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Information Moshing: Open Educational Resources; What they are, Where they are, and What can we do with them.
(2018-04-20)
Open Education Resources (OERs) are becoming more common throughout educational institutions; however, there is still a need for conversation and to promote the free resources that are available. OERs can be used as an ...
Creating Lactation Support at East Carolina University
(2018-05-11)
In 2012, there were two lactation rooms on campus. Since then, nine more rooms have been created. The library building was selected for the creation of a lactation room due to the building’s distance from other lactation ...
Providing Support for Lactating Women at ECU
(2018-04-26)
Returning to work after birth is challenging for many new mothers. East Carolina University has taken great strides in supporting nursing mothers’ transition from maternity leave back to work or school.
As outlined in the ...
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 ...
Navigating 21st Century Digital Scholarship: Open Educational Resources (OERs), Creative Commons, Copyright and Library Vendor License
(2018-06-09)
Digital scholarship issues are increasingly prevalent in today’s environment. We are faced with questions of how to protect our own works as well as others’ with responsible attribution and usage, sometimes involving a ...
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 ...
Reimagining the Library as a Technology: An Analysis of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science within the Social Construction of Technology Framework
(2014-04)
S. R. Ranganathan’s five laws of library science have long been a theoretical cornerstone of librarianship. This article draws on theories in the field of technology studies to advance the claim that the enduring relevance ...
Adding a Use Factor Measure to a Materials Allocation Plan for Books in an Academic Library
(2013-05)
Tasked with re-working East Carolina University's Joyner Library materials allocation plan to better align it with current needs, two librarians, Lisa Barricella (Acquisitions) and Cindy Shirkey (Collection Development) ...
Our Experience with User Experience: Exploring Staffing Configurations to Conduct UX in an Academic Library
(2015-10-13)
A research project was undertaken by a university library system to develop a sustainable user experience strategy. A task force was convened to conduct a pilot project with members from both libraries in the system to ...
Scholarly Communication Boot Camp: Getting Liaisons Up to Speed
(2015-11-06)
Liaison librarians everywhere are being asked to share more and more in the work of scholarly communication. In many cases they need extensive training to be prepared to talk about these topics with faculty and students. ...