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Cleaning Data, or More Neat Excel Tricks to Make it Easier
(2017-10-27)
Librarians deal with data from a variety of sources and each source can be unique in how it presents in Excel. Cleaning data is inevitable. Here are some basic and not so basic tips and tricks to deal with disappearing ...
Closing the Loop on Information Literacy Instruction
(2014-07-21)
Authentic assessment of course-integrated information literacy sessions
Collecting Pre-class Information from First Year Pharmacy Students in Order to Increase Student Engagement with Library Instruction
(2016-07-14)
Objectives: To increase student engagement, both in a one-shot library instruction session and with the Pharmacy subject guide which provides supplemental instruction information.
Methods: Setting/Participants: 151 first ...
The Collision of Two Lexicons: Librarians, Composition Instructors and the Vocabulary of Source Evaluation
(2017-03-27)
Based on article of the same name: http://hdl.handle.net/11200/48586
The Collision of Two Lexicons: Librarians, Composition Instructors and the Vocabularly of Source Evaluation
(2016-03-21)
From article abstract: "The study has two aims. The first is to identify words and phrases from information literacy and rhetoric and composition that students used to justify the comparability of two sources. The second ...
Comparing Apples to Apples? Examining User Behavior for an Open-Access ETDs Collection vs. ProQuest
(2015-01-15)
Many institutions that maintain their own open-access repository for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) also deposit ETDs into the vendor database ProQuest Theses & Dissertations. Since ETDs are the products of ...
Connecting the dots: Making sense of sociograms
(2024-01-08)
This chapter provides a practical approach to understanding the history, terminology, and methods used to create sociograms, which are graph-based visualizations that showcase social connections. Data collection processes, ...
Connecting with Health Science Students and Faculty to Facilitate the Design of a Mobile Library Website
(2014-07-29)
Observing increasing usage of smartphones by students and faculty of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, librarians at Rowland Medical Library decided to explore student and faculty interest in a mobile website ...
Creating a Sustainable Information Literacy Program Using the Train-the-Trainer Model
(2014-05-15)
Using the train-the-trainer model as our foundation, we created a new information literacy program in an introductory lab course. We will describe the program’s development, implementation, and evolution since first ...
Customizing VuFind
(2012-10-16)
Webinar presented to ASERL in Spring 2012 on VuFind. Discusses our decision to use VuFind and the resources required to customize it for use as our default Catalog.
Cutting the Commute: Assess Authentically and Still Arrive on Time
(2014-07-14)
While the importance of assessment for student learning is widely recognized, instructors are often reluctant to sacrifice valuable class time for this activity. This presentation discusses the Auburn University Libraries ...
The Dark Side of the Web: Online Resources, Learning, and Scholarship
(2012-11-12)
This conference paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) in Denver, Colorado in November 2000. It examines possible effects of the World-Wide Web ...
Data Infrastructure and Local Stakeholder Engagement with Biodiversity Conservation Research
(2020-05-21)
Biodiversity research that informs conservation action is increasingly data intensive. Cutting-edge projects at large institutions use massive aggregated datasets to build dynamic models and conduct novel analyses of natural ...
Data Literacy for College Students
(2018-04-10)
Undergraduates are increasingly expected to be able to make sense of data in order to fully participate in the workforce and our democratic process. Moreover, more undergraduates are involved in research at their schools ...
Data Management Tools
(2013-09-17)
A brief overview of online data management tools for university-based researchers. Includes DataONE, DMPTool, and Databib.
Developing a Juvenile Literature Collection in an Academic Library
(2015-06-03)
Maintaining a juvenile collection in a university setting requires a careful consideration of both the juvenile
materials market and the academic uses of juvenile materials. Because juvenile materials can range
from ...
Developing instruction programming with help from Project SAILS
(2023-06-17)
Effective use of assessment instruments improves teaching by enhancing understanding of student learning. This poster presentation describes librarians' efforts to apply insights gleaned from analysis of Project SAILS ...
Discovering AlabamaMosaic
(2014-06-13)
Presentation on the collaborative digital collection AlabamaMosaic.
A Discovery of Trees: A Comparison and Evaluation of Five Web-Scale Discovery Tool Services
(2014-06-13)
Web scale discovery tool services allow users to search all of a library’s physical items, licensed electronic content, and local digital collections via a single search box and receive relevance ranked results. Prior ...
Dispersal patterns in Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys
(2022-11-01)
Sex-biased dispersal is common in group-living animals. Due to differences in local demographic and environmental factors, sex-biased dispersal presents many irregular patterns. In this study, a habituated, individually ...