27th
Annual ALA Poster Sessions Abstracts Booklet - 2008
American Library Association
Annual Conference
Anaheim, CA
June
28- 30, 2008
2008
Poster Session Committee:
Jody
Condit Fagan, Chair, James
Madison University,
(faganjc at jmu.edu)
Candace Benefiel, Review Panel Chair, Texas A&M
University (cbenefie at lib-gw.tamu.edu)
Charlotte Dugan, Abstracts Editor, Missouri
State University
Library (CharlotteDugan at MissouriState.edu)
Reviewers:
Julie Banks, Southeast Missouri
State University
Jeff Barber, Regina
Public Library
Nan Butkovich, Penn State University
Christina Desai, University of New Mexico
Mollie Dinwiddie, University of Central Missouri
Stephanie Graves, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale
Christine Hagar, Dominican University
Stefanie Hunker, Bowling Green State
University
Andrea Imre, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale
Steven Johns, Des Moines Area
Community College
Candice Kail, Columbia University
Wendi Arant Kaspar, Texas A&M
University
Deborah O. Lee, Mississippi State
University
Barbara Lewis, University
of South Florida
Meris Mandernach, James Madison
University
Sarah McHone
Chase, Northern Illinois
University
Pixey Mosley, Texas A&M
University
Carl Pracht, Southeast Missouri
State University
Jodi Shepherd, Ferris State
University
Melissa Van Vuuren, James Madison
University
2007 International Poster
Session Committee:
Maureen Morris, Cornell University (mm342 at cornell.edu) - Chair
Reviewers for Session III, Global Solutions, International
Projects In Libraries
Inger Krueger, Paul Smith's
College
Maureen Morris, Cornell University (Chair)
Patrick P. McGuire, Ed.D., C.W. Post, Long
Island University School of Lib. Science
Nonny Schlotzhauer, Pennsylvania State
University
Frank Xu, Brooklyn Public Library
Floor Managers:
Emily Blankenship, East Carolina
University
Howard Carter, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale
Yu-Hui Chen, University at Albany, SUNY
Kristen Costello, University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
Leanne Hillery, Regent University Library
Sarah McHone Chase,
Northern Illinois
University
Pixey Mosley, Texas
A&M University
Michael C. Witt, Purdue Libraries
ALA
Liaisons:
Anne Weglewski
Abstracts Booklet:
Charlotte Dugan
2009 Annual Poster
Session Application Information
Chicago, IL: July 11-13, 2009
Applications for presenting poster sessions at the 2009
American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL,
will be accepted via the World Wide Web at:
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/
Applications will be accepted between November 1, 2008 and January 31, 2009
An application form, guidelines for applying, helpful hints,
and photos of sample poster sessions can be found at the website. If you don’t
have access to the World Wide Web or to email, please contact Jody Condit
Fagan, Chair, at 540-568-4265 (telephone) for instructions on how to apply.
Applicants will be notified by March 31, 2009 whether their poster sessions have been accepted for
presentation at the conference. Poster sessions will be presented on July 11, 12,
and 13th at the conference.
History:
Poster sessions were introduced to the American Library Association at its
1982 Annual Conference in Philadelphia.
They are an effective forum for the exchange of information and a means to
communicate ideas, research, and programs.
Poster sessions may present any of the following:
Ø
a report of a research study
Ø
an analysis of a practical problem-solving
effort
Ø
a description of an innovative library program
Poster sessions cover a broad range of subjects grouped according to such
areas as management, collection development, technology, reference, and library
services to special groups.
Poster session participants place materials such as pictures, data, graphs,
diagrams and narrative text on bulletin boards. During their assigned time
periods, participants informally discuss their presentations with conference
attendees. Participants are selected through a double-blind peer review
process.
Session I: The
Collectors: Posters on Acquisitions, Cataloging and Classification, Collection
Development and Management, History, Serials, and Special Collections
Saturday, June 28,
2008, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session II: The
Educators: Posters on Distance Learning, Continuing Education, Library Education,
Literacy, and Research Methodology
Saturday, June 28,
2008, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Session III: Global
Solutions, International Projects in Libraries
Sunday, June 29,
2008, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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III - 1
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Lubuto:
Excellent Libraries for African Street Children - Jane Kinney
Meyers
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III - 2
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Libraries
Flourish amidst War and Conflict: A Case Study of Nepal - Antonia
Neubauer and Kate Fenner
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III - 3
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The Web
Presence and Capacity of Human Rights NGOs in Central Africa: A Case Study of
Six Countries - Natalia Poppeliers
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III - 4
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Riyad
Nassar Library (RNL): A Library for the Future - Houeida
Kammourié-Charara
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III - 5
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Good ideas
Cross the Atlantic – the International Library in Frankfurt am Main
- Birgit Lotz
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III - 6
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Building
International Sister Libraries Partnerships - Paraskeva
Dimova-Angelov, Karen Jessee and Holly Murten
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III - 7
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Growing
English Language Libraries in China: The Apple Tree Library Foundation
- Deana Groves, Cathy Hsiao and Harriet Ying
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III - 8
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Innovation
Project of Library Marketing: Reading Salon Is Opening! - Chang
Chilung
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III - 9
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IRRT Free
Links: An Emerging Leaders Project Providing Access to Free Professional
Development Opportunities for ALA members Around the World -
Katherine Artzner, Kodjo Atiso, Paloma Celis-Carbajal, LaVerne Gray, Robin
Kear, Laura Park and Susan Schnuer
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III - 10
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A Showcase
of International Collaboration Successes: Asian Libraries With Other
Libraries Around the World - Malivan Praditteera, Kolap Mao, Hor Chan Rotha, Teresita G.Hernandez, Susan O. Pador, Teresita C. Moran, Bat-Erdene Dash, Urelmaa Tseren, John Hickok
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III - 11
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Globalizing
Academic Library Resources and Services - Kathryn Millis and
Tiffany Hebb
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III - 12
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Capacity Building
for School Librarians in the Arabian Gulf - Mary Sengati-Zimba and
Shaikha Al Muhairi
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III - 13
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From the
Dresden Codex to Scanning Robots: The 2007 German Library Study Tour
- Curtis Rogers
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III - 14
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Sharing and
Reusing Book Resources: The Book Exchange Day Activity of Public Libraries in
Taiwan - Shiuan-chyn Yang and Yuan-chung Wang
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III - 15
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Is It Worth
It? Online Learning in the United Arab Emirates - Janet Martin,
Jane Birks and Fiona Hunt
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III - 16
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Designing a
Collection Development Policy for Digital Libraries: South Korean Experiences
- Durk Chang
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III - 17
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An
Integrative Model Utilizing Multi-Disciplinary Resources Needed for the
Advancement in Asian Studies: Special Collections in National Taiwan Normal
University - Chao-Chen Chen and Ming-Jane Chen
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III - 18
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Establishment
of the First Interactive Website and Updated Directory of National Libraries
of the World: www.nationallibraries.org - Suzanne Gyeszly
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III - 19
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800 Million
Reasons Why eIFL.net Is a Good Idea - Rima Kupryte
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III - 20
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Central
American Lending Libraries Are a Growing Reality – Collaboration Is the Key
- Jane Mirandette, John Furlong and Athena Michael, MLIS
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Session IV: Outreach:
Posters on Interlibrary Cooperation, Library Services to Special Groups, and
Reference and Information Services
Sunday, June 29,
2008, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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IV - 1
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Empowering
Survivors: A Model for Outreach Programs to Domestic Violence Service
Organizations - Ann Serrano and Lynn Westbrook
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IV - 2
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The Chat
Reference Interview: Seeking Evidence Based on RUSA’s Guidelines -
Wyoma vanDuinkerken, Jane Stephens and Karen MacDonald
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IV - 3
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Stepping
Outside the Box for BIO5: An Interdisciplinary Research Community at the
University of Arizona - Ricardo Andrade, Elizabeth Kline, Jim
Martin and Mari Stoddard
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IV - 4
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Step into
My (Virtual) Office: Local Subject-Based Chat - Shahla Bahavar and
Susan Gardner
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IV - 5
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Serving
Survivors of Domestic Abuse - Carolyn Cunningham and Lynn
Westbrook
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IV - 6
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Reference
Transactions to the Rescue: Using Libstats to Enhance Library Instruction,
Direct Staff Continuing Education, and Make Effective Management Decisions
- Danielle Theiss-White, Jason Coleman and Kristin Whitehair
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IV - 7
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Paying
Faculty to Use Library Resources: Course Enhancement Grants at The Ohio State
University Libraries. - Nancy Courtney and Jessica Page
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IV - 8
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Guides 2.0:
Supporting Campus Programming and Current Events - Tiffany Hebb
and Kathryn Millis
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IV - 9
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Foreign
Affairs: Academic Libraries as Ambassadors - Eileen Bosch and
Valeria Molteni
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IV - 10
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Building
Bridges and Opening Doors: Cultivating Relationships among Academic
Libraries, Special Collections Units, and Humanities Departments -
Adam Knowles
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IV - 11
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Bring Health
Information to Their Fingertips: Empower the Community - Naomi
Broering, Gregory Chauncey, Stacy Gomes, Jack Miller and Thomas Haines
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IV - 12
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Better than
Breadcrumbs: Current Trends in Subject Guides - Darcy Del Bosque
and Sara Morris
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IV - 13
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Barriers
Were Meant to Be Broken: Building Programs for Adults with Developmental
Disabilities - Kathy Middleton
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IV - 14
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"Wii
Would Like to Play" -- Gaming for Seniors - Kelli Dean and
Ruthie Maslin
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IV - 15
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Get the
Word Out... Marketing Strategies to Help Staff Keep Up with Tech Issues in
Your Library - Sylvia MacKinnon
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IV - 16
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The Golden
Age Meets the Digital Age: Notes from the Trenches - Susan Frey
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IV - 17
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Web
Accessibility, Section 508, and Academic Libraries. - Jim
Blansett, M.Ed., MLIS and Catherine Blansett, Ph.D.
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IV - 18
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Wellness
Education: Bridging the Consumer Health Information Gap - Adrianna
Rendon, Paula Maez, Cecilia Tovar, Aaron Valdivia and Dora Irene Morales
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IV - 19
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What Are
They Thinking? Using Focus Groups to Discover Student Perceptions of the
Library, Staff, Resources, and Services - William Weare and
Rebecca Byrum
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IV - 20
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Beyond Library Walls: Strategies for Successful Library Outreach on Your Campus - Anne Behler and Wendy Girven
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Session V:
Connections: Posters on Cooperation with Non-Library Institutions and Agencies,
Interlibrary Loan, Library Use Instruction, and Public Awareness
Monday, June 30,
2008, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session VI:
Infrastructure: Posters on Buildings and Equipment, Management, and Technology
Monday, June 30,
2008, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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VI - 1
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Synergy:
Fusing Student Assistants with the Mission of your Library - Misty
Joyner
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VI - 2
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No Travel Required: Planning a Regional Conference for Local and New Librarians - - Christianne Casper, Rachael Cathcart, Valerie Boulos and Larry Treadwell IV
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VI - 3
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Supervising
while Away: Tools for Online Student Supervision - Lauren Pressley
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VI - 4
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Sayonara
Party Girl, Aloha Real World: Surfing into Library Technology Positions
- Cory Lampert, Darcy Del Bosque and Kristen Costello
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VI - 5
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Overlooked,
Over-hyped or Just Right? What Specialized Accreditation Organizations Are
Saying about the Academic Library’s Role in the Accreditation Process.
- Tammy Bobrowsky and Dianne Narum
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VI - 6
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Online
& For-Profit: How We Handle Permissions in Our Academic Library
- Kristianne Buechler and Julie Pohlman
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VI - 7
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One Person,
Many Jobs: The Modern Academic Librarian - John Meier
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VI - 8
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Me? A
Filmmaker? A No Nonsense Approach for Non-Techie Librarians -
Alisa Gonzalez
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VI - 9
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Live Well
at the Library: Mayo Clinic Arizona Boosts Health and Wellness for Employees
- Carol Ann Attwood and Kay E. Wellik
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VI - 10
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Creating
Change from Within: Empower the Library with Your Own Student Organization!
- Cynthia Akers and Jill Sodt
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VI - 11
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Communicating
Our Value: How Librarians Achieve Promotion and Tenure - Karen
Davidson and June Garner
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VI - 12
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Evaluating
Post-Masters Diversity Residency Programs: Model for Assessment -
Thura Mack, Shantrie Collins and Damon Campbell
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VI - 13
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Are Staff
Classification Systems Reflecting Current and Future Library Competencies? A
New Model at the University of Arizona - Robyn Huff-Eibl, Michael
Ray and Jeanne Voyles
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VI - 14
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The Library
Channel: Syndicating News, Views, and Collections to the World -
Matthew Harp, Jennifer Duvernay, Fred McIlvain, Tammy Allgood and Philip
Konomos
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VI - 15
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Unlocking
the Mystery: What Academic Library Search Committees Look for in Filling Faculty
Positions? - Zhonghong Wang and Charles Guarria
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VI - 16
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Training
for the Information Commons - Kathryn Munson
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VI - 17
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Using a
Wiki in Collaborative Strategic Planning - Shannon Staley, Susan
Kendall and Mary Nino
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VI - 18
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We Got the
Building - Now What? - Aaron Collier, Glenda Harada and Donna Taylor
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VI - 19
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Web Site
Statistics 2.0: Using Google Analytics to Measure Library Web Site
Effectiveness - Steven Turner
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VI - 20
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Web
Usability: A Large but Worthwhile Task - Yu-Hui Chen and Carol
Anne Germain
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Session
I: The Collectors: Posters on Acquisitions, Cataloging and Classification,
Collection Development and Management, History, Serials, and Special
Collections
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
I - 1 Where
Libraries and Special Collections Meet Web 2.0: Building Next-generation
Archival Tools
Alan Cornish, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA (cornish at wsu.edu)
Alex Merrill, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA (merrilla at wsu.edu)
With the launch of large-scale book
digitization projects, libraries will increasingly be distinguished by their
special and archival collections, and by the services that they offer to
provide access to these collections. This presentation describes some of the
innovative tools being created to enhance access to resources of the Northwest
Digital Archives, a consortium of libraries and archival facilities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. These
efforts include the creation of a robust RSS feed describing recently-added
NWDA resources and the integration of a user tagging system that enables
visitors to add information to collection finding aids while the archival
record is kept intact. The presentation will provide visual examples of these
applications, along with information on how these tools are being integrated
into the NWDA program.
I - 2 Connecting Print Titles with Their Electronic Alter Egos in the Catalog: Analysis and Full Disclosure
Dana W. R. Boden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (dboden1@unl.edu)
Joan Konecky, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (jkonecky1@unl.edu)
Judith A. Wolfe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Love Library, Lincoln, NE (jwolf1@unlnotes.unl.edu)
We have made a heavy investment in a variety of electronic resources, many bundled or with name changes distancing them from their print origins. Can our patrons even find/discover these resources in our catalog? A task force was formed to explore how to enhance catalog records to fully associate print titles with their related electronic titles. The task force goal was to develop a cooperative process and cataloging guidelines for electronic resource catalog records that: enhance patron access to electronic resources and publication subsets, develop a cooperative process between liaison and catalog librarians, develop a maintenance process for tracking the changes, and develop an exit plan if a resource is cancelled. The scope of the investigation focused on the electronic resources listed on the Libraries’ E-resources webpage that are not connected or linked automatically through the cataloging process. The review process took into consideration parent and child relationships, along with title changes that occur when print migrates to an electronic format. The task force looked specifically for electronic resources with publication subsets that were not cataloged and for related print and electronic records that are not linked in the catalog. The electronic resource cataloging recommendations that were proposed were multifaceted and included a focus on interdepartmental cooperation and a method of tracking the resource catalog record enhancements using the electronic resource management (ERM) system.
I - 3 Video on
Demand: Streaming Media in Distance Education
Sue Parks, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (sue.parks at unt.edu)
Kim Stanton, University of North Texas, Denton,
TX (kim.stanton at unt.edu)
When the University of North Texas
began substantially increasing its online course offerings in the late 1990's,
students, faculty, and the library realized that access to online resources
would be crucial to the success of these courses. An infrastructure for
managing remote access to electronic journals and databases was already
established by the libraries, but a plan was not in place to address the use of
audiovisual materials in online courses. When the heavily film-based
anthropology course "World Cultures Through Film" transitioned from a
face-to-face classroom to an online environment, it served as a catalyst for
developing a plan to provide distance education students online access to
media. The Media Library's role in supporting this course changed dramatically
from scheduling in-class screenings, to providing in-house reserves access and offering
on-demand streaming access. This poster session tracks the evolution of media
delivery to distance education students at UNT and illustrates strategies
implemented by the UNT Media Library in developing an online management and
delivery system for video on demand. Usage statistics and user feedback will be
presented to demonstrate the success of the online streaming media model.
I - 4 The Web-at-Risk:
Preserving our Nation's Digital Cultural Heritage
Tracy Seneca, California Digital Library, Oakland, CA (tracy.seneca
at ucop.edu)
Mike Wooldridge, California Digital Library, Oakland, CA (Michael.Wooldridge
at ucop.edu)
The Web is increasingly the only source for
born-digital government publications, in spite of the fact that web content is
known to be unstable and fleeting. Government information specialists are
struggling to capture and preserve publications they once collected in print,
particularly state and local government publications. Librarians also have a
new opportunity to capture political organization websites, blog postings and
other ephemera to provide future researchers with a unique window into
historical events such as elections or Hurricane Katrina. This session will provide
an update on the Web-at-Risk project, a four and a half year effort to build
tools to capture, curate and preserve web-based political and government
information. Funded by the National Digital Information Infrastructure
Preservation Program and led by the California Digital Library, this project is
well underway. The poster will include screen images of the Web Archiving
Service currently under development, as well as images from the web archives
being created by the project’s curators.
I - 5 The Transgender Resource
Collection: When Collection Development Leads to Staff Development
Bleue Benton, Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL (bbenton at oppl.org)
Oak Park Public Library has created the first
distinct, focused transgender collection in a U.S. public library.
"Transgender" is an umbrella term that applies to people whose
identity or behavior falls outside stereotypical gender expectations. It refers
to many different types of people, including transsexuals and cross dressers.
The Transgender Resource Collection serves, reflects, and welcomes this
underserved, marginalized group. An important element of Oak Park Public
Library's LSTA-funded collection project was a groundbreaking self-study for
barriers to service that resulted in changes to collections, staff training,
facilities, communication, policies, and practices. Collection titles, finding
aids, training materials, self-study documents, and highlights from the
marketing campaign will illustrate this holistic model for collection
development.
I - 6 Taking Control of
Electronic Resources: An Environmental Impact Study of the First Two Years of
Electronic Resources Management System (ERMS) Implementation
Sara Blaszczak, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Chicago, IL (thorburn at uic.edu)
Librarians have powerful new Electronic
Resources Management Systems (ERMS), but, as with early adoption of any new
technology, the implementation and integration presented many challenges in the
first 2-1/2 years. What should a fully populated ERMS contain? What functions
in the library does it support? The University of Illinois at Chicago Library’s
home grown system was retired in 2005 in favor of a commercial ERMS (Serials
Solutions 360 Resource Manager), adopted in January, 2006. After two years of
populating it, and periods of trial and error, the Library set out to assess
the true capability of the ERMS with an environmental impact study. The
variables studied included key issues of workflow; resistance to change and
creative adaptations were factors as well. In addition to the study results,
the poster also presents illustrations of full, complete records; selected
comments on the ERMS by the staff; and samples of programming PERL scripts to
retrieve data through the XML API portal.
I - 7 Measuring the Impact of
Change: A Case Study Exploring the Impact of Integrating Non-MARC Metadata
Production into the Duties of Traditional Catalogers
Marielle Veve, Catalog Librarian - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (mveve at utk.edu)
Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Metadata Librarian - University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN (mfeltner at utk.edu)
While there is a growing body of literature
addressing metadata integration in technical services departments, the impact
of this integration on catalogers has yet to be explored. The poster addresses
this gap in the literature, measuring the impact of metadata integration on
Technical Services team members at the University of Tennessee
Libraries. In early 2007, the Digital Library
Center of the University of Tennessee
Libraries invited staff in the Technical Services
Department to get involved in the creation of descriptive metadata for
digitized archival collections. Volunteers were trained in a 12-hour workshop
led by the Metadata Librarian, and then participated in a pilot phase to test
the workflow. Adjustments were made to the workflow based on findings from the
pilot, and the team began production of metadata as part of their weekly
duties. To assess the impact of the duties that came with integration, the
Metadata Librarian and Cataloging Librarian jointly conducted an in-house
survey of metadata team members. The survey measures the team’s satisfaction
with procedures and workflow, and the impact new responsibilities had on their
overall job performance and workload. This poster session presents the results
of the survey and draws conclusions about catalogers' attitudes toward metadata
integration.
I - 8 Me and My Sha