Browsing by Subject "Libraries"
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Books in Tolerable Supply: College Libraries in North Carolina from 1795 to the Civil War
(East Carolina Universityhttp://www.nclaonline.org/NCL/ncl/NCL_65_3-4_Fall-Winter2007.pdf, 2007)Abstract: The historical role of college libraries has seldom been investigated on a regional or state level in the United States, but such studies are valuable in explaining the cultural infrastructure of education and ... -
Building Visual Literacy Skills on Campus: A Toolkit for Multidisciplinary Skills on Campus
(2020-12)Many colleges possess rich art collections that have the potential to expand curricula and address visual literacy in dynamic ways. However, faculty outside studio and art history departments often shy away from integrating ... -
Collaborating to Analyze E-Journal Use Data: A Discussion of Cross-Institutional Cost-Per-Use Analysis Projects within the UNC System
(2012-11-09)This presentation discusses two projects within the University of North Carolina (UNC) system in which the system libraries collaborated to shared data to make cross-institutional analyses of expenditures, use, and ... -
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 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 ... -
Forcing the Moment to Its Crisis: Thoughts on Pay-Per-View and the Perpetual Access Ideal
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From the Pen of the Editor
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The Future of OER Outreach
(2023-05-19)Over the past two decades, Open Educational Resources (OER) have been utilized in all types of education across all disciplines. In addition to saving learners money, OER offers educators the flexibility to customize ... -
The Future of Reading: The Importance of Preserving Hybrid Collections in the Digital Age
(2012-05-11)As e-books continue to grow in popularity and usage, it appears quite possible that they will one day not just supplement but outright replace print books. A growing body of evidence, however, suggests that reading off a ... -
Gross Anatomy In the Library: Evaluating the Impact of Anatomical Models in Academic Health Sciences Libraries
(2021-05)Background: Laupus Library began its anatomical model collection in the late 1980s with one model. In intervening years, the collection has grown to 236 models ranging from single organs to entire bodies. As of March 25, ... -
Gross Anatomy: Are Anatomical Models Worth the Investment?
(2019-10-05)Our library began its anatomical model collection in the late 1980s with one model of the fetus. In intervening years, the collection has grown to 236 models ranging from single organs to entire bodies. As of July 1, 2019, ... -
Introducing portable pedal machines inside a university library to reduce sedentary behavior
(East Carolina University, 2013)Background: Sedentary behavior is a health risk factor independent of time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Sedentary behavior takes place frequently in libraries. Few sedentary behavior interventions ... -
LIBotomy: Creating a Shared Neuroscience Collection Development Policy
(2011-10-11)Purpose: This poster examines the collaboration between the Joyner Academic and Laupus Health Sciences Library at East Carolina University to establish a shared Neuroscience Collection Development Policy. Setting/ ... -
A Living, Breathing Revolution: How Libraries Can Use “Living Archives” to Support, Engage, and Document Social Movements
(2013-08-12)Where does and should the future of libraries lie? What were once concrete, brick, and glass structures have since become a third place where community, art, and culture reside. What is next? The #searchunderoccupy ... -
Making a List and Checking it Twice: Creating a Sustainable Future in User Experience
(2015-03-27)A ten-person task force assessed staffing responsibilities, guidelines, processes, and data gathering procedures for user experience (UX) for a library system. Multiple models for carrying out UX in a library were tested ... -
Online Resources To Support Your Community’s College Literacy
(2020-07-17)Colleges and universities are stepping up recruitment of prospective students from rural communities. However, prospective students report having little awareness of the college opportunities and some even believe college ... -
Patron preference for receipt
(2018-10-11)During spring 2018 the Circulation & Interlibrary Loan Department had internal conversations about the desirability of continuing to print and give receipts for circulation transactions. Since various staff had differing ... -
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 ... -
Professional Development During a Pandemic: Transforming a Conference for Library Paraprofessionals
(2021-09-03)The annual, one-day Paraprofessional Conference is hosted, planned, and coordinated by East Carolina University’s Joyner Library. Since 2004, the conference has provided professional development opportunities geared to ... -
Using Children’s Literature to Discuss Race Relations, Racism, and Injustices
(2020-09-17)Our nation’s responses to the deaths of Ahmad Aubrey, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and others have made the need to have conversations with children on race, racism and valuing differences more crucial than ...