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A Place in the Sun: Cleaning up Online Content with the LibGuides Summer Project
(2015-10-21)
ECU Libraries have attempted to address issues with out-of-date content in LibGuides by conducting an annual group cleanup project during the lull over the summer. Librarians are provided with a brief weekly instruction ...
Information Literacy Concepts
(2017-08-29)
Overview: Purpose and goals
This open educational resource provides learners with an overview of major information literacy concepts identified in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy. Information literacy skills ...
An Overnight Success?: Usage Patterns and Demographics of Academic Library Patrons During the Overnight Period From 11 p.m.–8 a.m.
(2014-10-08)
During the Fall 2013 semester East Carolina University's main library piloted 24/5 hours of operation by opening on Sunday morning and not closing until Friday night. This article details the planning and execution of the ...
Race, insurance type, and stage of presentation among lung cancer patients
(2014-04-15)
BACKGROUND: The percentage of adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer (those aged 15-39 years) diagnosed at a
distant stage of disease did not significantly change between 1975 and 2004. It has been hypothesized ...
Risk-adjusted survival after coronary artery bypass grafting: Implications for quality improvement
(2014-07-21)
Mortality represents an important outcome measure following coronary artery bypass grafting. Shorter survival times may reflect poor surgical quality and an increased number of costly postoperative complications. Quality ...
Should providers encourage realistic weight expectations and satisfaction with lost weight in commercial weight loss programs? a preliminary study
(2014)
Background
Attrition is a problem among patients who participate in commercial weight loss programs. One possible explanation is that if patients are unable to reach a weight that they expect to achieve, they may be ...
Connect with your Users: Usability Testing and How User Experience May Actually Work for You
(2016-08-15)
For a library, User Experience (UX) refers to studying the emotions and attitudes of its users regarding the library building, website, or services. This can be executed through usability testing, which allows you to truly ...
HUAC Investigates North Carolina: How Federal Documents Can Help Uncover State and Local History
(2016-06-29)
Federal government documents tend to be all too often overlooked when providing general reference assistance, especially on topics involving state and local history. Reasons include the unique and often arcane nature of ...
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 ...