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  • Technology in Transition: Librarians, eReaders and the Trough of Disillusionment 
    Hussong-Christian, Uta; Nichols, Jane; Bridges, Laurie; Weinraub, Evviva (2013-04-12)
    Discover how librarians at Oregon State University Libraries adopted (or did not adopt) personal eReaders over the course of one year. Learn what technology and content hurdles they encountered, how they describe their n ...
  • To Build or Buy: the tale of the Library à la Carte™ Open Source Project 
    Mellinger, Margaret; Nichols, Jane; Griggs, Kim (2009-07-21)
    In 2005 Oregon State University librarians set out on a quest to update their pathfinders. Through focus groups and surveys we found that students wanted course-driven guides as well as subject guides. The question then ...
  • To eRead or Not to eRead: Is That the Question? 
    Hussong-Christian, Uta; Nichols, Jane (2011-12-14)
    iPads, smart phones, and e-readers have revolutionized reading, or have they? Preliminary findings from a current study of e-reader adoption among Oregon State Universitiy librarians show that reading has changed, but no ...
  • University Press Use of E-publishing Platforms for Monographs 
    Mellinger, Margaret; Nichols, Jane (2010-07-27)
    This white paper gives an overview of the software applications used by university presses to publish digital monographs. In addition, we will look at routes taken by university presses to move from all print to some e-p ...
  • Usability Basics for the Information Professional 
    Hussong-Christian, Uta; Nichols, Jane (2012-09-26)
    If you have ever been baffled by the ways in which users interact with the web tools and resources that you have worked so hard to create or provide, it may be time to think about usability testing. But don’t panic! Just ...
  • Using a Permanent Usability Team to Advance User-Centered Design in Libraries 
    Nichols, Jane; Bobal, Alison; McEvoy, Susan (International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication, 2009)
    Usability, user studies, and evaluating user experiences have been a part of academic libraries for many years. In the last 20 years libraries have created ad hoc usability teams to do user studies. Oregon State Universi ...
  • We Ditched our Kindles and You Can, Too! 
    Nichols, Jane; Hussong-Christian, Uta (2013)
    For the last two and a half years, OSU Libraries & Press (OSUL&P) circulated Kindle ereaders as a way to offer our students and faculty a popular reading collection. Although all OSU students, faculty and staff can get a ...

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