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  • A library instruction case study: measuring success from multiple perspectives

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    Webster, Janet G. and Rielly, Loretta
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    Measuring the effectiveness of library instruction poses many challenges, yet is essential to validating the time and energy dedicated to it. Over two years, how subject specific library instruction addressed the needs of the students, the instructor and the librarians was studied. Students were surveyed; librarians analyzed their research paper...
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  • The face of Oregon's library community

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    Webster, Janet G. and Cole, Maureen
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    One goal of the Oregon Library Association's Vision 2010 is to promote a strong and diverse workforce throughout all of the state's libraries. The forecasted shortage of librarians in the next decade prompted the OLA Board to request a demographic study of Oregon's libraries. A simple survey was adminstered at...
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  • Describing grey literature again: a survey of collection policies

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    Lehman, Heather and Webster, Janet G.
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    At Oregon State University, we are exploring the differences between collections formed by digitizing existing materials on our shelves and those created by identifying and acquiring digital objects beyond our library. One example is the proposed Tsunami Digital Library (TDL) that would support a growing research program with users needing...
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    Survey of Collection Policies Heather Lehman MLS Student, Information School, University of

  • Bibliographic freedom and the future direction of map cataloging

    Creator:
    Reese, Terry
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    With more and more cartographic data being created and released only as GIS datasets, map catalogers will eventually find themselves moving away from Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) as their primary bibliographic description schema and moving towards the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). This move will be necessitated in large part...
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    in the form of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, it has become increasingly important for

  • 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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    working together on a project to improve the effectiveness and accessibility of digital information

  • Interview with Diane Hillmann and Frieda Rosenberg

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    Parks, Bonnie and Wang, Jian
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    OCLC recently announced a plan to implement MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) and invited holdings experts Frieda Rosenberg and Diane Hillmann to serve as advisors and to aid in the implementation process. In December 2004, Jian Wang interviewed Rosenberg and Hillmann. They discuss their longtime involvement with the...
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    doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2005.02.006 ARTICLE IN PRESS DTD 5 SERREV

  • An interview with Steve Shadle

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    Parks, Bonnie
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    Bonnie Parks interviewed Steve Shadle, serials cataloger for University of Washington Libraries, in August 2002. In this interview Shadle provides a cataloger's perspective on the challenges he and other serials catalogers face in the organization and management of electronic and print serial titles. Serials Review 2002; 28:321–326.
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    titles at most on the weekly link maintenance report. More information about the project is available

  • An interview with Terry Reese

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    Parks, Bonnie
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    In July 2005, Bonnie Parks spoke with Terry Reese, digital production unit head at Oregon State University’s Valley Library. In this interview, Reese shares his views on topics ranging from electronic journal management, the role of the catalog, to the impact Google scholar might have on the way libraries provide...
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    might have on the way libraries provide access to information. Reese is the author of several

  • Planning for an institutional repository: lessons learned at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Webster, Janet G.
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    The Oregon State University Libraries began working on implementation of an institutional repository through a five month planning process. The Task Force responsible for the planning identified campus needs for such a service, examined persistent issues and challenges, and made recommendations for a pilot project. These steps are summarized and...
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  • Are they too dynamic to describe?

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    Parks, Bonnie, Wang, Jian, and John, Sarah
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    Parks and Wang discussed the issues and challenges of cataloging integrating resources. They emphasized cataloging electronic resources such as Websites and databases. Using specific examples and citing cataloging rules and standards, the presenters looked at some of the problematic aspects of integrating resources, and suggested ways in which catalogers can...
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    Serials Librarian (The Haworth Information Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol. 48, No. 3/4