Browsing Joyner Library by Title
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Records of the Children of the Light: The Friends Historical Collection at Guilford College
(East Carolina University, 2006)This article provides an overview to the Friends Historical Collection in Hege Library at Guilford College, in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Reference Interviews: Getting Things Right
(2012-12)Few would disagree that successful communication between librarian and patron is critical to success in the reference process. Based on Atul Gawande's book, The Checklist Manifesto, the authors indicate how a well-executed ... -
Research and Practice in Academic Libraries: A Case Study
(2001)In recent decades, as academic librarians have achieved tenure-track or even special faculty status, a growing professional consensus has emerged that they should uphold this status by actively engaging in research and ... -
Rev. of Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's User, ed. Courtney Stephens
(East Carolina University, 2008-01) -
Review of Library 2.0 A Guide to Participatory Research
(East Carolina University, 2007-10) -
Rules of thumb for deselecting, relocating, and retaining bound journals
(2012)Purpose – Like many other academic libraries, Joyner Library at East Carolina University has experienced pressure in recent years to convert stacks space to other uses. The rise of electronic collections coupled with the ... -
Serving Sci-Tech Library Users With Disabilities
(East Carolina University, 2001)Service to library users with disabilities has been the subject of numerous books, articles, and presentations, but it is useful to consider this issue specifically in the context of science libraries for several reasons. ... -
Sqeezed Between the E's: Electronic Resources (Print Monographs) Economic Woes
(East Carolina University, 2009)Difficult economic times are reducing libraries’ ability to purchase print monographs, and continued pressures to provide electronic materials often force libraries to cut their book budgets even more. How are libraries ... -
Staffing the CMC for Success
(Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012)Librarians, paraprofessionals, and student workers employed in the curriculum materials center (CMC) require specialized skills to assist preservice and in-service teachers and faculty. As technology continues to ... -
The Structure of Scholarly Communications within Academic Libraries
(2013-03-15)Academic libraries often define their administrative structure according to services they offer, including research services, acquisitions, cataloging and metadata, and so on. Scholarly Communications is something of a ... -
A Study of Librarians' Perceptions and Use of the Summon Discovery Tool
(2012-08-20)Next-generation discovery tools such as Serials Solutions Summon seek to provide a more robust and unified search experience for library patrons. Previous disappointment with federated search has tarnished librarians' ... -
Taking the Guess Work out of Collection Development: Using Syllabi for a User-Centered Collection Development Method
(2011-07)Over the course of a year, 98 syllabi were collected from history, English, philosophy, religion and foreign literatures and languages departments at a large university in the Southeast. The syllabi were analyzed for ... -
Talking to our faculty about open access and authors' rights
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Teach, Assess, and Redesign: Creating a Framework of Universal Design for Students with Learning Disabilties
(2013-04-12)At the main library of a public, four year university, we are collaborating with an innovative campus program to improve our information literacy services for students with multiple learning disabilities. The poster session ... -
Tourism and the Dare County Economy
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Transforming Space in the Curriculum Materials Center
(2013)Transforming space to facilitate and compliment learning has become an integral component in the redesign and renovation of academic libraries. This article offers a framework of discussion based on the redesign and ... -
Trusting Digital Preservation for Print Collection Management, Or How Librarians Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the "E"
(2011-09)This article advocates planning for the management of print collections in light of digital preservation activities. Three activities include deduplicating print holdings from archival online journal packages, participating ...