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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 ... -
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 ... -
Assessing Return on Investment for E-Resources: A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Cost-Per-Use Data
(East Carolina University, 2011-01-09)Libraries often rely on cost-per-use (CPU) data to measure the return on investment for their e-resource subscriptions. By comparing CPU data supplied by several libraries, this presentation will provide added context to ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Carolina Israelite
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The Commitment to Securing Perpetual Journal Access: A Survey of Academic Research Libraries
(East Carolina University, 2011)Current and emerging trends raise questions about the extent to which academic research libraries should continue to seek perpetual access provisions for journal acquisitions. To describe the questions being raised, this ... -
The Continuing Cautionary Tale of Creative Writing ETDs
(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 ... -
Crowdsourcing Digitization: Harnessing Workflows to Increase Output
(East Carolina University, 2008-10-16)Are the highly selective models of digital content creation satisfying user demands for increasing access to our vast collection holdings? In this era of decreasing library budgets and increasing responsibilities, is such ... -
Demystifying Fund Allocation Formulas in an Academic Library Setting
(2013-10-16)This presentation gave an overview of different types of allocation formulas in use at academic libraries and then focused on Joyner Library's recently developed model which incorporates a use factor measure. -
Designing Library Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
(2013)East Carolina University is the home of an innovative program for students with learning disabilities, Project STEPP. Librarians at ECU’s Joyner Library have collaborated with Project STEPP since 2010 to provide library ... -
A Different Kind of Fellowship: Joyner Library's SPA Fellowship Program
(East Carolina University, 2008-07)A look at the origins and development of Joyner Library's SPA Fellowship program, which is designed to provide Joyner paraprofessional employees with the opportunity to gain professional librarian experience. -
Digitized Special Collections and Multiple User Groups
(East Carolina University, 2010)Many organizations have evolved since their early attempts to mount digital exhibits on the Web and are experimenting with ways to increase the scale of their digitized collections by utilizing archival finding aid description ... -
Drinking From the Firehose: The Serial's Life Cycle: The Report of its Death has been greatly exaggerated
(East Carolina University, 2007-12)Opinion piece about the trend of renaming or reorganizing serials units within technical services departments in libraries -
The Dual Mission Paradigm: A Ranganathanian Critique
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Encyclopedia of North Carolina (Review)
(East Carolina University, 2006)This article reviews the Encyclopedia of North Carolina by William S. Powell. -
Engaging Undergraduates in Special Collections Through English Composition
(East Carolina University, 2008-06)In an atmosphere of increasingly homogeneous general collections, it has been said that special collections holdings will be what sets academic libraries apart from one another. Because of this shift, it is becoming ... -
Establishing Accessibility for E-Journals: A Suggested Approach
(East Carolina University, 2002)Libraries in the United States are required by law to make library programs and services accessible to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (1998) ...