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  • Interactive data entry and validation tool: A collaboration between librarians and researchers 

    Johnson, Eric
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to share a case study process of collaboration with faculty, highlight some design considerations when creating data entry forms and describe some considerations when planning ...
  • Planning for Digital Preservation 

    Jones, Ashley; Johnson, Eric
    This presentation will focus on the process Miami University Libraries used when researching and selecting digital preservation solutions. Digital Preservation can be an overwhelming undertaking for any institution. The ...
  • Resource Location Maps 

    Johnson, Eric
    Our librarians needed an easy way to answer the question, “Which computer has X software?” Since some software packages are expensive, or require an above average machine to operate, not every software tool is available ...
  • Resource Locator Maps: Pinpointing Your Library's Software Stuff 

    Johnson, Eric; Andrews, Nick
    WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THERE WERE A SYSTEM THAT WOULD JUST TELL US WHAT SOFTWARE HAS BEEN DEPLOYED ON EACH COMPUTER? Our librarians at multiple service points needed a simple, fast tool to answer a common question: ...
  • Rubrics and Decision Matricies 

    Johnson, Eric
    Designing rubrics for informed decision making How often do committees spend an inordinate amount of time nit-picking a trivial issue and fail to discuss the heart of a problem? Do you find yourself constantly busy, ...
  • Simply Analytics overview 

    Johnson, Eric
    This is an overview of the SimplyAnalytics online resource, prepared for Miami University's libguides and website. Script: Hello, this is Eric Johnson. Today we’re going to be looking at the Simply Analytics ...
  • SOAP and the Web of Science: how to bulk download query results 

    Johnson, Eric
    Recently, we had a faculty member ask to download thousands of citation records from Web of Science (WOS). With modern tasks such as data mining for research, this bulk “nonconsumptive” use of textual data is increasing. ...
  • Source Notes: A collaboration between C.D.S., Faculty, campus I.T., and the Humanities Center 

    Johnson, Eric; Offenburger, Andrew; Reese, Greg
    Finding, retrieving and annotating digital news items is almost as important as their generation and storage. Our university is developing new tools for digital news research. To aid in the collection and close reading ...
  • Tablet Based Data Recorder for Librarians and Researchers 

    Johnson, Eric
    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 ...