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Author Impact Measures in Communication Sciences and Disorders
(2015-11-13)
Author impact metrics were collected from approximately 2000 academic research faculty in 257 accredited universities in the US and Canada. Three databases (Scopus, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate) were utilized. Indices ...
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 ...
Helping Keep the Costs of Textbooks for Students Down: Two Approaches
(2018-05)
Librarians at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro received a 2-year grant to support a combined alternative textbook project. This project engages in a two-pronged approach to reduce ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Data Migration: a Case Study with ECU
(2018-05-31)
In 2016, East Carolina University sought a user-friendly, innovative system for faculty activity reporting to replace their current technology.
Although their requirements were straightforward—integration with institutional ...
eBooks and Efficiencies in Acquisitions Expenditures and Workflows
(2013-04)
East Carolina University’s Joyner Library acquires ebooks through several different methods, including packages, firm orders, and most recently, a Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) program. Because we expect our volume of ...
Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success (Review)
(2014-11)
Review of Marianne Buehler's Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success (Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2013).
E-Books, Soup to Nuts: Considering Workflows for Electronic Books
(2012-05-11)
Many libraries have already have access to packages of electronic books, and are either considering or putting into place two other methods of acquisition: title-by-title selection and patron-driven acquisitions (PDA). ...
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 ...
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.