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Favorable Winds: Robert Morgan & The Circumstances of the 1974 Election Year
(2024-05)The election year of 1974 was fraught with drama and controversy, and it was not standard fare. While the predictable cycle of congressional midterms churned through their own campaign surprises, the entire nation was ... -
Justice Deferred: Antidumping Legislation in the Robert Morgan Collection
(2024-05)The Robert Morgan papers provide detailed insight into the forming of H.R.8149, the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978, and the events that led to its creation. This project examines Robert Morgan’s ... -
Revamping and Rethinking Popular Reading at an Academic Library
(2024-05-30)Many people think of academic libraries as physical (or virtual) spaces and collections maintained for the purpose of patrons acquiring professional knowledge and practicing scholastic research skills. Academic libraries ... -
On the Front Lines
(2024-05-30)The first article of a new recurring column in North Carolina Libraries where we on the front lines of librarianship can share our experiences, tips, and recommendations. -
In Step with Library Leaders
(2024-05-30)Welcome to the inaugural article for a new column, to be focused on library leadership. Leadership may provide vision, direction, encouragement, or a model, and it may come from those in positions of authority or from ... -
From Nicholas to Putin: Russia Since 1900
(2024-02)This essay seeks to guide readers wishing to explore the burgeoning literature on modern Russia by offering a survey of 50 works that will be most useful for offering historical perspective and understanding of the invasion ... -
Copyright: Policies, Resources, and Questions for School Librarians
(2022)School librarians are often the professionals in their schools responsible for helping faculty and students locate, use, and create content responsibly. This article shares data from an East Carolina University survey of ... -
Internship Pivot @ ECU: Responding to Our University’s Transition
(2021-07-31)The Master of Library Science (MLS) program at East Carolina University (ECU) requires internships for graduate students, pairing them with cooperating professionals to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to ... -
Analyzing Institutional Open Access Publishing Activity
(2022)Scholarly communication librarians routinely promote Open Access (OA) publishing, encouraging their institutions' authors to increase their impact for the benefit of a greater number of readers. Researchers at East Carolina ... -
Workflows, Management Methods and Deliverables: The Data Dream Team
(2020-05-20)A presentation about East Carolina University Academic Library Services’ migration from Archivists’ Toolkit to ArchivesSpace. -
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 ... -
Respectful Metadata
(2022-05-12)Outlines some specific projects being done at East Carolina University's Academic Library Services to improve the respectfulness of library metadata, including retrospectively applying newly created Library of Congress ... -
OM Nom Nom: Integrating Yoga with Your Lunch Break
(2020)Describes a lunchtime yoga group developed by and for library staff at Joyner Library, East Carolina University. -
Evaluating the Library’s Open and Affordable e-TextbookProgram as a Student Success Initiative
(2023-10-19)Academic Library Services at East Carolina University leads a two-part affordable and alternative textbook program as part of a key initiative for its Strategic Framework. One part of the program is the Course Adopted ... -
Navigating Open Access Initiatives in a Sea of Mixed Support
(2023-09)Since 2008, OA support has grown into a three-pronged approach that includes working with faculty to deposit the appropriate, publisher-permitted version of their article in our IR; providing funding for open access ... -
Congress and Countersubversion in the 20th Century: Aspects and Legacies
(2023-06)The core of this book consists of essays originally posted on the blog of the Cold War and Internal Security (CWIS) Collection, belonging to Academic Library Services, East Carolina University. The end result is a collection ... -
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 ... -
Students' Motivations to Use Academic Library Resources and Services
(2023-05-12)Survey responses were gathered from students using Joyner Library at East Carolina University in order to determine why students use the library, which services and resources they use, and the frequency of their visits to ... -
Toward Metaliteracy and Transliteracy in the History Classroom: A Case Study Among Underserved Students
(2022-12)In the last twenty years, scholars have reimagined information literacy to better address an overly saturated world of information and the growing participatory culture of Web 2.0. Outside of library and information science ...