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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 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 ...
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 ...
The Past is Prologue: Telling our Stories about Textbook Affordability Programs
(2017-11-09)
Conversations about textbook affordability and open educational resources are gaining traction and visibility across the nation with advocacy by student groups, state legislators, and leaders in higher education. Responding ...
They Really Like Us!: Move From Outputs to Outcomes with Your Library's Research Consultations
(2017-10-18)
Learn how librarians at East Carolina took an evidence-based approach to those academic library standbys: one-on-one research consultations. This poster presentation will share our experiences developing a post-meeting ...
Know your FSB from your KGB: Researching Soviet/Russian Intelligence in America
(2017-10-19)
In light of last year’s election-related hacking, and the popularity of programs such as The Americans, the topic of Russian intelligence activity in America is once again prominent in the news and in popular culture. This ...
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 ...
Collaborating With Your Campus Community To Execute Your Library’s High Impact Educational Practices
(2017-10-18)
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) LEAP report identified ten high impact practices that contribute to student success and retention. Librarians in the Research & Instructional Services department ...