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201 Lombardo, Nancy T.; Cowan, DerekDigital video: broadcasting and on-demand play backA 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 resources.Digital Video Broadcasting; LIFT; Library and Information Technology Forum; Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library2005-11
202 Lombardo, Nancy T.So many meetings so little time: using IP videoconferencing to revitalize statewide committeesInternet technologies continue to transform the library profession and redefine how we communicate with professional colleagues and peers. IP (Internet Protocol) videoconferencing provides increased opportunities for librarians to engage in virtual teamwork and e-collaborations. The use of video con...Internet technologies; Library profession; Technology in libraries; Information literacy; Library services; Distance education2005-11-23
203 Silverman, Randall H.Disaster recovery in the artifact fields - Mississippi after Hurricane KatrinaFrom 22-29 September 2005 HEART, one of eight Heritage Emergency Assistance Recovery Teams, arrived in Mississippi to assess collection damage to cultural institutions following Hurricane Katrina.Preservation; Hurricane Katrina2005-12
204 Scott, SteveEverything you need, should, could, would want to know about data security.A 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 resources.Data Security2005-12-07
205 Silverman, Randall H.Towards a national disaster response protocolSince the Florence flood of November 4, 1966, the concept of an organized disaster response for cultural property has been a focus for conservators. In 1976, a decade after the Arno River had retreated from Florence's museums, libraries, and historic churches, a Library of Congress planning confere...Emergency; Property; Preservation2006
206 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): thinking about the value of staff timeWhen it comes to deciding how we and our staff should spend our time at work, it's becoming increasingly important that we look in a very hardheaded way at the value of our time and the value of our tasks. Our time is becoming increasingly expensive. Are we still spending time on processes that a...Staff time; Salary budget; Collections budget2006
207 Anderson, Richard BryanAway from the Icebergs: row your library into the Web 2.0 environmentI DON?T THINK THERE?S ANY QUESTION THAT WE LIBRARIANS ARE WORKING hard, with the best intentions, to serve our users well in a world that has changed dramatically in the last decade. If the profession is a boat, then I think we?re all rowing pretty heroically. But I?m not sure we?re paying enough a...Web 2.0; Libraries2006
208 Silverman, Randall H.Fire and ice: a soot removal technique using dry ice blastingA welder's spark touched off the attic fire in the Sevier County Recorders Office (Richfield, Utah, USA) on 2 May 2006, igniting a blaze that ripped through the crawl space and greedily consumed the building's paper-backed insulation. The fuel readily spent, the fire burned itself out 15 minutes lat...2006
209 Anderson, Richard BryanWhat will become of us? looking into the crystal ball of serials workIs it possible to predict the future of serials work? Not with perfect accuracy, of course - but to do so imperfectly is both possible and imperative.We need to be looking ahead and asking questions like these: What are the implications of the open access movement for serials staff? Will the informa...2006
210 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): on knowing the value of everything and the price of nothingAre libraries ever guilty of wasting time and money (neither of which is ours to waste) on practices simply because they're "valuable" without considering whether there's a reasonable balance between what they're worth and what they cost?Evaluation; Task management; Value; Cost2006
211 Landesman, Margaret M.Collection development: in response to issues raised at the Janus Conference, Cornell, October 2005I left the library the other evening to dig my car out of the snow and join the line headed into the mist. It's the darkest time of the year. Do they know where they're going? Do I want to go there too? A first real snow is a wonderful sort of thing. It is cold and I don't like cold. But it is also ...Libraries; Collection Development, strategy and planning; Janus Conference2006-01-03
212 Arlitsch, KenningCollaboration and partnerships: opportunities aboundPowerPoint presentation describing some of the digital collection building partnerships of the University of Utah. Major covered projects include the Utah Digital Newspapers Program, Mountain West Digital Library, Western Waters Digital Library, and the Utah Artists Project, among others.Digital collections; Electronic libraries; Cooperative collection building2006-01-22
213 Le Ber, Jeanne M.Integrating palm devices into the School of Medicine curriculumBuilt on existing relationship with course master to integrate PDAs into the School of Medicine curriculum.Palm Devices; Medicine Curriculum; Personal Digital Assistant; PDA2006-03-31
214 Landesman, Margaret M.SNARB - coming soon to a library near youAuthor's note: I wanted to write something provocative and a bit funny, thinking about the shrinking differences between libraries and bookstores; and about what happens for good and ill as we are able to search across greater and greater aggregations from disparate parts of our lives. This is how i...Libraries; Bookstores2006-04
215 Le Ber, Jeanne M.; Mower, AllysonIAIMS Newsletter Spring 2006The IAIMS Newsletter provides valuable information about Library activities and resources as well as informative articles related to information technology.Newsletter; IAIMS2006-04-01
216 Lombardo, Nancy T.; Craigle, ValeriCollaborative curriculum: how the development of a virtual education library informed the pedagogical approach of a medical societyPoster presented at the Medical Library Association annual meeting in 2006. To address the needs of a specialized medical community, the Eccles Health Sciences Library partnered with the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society to build a virtual library in Neuro-Ophthalmology and update and stand...Neuro-Ophthalmology; Medical Specialty Curriculum; Digital Library2006-05-21
217 Arlitsch, KenningMountain West Digital LibraryPresentation given to the membership of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries (CARLI) in Chicago, Illinois. The presentation discussed the history of the Mountain West Digital Libraries, the CONTENTdm Multi-Site Server, and the pros and cons of this distributed digital library model.Mountain West Digital Library; MWDL; CONTENTdm; Multi-Site Server2006-11-15
218 Executive committee resolution recognizing Mr. James A. Arshem2006-12-14
219 Kraus, Peter L.Filling a need or seeing an opportunity? The Evolution of grant writing and research instruction in the libraries at the University of UtahAbstract An investment in continuing education in the area of grantsmanship for a public services librarian has resulted in the teaching of Grant Writing & Research offered at the J. Willard Marriott Library and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library on the campus of the University of Utah. ...Higher Education; Funding; Award; Librarianship; Academic Libraries; Research Libraries2007
220 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): necessity, virtue, and research skillsIn libraries, I think we need to reexamine some of what we?ve come to consider ?virtuous? in our attitudes and behavior. Are these attributes and practices really virtues, or are they only ways of making necessary evils feel less onerous? And are they still necessary?Research skills; Databases; Books2007
221 Silverman, Randall H.Seven deadly sins of disaster recoveryDisaster response is largely about managing people. Human failings and vice can delay or derail library and archives recovery activities, causing irreparable damage to irreplaceable cultural property. Peter Waters' seven requirements for conducting successful disaster recoveries are contrasted with ...Peter Waters; Florence flood; Disaster plan; Recovery protocol; Library; Archive2007
222 Anderson, Richard BryanIMHBCO (In my humble but correct opinion): reference services, scalability, and the starfish problemThe problem with traditional reference service is that it isn?t scalable, and the solution to that problem does not lie in improving or expanding reference service, but rather in making traditional reference service less necessary. If only it didn?t feel so good to provide traditional reference serv...Patron service (Libraries); Library catalogs; Library classification systems2007
223 Kraus, Peter L.Information literacy for German language & literature at the graduate level: new approaches and modelsAt the University of Utah the recent hiring of several new faculty members in the German Language and Literature Section of the Modern Languages department has resulted in an increased demand for library services in the area of instruction and technical support. Areas explored will include approache...Germanic languages; Higher Education; Librarianship2007
224 Estlund, Karen M.New librarians and scholarly communicationIncluded in the mission statement of many academic libraries is a phrase similar to this: "The library supports the research and instruction of the university." Scholarly communication is essential to this mission and it is critical that the problem of the lack of resources and access to scholarship...Scholarly communication; Academic libraries; Copyright; Research databases; Research; Librarianship2007
225 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
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