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"This week, we ask for a peek inside your bookmarks: What sites can't you live without? What do you simply have to check every day?"
- Katy S
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Several people mention that they visit their library's website daily!!!!!
- Katy S
Does your library have an interactive 2d or 3d location map of your library interior? If so, please post it here!
Example 1 http://library.wichita.edu/techser...
- aarontay
Example 2 http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/nus...
- aarontay
Example 3 http://libcat-dev-nhr-01.cante...
- aarontay
I keep retyping this with too much info, so long story short I'm wondering how and who staffs your reference desk? Or do you have a combined desk? How to your patrons get to you basically and what services do you offer at that desk. I'm looking for public or academic or school libraries, just the widest possible answer group. thanks!
We don't have a "reference" desk here. It's just a general everything goes desk. I'll come out to help with more in-depth questions, but otherwise, it's staffed by a student and paraprofessionals.
- Jill is sugar free
everything goes here, too (acad med). mixed staffing of libs and paras, w/ on-call libs for extra back-up.
- Rachel Walden
Likewise on everything goes here, although there are libs on the desk rotation in addition to one in an office just behind the desk during designated hours.
- Nikki D.
Academic library at a SLAC (~1400 FTEs) here: we have a circ desk and a reference desk. Ref desk is staffed by librarians; circ desk is staffed by students, who are (I presume) trained to refer questions beyond known-item book searches to us. I'm not sure how to answer what services we offer: we pretty much take all comers, referring (mostly to campus IT) when it's outside our expertise.
- Catherine OlderThanSteve
It's a mixture of reference assistants (ie. people with science degrees but not library degrees) and librarians. We also have a couple of part-timers, one LIS student and one librarian. Librarians do about 20 hours, part timers 17 and the ref assistants 27. I do 8 hrs per week. We're a small library, all on one floor so we're pretty visible on the desk. We also do a lot of office...
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- John Dupuis
Oh, yeah, we also do IM reference via AIM and, as of yesterday, a MeeboMe widget. And by "we" I mean "me."
- Catherine OlderThanSteve
We're a state university library (FTE ~12,000) with a separate reference desk that's staffed primarily by librarians (every lib works at least one shift per week). We have two non-degreed people who also work regular shifts, and there's a student-staffed help desk nearby (they do basic tech questions and help monitor our chat reference). The reference desk is staffed when the library is open, except for the 10pm - 2 am shift Sun - Thurs. Only the student help desk is staffed at that time.
- Kirsten
We also do pretty extensive training of all of our folks, so our paras know all about the catalog, can get people started in a PubMed search, etc.
- Rachel Walden
Branch academic library here, and we have an all-purpose desk which we all take turns at. Our timetable has reference librarians and library assistants equal on how much time we spend per week. (I have 7.5 hours, plus Wed evening, plus filling in when someone's on leave.) Our Central Library has a circulation desk vs a reference desk; there are ambitions to merge the two but also roadblocks about where to situate the revamped desk.
- Deborah Fitchett
OK, we have separate ref and circ desks in the same room. Ref desk is staffed by all 9 full-time MLS-holding librarians (including the Director on an infrequent but regular basis) plus a small group of librarians who only do reference. Ours is a small residential college so most of our reference is done in person (open 9AM to 10PM most days) but we also do phone, IM, and (very little) email reference.
- Steve is older than ever
Out of six locations, three have info and customer service combined in the same space. All three do it differently. One location has six workstations, all in a line curving around a corner. The short side has two workstations primarily designated for information. The long side is primarily for customer service (what most call circ). Not a combined desk in the truest sense. The children's desk is separate. There's also a call center -- two workstations, always staffed by one CS and one info specialist. ...
- Julian
Another location has a rectangular (or oval, depending on how you look at it) pod, with workstations (7) going most of the way around. This area had been customer service on one side (4), and a children's desk (1) on the corner nearest the children's section of the branch. A year ago, the info desk (2) was moved over, and the pod lengthened to accommodate. Everyone is in the same area, but info and children's operate quite independently. The "back" of the pod has no points of interaction for the public. ...
- Julian
I would say that the third location comes the closest to having gotten it right. This branch has the smallest staff Library-wide. The building is almost a mirror image of the second location mentioned above (planned and built around the same time in the early 1990s). Instead of the info desk moving next to customer service, it was completely eliminated. Info and children's staff are expected to be able to do customer service when needed (remember, small staff). ...
- Julian
... The children's desk (sit-down) will continue to be the customers' primary access point for that audience. Workstations go all the way around this customer service pod (which is much tighter than in example 2, because there is not a gap in the middle clearly separating customer service and info). Most of the customer service will likely happen in "front" (stand-up desk), with info more likely happening in the "back" (sit-down desks). However, CS and info can happen anywhere in the pod.
- Julian
Currently, one other location has a call center. (We use call centers to reduce the ringing of phones at the desk, thus allowing for a better in-person customer experience. I consider the call center to be a service desk, since it directly faces the public.) This location has three workstations, though its coverage is mostly only two people. Customer service, info, and children's equally staff both of our current call centers.
- Julian
With all that background given, I better answer the question. It really depends on the location. Where customer service and info are separate desks, info staff never covers the CS desk. Also, at those locations, I can't ever recall seeing (assistant) branch/library managers covering the CS desk. I rarely see anyone but children's specialists covering the children's desk. At some locations, teen specialists are in regular rotation at the children's desk, though that's not the case across the board.
- Julian
Our library is a bit different. In terms of reference, there is no clear-cut dichotomy between those with a public librarian certificate and those without. The titles "librarian" and "library associate" were merged to become "information specialist and instructor" not too long ago. The only possible division and distinction might be within the staff at each location (but I'm not involved with that).
- Julian
We have barcode scanners and receipt printers at our info and children's desks, so some of the functions of the customer service desk *can* happen there if necessary. OK, I think that's about it. (It's late, and this lengthy description will be so far buried that it won't be seen by many.) </done>
- Julian
cool, thanks everyone! i appreciate it and it gives me a lot of good ideas
- Sir Shuping
(Public library.) Adult Services has three desks. The Information Desk always has a librarian on duty along with two (sometimes one) other staff (librarian or LTA). The Periodicals Desk (periodicals and microfilm) is staffed by LTAs. The Movies Music & More (formerly AV) Desk is staffed by LTAs. Both LTAs and librarians cover Periodicals and AV breaks and absences. ...
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Youth Services has two desks. The Youth Services desk always has two or three people on duty. The Early Learning Center has one. I don't know how they divide the librarian/LTA duties. ...
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Circulation has one long desk divided into three areas: check-out, AV check-out, and new card registration. Now that we have self-check machines that accept all materials, the AV check-out area isn't used as much. The majority of Circ are LTAs and clerks, I believe. ...
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Whenever one of these three departments has a department meeting, staff (librarians and LTAs) from other departments cover their desks.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
One desk. One librarian two days a week. In person, email and chat ref. Self-check 24/7. Though it's a govt library open to govt employees only.
- judithsweet
The PL where I volunteer has two desks: Circ and Info. Info is staffed by MLIS librarians and a few MLIS students. It works well. Circ desk has two lanes: self-check and full service.
- judithsweet
If you're a collection developer, what do you wish you'd learned in library school?
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Just how un-ideal CD usually is in an academic setting--such as when the director wants the faculty making the decisions but faculty are too busy to prioritize telling us what to order (and the repercussions this can have on the acquisitions and cataloging departments). Also, realistic discussion of how to handle budget shortfalls for electronic resources (cost per use, does it support the curricula, etc.).
- Kirsten
Excellent, thank you. What else?
- D0r0th34
that you're likely to be building collections that support academic areas out of your area of expertise.
- Marie is organized.
that there is usually going to be only one or two faculty in a department interested in talking with you, and how do you go about building a collection that supports the whole department anyway.
- Marie is organized.
how *do* you go about that? :)
- D0r0th34
okay, one more thing i wish i'd learned: as the formats for scholarly content change - the latest evolution being from print to electronic - a collection developer needs to be in touch with how people use the materials collected. if a coll developer is going to prefer e-content, he/she then becomes the responsible party for ensuring that those using the materials know how to access the content. this demonstrates that collection development is more complicated than simply selecting materials.
- Marie is organized.
From the PL perspective: where to find the short popular series before the kids start asking for them; "do I put it in children's or teen"; series development (when to give up, when to replace); where to buy; standing orders: good or bad --I recall learning a lot about weeding, not so much purchasing.... As it is now I read a boatload of children's lit, still trying to catch up and I know there are holes in the chapter book collection because all the money went to Harry Potter books for at least two years.
- Abigail
from the academic perspective - how to shift an organization and its staff roles from buying stuff to enabling the creation and free use of stuff. (Do I get a star? Seriously, I'm thinking about this a lot...)
- barbara fister
You definitely get a star. I think I was tapped to teach this CD course because that precise scenario is kinda the sum total of my professional life.
- D0r0th34
oh oh! I really wish we would stop dividing the world into what we subscribe to and what we don't. We do ourselves a disservice when we don't promote great websites and data resources (or gosh, even open access archives!) along side all the stuff we pay money for. Students and faculty don't see the world like this, and nor should we. Damn I typed all that before I saw Barbara's response. Glad others thinking of this too.
- Fiona Bradley
thank you, Fiona :)
- D0r0th34
What Fiona, Barbara, and Marie said about the formats changing and enabling access, managing subscriptions rather than just buying things. I learned *nothing* about license negotiation, troubleshooting subscription access, promoting/providing access to e-content.
- Galadriel C.
This is from a PL perspective as well, but I learned much of what I needed to know in library school. Economics in Collections taught by a non-librarian, a mathematician. Look at the stats, predict the action, order the right material.
- Jeff Scott
D0r0th34, I did that by never stopping trying to get the faculty to discuss their needs with me, collecting syllabi (from the dept secretary when necessary), trolling the course lists for departments, building booklists based on those assumptions and sending them to faculty for feedback, and then when they didn't respond sending the faculty the list fo titles I bought for their area...
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- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from twitter: RT @jdysart: If you aren't in Monterey for #IL2009 you can still see our opening keynote, vint Cerf, www.ustream.tv/channel/ILlive, join us
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Anybody know of a good primer for how the fiction and trade publishing industries work? (Note: NOT academic publishing; I got that one covered.)
Ask the Making Light (http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makingl...) crew maybe, but there was an interesting article recently in New York Magazine that might have some of what you're looking for: http://nymag.com/news...
- Steven Kaye
thank you! yes, that's the kind of thing I'm after
- D0r0th34
Would you believe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- John Dupuis
actually, that's not bad at all!
- D0r0th34
any particular genre? i've got tons of articles tagged on delicious: http://delicious.com/KMDunne.... you can always ask me any questions, too, as i'm heavily involved in romance publishing, from a librarian & author point of view.
- Katie
Think you got academic publishing covered, eh? There are still peculiar bits that surprise me, and I'd like to think I have a pretty good handle on it. ;-)
- Peter Murray
I've got it covered enough to be able to teach one two-hour class on it, yeah.
- D0r0th34
em, I've written a couple of things that might be useful - ? - http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister... and http://www.libraryjournal.com/article... All I can say it's an exaggeration to say they "work."
- barbara fister
lol, yes, but I don't like the idea of librarians who don't know enough to interrogate the way they get the stuff they buy
- D0r0th34
INFLUX library user experience - http://influx.us/#
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Love librarians who are creative and innovative and share with others!
- Jill is sugar free
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I'm looking for examples of library blogs that focus on the community surrounding the library, not just on the library itself. If you have examples, please list URLs.
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http://shelftalk.spl.org/ Shelf Talk from the Seattle Public Library is mostly book recommendations and library stuff but they do also mention events in the community. (http://shelftalk.spl.org/categor...)
- kristin buxton
Thanks for the link, Kristin!
- cecily
(Primarily for the academic librarians)How are subject specialties handled at your library? Does every college/department have a subject librarian? Are those people also the liaisons to the departments? Where are the areas you think subject specialists are absolutely necessary?
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Collections are divided up into broad subject ranges; information librarians into narrower subject ranges. The latter liaise with departments especially about teaching and infolit, some institutional repository stuff; but also each department has a liaison to the library (IME mostly about collections issues). The last question will require more thought which may or may not happen today. :-)
- Deborah Fitchett
We call ourselves liaisons, but I don't think it means the same here as it would to you. Yes, each department has a librarian, and we divvy them up primarily by division of the college (so I get Languages & Literature, someone else gets Arts, someone else gets social sciences, etc). Each librarian does the instruction and student appointments for his or her departments, and we do...
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- lris
Each division has 0-2 subject specialists who are also the liaisons who do collection development, a little instruction, tackle more complicated ref. questions, etc.
- kristin buxton
As you know, my library is like Iris's in terms of size and scope. Until recently we had four liaison librarians, one each for humanities (me), social sciences, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary programs. We do instruction for our departments, collection development, and departmental/divisional liaison stuff. The model is falling apart a bit, as there was always more demand on the...
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- Steve is older than ever
We have departmental libraries and subject specialists, and are currently struggling to absorb some interdisciplinary changes to campus offerings, as well as other concerns in the light of trying to consolidate service points. A subject specialist is responsible for liaison work, collection development, teaching, outreach, whatever and however the librarian sees fit to organize those activities.
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
We have two Subject librarians - Education (College of Ed) & Music (College of Visual & Performing Arts). The rest of the departments got divvied up between the other 5 librarians on staff. As for the duties, well....those depend on the librarian. The two of us who are subject specialist by title offer quite a bit more to our faculty (IMO) than the rest. We do instruction, student...
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- ~Courtney F.
Fwd: The Wired Campus - The Library-Catalog Wars: 'Chronicle' Readers Weigh In - The Chronicle of Higher Education - http://chronicle.com/blogPos... (via http://friendfeed.com/owlie...)
My favourite comment: "The commentary shows the all-too-common divide within libraries about information literacy. Some pine for the good old days when students had no choice but to come to the physical library and be forced to learn the idiosyncrasies of mastering a research tool, such as journal indices and the power of Library of Congress subject headings. Personally, I think...
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- cecily
That quote is from Susan Gibbons, dean of the library at the University of Rochester. Everything I know about her leads me to believe she is made of chocolate-covered awesome.
- Steve is older than ever
Susan Gibbons is incredibly forward-thinking. Love that she hired an anthropologist to better understand how students use the library before doing a re-model.
- Jen Holman
I know I've seen some folks with Library Suggestion blogs, can y'all remind me of which library y'all all :) thanks!
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http://blogs.libr.canterbury.ac.nz/suggest... (and Auckland Uni has http://library.auckland.ac.nz/suggest... )
- Deborah Fitchett
140 characters Conference
Fwd: Schedule « 140 Character Conference - http://lon.140conf.com/schedul... (via http://friendfeed.com/danica...)
Best sites for open educational resources and open courses. Assume MERLOT and MIT CourseWare are a given. Go. :)
I thought the following is more comprehensive: http://sites.google.com/site... --for open educational resources / distance education.
- Mohamed Taher
Parker Posey Helps Save Libraries - Cinematical - http://www.cinematical.com/2009...
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"I know that we all have to head towards the future and not get stuck with the past. We must be prepared for the changes in music, the modernization of old-school styles, and new generations of thinkers and creators who may not mesh with our tastes. But I refuse to believe that libraries are amongst the things we need to wave g'bye to. Across the country, libraries are dwindling. Hell, September brought word that ALL of Philly's libraries were closing. ALL. But at least one filmmaker is doing something about this crappy trend. Andrew Meieran is directing a dark comedy called Highland Park (co-written with Christopher Keyser), and The Hollywood Reporter posts that Parker Posey has just signed onto the cast. The film stars Danny Glover as teacher in a struggling community who wins the lottery and decides "to restore the local library and energize the community in the process." Remember, this is a dark comedy, so it won't be one of those overly saccharine feel-good school flicks. Posey will play Shirley Paine, the opportunistic mayor of Highland Park who used to be the homecoming queen."
- Jill is sugar free
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Fwd: a methodology for a multidisciplinary systematic literature review: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-22... (via http://friendfeed.com/orgmonk...)
Murderous Musings: The Man Who Writes Pot Thief Mysteries - http://murderousmusings.blogspot.com/2009...
"Michael’s post, with the subject line “Writing as democratic creativity,” is simply the best article on writing I’ve read in a long time. With his permission, I’m reprinting it here."
- Mathew A. Koeneker
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Fwd: Looking for iPhones apps that might impress a bunch of science librarians. (via http://friendfeed.com/suelibr...)
now have iResearch (@dupuisj) Chemmobi (via @tmvogel) Chemical, Molecules, Skyvoyager
- suelibrarian
*grabs Syrabub the iPod Touch to check these out*
- D0r0th34
"Atom in a box"also looked cool but I didn't really want to spend that much for a work demo
- suelibrarian
Bill Cosby: Librarians Are Key - 10/7/2009 2:10:00 PM - School Library Journal - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article...
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"How did you sell them on the value of the public library? I said that there’s a building, usually one in particular and it sits downtown somewhere, and it’s called the public library. And when you go in there, this place can be as exciting as any football stadium, basketball stadium, hockey arena, baseball stadium. Packed to the gills. Because in the public library, there are computers, books, all kinds of DVDs that can take you any place that a human being has been to, [offer] any kind of instruction that a human being has learned, and how a human being found something. It can take you into the Grand Canyon, and you can find all kind of artifacts and wonderful stories of what these artifacts represent. You can get lost in this place."
- Katy S
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Do you consider .gov Web sites to be stable resources? Would you make the decision to cease a subscription to a print government publication if it is available through a .gov site?
Yeah, I believe so.
- Jàson Puçkett
more than likely.
- Stephanie_GoBigBlue!
No, not at all! Well, maybe depends on what agency and what info. Also if it's inthe fdlp.
- Christina Pikas
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I refer you back ~8 years ago or so when a bunch of .gov sites were sanitized in the name of national security. I have no examples handy to back my claims, tho.
- Aaron the Librarian
There was a speaker at Access last week from a university in Texas who is archiving .gov websites because sites are being taken down or abandoned because of funding issues. Saturday morning: "The Portal to Texas History". There's video of the session available via the program page at http://vre2.upei.ca/access2...
- DJF
Do you want to name the source?
- Kenley Neufeld
No. Pretty much what Christina said. I used to be a government documents librarian, so I know of what I speak. When agencies produce information, they're supposed to always deposit a copy with GPO. There's absolutely no enforcement of this. However, as Christina pointed out, it really depends on the agency and the information. I can't see census data being taken down, for example. Also, if it's in FdSys (or GPO Access - FdSys is replacing GPO Access eventually) you can probably rely on it being there.
- Laura H.
after 2001 the fbi came around to the federal depository libraries to pull various documents - even on cd and in print. I agree the FdSys and GPO makes it so you can trust it.
- Christina Pikas
GuidePosts: Perspective and commentary by Marshall Breeding - http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog...
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"the Queens Borough Public Library, one of the largest and busiest libraries in the United States, has filed a major lawsuit against Sirsi Corporation, which currently does business as SirsiDynix. The lawsuits relates to the Library’s procurement of the Horizon library automation system from Dynix Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by Sirsi Corporation. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court Eastern District of New York on July 2, 2009. An initial conference is currently scheduled for November 2, 2009. The complaint lists 10 demands:"
- Jill is sugar free
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Fwd: RT @JustinLibrarian: #NJTweetUp Date time and location set! Click here for more information! http://justinthelibrarian.blogspot.com/2009... PLEASE RT! (via http://friendfeed.com/annavan)
Bay City Tribune - http://baycitytribune.com/story...
"The Friends of the Sargent Library will host the Third Annual Kayak Fun Fete at the Caney Creek Marina and Café on Saturday, Oct. 10. Registration for the kayakers will begin at 8 a.m. at boat ramp 1 on Caney Drive while a lunch, raffle and auction will begin around noon at Caney Creek Marina. The kayakers are asked to amass pledges and contributions totaling $100 for their four-mile paddle from the boat ramp to the marina. The fundraiser won't be limited to kayakers."
- Mathew A. Koeneker
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Santa Monica Public Library, Montana Branch - http://laughingsquid.com/santa-m...
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"I really love the sign at the Montana Avenue Branch of the Santa Monica Public Library, makes me want to go in there and find out more about this whole book thing I’ve heard about."
- cecily
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Great sign--although I'd be tempted to wait to see if a page roller-skated up and asked for my order...
- Walt Crawford
we call this the "brady bunch branch". the rest of the building is as awesome as the sign.
- Marie is organized.
i'll stop to take photos when i'm next in s.m. i'm usually en route to an appt when i blow past the building.
- Marie is organized.
Yay! Thanks Marie!
- cecily
Walt - this library needs curbside pick-up provided by skating librarians!
- Rachel Walden
anyone know of any true/false or myth/fact tidbits re: social networking that have already been created similar to: http://ago.mo.gov/games...
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social networking makes your fingers numb and leads to misspellings and OH HAI ALL CAPS concentration skills
- Aaron the Librarian
ha! i saw @wilw's post last week; funny stuff. i think we've got our "facts vs. fiction" down. we're using them as something to "quiz" the attendees -- then go into talking points to get the Q & A going.
- αnnα vαȵ scoyoç
Quick Quiz: Are you using Metalib: Y/N // If Y do you like it, or are you just waiting for the price to come down on another discovery product?
Yes, but we're still in implementation and are also using Primo, so ML is just back-office stuff. The only things I've done in ML are activate and test resources. From what I've seen it seems to work fairly well, but difficult to know how things'll go once we're in beta (spring semester).
- Kirsten
How do you promote EndNote/Refworks etc in your Library? I saw some libraries having a "EndNote Friday"...
rather than promote any specific citation manager, our libraries promote citation *management* and offer workshops on EN, RW, and Zotero.
- D0r0th34
Wow. You must have a lot of really knowledgeable staff to handle so many different software.
- aarontay
we're a big library system, yeah ;) to some extent the workshops are broken up by discipline -- I know we teach EN in chemistry 'cos it's what they all use.
- D0r0th34
We're much smaller (<2000 students), but deal with it the same way as Dorothea's system does. Teaching bibliographic management and organization rather than every feature of every software makes it more manageable to teach. At least, it does for me. It's also usually included in the course-integrated instruction we do, as we don't really offer stand-alone workshops.
- lris
and it's a lot easier to promote "Instantaneous Bibliographies!" than any specific piece of software
- D0r0th34
We are a relatively big institution too (30k undergraduate+graduate),support of Bibliographic management is relatively new here (2 years), so there is still a lot of pent up demand for support. Many of the staff here are still learning.
- aarontay
Just did a "lecture style" endnote session last week... Not very effective I think, but hand-on sessions (30 seats at a time) are always booked solid, though usually only half turn up. :).
- aarontay
I'm doing my first online Zotero workshop in about ten days. I think it'll work well having the participants at their own computers.
- Jàson Puçkett
can you overbook the hands-on sessions? book 45 people for 30 seats?
- D0r0th34
we have waiting lists.. but they almost never bother to cancel, so it's moot.
- aarontay
I'd make the straight-up list longer if it were me.
- D0r0th34
except what if everyone turns up.. then you are screwed
- aarontay
Got extra chairs? I don't see a problem with two to a terminal.
- D0r0th34
Aaron - a few ideas/resources for RefWorks: Here's a post on a Lincoln University library blog about 10 ideas for promoting awareness and usage http://librarystaff.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009...; also we have some posters http://refworks.com/content..., and in the RefWorks Admin tool there is a section on promoting https://refworks.com/userlog... (FD: I work for RefWorks-COS as a trainer)
- Jason High
Folks at academic libraries with ETD programs: got good instructions for PDF distillation from popular word-processing programs?
we have stylesheets - https://www.mcgill.ca/gps... and just tell them to turn it into a pdf/a. *edited* found'em - https://www.mcgill.ca/library...
- jambina
<3 <3 <3 thanks!
- D0r0th34
Value of Academic Libraries Research Proposals - http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlins...
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"ACRL is seeking proposals from experienced researchers for the development and delivery of a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries. The request for proposals is available on the ACRL Web site. Responses are due by 4:30 p.m. CST on Nov. 2, 2009. The current economic climate and the increased emphasis on assessment and outcomes have forced academic departments’ higher education administrators to make tough decisions regarding the funding of programs and units at their institutions. The relevance of libraries is under question. Now, more than ever, there is a need for libraries to demonstrate their value in clear, measurable ways to leaders in higher education, information technology, funding agencies, and campus decision makers in order to secure adequate funding for their operations."
- Jill is sugar free
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Anybody know of any digitization shops that offer *grants* for people to do digitization projects with them? I know it sounds odd, but we're considering it as a way to drive faculty interest.
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