role in championing the OER movement and promoting the ethical and responsible re-use of ... -
Open Access and Institutional Repositories
This presentation explores open access issues related to institutional repositories. -
Data Curation: Tips and Tools for Today
In the past year we have seen how quickly and easily scientific data can be removed from government websites and rendered inaccessible to the public. Libraries have a responsibility to step into the breach and provide safe ... -
Affordable Course Materials: Impact on Student Learning
This poster provides an overview of the OER adopt/adapt program, the SGID method, and data from 2.5 years of implementing the assessment. Data indicates trends in student learning that occur with the implementation of OER. ... -
Using LibGuides to Promote Communication Between Public and Technical Services
Chapter 8 of Reengineering the Library, an ALCTS Monograph (edited by George Stachokas).