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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

Chapter 2 - Encouraging Intellectual Growth

Creator:: Rempel, Hannah Gascho, McElroy, Kelly, and Bridges, Laurie M.
Abstract:: Librarians work with students, in K-12, public, and academic library settings, but often have little background preparation in how students’ development impacts their learning. Learners undergo a tremendous amount of personal and academic growth throughout their lifetime. Understanding key theories about how students develop and grow can help librarians improve...
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Full Text:: development phases for an example library re- search scenario PHASE LIBRARY RESEARCH CONSULTATION EXAMPLE

Federal Maps and the Depository Library

Creator:: King, Valery
Abstract:: Describes maps produced by U.S. federal government agencies and distributed by FDLP to depository libraries; and provides an introduction to cataloging, storage and weeding of these collections.
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Use of the Hydra/Sufia repository and Portland Common Data Model for research data description, organization, and access

Creator:: Van Tuyl, Steve, Boock, Michael, and Zhang, Hui
Abstract:: For this paper, we will provide some background about Oregon State University’s repository and ETDs, discuss our project to migrate the repository from DSpace to Sufia/Hydra, our use of the Portland Common Data Model to represent objects and files in the repository, some of the challenges we are facing in...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: structure and interrelatedness of digital objects in the new repository. Deposit of faculty research

An Interactive Map for Showcasing Repository Impacts

Creator:: Zhang, Hui and Lopez, Camden
Abstract:: Digital repository managers rely on usage metrics such as the number of downloads to demonstrate research visibility and impacts of the repositories. Increasingly, they find that current tools such as spreadsheets and charts are ineffective for revealing important elements of usage, including reader locations, and for attracting the targeted audiences....
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Full Text:: metrics such as the number of downloads to demonstrate research visibility and impacts of the repositories

Creating Open Textbooks: A Unique Partnership between Oregon State University Libraries and Press and Open Oregon State

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A. and Fisher, Dianna M.
Abstract:: This article presents Oregon State University’s experience launching an innovative Open Textbook initiative in spring 2014. The partners, Open Oregon State and the Oregon State University Libraries and Press, aimed to reduce the cost of course materials for students while ensuring the content created was peer-reviewed and employed multimedia capabilities....
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Full Text:: programs. Oregon State University Libraries and Press represent the second largest research library in the

A Measured Approach: Evaluating Altmetrics as a Library Service

Creator:: Zhang, Hui and Jackson, Korey
Abstract:: The emergence of altmetrics has drawn the attention of academic libraries as a new and effective approach for capturing the types of impact often ignored by traditional citation-based metrics. At Oregon State University Libraries, before investing in a full-scale implementation of altmetrics services, we conducted an assessment survey of faculty...
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Full Text:: researchers (research associates, junior and senior faculty)? 2. How do rank (faculty and other) and

Academic Library Workplace Climate Survey Scan

Creator:: Robertshaw, M. Brooke
Abstract:: A survey of workplace climate surveys for libraries. The document includes a brief description, information about costs, positive reasons to use the survey or service, a url where available, and questions or sample questions where available.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: partnership with researchers from institutional research, faculty and higher education staff. It measures 14

Growing our vision together : forming a sustainability community within the American Library Association

Creator:: Filar Williams, Beth, Charney, Madeleine, and Smith, Bonnie
Abstract:: As long-standing keepers of democracy and information stewardship, library professionals are a natural fit for advocating and promoting sustainability within their communities. From seed libraries to Occupy Wall Street libraries, their view of sustainability extends beyond environmental concerns to include community activism, economic development, and social equity. Empowering people, facilitating...
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Full Text:: efforts of academic libraries, including library guides, instruction, research, institutional

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...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
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...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Blog track Kiduk Yang, Ning Yu, Alejandro Valerio, Hui Zhang School of Library and Information

Building Responsive Collections with the Getting It System Toolkit

Creator:: Goergen-Doll, Kerri, Oberlander, Cyril, Bowersox, Tim, Litsey, Ryan, Van Sant, Susanna, Ross, Kate, Mason, Katherine, Pitcher, Kate, Joslin, Eric, Rehkop, Barbara, and Sullivan, Mark
Abstract:: Keywords: GIST, Resource Sharing, Interlibrary Loan
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Full Text:: the library “require that top admin- istrators, faculty, and students all work together to reach a

Faceted search for heterogeneous digital collections

Creator:: Zhang, Hui, Dunn, Jon, Cowan, Will, Durbin, Mike, and Wheeler, Brian
Abstract:: This article was first presented as a conference paper in June 2012 at the 12th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital Libraries, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Library Program Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana USA hz3@indiana.edu Jon Dunn, Will Cowan

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

Heads Up: Confronting the Selection and Access Issues of Electronic Journals

Creator:: Chadwell, Faye A. and Brownmiller, Sara
Abstract:: This article examines how collection development and acquisitions librarians can best adapt their policies and procedures to face the challenges of selecting and providing access to electronic journals. It emphasizes the necessary changes librarians should consider in their collection development policies, provides an overview of the benefits and disadvantages of...
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Full Text:: present curriculum and research needs; 2) select materials which meet the standards the Library expects

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
Resource Type:: Preprint and Article
Full Text:: their 1994 Library Acquistions: Practice and Theory (LAPT) Research Award, Tina E. Chrzastowski and

Community Stories and Institutional Stewardship: Digital Curation’s Dual Roles of Story Creation and Resource Preservation

Creator:: Kunda, Sue and Anderson-Wilk, Mark
Abstract:: Our institutions of record are facing a new digital knowledge management challenge: stakeholder communities are now expecting customized Web interfaces to institutional knowledge repositories, online environments where community members can contribute content and see themselves represented, as well as access archived resources. Digital curation can be used to address these...
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Full Text:: faculty and student research and scholarship, but as Richard Johnson from the Scholarly Publishing and

Time to Step on the Gas in Approaching the Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy

Creator:: Sutton, Shan C.
Abstract:: As someone who believes scholarly communication and information literacy will continue to be essential growth areas for academic libraries, I welcomed the recent appearance of Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. This white paper, developed by an ACRL working group, advocates...
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Full Text:: encourage libraries to consider how instruction in this area may be linked with faculty members’ research

Measuring the Magic: Assessment in the Special Collections and Archives Classroom

Creator:: Bahde, Anne and Smedberg, Heather
Abstract:: The article discusses effective methods for measuring the success of classroom instruction using original primary sources in special collections and archives and how to translate these effects to demonstrate learning impact that can be used in other assessment projects. The global economic crisis has reportedly pushed assessment activities in libraries...
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Full Text:: “test drive” library resources in a semistructured way. The third required students to keep a research

Taking the Show on the Road: Special Collections Instruction in the Campus Classroom

Creator:: Bahde, Anne
Abstract:: The article discusses how to bring the educational benefits that come from analyzing and interpreting physical materials to a bigger class environment and whether these benefits are worth the costs. It notes the growth of literature on instruction in special collections environments and the creative instructional methods presented by its...
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Full Text:: acquainted at a library new faculty orientation before the fall semester started. At this event, faculty

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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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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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

"We thought it might encourage participation.” Using lottery incentives to improve LibQUAL+(TM) response rates among students

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie, Nutefall, Jennifer E., and Bridges, Laurie M.
Abstract:: Libraries deploying the LibQUAL+™ survey can offer a lottery incentive and many do in the hope of increasing response rates. Other libraries may be prohibited from offering one because of Institutional Review Board restrictions, as is the case at [institution name]. We wanted to discover why libraries offer lottery incentives...
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Full Text:: effective but base this on feeling rather than research. We examine what the literature says about lottery

Adapting and using instruction proficiencies to encourage reflection, goal setting and professional development

Creator:: Hussong-Christian, Uta
Abstract:: Librarians at Oregon State University undertook a teaching competency project to lay the foundation for practices that improve teaching by adapting the core teaching proficiencies in the ACRL Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators. This article describes one model for locally adapting those proficiencies, the Oregon State University...
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Full Text:: three stakeholder groups: library faculty with teaching responsibilities, supervisors, and faculty

Creating New Partnerships: Strategies for Growing Your Repository

Creator:: Bjork, Karen, Kunda, Sue, Isaak, David, and Vyhnanek, Kay
Abstract:: This presentation was given February 8 at Online NW 2013 in Corvallis, OR.
Resource Type:: Presentation

Beyond the search box: Using participatory design to elicit librarians’ preferences for unified discovery search results pages

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie and Nichols, Jane
Abstract:: New unified discovery tools are designed to help students easily identify and retrieve library content. Students want quick and easy discovery of quality sources in a “Google-like” environment. Librarians have often expressed frustration with federated and metasearch systems that cannot take full advantage of discipline specific database features. As new...
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Full Text:: discover what students want from 9 library space for research, how they research and write papers

The Impact of Serial Solutions’ Summon™ on Information Literacy Instruction: Librarian Perceptions

Creator:: Buck, Stefanie and Mellinger, Margaret
Abstract:: Web-scale discovery systems, such as Serial Solutions’ Summon™ Service, are replacing older federated search technologies as the tool for users to access library resources quickly and easily. The impact of Web-scale discovery systems on instruction is not known. This study of instruction librarian perceptions of Summon’s impact on instruction and...
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Full Text:: negative. “We love it! It helps put a positive spin on the library and on the research process,” said

Kindles and Kindle E-Books in an Academic Library: Cataloging and Workflow Challenges

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard E.
Abstract:: Academic and public libraries have begun to purchase e-book readers and make them available for check-out to their users. The nature of the e-books on these devices necessitates new approaches to workflow for acquisitions and cataloging departments. In addition, the application of cataloging rules and conventions presents a number of...
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Full Text:: Kindles and Kindle E-Books in an Academic Library: Cataloging and Workflow Challenges Abstract

Show Us The Databases: Rethinking access to marine science information

Creator:: Webster, Janet G. and Butler, Barbara
Abstract:: As IAMSLIC members will recall, in 1990 Stephanie Haas questioned ASFA’s supremacy in marine science libraries and found “potential pitfalls” if relying on a single database to adequately discover the relevant literature (Haas 1990). We still question the best way to access the literature in our multidisciplinary field. Patrons and...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding and Presentation

Creating a digital library of three-dimensional objects in CONTENTdm

Creator:: Valentino, Maura and Shults, Brian
Abstract:: Purpose – This paper aims to describe a project conducted by the University of Oklahoma Libraries to create a digital collection consisting of three-dimensional scientific objects. Design/methodology/approach – The University of Oklahoma Libraries developed the following methodology for creating a digital collection of three-dimensional objects. Digital still photographs of six...
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Full Text:: OCLC Systems & Services Emerald Article: Creating a digital library of three

Publisher-library partnership for accessibility: a case study of scholarly publishing for public audiences

Creator:: Anderson-Wilk, Mark and Kunda, Sue
Abstract:: Public outreach and access are becoming more and more important across institutions of higher education. Sustainable information technology approaches are necessary to communicate and preserve public education materials generated as part of this new era of “outreach and engagement.” This paper describes the partnership between Oregon State University’s Extension Service...
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Full Text:: Service faculty are based on research, undergo peer review and editorial processes, and are considered a

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

Statewide Spatial Data Clearinghouses: an Oregon Case Study

Creator:: Wirth, Andrea A., Avery, Bonnie E., Walsh, Kuuipo, and Rempel, Marc
Abstract:: Collaborative planning to streamline as well as to provide citizens with easier access to geospatial data has a long history in Oregon. A milestone in this process was the launch of the Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL) in November 2009. The Oregon Spatial Data Library is a joint effort between...
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Full Text:: launch of the Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL) (http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info) in November

Linked Data Services for Theses and Dissertations

Creator:: Johnson, Thomas and Boock, Michael
Abstract:: Paper presented at the ETD2012 Conference, Lima, Peru, September 12-14, 2012.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: . Recent reports from the Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control (2011), the W3C Library

It's Raining Cats and Citation Analyses: New uses and audiences for the results of evidence-based collection evaluation

Creator:: Bobal, Alison M. and Wirth, Andrea A.
Abstract:: Paper based on presentation at the 2009 Charleston Conference, November 5-7, 2009.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Smart Fishing for Information: Using Open Access and Free Information Resources for Finding and Publishing Fisheries Science in Africa

Creator:: Collins, Jean and Webster, Janet G.
Abstract:: In the past, fisheries and aquaculture researchers in Africa have been handicapped by poor access to current scientific literature and difficulties in getting published in visible outlets. Efforts in the past decade to improve access, awareness and use of information have flourished. We examine whether these efforts are reflected in...
Resource Type:: Presentation and Research Paper

Podcasting as a 21st Century Bulletin Board

Creator:: Bierman, James and Valentino, Maura
Abstract:: As the bulletin board was once used to notify patrons of library happenings and impart general information, libraries can now use podcasting for the same purpose. This presentation emphasizes the benefits of podcasting and outlines the cost and other considerations.
Resource Type:: Presentation

Increasing the Role of Libraries in Data Management

Creator:: Valentino, Maura
Abstract:: With the increased interest in Data Management, OSU Libraries is trying to increase the role the library plays in data management. OSU is a research intensive campus and with granting agencies requiring data management plans, there is an opportunity for the libraries to provide a new service.
Resource Type:: Presentation

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