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  • Librarians as Makers

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    Filar Williams, Beth and Folkman, Michelle
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    Recent trends in librarianship point to themes of crafters, artisans, and makers in library spaces. The American Library Association's Center for the Future of Libraries includes the Maker Movement as one of its trends. Librarians can support these makers and entrepreneurs by thinking of libraries as a place to create...
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    providing openness to experiment, iterate, and create (Johnson, Adams Becker, Estrada, & Freeman, 2015

  • The Relationship Between Service Learning and Research

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    Nutefall, Jennifer E.
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    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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    -reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Taylor

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

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    Buck, Stefanie and Mellinger, Margaret
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    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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    1: Reasons to teach Summon At the reference desk N=51 In the classroom N=42 Cross-disciplinary

  • Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Managing Government Document Collections in a Digital World

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    Sowell, Steven L., Boock, Michael H., Landis, Lawrence A., and Nutefall, Jennifer E.
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    An Oregon State University Libraries (OSUL) study group's review of its current policies, practices, and costs provides an illustrative case study of the challenges in managing government documents during this period of transition from print to digital. In its exploration of more aggressive approaches to greatly increasing access to electronic...
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    the use of this material. Collection Management, 37:98–109, 2012 Copyright © Taylor & Francis

  • We're listening : using patron feedback to assess and enhance purchase on demand

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    Hussong-Christian, Uta and Goergen-Doll, Kerri
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    Oregon State University Libraries piloted a one-year ILL purchase on demand service beginning in February 2009. An online survey was used to measure patron satisfaction and determine future borrowing and recommendation behavior. These results, along with patron comments, were used to explore future success of the service and ways to...
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    purchased via Buy Request was manageable (n=190), a census approach was taken to gathering patron feedback

  • The library as learning commons: rethink, reuse, recycle

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    Hussong-Christian, Uta, Rempel, Hannah Gascho, and Deitering, Anne-Marie
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    At Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries, librarians are evaluating the decade-old information commons in the transition to a learning commons. Visits to commons spaces at libraries across the country provided perspective on this transition. This paper describes the development of the OSU Libraries Information Commons, identifies themes from our trips...
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    , 2010 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1069-1316 print / 1545-2530 online DOI: 10.1080

  • Collaborative Filtering: A New Approach to Searching Digital Libraries

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    Webster, Janet G., Jung, Seikyung, and Herlocker, Jonathan L.
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    At Oregon State University (OSU), the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and the OSU Libraries are working together on a project to improve the effectiveness and accessibility of digital information created and collected by academic libraries. This project focuses on making digital resources more accessible through an...
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    print/1740-7869 online/04/020177�/15 # 2004 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd DOI: 10.1080/13614570500054229

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

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    Rempel, Hannah Gascho and McMillen, Paula S.
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    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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    the Internet Reference Services Quarterly © 2008 copyright Taylor & Francis; Internet Reference

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence: 8 Critical Questions for Libraries

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    Bridges, Laurie M., McElroy, Kelly, and Welhouse, Zach
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    In this article, we provide a brief overview of generative artificial intelligence and large language models. We then propose eight critical questions that libraries should ask when exploring this technology and its implications for their communities. We argue that libraries have a unique role in facilitating informed and responsible use...
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    is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published online by Taylor & Francis Journal of Library

  • Services for Graduate Students: A Review of Academic Library Web Sites

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    Rempel, Hannah Gascho
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    A library’s Web site is well-recognized as the gateway to the library for the vast majority of users. Choosing the most user-friendly Web architecture to reflect the many services libraries offer is a complex process, and librarians are still experimenting with what works best for their users. As part of...
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