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E-Books in Ohio: What's a Librarian To Do?
(2014-05-13)Presentation about managing PDA e-books given at the ALAO CMIG Workshop on March 22, 2013. -
E-Resource Management at Miami University (Great Expectations: Maximizing Efficiency and Value in Collection Management and Discovery)
(2014-05-13)Presentation given as part of panel at Charleston Annual Conference on November 4, 2010. Managing e-resources. -
E-Resources, E-Reality
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at E-Resources & Libraries (ER&L) on March 18th, 2013. Managing e-resources with free and proprietary tools. -
Effects of high school location on first-year students’ research confidence and college readiness
In Ohio, K-12 public school funding models have been ruled unconstitutional four times due to the great discrepancies among districts from different economic and geographic areas. One of these discrepancies is often the ... -
Embedded Librarianship: Commnicating Our Crucial Value
Academic libraries spend millions on emerging technologies, digital and print collections, and hiring staff with subject and technology expertise. How do we signal stakeholders this sizable investment is worthwhile when ... -
Engagement, Effectiveness & Efficiency: Energize Your Personal Librarian Program
Miami University Libraries created a Personal Librarian program to supplement our liaison system in support of student success and information literacy advancement. Our program was designed to integrate into university ... -
Engaging Faculty in Scholarly Communication Change: A Learning Community Approach
(Pacific University Libraries, 2014-08-01)INTRODUCTION As the landscape of scholarly communication and open access continues to shift, it remains important for academic librarians to continue educating campus stakeholders about these issues, as well as to create ... -
Engaging with Wikipedia via Article Creation
The dichotomy of Wikipedia: many love it, and many others love to hate it. While students may not entirely understand the process behind Wikipedia, they do know that they can get information fast (and generally of high ... -
Engrossed, Enraged, Engaged: Empowering Faculty in Transforming Scholarly Communication
(2014-11-10)Librarians are deeply invested in the scholarly publishing lifecycle. This investment, in tandem with an evolving scholarly communication system, has encouraged librarians to become advocates for transformation in this ... -
Engrossed, Enraged, Engaged: Empowering Faculty in Transforming Scholarly Communication
Librarians are deeply invested in the scholarly publishing lifecycle. This investment, in tandem with an evolving scholarly communication system, has encouraged librarians to become advocates for transformation in this ... -
Enhance Your Chances: How to Shine Brightly in a Tough Job Market
Cover letters and interviews are two of the most important, yet neglected, components to landing a job. Both of them require a lot of preparation and study to have the desired effect – landing your dream job. Your cover ... -
Error free data collection
To improve upon paper based data collection, a new software tool was developed and is being used by Craig Williamson’s team for the Lakes as Sentinels of Climate Change project. We designed this to go beyond the typical ... -
Evangelists and Pragmatists Finding Common Ground: ISSSS members’ views on open access publishing
(2015-01-22)The issues surrounding open access (OA) publishing in academia are complex, sometimes misunderstood, and frequently debated among faculty and other stakeholders. In this study we explored the opinions of members of the ... -
Exhibiting STEAM: Engaging Art Librarianship in the STEM Narrative
Art and science are often thought of as separate and unrelated disciplines. However, art has frequently been influenced by scientific discoveries, and science has used artistic techniques to expand knowledge. Since STEM ... -
Experiences of Palliative and End-of-Life Care among Older LGBTQ Women: A Review of Current Literature
Background: Understanding end-of-life (EOL) and palliative care continues to grow. However, little attention has been paid to the experiences, preferences, and needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ... -
Faculty Learning Communities are a Positive Way for Libraries to Engage Academic Staff in Scholarly Communication
(2015-01-27)The stakes and politics of research and scholarship are different depending on discipline, department, and institution, and as such, increasing awareness of scholarly communication is fraught with difficulty. Librarians ...