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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:: year 5) Did you use the print reference collection at the Valley Library for the assignments other

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:: ), “Making Academic Reference Services Work,” College & Research Libraries 55, n.5, 445-456. Nofsinger, Mary

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:: instruction. The bibliography of publications on user instruction published annually in Reference Services

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:: . Finally, please do not take my word or that of the experts whom I make reference to in this paper, but

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:: wetlands. These two queries were merged to create a reference layer for the digitization. Figure 5 shows a

Discovery and identification of antibacterial agents for dental use

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Adam G.
Abstract:: Dental disease is a very prevalent and costly disease in which the symptoms, not the disease, are currently being treated. The disease is caused by pathogenic oral bacteria, many of which are a part of the Mutans Streptococci. The objective of this thesis was to find a natural substance that...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Table 2. Literature reference Activity [5] · Bactericidal activity against three strains of MRSA

Exploring phylogeny of Rhodococcus fascians isolates using 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis

Creator:: Sandberg, Eva Song
Abstract:: Rhodococcus fascians is a Gram-positive, pleiomorphic actinomycete that causes leafy gall formation in a wide range of plant hosts. This particular phytopathogen has been a focus of research at the Oregon State University Plant Clinic, a diagnostic laboratory. Phylogeny of R. fascians isolates obtained from Plant Clinic submissions was determined...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: 05-2254-5 77 05-2254-6 78 05-2254-4 05-2254-5 97 05-2254-6 99 05

Assessment Activities Report - OSU Libraries

Creator:: Deitering, Anne-Marie and Davidson, Jeanne
Abstract:: Report prepared by the OSU Libraries Instruction Work Group for the Office of Academic Programs and Academic Assessment. The report describes the Libraries' processes for program improvement with regard to student learning, as part of OSU's accreditation process.
Resource Type:: Working Paper
Full Text:: with faculty, and in one-on-one encounters at the Reference desk. In addition, librarians support

Complex questions, evolving answers: Creating a multidimensional assessment strategy to build support for the “teaching library”

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S. and Deitering, Anne-Marie
Abstract:: Since 2001, librarians at Oregon State University’s Valley Library have been working to build a “teaching library” supported by a clearly articulated instruction program. From the start, we believed that we needed to assess the “teaching library’s” impact, not only to determine the success or failure of our efforts but...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Undergraduate Services Librarian at Oregon State University. Paula McMillen is Social Sciences Reference

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:: Achievements Web Page at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/achievements.htm on 5/14/03.] · Monitoring

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

Discovery and identification of antibacterial agents for dental use

Exploring phylogeny of Rhodococcus fascians isolates using 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis

Assessment Activities Report - OSU Libraries

Complex questions, evolving answers: Creating a multidimensional assessment strategy to build support for the “teaching library”

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

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