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Creator:: Valentino, Maura and Buck, Stefanie
Abstract:: Course syllabus for HC 407 Honors College Course "Open Educational Resource sand Social Justice."
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Creator:: Rempel, Hannah, Buck, Stefanie, and Deitering, Anne-Marie
Abstract:: Students today perform research in a disintermediated environment, which often allows them to struggle directly with the process of selecting research tools and choosing scholarly sources. The authors conducted a qualitative study with twenty students, using structured observations to determine the processes students use to select databases and choose sources...
Resource Type:: Article

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie, Nutefall, Jennifer E., and Bridges, Laurie M.
Abstract:: Libraries deploying the LibQUAL+™ survey can offer a lottery incentive and many do in the hope of increasing response rates. Other libraries may be prohibited from offering one because of Institutional Review Board restrictions, as is the case at [institution name]. We wanted to discover why libraries offer lottery incentives...
Resource Type:: Article

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie and Nichols, Jane
Abstract:: New unified discovery tools are designed to help students easily identify and retrieve library content. Students want quick and easy discovery of quality sources in a “Google-like” environment. Librarians have often expressed frustration with federated and metasearch systems that cannot take full advantage of discipline specific database features. As new...
Resource Type:: Article

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie and Mellinger, Margaret
Abstract:: Web-scale discovery systems, such as Serial Solutions’ Summon™ Service, are replacing older federated search technologies as the tool for users to access library resources quickly and easily. The impact of Web-scale discovery systems on instruction is not known. This study of instruction librarian perceptions of Summon’s impact on instruction and...
Resource Type:: Article

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie, Deitering, Anne-Marie, and Rempel, Hannah Gascho
Abstract:: Librarians listened and observed as undergraduate students tackled a typical research-based assignment using broad-based discovery tools, including Google Scholar, Web of Science and Summon. We will discuss what we learned about the research processes our users have developed, how they fit unfamiliar tools into those processes, how they carry early...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A., Boock, Michael, Buck, Stefanie, Nichols, Jane, and Reese, Terry
Abstract:: This report is a redacted version of the report presented to the University Librarian. Dec. 30, 2009 report of the Oregon State University Libraries Discovery Search Task Force to the University Librarian. Report recommends the 2 year purchase of the Serials Solutions Summon discovery product.
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