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Getting Digitization Projects Done in a Medium-Sized Academic Library: a Collaborative Effort Between Technical Services, Systems, Special Collections, and Collection Development

Creator:: Boock, Michael, Jeppesen, Bruce, and Barrow, William
Abstract:: Cleveland State University Library, a medium-sized academic library serving approximately 15,000 students, is engaged in large-scale efforts to digitize and make accessible online collections of unique Cleveland-related materials. The Cleveland State University Library Special Collections digitization and cataloging efforts use staff from several different library organizational units. The collaboration of...
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Full Text:: Library: a Collaborative Effort Between Technical Services, Systems, Special Collections, and Collection

Assessing the Need for a Natural Resources Digital Library

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:: research strengths of Oregon State University, library administration decided to create a natural

WIDIT: Integrated Approach to HARD Topic Search

Creator:: Yang, Kiduk, Yu, Ning, Zhang, Hui, Akram, Shahrier, and Record, Ivan
Abstract:: Web Information Discovery Tool (WIDIT) Laboratory at the Indiana University School of Library, whose basic approach to combine multiple methods as well as to leverage multiple sources of evidence, participated in 2005 Text Retrieval Conference’s Hard track (HARD-2005) to investigate methods of effectively dealing with HARD topics by exploring a...
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Full Text:: Akram, and Ivan Record School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington

Fusion Approach to Finding Opinionated Blogs

Creator:: Yang, Kiduk, Yu, Ning, Valerio, Alejandro, Zhang, Hui, and Ke, Weimao
Abstract:: In this paper, we describe a fusion approach to finding opinionated blog postings. Our approach to opinion blog retrieval consisted of first applying traditional IR methods to retrieve on-topic blogs and then boosting the ranks of opinionated blogs based on combined opinion scores generated by multiple assessment methods. Our opinion...
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Full Text:: ), an international information research forum that supports a variety of cutting-edge information

WIDIT in TREC-2005 HARD, Robust, and SPAM tracks

Creator:: Yang, Kiduk, Ning, Yu, Zhang, Hui, George, Nicholas, Loehrlen, Aaron, McCaulay, David, Akram, Shahrier, Mei, Jue, and Record, Ivan
Abstract:: Web Information Discovery Tool (WIDIT) Laboratory at the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science participated in the HARD, Robust, and SPAM tracks in TREC- 2005. The basic approach of WIDIT is to combine multiple methods as well as to leverage multiple sources of evidence. Our main strategies for...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Zhang, Shahrier Akram, Jue Mei, Ivan Record School of Library and Information Science, Indiana

WIDIT in TREC-2007 Blog Track: Combining Lexicon-based Methods to Detect Opinionated Blogs

Creator:: Yang, Kiduk, Yu, Ning, and Zhang, Hui
Abstract:: In TREC-2007, Indiana University‟s WIDIT Lab1 participated in the Blog track‟s opinion task and the polarity subtask. For the opinion task, whose goal is to "uncover the public sentiment towards a given entity/target", we focused on combining multiple sources of evidence to detect opinionated blog postings. Since detecting opinionated blogs...
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Full Text:: Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, U.S.A. {kiyang, nyu

WIDIT in TREC-2006 Blog track

Creator:: Yang, Kiduk, Yu, Ning, Zhang, Hui, and Valerio, Alejandro
Abstract:: Web Information Discovery Integrated Tool (WIDIT) Laboratory at the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science participated in the Blog track’s opinion task in TREC- 2006. The goal of opinion task is to "uncover the public sentiment towards a given entity/target", which involves not only retrieving topically relevant blogs...
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Full Text:: Blog track Kiduk Yang, Ning Yu, Alejandro Valerio, Hui Zhang School of Library and Information

What’s Next for Collection Management and Managers? User-Centered Collection Management

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A.
Abstract:: Keywords: collection development, library circulation, user-centered collection management
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Full Text:: /she wishes to checkout and presents some form of identification—typically a PIN as well as a library

What’s Next for Collection Management and Managers? Successful Collaboration

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A.
Abstract:: Keywords: collection development, collection development collaboration
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Full Text:: Carolina State University joined the cooperative venture known presently as the Triangle Research Library

A License to Kill For . . .

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A.
Abstract:: Keywords: licensing electronic journals, licensing electronic resources
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Full Text:: library, school, business, non-profit, or research institution. The UXXX will make reasonable

What’s Next For Collection Managers and Collection Management?

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A.
Abstract:: Keywords: collection development, serials cancellations
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Full Text:: their 1994 Library Acquistions: Practice and Theory (LAPT) Research Award, Tina E. Chrzastowski and

Forestry

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: A broad definition of forestry would be the study of trees, forests, and their use by people. Modern science-based forestry is thought to have begun in the nineteenth century when Europeans looked to specialists to address questions of wood supply and extraction both in their forests at home and in...
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Full Text:: publication and is currently highly cited in the research literature. Three volumes are published annually

Forestry

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: A broad definition of forestry would include the study of trees and forests and their use by people. Modern, "science-based" forestry began in the nineteenth century when Europeans looked for specialists who could address questions on wood supply and extraction both at home and in their colonies. The threat of...
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Full Text:: its 20 years of publication and is currently highly cited in the research literature. Three volumes

Forestry

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: A broad definition of forestry would include the study of trees and forests and their use by people. Modern or science-based forestry began in the nineteenth century when Europeans looked to specialists to address questions of wood supply and its extraction from both their forests at home and their colonies....
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Full Text:: reputation during its 20 years of publication and is currently highly cited in the research literature. Three

Forestry

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: A broad definition of forestry would include the study of trees, forests, and the habitat they provide as well as their use by people. Modern, "science-based" forestry began in the nineteenth century when Europeans looked for specialists who could address questions on wood supply and extraction both at home and...
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Full Text:: refereed publication sponsored by the faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of

The New Age of Hyperspectral Oceanography

Creator:: Chang, Grace, Mahoney, Kevin, Briggs-Whitmire, Amanda, Kohler, David, Mobley, Curtis, Lewis, Marlon, Moline, Mark, Boss, Emmanuel, Kim, Minsu, Philpot, William, and Dickey, Tommy
Abstract:: A multispectral optical sensor collects data at select wavebands or channels. An example is the Sea-viewing Wide-Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) ocean color satellite, which measures eight wavebands between 402 and 885 nm (20-40 nm bandwidth with peaks centered around 412, 443, 490, 510, 555, 670, 765, and 865 nm). Optical oceanographers...
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Full Text:: instruments have been used in oceanographic research for about 30 years. However, most of these

Light scattering by random shaped particles and consequences on measuring suspended sediments by laser diffraction

Creator:: Agrawal, Y. C., Whitmire, Amanda L., Mikkelsen, Ole A., and Pottsmith, H. C.
Abstract:: We present new observational data on small-angle light scattering properties of natural, random shaped particles, as contrasted with spherical particles. The interest in this "shape effect" on scattering arises from the need for a suitable kernel matrix for use in the laser diffraction method (LD) of particle sizing. LD is...
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Full Text:: scattering, the time JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, C04023, doi:10.1029/2007JC004403, 2008

Effects of bulk particle characteristics on backscattering and optical closure

Creator:: Chang, Grace and Whitmire, Amanda L.
Abstract:: Optical closure is essential for the determination of biogeochemical properties from ocean color remote sensing information. Mie scattering theory, a radiative transfer model, and a semi-analytical inversion algorithm were used to investigate the influence of particles and their properties on optical closure. Closure results were generally poor. Absorption coefficient (at)...
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Full Text:: additional research on the spectral behavior of bbp()/bp(). Risovi [13] also suggested that bbp()/bp

Face-to-face on Facebook: students are there... should we be?

Creator:: Bridges, Laurie M.
Abstract:: Chapter 7 from Teaching Generation M: a Handbook for Librarians and Educators. Reprinted with permission of Neal-Schuman Publishers from Teaching Generation M: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators edited by Robert J. Lackie and Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic. ©2009 by Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Full Text:: Come." Speech to the Annual Conference of the Public Library Association, Boston (March 23, 2006

Information Literacy: Developing Partnerships Across Library Types

Creator:: Nutefall, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: This article describes a grant-funded project with the final goal of creating information literacy collaborative partnerships among academic, school, and public libraries. The objectives of the grant as well as an overall description of the project are stated. The emphasis of the article is on the process followed to create...
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Full Text:: Across Library Types Research Strategies 2001 Nutefall, Jennifer E

Paper Trail: One Method of Information Literacy Assessment

Creator:: Nutefall, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: Assessing students' information literacy skills can be difficult depending on the involvement of the librarian in a course. To overcome this, librarians created an assignment called the Paper Trail, where students wrote a short essay about their research process and reflected on what they would do differently. Through reviewing and...
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Full Text:: faculty to know library resources, both of which can only benefit 3 student success….The

The Relationship Between Service Learning and Research

Creator:: Nutefall, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: In Fall 2006, a faculty member in George Washington University's University Writing 20 (UW20) program began incorporating service learning into her theme-based first-year writing course. Along with her librarian partner, they linked two research assignments to the service work of the students. An end-of-semester survey was administrated over three semesters...
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Full Text:: research Abstract In fall 2006 a faculty member in George Washington University’s University

Raise Your Profile: Build Your Program

Creator:: Nutefall, Jennifer E. and Gaspar, Deborah
Abstract:: To raise the library's profile within the campus community, it is critical to create a strategic plan and align library goals with those of the university. At George Washington University's Gelman Library, the instruction librarians gained internal and external support to hire two new instruction librarians to better support collaboration...
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Full Text:: . The library document focused on the university’s emphasis on undergraduate research by including an

Teaching research rhetorically

Creator:: Nutefall, Jennifer E. and Ryder, Phyllis Mentzell
Abstract:: At George Washington University, librarians and faculty have partnered to provide an effective introduction to information literacy to all freshmen. The structure of the new writing program promotes goals that are at the intersection of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and Association of College and Research Libraries. Furthermore, the...
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Full Text:: and faculty partner to teach research and writing in a new first-year course, University Writing 20

LibraryFind: System design and usability testing of academic metasearch system

Creator:: Jung, Seikyung, Webster, Janet, Mellinger, Margaret, Frumkin, Jeremy, and Herlocker, Jon L.
Abstract:: Using off-the-shelf search technology provides a single point of access into library resources, but we found that such commercial systems are not entirely satisfactory for the academic library setting. In response to this, Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries designed and deployed LibraryFind, a metasearch system. We conducted a usability experiment...
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Full Text:: -the-shelf search technology provides a single point of access into library resources, but we found

Pamoja: Learning About International Library Issues Through a Simulation Game

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: Winter 2000
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Full Text:: LIBRARY ISSUES THROUGH A SIMULATION GAME By Richard Sapon-White The timeworn cliche that our world is

International Librarianship: Resources for Further Exploration

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: “International librarianship” is a term that embraces many different, though related, topics. These include international exchanges of librarians, cooperation between libraries and librarians in different countries, and the development of library services in Third World countries. Because the term covers so much territory, the literature on the subject is extensive....
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Full Text:: research article reports the results of a survey of library directors and exchange participants in the U.K

Supporting a Culture of Scholarship for Academic Librarians

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard, King, Valery, and Christie, Anne
Abstract:: Academic library faculty require a supportive atmosphere in order to successfully engage in research and publication. At Oregon State University, the Library Faculty Association (LFA) provides avenues for peer criticism of manuscripts and presentations and for the discussion of professional issues. A survey of LFA members on their level of...
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Full Text:: to encourage library faculty to engage in creative work, research and publication, with priority

Some Thoughts on Authority Control in an International Digital Library

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Library Some Thoughts on Authority Control in an International Digital Library Richard Sapon-White

OSU Libraries Hosts Visitors from Fujian Province, China

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: For the past six years, the Oregon State Library and the Fujian Provincial Library have collaborated in the Horner Exchange a program that fosters mutual understanding between librarians from Oregon and Fujian. In odd-numbered years, an Oregon librarian visits Fujian Province while in even-numbered years two Chinese librarians visit Oregon....
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Full Text:: Last summer, my library hosted two visiting

A chance to learn while teaching in Prague

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
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Full Text:: well as the challenges still facing the library world in this beautiful Central European country

A Polish Jew on the Florida Frontier and in Occupied Tennessee: Excerpts from the Memoirs of Max White

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: In the late 1850s, few young Jews, recently arrived in the United States from Poland, chose to live in Florida. Fortunately, one who did, Max White, wrote down his memoirs of those years, leaving us a remarkable, very personal account of life on the Florida frontier as well as a...
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The CAMEL Project at Oregon State University: Collecting and Managing Access to Faculty-Created Web-Based Resources

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard and Chau, May
Abstract:: Subject reference librarians at OSU create subject guides to assist library patrons to locate pertinent sources on their own. These guides direct patrons to information in a variety of formats, including books, series, and journals, but often lack Internet resources. The original intent of the CAMEL Project was to set...
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Full Text:: collection development and contacting faculty. Since collection development for web publication is new, the

Series Authority Control at Oregon State University after the Library of Congress’ Series Policy Change

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: The Library of Congress (LC) decided to suspend creating series authority records on May 1, 2006 and to transcribe all future series statements as untraced. To evaluate the impact on cataloging workload at Oregon State University (OSU), bibliographic records were examined for untraced series statements from June 1, 2006 to...
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Subject Analysis Training for Cataloging Paraprofessionals: A Model for Ongoing Learning and Support

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: Oregon State University has trained paraprofessionals to assign subject headings to theses and dissertations. This article describes the training program for the paraprofessionals and the ongoing support provided by weekly meetings to discuss works that are difficult to analyze. The transition from copy cataloging to subject analysis is a major...
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Full Text:: , paraprofessionals, training, continuing education, Library of Congress Subject Headings Richard Sapon-White, MLS, is

What's next for collection management and managers?

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A.
Abstract:: Keywords: Collection managers, Academic libraries, Collection management
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Full Text:: follow up on research like McDowell’s to determine how to best build and manage the new library

Collection Assessment and New Academic Programs

Creator:: Bobal, Alison M., Mellinger, Margaret, and Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: At Oregon State University a library collection assessment is a required part of the review process for every new academic program proposal. Over time, this assessment has moved away from a brief statement regarding the adequacy of the collection to support the new program to a more thorough evaluation and...
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Full Text:: faculty status; budget reality checks at the University level; changes in library leadership

“I don't think it's harder, just that it's different”: Librarians' attitudes about instruction in the virtual reference environment

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:: Librarians, Library instruction, Information literacy, Reference servioes, Virtual work Paper type Research

Connecting learning styles and multiple intelligences theories through learning strategies: an online tutorial for library instruction

Creator:: Chau, May
Abstract:: Although the Dunns’ learning styles and Gardner’s multiple intelligences theories are two distinct areas of research, they do not oppose each other and can be used together to improve learning. The design of this tutorial is an attempt to integrate students’ learning styles and their unique blend of intelligences in...
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Full Text:: Theories LIBRES Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal Volume 16, Issue 1, March

Digital Watersheds: One Library's Approach to Expanding Access to Water Resources Information

Creator:: Wirth, Andrea A.
Abstract:: Oregon State University Libraries has developed a variety of digital collections that support the university‘s commitment to natural resources research. Two of these collections are the Umpqua Basin Explorer and the Middle East Water Collection. The existence of both of these digital initiatives represents the ongoing collaborative work between librarians,...
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Talking and Tagging: Using CONTENTdm and Flickr in the Oregon State University Archives

Creator:: Edmunson-Morton, Tiah
Abstract:: The Oregon State University Archives has a robust photograph collection, which is reflected in its hearty companion digital collection. These collections document the history of the university, as well as the agriculture and natural resources of the Pacific Northwest. While the physical and online collections are popular, we were interested...
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Using a Permanent Usability Team to Advance User-Centered Design in Libraries

Creator:: Nichols, Jane, Bobal, Alison, and McEvoy, Susan
Abstract:: 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 University (OSU) Libraries started its ongoing team in 2006, resulting in an increased focus on...
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Full Text:: ’ usability studies but none discusses benefits a standing usability team brings to a library organization

By the people, for the people: The Oregon State University Libraries annual In-Service Day

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:: Day event. Eighty employees from all three OSU libraries gathered at the Valley Library on the OSU

ticTOCs: A New Service for "Keeping Current"

Creator:: Wirth, Andrea A.
Abstract:: ticTOCs, a new journal table of contents service, provides users a free resource for managing RSS feeds for new content from selected journals. This service could be used as a complement and in some cases as an alternative to other table of contents providers. Using RSS feeds provided by publishers,...
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Full Text:: subject librarians opted to survey their faculty for the purpose of identifying core research titles

Electronic thesis and dissertation metadata workflow at Oregon State University Libraries

Creator:: Boock, Michael and Kunda, Sue
Abstract:: In July 2005, the Oregon State University Libraries began accepting electronic versions of student theses and dissertations into ScholarsArchive@OSU, the library’s institutional repository. By January 2007, all Oregon State University graduate students were required to deposit their final research. This paper compares past processes and workflows for print theses and...
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Mediating off-site electronic reference services : human-computer interactions between librarians and web mining technology

Creator:: Chau, May
Abstract:: The Internet enables global dissemination and retrieval of information at any time, as a result, it has a tremendous impact on how libraries provide reference services to this new web-based clientele. One impact is the increase in off-site library users who make in-person reference interviews impossible. To serve this new...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: experiences helping patrons use electronic research databases in the library. There are many other variables

Chapter 2: The Consumption and Production of Fisheries Information in the Digital Age

Creator:: Webster, Janet G. and Uhlinger, Eleanor
Abstract:: Fisheries scientists persistently create, communicate, and use information. In fact, if they did not, there would be no fisheries science. To exist, science must be part of a continuum where shared information, from casual hallway communications to rigorously reviewed articles, documents the questions asked and the solutions suggested. Relevant information...
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Full Text:: . Relevant information is critical to the success of basic and applied fisheries research projects

Marine Science and Technology

Creator:: Webster, Janet G. and Butler, Barbara A.
Abstract:: Our oceans surround us, and we depend upon them for food, transportation, and recreation. They affect us daily as they shape our climate and rattle our world with unexpected events. Current headlines indicate that they are in flux and perhaps in trouble. Coral reefs are dying due to rising ocean...
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Full Text:: & Company, this quarterly publication presents analysis, research, and practical information related to the

Infodoodads – Building a New Blog Community

Creator:: Rempel, Hannah Gascho and Gronemyer, Kate
Abstract:: In this article, the authors share how they turned themselves from hesitant library blog readers into dedicated bloggers. The authors share how they started their blog named infodoodads and why they started writing it. The authors also share how blogging with partners is a great way to maintain a frequent...
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Full Text:: already hundreds of library blogs out there. We kept up with several library and technology blogs

Using Courseware Discussion Boards to Engage Graduate Students in Online Library Workshops

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...
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Full Text:: with advanced research knowledge and skills (Hardesty, 1995; Schmehl Hines, 2006). Faculty also

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