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Three Heads are Better than One: Organizational Changes in Collection Management Leadership
(2015-11-16)
Financial pressures, shrinking staff, shifting user expectations, and advances in format access and availability mean that organizational change seems to have become a constant in today’s academic library. The area of ...
Do Long Embargo Periods Facilitate External Publication of Electronic Theses and Dissertations?
(2015-11-17)
Embargo periods for Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs) collections require librarians to balance the needs of content creators (ETD authors) with those of content consumers (end-users). This poster examines the ...
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 ...
Embargo Periods: How Do They Affect the Use of Electronic Theses and Dissertations?
(2015-01-15)
Embargo periods for Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs) collections are usually discussed from the point of view of publishers and/or submitters, not that of digital library end-users. This poster examines the impact ...
Search Engine Queries Used to Locate Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Differences for Local and Non-Local Users
(2015-01-15)
This study examines two research questions: (1) What search engine queries lead users to the Auburn University Electronic Theses and Dissertations (AUETDs) collection? (2) Do these queries vary for users in different ...
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Differences in Behavior for Local and Non-Local Users
(2015-01-15)
This study examines two research questions: (1) How do users in different locations find Auburn University Electronic Theses and Dissertations? (2) Do users in different locations interact differently with the collection ...
Because You're You: Factors Influencing Item Selection in a Digital Sheet Music Collection
(2015-01-15)
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing user selection of individual works in a collection of digitized sheet music. Google Analytics page view data were grouped by source (directing link) and correlated ...
Peer review of teaching: Best practices for a non-programmatic approach
(2015-02-16)
Many academic librarians who provide library instruction have never received formal training in educational theory and methods. In an effort to bridge this gap and improve the teaching skills of instruction librarians, ...
Look What’s under Our Tent: A Fresh Approach to Library Orientations
(2015-05-15)
Auburn University Libraries is exploring new ways to reach users by rethinking and redefining traditional library orientations and open houses. Last year’s “Tailgate at the Library” event, held at the beginning of Fall ...
Assessing Class and Course Libguides According to Bloom’s Revised and Digital Taxonomies
(2015-06-01)
Given the current popularity and prevalence of Springshare’s Libguides, and the ability to create subsequent class or course guides, questions arise about the effectiveness of such pages. Librarians have expended time and ...