UScholar Works
 
Filters: Department: "J. Willard Marriott Library" Collection: "ir_uspace" Type: "Text" Format: "application/pdf"
101 - 125 of 199
Number of results to display per page
CreatorTitleDescriptionSubjectDate
101 Leither, LukeLibrary alchemy: researching contemporary artThis poster was created to present a workshop for researching contemporary art in the Marriott Library. The workshop and poster was created by Luke Leither, the Art and Architecture Library at the University of Utah.Art; Contemporary Art; Research; Fine Arts2013
102 Silverman, Randall H.Carol Twombly on typeThe appeal of an inviting building begins with its solid architectural space. So too with typography, that all-too-often unnoticed "architecture" implicit in the conveyance of the printed word. Viewed under magnification, bold, vertical stems clearly support cross bars like studs; spherical bowls op...Typography; Type designer; Typeface1994
103 Kraus, Peter L.A primer on grant writing for foundation support for first-time grant writers in academic libraries: challenges and opportunitiesIn a majority of academic disciplines, grant writing is a skill that is often self-taught or acquired informally by trial and error. Few academic discip lines have grant writing as standard part of their curriculum at the graduate level. In the past, grant writing has received little or no emphasis...2015-09-01
104 Arlitsch, Kenning; Jonsson, JeffAggregating distributed digital collections in the mountain west digital library with the CONTENTdm multi-site serverThis paper describes the creation of the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL), a cooperative regional program distributed throughout Utah and Nevada. Its metadata are aggregated at a single website. Six digitization centers at the largest universities in both states digitize their own collections an...Consortia; Metadata; Computer software, Development2005-06
105 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
106 Silverman, Randall H.Day the university changedThe largest water-related library disaster in U.S. history occurred at Colorado State University's (CSU) Morgan Library in Fort Collins, Colorado on July 28, 1997. This flood was caused by a series of summer rainstorms that began the day earlier, July 27 - and lasted off and on for about 31 hours,...2004
107 Landesman, Margaret M.New challenges for scholarly communication in the digital era - changing roles and expectations in the academic community: a scholarly reportThis conference, co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, the American Association of University Professors, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Association of American University Presses, and the Coalition for Networked Information, was held March 26-27, 1999, in Washington...Digital publication; Distance education; E-print2000
108 Arlitsch, Kenning; Herbert, JohnMicrofilm, paper, and OCR: issues in newspaper digitization at the Utah digital newspapers programDescribes the issues surrounding digitizing newspapers from microfilm and paper in the Utah Digital Newspapers program. The paper also explores optical character recognition (OCR) accuracy and the problems of digital file storage of newspapers.Digital libraries; Microfilms, Deterioration; Newspaper office libraries2004-03
109 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
110 Silverman, Randall H.J. J. Audubon & 19th century color printingIn 1826, the first hand-colored proofs of John James Audubon's double elephant folio edition of The Birds of America were pulled in Edinburgh, Scotland. His life-sized Wild Turkey was among them, transforming the 41 year old naturalist's "innate desire to acquire a thorough knowledge of the birds o...John James Audubon; Copperplate; Lithograph1994
111 Arlitsch, KenningFuture leaders' views on organizational cultureResearch libraries will continue to be affected by rapid and transformative changes in information technology and the networked environment for the foreseeable future. The pace and direction of these changes will profoundly challenge libraries and their staffs to respond effectively. This paper pres...Organizational culture2009
112 Silverman, Randall H.Gibbs Smith: progressive publisherThere is a country twang reverberating in the national blood stream at the moment. Resurgent interest in the American West has mainstreamed country music, drawn ever-larger crowds to the Buffalo Bill and Gene Autry museums, and landed Clint Eastwood two Oscars for his Unforgiven in 1992.Peregrine Press; Electronic pre-press; Western culture1994
113 Landesman, Margaret M.Multi-volume reference sets-have they a futureFor the past few years, I've felt badly about the sales representatives from major microform publishers who come to visit hoping to sell microform collections to the library. It seems a cruel thing for a publisher to do - to send a representative out in this day and budget to pitch microfilm to libr...Libraries; Collection development; Reference resources2001-11
114 Technology and human progress: the information revolutionThe world has entered the Information Age. We can look forward to even more dramatic changes in the future than those we have witnessed in the past. These changes are challenging individuals, institutions, and nations. Even though information transmission, processing, and utilization has increased b...Telecommunication; Information Age1993-10-07
115 Ogburn, Joyce L.Bit by bit: electronic data interchange (EDI) and the X12 formatBit by Bit column: "Do you remember when you were trying to buy those socks, but had to wait at the cash register because the scanner would not read the barcode? You wondered why the clerk couldn't just ring up the price that was clearly marked on the tag and take your money. Welcome to the world of...Computers; Electronic data transfer; Libraries1992-02
116 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
117 Wessler, Barry DavidComputer-assisted visual communication (CSTD-73-004)The purpose of this research was to build an environment m which an author can create a visual communications vehicle (a film) which will convey his ideas and thoughts. The primary motivation for this effort was the powerful ability of film to combine instruction with entertainment. The entertainmen...Computer animation1973-07
118 Parke, Frederic IraComputer generated animation of facesThis report discusses the representation, animation and data collection techniques that have been developed and used to produce "realistic" computer generated half-tone animated sequences of a human face changing expression. It was determined that approximating the surface of a face with a polygona...Computer animation1972-06
119 Frontiers of space: technology and the search for life elsewhereIt will take about a decade to develop the technology for a planetfinder telescope. There is a prototype interferometer at the Palomar Observatory in California, and over the next several years a full-scale system will be installed at the Keck Observatory. Experience with these ground-based systems ...Viking Mission; Titan; Mars1996-10-01
120 Mower, Allyson; Chaufty, Lisa MarieDo something no one has imagined: the 2008 SPARC Digital Repositories meetingJohn Wilbanks (director of Science Commons) opened the SPARC Digital Repositories meeting1 with a message that greatly resonated with those attending: do something no has imagined, and don't wait. Indeed, many of the 330 repository managers, librarians, publishers, vendors, and technology specialis...Institutional; Librarian; Scholarly2009
121 Silverman, Randall H.Connoisseurship of nineteenth and early twentieth century publishers' bookbindingsThe vast majority of historically significant nineteenth- and early-twentieth century publishers' bookbindings reside in the general collections of research libraries. In no way does this minimize the importance of this material historically nor the library's professional obligation to guarantee its...Publishers and publishing; Book Repair Practices2000
122 Kraus, Peter L.Francis Carroll, Good and wise measure: the search for the Canadian-American boundary, 1783-1842A Good and Wise Measure is not only a groundbreaking historical work; it is also a delight to those who work in the area of cartography, maps, or government documents in libraries. The author makes extensive use of original source material and numerous obscure resources. Simply put, this book can se...2003
123 Landesman, Margaret M.Millenium minutes (comment)In 1969, I left grad school and a job at the Stanford Library and followed my almost-husband to the University of Utah, where I became Head of the Library of Congress Card Order Section, a "Sub-professional." (The more sensitive librarians referred to us as "Para-professionals.") As at Stanford, we ...Librarianship; Librarians2000-12
124 Silverman, Randall H.Litany of "terrible, no good, very bad" things that can happen after the disasterThis paper summarizes post-disaster dangers that can threaten the well-being of recovery workers. These include the structural stability of damaged buildings, electrical risks, the presence of hazardous materials and collections in the work area, and biological hazards. Issues that need to be assess...Library materials, Conservation and restoration; Emergency management; Disaster relief, Research2004-05-21
125 Silverman, Randall H.Inconvenient legacyThe role of research libraries is to preserve the long-term memory of humankind. Straddling competing interests, they strive to provide unimpeded access to scholarly books while maintaining those same volumes in perpetuity. In practice, these ?Ç£bastions of knowledge?Ç¥ lean toward pragmatic mai...Research libraries; Preservation; Book repair2007
101 - 125 of 199