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226 Anderson, Richard BryanOpen access in the real world: confronting economic and legal realityOpen access to scholarly information is a hot-button issue that quickly triggers heated discussion - especially if the topic arises in a mixed group of librarians and publishers. Sometimes the discussion ends up generating useful ideas and practical solutions to real-world problems; too often, it le...2004
227 Anderson, Richard BryanOpen access: clear benefits, hidden costsOpen Access offers real benefits to society. However, the net value of those benefits cannot be determined unless its costs are computed as well. The purpose of this statement is not to call on participants in the scholarly information chain to fight against OA, but only to move forward while taki...Open Access; Research; Publishers; Information2007
228 Ogburn, Joyce L.Organizing acquisitions: the Yale University experienceThe acquisition of materials for large research library collections is a complex process requiring large numbers of staff and highly developed management skills. Even in the best of times it is easy for this complicated process to be less than effective. When faced with budget cuts, staff layoffs, o...Acquisitions; Research libraries; Library management1992-12
229 Silverman, Randall H.Origins of offsetThe connection between this printed magazine you are reading and a discarded tin of tuna fish packed in oil or spring water is particularly fascinating, but requires a bit of historical sleuthing, and a brief excursion through the increasingly industrial 19th century.Tinplate; Direct lithographic printing; Offset lithography1995
230 Landesman, Margaret M.Our users are your users: blurring the lines between academic and public librariesAcademic and public libraries share core values and goals. We share users. We can get closest to filling our mission if we work at this together and if both sets of librarians work at telling both sets of users about both sets of libraries.Libraries; Collection development; Library use2008
231 Silverman, Randall H.Pamphlet binders and their use in research librariesBy definition, research libraries have a commitment to preserving pamphlets as well as all print and non-print media they collect. A discussion of the preservation requirements for pamphlets is useful for their survival, and pamphlet binders are an important tool in preparing these often ephemeral ...Pamphlets; Preservation; Binders1992
232 Morrison, David L.Patent searching resources2013-10-09
233 Smith, Jackie A.; Lombardo, Nancy T.Patient education workshop on CD-ROM: an innovative approach for staff educationThis article describes an innovative patient education workshop on CD-ROM for use by staff educators and patient education coordinators. The CD-ROM allows nurses to gain an in-depth understanding of patient education practice. With the interactive, computerized format, nurses can complete the worksh...Patient education; Staff education; Nursing2005
234 Anderson, Richard Bryan; England, Mark M.; Kendall, Mark M.Patron-driven acquisition of journal articles using ReadCube at the University of UtahThe University of Utah Library has teamed with a new company, Labtiva, to experiment with a product called ReadCube Access. This product allows the library to provide access to journal articles using a patron-driven acquisition (PDA) mechanism, using a tiered pricing structure based on level and per...2013-11-06
235 Lombardo, Nancy T.; Bramble, JohnPDA operating system comparisonA LIFT Forum presentation. The purpose of the Library and Information Technology Forum is to inform the University of Utah community about electronic information resources, and current trends in the use of computers and online technologies for accessing these resourcesPDA; Personal Digital Assistants; Computers, Handheld2002-10-09
236 Lombardo, Nancy T.; Bramble, JohnPDA operating system comparison handoutA LIFT Forum presentation. The purpose of the Library and Information Technology Forum is to inform the University of Utah community about electronic information resources, and current trends in the use of computers and online technologies for accessing these resourcesPDA; Personal Digital Assistants; Computers, Handheld2002-10-09
237 Perfect journey: WordPerfect helping the world communicateCan you imagine how difficult communication would be if the telecommunications industry had not adopted open industry standards on a global basis? As it is now, you don't have to know how the PBX system works in order to make a telephone call. You just pick up the phone and dial the number. That's h...Text editing; Interactive word processing1994
238 Landesman, Margaret M.Performance of American in-print vendors: a comparison at the University of UtahA study was conducted by the Monographs Order Division of the University of Utah Libraries to compare the performance of three domestic book vendors during the fiscal year 1978-79. The study was designed to measure performance in terms of speed, discount and service, and to compare vendor success in...Monographs order; Vendor performance; Trade materials1980
239 Anderson, Richard BryanPrint on the margins2011-06-15
240 Peay, Wayne J.Priscilla Maltby Mayden, AHIP, FMLA, 1918-2011.Priscilla's career as a librarian began as an undergraduate at Simmons College in Boston. She did not enter Simmons with the intention of becoming a librarian; rather, she was hoping to become a writer or journalist. However, in the midst of the Great Depression, these careers did not hold much prom...2012-01-01
241 Peay, Wayne J.; Butter, Karen A.; Ellis, SandraProduction of a union list of serials using the PHILSOM Serials SystemThe Eccles Library has used the PHILSOM serials control system since 1969, when it was the first library to join the PHILSOM Network. The PHILSOM system is a comprehensive, automated serials control system, developed and operated as a network by the Washington University School of Medicine Library. ...Union List; PHILSOM; Library Technical Services; Costs and Cost Analysis; Economics1984-01
242 Keiter, Linda S.Promoting unrequired reading in an academic libraryThe Unrequired Reading Group (URG) was established at the University of Utah, Marriott Library in 1998 to promote reading beyond the boundaries of the curriculum. A student's time spent at a college or university is one of discovery and searching, and much learning may take place outside the classr...Trapeze Interactive Poster2010
243 Lombardo, Nancy T.; Mower, Allyson; McFarland, Mary M.Putting wikis to work in librariesWikis are part of the suite of Web 2.0 technologies enhancing collaboration and communication. This article describes the ways in which one academic health sciences library has utilized wiki software. The Eccles Health Sciences Library has found wikis to be valuable collaboration tools. Case scenari...Collaboration; Libraries; Web 2.0 technology; Wikis2008-06-02
244 Paiva, Marie Clare P.Quick glimpse at public and academic libraries in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopia's 80 million people continue to live in a country with poor infrastructure in the Horn of Africa region. The population of Addis Ababa is estimated at 10-15 million and libraries have just recently been given some recognition. When I first came to this country as an ALA-USIA Fellow in...Libraries; Africa; Ethiopia2008
245 Adamczyk, Abby LaurenRe-evaluate your Library Website using card sortsPoster explaining how members of the Web Content Team used card sorts to evaluate the current organization of the library website. Responses from the participants helped us make adjustments to the site's hierarch, improving its usability.website usability, card sort, website evaluation, website organization, intuitive navigation,2011-09-12
246 Ogburn, Joyce L.Rededication program: tradition and transformationUniversity of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Rededication Program: Tradition and Transformation Joyce L. Ogburn University Librarian and Director2009-10-26
247 Neatrour, AnnaRegional Aggregation and Discovery of Digital Collections: The Mountain West Digital LibraryThe Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) is a digital collaborative of over 180 partners from five states in the U.S. West, sharing free access to over 775 digital collections with over 950,000 resources. Partners of the MWDL work together on providing regional discovery via an online portal at m...Mountain West Digital Library; Discovery; Metadata aggregation; Digital libraries; Regional digital libraries2016
248 Ogburn, Joyce L.Report and commentary on the Faxon Institute: the second annual colloquium on scholarly communication issuesThe development of electronic means of publishing has forever changed the face of authorship, publishing and library services. Contracts are on the rise, fair use is waning, and this shift in emphasis has profound implications. For effective and economical dissemination of scholarly information to s...Electronic publishing; Libraries; Scholarly publishers1998
249 Chaufty, Lisa MarieResearch Data Curation Essentials: Presentation to the SEBS CIT, J. Willard Marriott Library, November 13, 2012An educational talk presented to a group of subject selectors representing the social science, education, and business disciplines. This is a PDF of the presentation, and includes some notes for the presentation.data curation; presentation; library2012-11-13
250 Stoddart, JoanRethinking information delivery: using a natural language processing application for point-of-care data discoveryObjective: This paper examines the use of Semantic MEDLINE, a natural language processing application enhanced with a statistical algorithm known as Combo, as a potential decision support tool for clinicians. Semantic MEDLINE summarizes text in PubMed citations, transforming it into compact declarat...2012-01-01
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