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Creator:: Boock, Michael, Nichols, Jane, and Kristick, Laurel
Abstract:: This article describes the selection, implementation, configuration, and assessment of a proprietary federated search product. The decisions made and processes used to facilitate the implementation are outlined. Users' perception of the product based on a usability study and survey responses are presented. Also described are unique and innovative implementations of...
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Full Text:: resources. This perception was based on librarians’ interactions with users at the reference desk and in

Creator:: Rempel, Hannah Gascho and McMillen, Paula S.
Abstract:: Librarians at Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries used the discussion board features of Blackboard courseware to create an interactive experience for graduate students at a distance who could not attend the on-campus “Literature Review Workshops.” These recently developed workshops have been extremely popular with graduate students across the disciplines and...
Resource Type:: Preprint and Article
Full Text:: follow up requests for more workshops support the perception that this approach offered a rewarding

Creator:: Kelly, Maureen and Vondracek, Ruth
Abstract:: In the spring of 2005 Oregon State University librarians conducted an undergraduate survey and focus groups that confirmed Reeb and Gibbons’ assertion that our students want library sources targeted to their specific courses. In response to this need we considered how to best design assignment focused web pages that were...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Creator:: Conatser, Lisa, Cook, Kerrie, Mang, Alice, Deitering, Anne-Marie, and Smith, Wendy
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: perception exists that decision-making can be risky, and that it can be difficult to get support for

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S. and Hill, Eric
Abstract:: This article is a follow up to an earlier publication that developed the rationale for using conversation as a metaphor to teach research writing. We presented this proposed teaching approach at several conferences, including WILU in May 2005 at Guelph, Canada. The discussions with participants in these presentations validated the...
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Full Text:: of the information seeking process. A related aspect of this theme is the perception of risk

Creator:: Hussong-Christian, Uta, Kunda, Sue, and Rempel, Hannah Gascho
Abstract:: On September 10, 2008, the Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries shut its doors for the annual In-Service Day event. Eighty employees from all three OSU libraries gathered at the Valley Library on the OSU main campus. Karyle Butcher, university librarian, strongly supports this annual event planned by library staff for...
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Full Text:: perception of and engagement with this annual event. An in-service history OSU Libraries began holding In

Creator:: Webster, Janet G. and Rielly, Loretta
Abstract:: Measuring the effectiveness of library instruction poses many challenges, yet is essential to validating the time and energy dedicated to it. Over two years, how subject specific library instruction addressed the needs of the students, the instructor and the librarians was studied. Students were surveyed; librarians analyzed their research paper...
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Full Text:: - ance affected the bibliography rating and the students’ perception of the research process. We

Creator:: Salwasser, Janine and Murray-Rust, Catherine
Abstract:: To guide the design, content, and development of a natural resources digital library, the Oregon State University Libraries commissioned a needs assessment. Interviews with citizens, policy makers, and scientists show that potential users want to quickly find, retrieve, integrate, and synthesize well organized and geo-referenced information on Oregon's natural resources,...
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Full Text:: commercial sector (Pisciotta et al. 2001). They will use a number of user perception measures including

Creator:: Gronemyer, Kate and Deitering, Anne-Marie
Abstract:: Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate librarians' attitudes towards instruction in virtual reference transactions and to review relevant literature. Design/methodology/approach – Librarians who provide virtual reference services are surveyed about attitudes towards providing instruction via virtual reference software. In addition to gathering demographic information respondents...
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Full Text:: by many librarians, is the perception that users who choose to pose reference queries via virtual

Creator:: Nichols, Jane and Mellinger, Margaret
Abstract:: Librarians at Oregon State University Libraries perceive that there is a disconnection between the organization of libraries’ information resources and the way our users search for information. Librarians are curious to learn how users of OSU Libraries web pages find information on specific subjects. For example, should the OSU Libraries...
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: perception that there is a disconnection between how the libraries present subject information and how our

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