A significant number of III users have implemented WebBridge as their OpenURL linking solution -- however a far fewer number have moved to integrate WebBridge into many of their other services like the catalog, ILL or beyond. This presentation will discuss two topics: first, how WebBridge can be used to...
Wallowa Resources is focused on land and community stewardship – the opportunity to fulfill our responsibilities to land, community and future generations, and enjoy the resulting benefits. It is synonymous with husbandry, care and conservation. Within our work, it requires the integration of social, economic and ecological issues to identify...
Winter hardiness in barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a trait targeted by breeding programs in order to expand the potential area of adaptation of fall-sown cereals. Vernalization requirement is an important factor in winter hardiness. A vernalization requirement is an extended period of low temperature required for transition from the vegetative...
Studies were conducted to assess influencing the effectiveness of sheep for grazing control of false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) an invasive grass species. Orphan lambs were exposed to false brome via grass extract in their milk and naturally reared lambs were exposed by grazing dense stands of false brome with their...
This presentation and paper were presented at the 6th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources. Proceedings of that conference were not disseminated. As further work by this author was presented as an update in the 7th Biennial Conference, we have included this supplementary material in this collection as...
Presentation about OCLC's recently unveiled WorldCat Local product. Discusses some of the functionality of the software, how it is different from our local OPACs, what it does well and not so well and finally some concerns with the one big catalog, single silo approach.
Presented at the 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, held March 13-15, 2008 at Oregon State University.
Learning is a complex phenomenon, involving three major modes, i.e., affective or emotional, cognitive or intellectual, and evaluative or values-laden (Kellert 2002, 2005). The environments in which this learning takes...
Program description: Do users want simpler access to "best sources" for subject research? Should libraries filter information by discipline, subject area or course? Should information be tailored to undergraduate level? This presentation will present findings from research on these and other questions.
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...
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
In schools at every level, teachers and administrators are under pressure to demonstrate how effective they are by showing exactly what it is their students are learning. These pressures have fueled campus-wide assessment efforts at schools across North America. Librarians at Oregon State University saw this as an opportunity to...
Presented at the 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, held March 13-15, 2008 at Oregon State University.
In 2005, the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (FW) at Michigan State University engaged in intensive curriculum discussion. The result of this discussion was a radical revision of the FW...
Description of the primary and secondary aims of ScholarsArchive@OSU, the institutional repository of scholarly materials produced at Oregon State University.
Writing literacy, in the form of Writing Intensive Curricula or Writing Across the Curriculum, has made significant inroads in undergraduate education, and is now often required for graduation. As library faculty increase collaborative teaching efforts with their colleagues in the disciplines, we see these discipline-based writing intensive courses as unique...
Presented at OLA, 2007, this program covers preparing for a sabbatical on a Fulbright exchange. It includes preparing to teach in a foreign country, increasing sensitivity to cultural differences, communicating with colleagues abroad, and preparing one's family for living overseas.
Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii), an ornamental native to China, is an invasive species in Oregon and many other areas. In Oregon, butterfly bush invades disturbed areas, particularly riparian areas. The Oregon nursery industry has the highest farm-gate value of all agricultural commodities and butterfly bush is a significant plant to...
The conference, Oregon Forests: Pathways to Student Success was used to bring natural resource professionals and school district educators together to discuss what is needed to ensure the sustainability of forestry education in Oregon’s K-12 classrooms and to make plans for it to happen in their school districts. Using this...
Oregon Explorer (www.oregonexplorer.info), a natural resources digital library developed by Oregon State University Libraries and the Institute for Natural Resources, was created for Oregon’s natural resource decision-makers to promote informed and streamlined public and private decision-making. Examples of projects and successes of the Oregon Explorer include a basin portal for...
Working collaboratively with faculty, librarians can develop scalable models of information literacy instruction that are integrated with classroom work and spark student learning. In this session, librarians from Oregon State University discuss the challenges and benefits of collaborating with faculty to develop and implement such models in large, multi-section courses.
American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Conference, 2004. Austin, Texas. IT in Chemical Engineering Education: Session & Roundtable Discussion
The AhR is a ligand-activated transcription factor that mediates the potent immunosuppressive effects of TCDD. AhR-dependent changes in gene expression appear to alter the differentiation of CD4+ T cells to induce a population of CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells (Tregs) that suppress the immune response. Ascertaining if and how the AhR...
This presentation provides a brief introduction to the Library of Congress Classification, including terminology, structure and notation, cuttering, geographic cutters and tables.
This set of presentations was used in July-August, 2007, to train staff at Oregon State University in the application of the Library of Congress Classification system and related shelflisting practices. The presentations cover basic notation, cuttering, geographic cutters, special formats such as continuing resources, congresses, and biographies, and many other...
Between 1907 and 1941, Portland architect John V. Bennes designed more than thirty five new buildings for Oregon State University and designed several other building additions and renovations. This presentation explores Bennes' OSU work as well as his archtectural designs in Portland, Baker City and other Oregon communities.
Dramatic declines in several groundfish populations have occurred along
the U.S. West Coast during the last decade (PFMC 1999, Sampson 1997,
Ralston 1998, Bloeser 1999). One problem exacerbating these declines is
insufficient stock assessments, especially for species of west coast rockfish
(Family Scorpaenidae, Genus Sebastes) which comprise the core of...
Librarians often lament the difficult nature of keeping up with new online tools and trends in the face of shrinking staff and increasing duties. When the writers of infodoodads began blogging in December 2006 they hoped to pool their collective intelligence and make keeping up a little bit easier. The...
Presented at Northwest Innovative User Group annual conference, October 19, 2004. Discussed the process Oregon State University Libraries used for the implementation of Innovative Interfaces' MetaFind federated search software including: Selection process; Implementation Plan development; Implementation Task Force; Identification of possible electronic resources and criteria used; Review of existing Metafind...
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...
This presentation was given in the session, "Non-Traditional Partnerships for Access to Collections" at the 2003 Oregon Library Association annual conference. The session discussed partnerships between technical and public services to explore options, set priorities, and work together to develop new approaches to access. The session explored different types of...