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151 Anderson, Richard BryanAcquisitions issues in serials managementWelcome to the first installment in the "Acquisitions Issues in Serials Management" column! The purpose of this inaugural essay is threefold: First, to explain the scope and purpose of the column; second, to invite future contributors; and third, to set out some potentially fruitful topics of di...Purchasing options; Collection development; Price inflation2007-08-19
152 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
153 Kraus, Peter L.Boys from the Brooklyn Museum venture to ZionThe Brooklyn Museum is the second largest museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States. Although now known primarily as an art museum, prior to the Second World War, the Museum pursued an aggressive acquisition policy in the field of Natural History and Archeology. Various me...Naturalist; Engelhard, George P.; Entomology2008
154 Paiva, Marie Clare P.Adventures in an Ethiopian libraryDuring my sabbatical time from mid-September 2007 to mid-March 2008, I worked as a volunteer librarian at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Library (IESL) on a collection development project in Ethiopia.University libraries; Collection development; Ethiopian studies2008
155 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (in my humble but correct opinion): Preservation, yes - but what shall we preserve?Our work as librarians has always been the work of making difficult choices, but sometimes it seems like the choices we have to make are getting harder and harder. In this column, I'd like to talk about one that's so tough we don't even talk about it: how do we decide what information is not worth t...2008
156 Silverman, Randall H.Fire and ice : a soot removal technique using dry ice blastingAwelder's spark touched off the attic fire in the Sevier County Recorders Office in Richfield, Utah on May 2, 2006, igniting a blaze that ripped through the crawl space consuming the building's paper-backed insulation. The fuel readily spent, the fire burned itself out 15 minutes later, sparing the ...Manual wiping; vacuuming with a HEPA filter; ozone treatment2008
157 Ogburn, Joyce L.Defining and achieving success in the movement to change scholarly communicationIn the pursuit to change scholarly communication, libraries have undertaken a number of initiatives. These may include establishing a formal program, creating a committee, or taking other concerted actions at their institutions. While librarians have been engaged in targeted activities for some tim...Scholarly communication; Change2008
158 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): three reason I?m a librarianWhy am I a librarian? I?m sure all of us have asked ourselves that question at one time or another, and I imagine that for some of us the answer is simple and for others it?s complex or even ineffable. For me, I think it boils down to three memories from my childhood and young adulthood, all of ...Library profession; Materials access2008
159 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
160 Anderson, Richard BryanScholars and libraries in radically changed -- and changing -- publication environmentWhite paper presented to the Faculty Senate on November 3, 2008. Working scholars face two basic problems when it come to information access and distribution: The access problem and the publication problem.2008
161 Arlitsch, Kenning; Morrow, AnneIR workflow software: extending the power of CONTENTdm for Institutional RepositoriesA PowerPoint presentation given as part of "OCLC CONTENTdm User Showcase: Digital Collections Delivered" at ALA Midwinter, January 13, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Digital technology; Digital holdings, libraries; Institutional archiving2008-01-13
162 Mower, Allyson; Paiva, Marie Clare P.; Morrow, AnneOpen, Sesame! Accessing the treasures of a communityThis presentation is a primer on how you might plan, organize and maintain a digital collection. With the tools available today, creating a digital collection does not require extensive technical expertise.Digital Collections; Collection Development; Libraries2008-04-30
163 Morrison, David L.Patent Searching and so much more: Invention Fair, SLC Public Library, May 2008.Video of a presentation given by David Morrison at the Invention Fair, Salt Lake City Library, May 10, 2008.2008-05-10
164 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): the journal issue and the record album: two fundamentally irrational information productsOver the past few years I've become more and more convinced that the scholarly information world has a lot to learn from the music industry. Not so much from what the latter is doing either right or wrong, but from what has happened to it over the past 100 years, how it has happened, and why. From ...2009
165 Paiva, MarieCharles Darwin Library ExhibitPhotograph of a display case in the Marriott Library highlighting the anniversary of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday.Charles Darwin birthday2009
166 Ogburn, Joyce L.Moderately risky business challenging librarians to assume more risk in an era of opportunityOne may not readily associate risk with librarianship; however, librarians deal with risk every day and in all parts of the profession. Acquisition functions, for example, include the risks associated with managing budgets and processes, producing appropriate audit trails, predicting and acting on p...2009
167 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (in my humble but correct opinon): What's your problem? (and what's mine?)Academic libraries are in a tough situation, there's no question about it. We're beset on two sides, and it's almost as if the two sides had coordinated their attacks. From one side, attacking us with a gentle smile and a two-edged sword, is Google, which wasn't satisfied with being the single easi...2009
168 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion) Is the library collection too risky?Like many (maybe even most) of my colleagues, I've been thinking a lot lately about low to allocate a suddenly diminished materials budget. Only a year ago our biggest worry was how to deal with serials inflation in an environment that offered insufficient budget increases.2009
169 Morrow, Anne; Mower, AllysonUniversity scholarly knowledge inventory system: a workflow system for institutional repositoriesThe University Scholarly Knowledge Inventory System (U-SKIS) provides workspace for institutional repository staff. U-SKIS tracks files, communications, and publishers' archiving policies to determine what may be added to a repository. A team at the University of Utah developed the system as part o...Digital repositories; workflow management; copyright permissions2009
170 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (in my humble but correct opinion) - academic libraries and the "Arming America" problem: a response to Steve McKinzieMcKinzie is careful in his recommendations: although he is deeply concerned about the "host of unwary readers" who may find in the stacks "a terribly misleading book that bases its arguments on fabricated data and deliberately misconstrued research," he emphasizes at the same time that he is not su...2009
171 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
172 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
173 Morrison, David L.Steps toward a Utah geospatial indexGISAC Presentation February 14, 2009.2009-02-14
174 Morrow, Anne; Chaufty, Lisa MarieFrom U-SKIS to USpace: creating and using an IR workflow toolUniversity Libraries resolve to actively: "support and promote Open Access publication, utilization, and archiving of scholarly research and resources"Institutional repositories; Digital technology; Digital holdings, libraries; Institutional archiving2009-03
175 Arlitsch, KenningFuture leaders of research libraries: what are they thinking?Summarizes the initial findings of survey research conducted with 175 future library leaders. Respondents were asked whether they are satisfied with their organizational culture and management, whether organizational culture limits thier effectiveness, and whether respondents are consideringleaving...Future leaders2009-04-06
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