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2010 Top Ten Trends in Academic Libraries: A Review of the Current Literature
(East Carolina University, 2010-06)The ACRL Research, Planning and Review Committee, a component of the Research Coordinating Committee, is responsible for creating and updating a continuous and dynamic ... -
The Academic Library in Institutional Assessment: Seizing an Opportunity
(East Carolina University, 2010)This paper reviews the major forces that led to a new climate of assessment in higher education, some of the instruments commonly used to assess undergraduate student learning and growth, and the programs ... -
Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools (ATLAS)
(2016-01-01)The Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools (ATLAS) database is a valuable teaching tool that takes some of the mystery out of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification process, and provides ... -
Acquiring Articles through Unmediated, User-Initiated Pay-Per-View Transactions: An Assessment of Current Practices
(East Carolina University, 2009-12)Depressed economic times often lead libraries to consider new practices, including alternatives to the traditional subscription model. This column discusses a pay-per-view (PPV) model for acquiring journal articles whereby ... -
AIM for success with IM
(East Carolina University, 2006)Instant messaging (IM) is a hot topic among libraries today. The past few years have seen a burst of articles in the professional literature describing the technology and the ways in which libraries can incorporate it into ... -
Applying the basics to improve the collection
(East Carolina University, 2008)This article serves as a follow-up to an article published in Collection Building (Vol. 25 No. 4, pp. 129-133) entitled, "Inventory: catalyst for collection development" which discussed the direct outcomes of an inventory ... -
The Art Reference Library of the North Carolina Museum of Art
(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 ... -
Assessment of Technical Services Workflow in an Academic Library: A Time-and-Path Study
(East Carolina University, 2005-09-02)In spring 2004, the Technical Services area at East Carolina University's Joyner Library conducted a time-and-path study of materials moving through the area from receipt until they are ready for the shelf. This study ... -
Authority Control of Names in Local Digitization Projects and the Eastern North Carolina Postcard Collection
(East Carolina University, 2009)Authority control is a vitally important but frequently overlooked aspect of metadata creation for local digitization projects. The addition of digital projects metadata to the traditional cataloging environment creates a ... -
Axial Shear Modulus of A Fiber-Reinforced Composite with Random Fiber Cross-Sections
(1981-04-14)A study is made of the effective axial shear modulus of a fiber reinforced material with random fiber cross-sections so that the micromechanics is governed by stochastic differential equations. A coarse-graining procedure ... -
Back to Basics: International Collection Development on a Shoestring
(East Carolina University, 2009)This article explores collection development for small libraries facing an extremely restricted budget, with an additional focus on international school libraries. Drawing on the author’s experience as a professional ... -
Benchmarking Library Creative Spaces for Research Support and Faculty/Librarian Partnerships
(2020-06-01)During the course of this research, the author attempted to locate institutions and background information about spaces that would be similar in scope to a digital scholarship lab (or scholar’s lab) being proposed in a ... -
Beyond Discovery Tools: The Evolution of Discovery at ECU Libraries
(2013-10-17)At East Carolina University (ECU) Libraries, the term “discovery” has been in a state of evolution over the past few years. “Discovery” initially became an important part of librarians’ vocabulary with the introduction ... -
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 ... -
Calling All Academic Music Library Reference Desks: A Follow-Up Study
(2008-08-08)The East Carolina University Music Library established regularly staffed reference desk service and studied whether the presence of a reference desk increased patron comfort level in seeking assistance even when the ... -
A case of Exophiala oligosperma successfully treated with voriconazole
(2013-08-30)Exophiala oligosperma is an uncommon pathogen associated with human infections, predominantly in immunocompromised hosts. Case reports of clinical infections related to E. oligosperma have been limited to 6 prior publications, ... -
Changes in zooplankton community, and seston and zooplankton fatty acid profiles at the freshwater/saltwater interface of the Chowan River, North Carolina
(2017-08-16)The variability in zooplankton fatty acid composition may be an indicator of larval fish habitat quality as fatty acids are linked to fish larval growth and survival. We sampled an anadromous fish nursery, the Chowan River, ... -
The Charles Waddell Chesnutt Collection at Fayetteville State University
(2016-08)The history of Fayetteville State University and its Charles W. Chesnutt Library are intimately connected with one of the most important writers from North Carolina. Charles Waddell Chesnutt, 1858-1933, was a celebrated ... -
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 ... -
Collecting Ourselves: An Analysis of holdings in North Carolina libraries of selected categories from the "North Carolina Bibliography"
(2009)Despite the Electronic Age’s impact on libraries, blurring the lines between brick and mortar and the Web, the value of collecting locally and regionally focused works remains high. Of equal importance is a deeper understanding ...