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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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    ,* and Loretta Riellyb aGuin Library, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport

  • 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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    Library Community Janet Webster Oregon State University Libraries Maureen Cole Kellenberger Library

  • 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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    Washington Janet Webster Head Librarian, Guin Library, Oregon State University Abstract: At

  • Bibliographic freedom and the future direction of map cataloging

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    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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    Terry Reese Oregon State University 121 Valley Library Corvallis, OR 97331 tel. 541.737.6384

  • Towards library groupware with personalised link routing

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    Chudnov, Daniel, Frumkin, Jeremy, Weintraub, Jennifer, Wilcox, Matthew, and Yee, Raymond
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    'Library groupware' - a set of networked tools supporting information management for individuals and for distributed groups - is a new class of service we may choose to provide in our libraries. In its simplest form, library groupware would help people manage information as they move through the diversity of...
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  • Paying for technology: student fees and libraries

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    Webster, Janet G. and Middleton, Cheryl
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    Technology resource fees provide a possible source of funding for library technology. Integrating these student funds into libraries’ budgets requires strategic planning, good communication, and student involvement. Through a review of peer institutions and a broad student survey, this study explores how libraries may tap into these funds.
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  • 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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    context. At Oregon State University (OSU), the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • 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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    support MARC holdings. What is the current state of MFHD compliance by ILS vendors? DH: Much better than

  • 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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    @lumc.edu. Parks is Serials Unit Head, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97330; e-mail

  • Pre-conference workshop on geographic information systems

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    Webster, Janet G.
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    GIS is a buzzword these days at marine labs, field stations, university campuses and government agencies. The design and implementation of a GIS involves the use and organziation of data in ways that are familiar to library and information center staffs. Librarians should know what they are and how they...
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