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Navigating 21st Century Digital Scholarship: Open Educational Resources (OERs), Creative Commons, Copyright and Library Vendor License
(2018-06-09)
Digital scholarship issues are increasingly prevalent in today’s environment. We are faced with questions of how to protect our own works as well as others’ with responsible attribution and usage, sometimes involving a ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Data Migration: a Case Study with ECU
(2018-05-31)
In 2016, East Carolina University sought a user-friendly, innovative system for faculty activity reporting to replace their current technology.
Although their requirements were straightforward—integration with institutional ...
Reimagining the Library as a Technology: An Analysis of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science within the Social Construction of Technology Framework
(2014-04)
S. R. Ranganathan’s five laws of library science have long been a theoretical cornerstone of librarianship. This article draws on theories in the field of technology studies to advance the claim that the enduring relevance ...
Adding a Use Factor Measure to a Materials Allocation Plan for Books in an Academic Library
(2013-05)
Tasked with re-working East Carolina University's Joyner Library materials allocation plan to better align it with current needs, two librarians, Lisa Barricella (Acquisitions) and Cindy Shirkey (Collection Development) ...
Our Experience with User Experience: Exploring Staffing Configurations to Conduct UX in an Academic Library
(2015-10-13)
A research project was undertaken by a university library system to develop a sustainable user experience strategy. A task force was convened to conduct a pilot project with members from both libraries in the system to ...
Scholarly Communication Boot Camp: Getting Liaisons Up to Speed
(2015-11-06)
Liaison librarians everywhere are being asked to share more and more in the work of scholarly communication. In many cases they need extensive training to be prepared to talk about these topics with faculty and students. ...
Author Impact Measures in Communication Sciences and Disorders
(2015-11-13)
Author impact metrics were collected from approximately 2000 academic research faculty in 257 accredited universities in the US and Canada. Three databases (Scopus, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate) were utilized. Indices ...
A Place in the Sun: Cleaning up Online Content with the LibGuides Summer Project
(2015-10-21)
ECU Libraries have attempted to address issues with out-of-date content in LibGuides by conducting an annual group cleanup project during the lull over the summer. Librarians are provided with a brief weekly instruction ...
Information Literacy Concepts
(2017-08-29)
Overview: Purpose and goals
This open educational resource provides learners with an overview of major information literacy concepts identified in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy. Information literacy skills ...
Finding and Using Open Educational Resources in k-12
(2019-02-23)
Presentation from the Librarian to Librarian Networking Summit