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Weeding One STEPP at a Time
(2011-11-04)
Joyner Library recently had to make space for a new campus partner. To do so we focused our activity on print journals. We created a set of rules guiding our deselection, storage, and retention decisions.
Making beautiful music: The state of the art in mobile technology and how we can make the most of it in libraries
(2012-06-08)
Mobile technology is in a great state of flux and competition and the bar keeps getting set higher. What models of service are leading the pack? Should libraries be providing mobile devices or rather, should libraries ...
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 ...
The University of California Pay-It-Forward Open Access Publishing Research Project: An Interview with MacKenzie Smith
(2017-08-18)
In 2014, University of California- Davis University Library and the California Digital Library collaborated on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant-funded project to explore costs associated with moving scholarly journal ...
Is the term ‘serials’ relevant any longer? Some thoughts on the matter…
(2019-01-24)
The authors solicited opinions from eight thought leaders in publishing and librarianship asking them to reflect on the term “serials.” Is this word losing its relevance? The discussion centers around several common themes. ...
The University of California Pay-It-Forward Open Access Publishing Research Project: An Interview with MacKenzie Smith
(2017-04-12)
In 2014, University of California- Davis University Library and the California Digital Library collaborated on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant-funded project to explore costs associated with moving scholarly journal ...
Sci-Hub: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter to Academic Libraries? An Interview with Michael Levine-Clark and Peter Katz
(2017-10-27)
Piracy of subscription-based scholarly literature has reached a new peak
with the advent of Sci-Hub and other sites like it. Sci-Hub is a collection of
over 68 million items led by and compiled by a researcher from ...
Uncommon Conversations: What is Open Access Button? An interview with Joe McArthur
(2017-12-11)
Articles published behind a paywall in commercial journals are often inaccessible to potential readers who are not affiliated with a subscribing institution. Open Access Button is an application that assists readers in ...