Browsing Joyner Library by Title
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A Collaborative Workflow for the Digitization of Unique Materials
(East Carolina University, 2009)This paper examines the experience of one institution, the University of Maryland Libraries, as it made organizational efforts to harness existing workflows and to capture digitization done in the course of responding to ... -
The Commitment to Securing Perpetual Journal Access: A Survey of Academic Research Libraries
(East Carolina University, 2011)Current and emerging trends raise questions about the extent to which academic research libraries should continue to seek perpetual access provisions for journal acquisitions. To describe the questions being raised, this ... -
The Continuing Cautionary Tale of Creative Writing ETDs
(2013-08)Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) often spark debate regarding restrictions on access and students’ opportunities for later publication. Most other studies have found publishers are in fact willing to work with ... -
Creating a Shared Neuroscience Collection Development Policy
(2012-08)At East Carolina University (ECU), Joyner Academic and Laupus Health Sciences Libraries collaborated on a shared Neuroscience collection development policy, primarily as a reaction to state-level budget cuts. The policy ... -
Crowdsourcing Digitization: Harnessing Workflows to Increase Output
(East Carolina University, 2008-10-16)Are the highly selective models of digital content creation satisfying user demands for increasing access to our vast collection holdings? In this era of decreasing library budgets and increasing responsibilities, is such ... -
Demystifying Fund Allocation Formulas in an Academic Library Setting
(2013-10-16)This presentation gave an overview of different types of allocation formulas in use at academic libraries and then focused on Joyner Library's recently developed model which incorporates a use factor measure. -
Designing Library Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
(2013)East Carolina University is the home of an innovative program for students with learning disabilities, Project STEPP. Librarians at ECU’s Joyner Library have collaborated with Project STEPP since 2010 to provide library ... -
Dethroning the Kings of Cape Fear: Consequences of Edward Moseley’s Surveys
(2011)There remains a veil of romanticism used in past historiography concerning Edward Moseley that leaves one feeling that he was, as D.H. Hill said, “always on the side of the people.” Arguably, this romanticism has permeated ... -
A Different Kind of Fellowship: Joyner Library's SPA Fellowship Program
(East Carolina University, 2008-07)A look at the origins and development of Joyner Library's SPA Fellowship program, which is designed to provide Joyner paraprofessional employees with the opportunity to gain professional librarian experience. -
Digitized Special Collections and Multiple User Groups
(East Carolina University, 2010)Many organizations have evolved since their early attempts to mount digital exhibits on the Web and are experimenting with ways to increase the scale of their digitized collections by utilizing archival finding aid description ... -
Drinking From the Firehose: Fun With Facebook
(East Carolina University, 2009)Opinion piece about the joys and pitfalls of social networking -
Drinking From the Firehose: The Serial's Life Cycle: The Report of its Death has been greatly exaggerated
(East Carolina University, 2007-12)Opinion piece about the trend of renaming or reorganizing serials units within technical services departments in libraries -
The Dual Mission Paradigm: A Ranganathanian Critique
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E-Books, Soup to Nuts: Considering Workflows for Electronic Books
(2012-05-11)Many libraries have already have access to packages of electronic books, and are either considering or putting into place two other methods of acquisition: title-by-title selection and patron-driven acquisitions (PDA). ... -
EAD collection-level web statistics for FY2008-FY2010
(2011-07)These seven files contain online use statistics for the Joyner Library Collection Guide website (http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/) from 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2011. The TSV files have been exported from Google Analytics ... -
The Emergence of the Crop-Lien System in Eastern North Carolina
(2010)The slave-plantation system was clearly evil and a war was fought to end it. The Reconstruction period was a half hearted attempt to institute reforms in former slave states. Regionally and locally the former slave-owners ... -
Encyclopedia of North Carolina (Review)
(East Carolina University, 2006)This article reviews the Encyclopedia of North Carolina by William S. Powell. -
Engaging Undergraduates in Special Collections Through English Composition
(East Carolina University, 2008-06)In an atmosphere of increasingly homogeneous general collections, it has been said that special collections holdings will be what sets academic libraries apart from one another. Because of this shift, it is becoming ... -
Establishing Accessibility for E-Journals: A Suggested Approach
(East Carolina University, 2002)Libraries in the United States are required by law to make library programs and services accessible to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (1998) ... -
The Federal Depository Library Program: Anachronism or Necessity?
(East Carolina University, 2004)A look at how the advent of the World Wide Web and transition to primarily electronic distribution of federal publications has permanently altered the FDLP. In order to survive, the program needs to transition from the old ...