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Developing Digital Scholarship Collaboration - Source Notes
Our library has a unit dedicated to providing project consultations and technical support for faculty, students and other campus units. Many of our projects have strong pedagogical components with hands-on student learning. ... -
Understanding, Acquiring and Managing Usage Statistics
More and more often library staff are asked to work with metrics and measures to document impact and determine service or resource allocations. If you’re not comfortable with finding and using data, this can be a daunting ... -
LibGuides Administration: Roadmap to Engaging Content
Libraries purchase LibGuides software in the effort to provide all users with easy access to engaging library content. Active administration of the software is a vital component in realizing this goal. In the summer of ... -
Report of the ALCTS Collection Management and E-Resources Interest Group (CMERIG) Meeting (ALA 2016)
Report on individual presentations given at the ALCTS CMERIG session at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida on June 26, 2016. -
Transfer Code of Practice (ER&L 2017)
Presentation on the Transfer Code of Practice given at ER&L (Austin, TX) on April 3, 2017. It provides a brief update on the status of Transfer (a NISO recommended practice). Also discussed were the current activities of ... -
GetMeData: A Data Purchase Program for students
This presentation describes the GetMeData! data purchase program at Miami University. The program connects undergraduate students with liaison librarians for research help including purchasing data for them to use in their ... -
Zines As Outreach For Art Kids and Ecologists (And Everyone In Between)
Zines provide a unique outreach opportunity for librarians across disciplinary boundaries and functional roles, offering a low barrier for entry (Can you fold and cut? Great! You’re almost done!) and transdisciplinary ... -
Hands On, Hands Off: Managing a Student Exhibition
Building a coherent, provocative exhibit is difficult enough with one curator at the helm, but in Spring 2016, I signed up to oversee an exhibit that was developed, curated, designed, installed, and promoted entirely by ... -
Free from Frenzy: Reducing Final Exam Stress for First-Year Students
Most students experience a flurry of stress and panic regarding final exams—especially first-year students. Discover how one library has helped alleviate some of that stress for students. The weekend before finals week the ... -
'It's Got to Be Here Somewhere...': Redesigning Your Website with Your Users in Mind
Website redesigns can be overwhelming. Knowing how users interact with your website can make that project much easier. Discover how user behavior analytics (from Crazy Egg) guided one library’s website redesign project. ... -
The New Face of Textbooks: Guiding Faculty Toward Alternatives
Are students at your institution complaining about the high costs of textbooks? Do they continually ask if your library has copies of textbooks that can be checked out? Is it even possible for faculty to require course ... -
Camels, Contests, and Coffee: Getting First Year Students Through the Doors
Find where we hid the “Hump Daaaaaay!” camel. Stop in for free coffee and donuts. Submit an original haiku for our annual haiku contest. These are just a few of the ways staff at Miami University Hamilton’s Rentschler ...