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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

Creator:: Sutton, Shan C.
Abstract:: This has been a banner year for open access, and the momentum shows no sign of letting up. College and university faculties, and the granting agencies that fund a significant amount of their research, are increasingly embracing open access to ensure research findings across disciplines are freely accessible to the...
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Full Text:: analysis. College & Research Libraries News, 74(9), 468-472. Association of College and Research Libraries

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:: 1. Association of College and Research Libraries, Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Re

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:: , “Rare Books and the College Library: Current Practices in Marrying Undergraduates to Special

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

Creator:: Wirth, Andrea A., Kelly, Maureen, and Webster, Janet
Abstract:: Library faculty are often tenure track, requiring a record of significant publishing and service before achieving tenure. However, meaningful tools and methods for evaluating the scholarship of librarianship frequently fall short of providing an accurate picture of the scholarship of any particular candidate. The authors conducted a case study analyzing...
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Full Text:: 523 Faculty Rewards (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1998): 2, 7. 28. St

Creator:: Salwasser, Janine and Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: The Oregon ExplorerTM (www.oregonexplorer.info) strives to support informed decisions and actions by people concerned with Oregon's natural resources and environment. The Oregon Explorer's multi-media environment integrates archived digital documents, mapping and decision support tools, and finding aids for specific natural resource issues and topics. This paper presents the chronology of...
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Full Text:: of this purposeful and place-based natural resources digital library and the process which has

Creator:: Mellinger, Margaret and Nichols, Jane
Abstract:: 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.
Resource Type:: Presentation and Research Paper

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