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Cross-cultural awareness for the reference desk

Creator:: Mellinger, Margaret and Wilkinson, Richenda
Abstract:: Cultural background influences information-seeking behaviors and verbal and non-verbal communication styles in reference encounters and in our interactions with library staff. Recognizing these differences will help us create an inclusive work environment and provide high-quality reference service to our communities. In this session, we will use exercises and small group...
Resource Type:: Learning Object and Presentation

Cross cultural awareness for the reference desk

Creator:: Mellinger, Margaret and Wilkinson, Richenda
Abstract:: Cultural background influences information-seeking behaviors and verbal and non-verbal communication styles both in reference encounters and in our interactions with colleagues on the library staff. Recognizing these differences will help us create an inclusive work environment as well as build on the high-quality reference service we provide to our changing...
Resource Type:: Presentation

The Valley Library Reference Collection : a white paper exploring future options

Creator:: Mellinger, Margaret, Rielly, Loretta, and Webster, Janet G.
Abstract:: The Valley Library Reference Collection is under-utilized, occupies valuable physical space, and represents a significant investment in collection funds. As reference resources are available electronically, we have not effectively shaped our print or digital reference collection. The physical collection ages as we cancel reference continuations without replacing them with electronic...
Resource Type:: Working Paper
Full Text:: not) accessing and using the reference collection; 2. Clarify our collective thinking on the

It takes a village to manage the 21st century reference department

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S. and Rielly, Loretta
Abstract:: Reference services at Oregon State University’s Valley Library have undergone several reoganizations in response to institutional changes, shifting service needs and patron demands. Part of this history includes training for and functioning in team-based management. We have now evolved to a management model which utilizes workgroups and an advisory and...
Resource Type:: Preprint
Full Text:: reference dept It Takes a Village to Manage the 21st Century Reference Department Paula McMillen and

Lessons learned about developing and coordinating an instruction program with freshman composition

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S., Miyagishima, Bryan, and Maughan, Laurel S.
Abstract:: In the Spring of 2001, the Oregon State University Libraries began planning for a collaboration with the university’s Freshman Composition Program. In implementing this project, with no additional library resources, and with the majority of library faculty less experienced in working with freshman students, the coordinators of the program learned...
Resource Type:: Article and Preprint
Full Text:: collaboration with the university’s Freshman Composition Program (FCP), the result of which would be 2 sessions

The utility of playfulness in terms of innovation and productivity for business and a life of learning

Creator:: Adams, Jason S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulness or lack there of. The concepts of hard work versus hard play were explored in order to discover when human beings are operating at their best. In terms of innovation and productivity in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: otherwise manifesting a life of 2 play. The social protestors find problems to fight against while

The application of geographic information systems for delineation and classification of tidal wetlands for resource management of Oregon’s coastal watersheds

Creator:: Scranton, Russell W.
Abstract:: Resource managers of Oregon’s tidal wetlands require an improved GIS layer for management of existing tidal wetland habitat and areas considered for tidal wetland restoration. A reconnaissance project was initiated, such that interpretations of remote sensing data, the National Wetland Inventory, Oregon Estuary Plan Book and additional management tools were...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Areas (Acres) by Classification & Total Area by Estuary…………………………………91 Table 2: Percentage of Habitat

OSU Library Faculty Association End of Year Report, 2002/2003

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E., Christie, Anne, and Davidson, Jeanne
Abstract:: This is a reporting of the Oregon State University Libraries Library Faculty Association for the academic year 2002/2003.
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: Reference Desk. To the current president falls the task of setting up the room, which I would suggest might

OSU Libraries Communications Task Force Report 2005

Creator:: Conatser, Lisa, Cook, Kerrie, Mang, Alice, Deitering, Anne-Marie, and Smith, Wendy
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: ). · Improving teleconferencing. In particular, work to make the Polycom reliable outside of Drinkward. 2

Teaching writing within Forestry

Creator:: Kolb, Thomas, Friginal, Eric, Lee, Martha Eugenia, Tracy-Ventura, Nicole, and Grieve, Jack
Abstract:: 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources. In 2005 faculty in the Northern Arizona University School of Forestry initiated a project to replace the required sophomore-level writing course taught by the English Department with a new course, “Writing in Forestry,” taught within the School. The goal of the...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: cohesive paragraphs · uses paragraph transitions · uses appropriate reference to supporting evidence

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Cross-cultural awareness for the reference desk

Cross cultural awareness for the reference desk

The Valley Library Reference Collection : a white paper exploring future options

It takes a village to manage the 21st century reference department

Lessons learned about developing and coordinating an instruction program with freshman composition

The utility of playfulness in terms of innovation and productivity for business and a life of learning

The application of geographic information systems for delineation and classification of tidal wetlands for resource management of Oregon’s coastal watersheds

OSU Library Faculty Association End of Year Report, 2002/2003

OSU Libraries Communications Task Force Report 2005

Teaching writing within Forestry

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