Browsing Academic Library Services by Author "Thomas, William Joseph"
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Analyzing Institutional Open Access Publishing Activity
Thomas, William Joseph (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 ... -
The Art Reference Library of the North Carolina Museum of Art
Thomas, William Joseph (2014-09)Many people have visited the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Perhaps fewer have visited the Art Reference Library of the North Carolina Museum of Art—but more should! The Museum Library provides a non-circulating ... -
The Continuing Cautionary Tale of Creative Writing ETDs
Thomas, William Joseph; Shirkey, Cynthia (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 ... -
Copyright and Scholarly Communication
Thomas, William Joseph; Gee, Charles William (2013-11-19) -
Copyright: Policies, Resources, and Questions for School Librarians
Dotson, Kaye; Parker, Kathy; Thomas, William Joseph (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 ... -
Creating Cherokee Print: Samuel Austin Worcester’s Impact on the Syllabary
Thomas, William Joseph (East Carolina University, 2008)The 1821 creation of a written syllabary for the Cherokee language by Sequoyah and its use in the Nation’s newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, are routinely examined within the context of the tribe’s discourse surrounding ... -
Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success (Review)
Thomas, William Joseph (2014-11)Review of Marianne Buehler's Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success (Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2013). -
Disciplinary Differences in Student Use of Library-Provided Materials in Dissertations
Thomas, William Joseph; Shouse, Daniel N. (2021-07)Citation analysis is a valuable approach for collection managers to provide evidence of collection use and direct future collection growth. Researchers at East Carolina University reviewed nearly 23,000 citations from 171 ... -
E-Books, Soup to Nuts: Considering Workflows for Electronic Books
Thomas, William Joseph (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). ... -
eBooks and Efficiencies in Acquisitions Expenditures and Workflows
Thomas, William Joseph; Seibert, Heather; Shouse, Daniel (2013-04)East Carolina University’s Joyner Library acquires ebooks through several different methods, including packages, firm orders, and most recently, a Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) program. Because we expect our volume of ... -
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Workshop
Thomas, William Joseph; McConnell, Thomas J. (2014-03)Presentation for graduating students who are required to deposit a thesis or dissertation. This presentation describes the deposit process using the Vireo ETD management system, the university's institutional repository, ... -
Encyclopedia of North Carolina (Review)
Thomas, William Joseph (East Carolina University, 2006)This article reviews the Encyclopedia of North Carolina by William S. Powell. -
Evaluating the Library’s Open and Affordable e-TextbookProgram as a Student Success Initiative
Thomas, William Joseph; Bright, Laura; Hoover, Jeanne (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 ... -
"For ’the making and glimpsing of Other-Worlds’: Literature of the Fantastic in the Schlobin Collection at East Carolina University"
Thomas, William Joseph (East Carolina University, 2005)This article provides an overview of the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection at East Carolina University's Joyner Library. The collection houses materials related to science fiction and ... -
From “The Lost Colony” to “Unto These Hills”: Outdoor Theatre in North Carolina
Thomas, William Joseph (2019-08)Summertime is high season for outdoor dramas, and North Carolina has a rich history of them. Many NC natives have at-tended a production of “The Lost Colony” in Manteo or “Unto These Hills” in ... -
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (Review)
Thomas, William Joseph (East Carolina University, 2010)Book review of the second edition of Peggy Johnson's Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (ALA, 2010). -
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Data Migration: a Case Study with ECU
Thomas, William Joseph; Zhou, Ying; Fey, Melba; Rosen, Andrew (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 ... -
Helping Keep the Costs of Textbooks for Students Down: Two Approaches
Thomas, William Joseph; Bernhardt, Beth R. (2018-05)Librarians at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro received a 2-year grant to support a combined alternative textbook project. This project engages in a two-pronged approach to reduce ... -
Herding Cats: Project Management for Digital Scholarship
Godwin, Laurie; Newman, Joyce Joines; Thomas, William Joseph (2017-03-16) -
Highlighting NC LIVE’s Home Grown eBooks
Thomas, William Joseph (2020)