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Libraries Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Proving the Value of Library Collections
(Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs, 2013-07-25)Proving the value of library collections has always been a concern of collection development librarians. Librarians have devised creative methods of gathering evidence to demonstrate to university administrations the ... -
米国大学図書館におけるILL活動の発達と現状
(情報の科学と技術, 2011-10-01)図書購入予算が減少を続ける現在、米国図書館はインターライブラリー・ローン(ILL)を利用し図書館間のリソース・シェアリングを効果的に行うことで対応している。世界的な減少傾向に反し、米国のILL活動は以前活発であるが、その要因として、図書館がITを積極的に活用し、図書館のサービスやマネジメント技術の向上を図ってきた点が指摘できる。一方で、新しいサービスの導入や電子リソースの急激な増加に伴い、図書館は新たな問題に直面している。本稿は、米国に ... -
Inclusivity and Diversity: Cross-section of ASEEES by Gender, Discipline, and Institution
(2013-05-23)This talk presents a snapshot of inclusivity and diversity in Slavic and Eurasian Studies. More specifically the talk presents a cross-section of gender inclusivity, academic diversity, and institutional representation ... -
Online Research Guides: Audience, Assessment, and Advice
(2013-05-23)This document contains the outline of my talk at the 2012 ASEEES National Convention and is accompanied by presentation slides. This talk presents some of the author's experiences in designing, creating, using, and ... -
Digital Imaging: theory joins practice
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“Creative Collaboration: Using the library to promote scholarship.”
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Collection Features: A new approach to collection promotion
(2008)Discussion of a Spencer Research Library tool to reveal hidden collections. -
BCR’s CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices, Version 2.0
(Lyrasis (formerly BCR), 2008)These Best Practices — also referred to as the CDP Best Practices -- have been created through the collaboration of working groups pulled from library, museum and archive practitioners. Version 1 was created through funding ... -
WWII Cossack Newspapers and Periodicals at CRL
(Center for Research Libraries (CRL), 2010)This article summarizes the contents of the World War 2 Cossack Newspapers and Periodicals, a small collection of Cossack newspapers published mostly during World War II and microfilmed at the request of the Slavic and ... -
Slavic Studies and the World: Embracing the Revolution of Open Access Publishing
(Sofia, Bulgaria: “St. Kliment Okhridskii” University of Sofia, 2010)This study discusses patterns of open access publishing in Slavic studies. The purpose of this study is to gauge the level of open access publishing among Slavic studies scholars; to identify what types of documents are ... -
"Goodbye Doesn’t Mean Forever:" Selection Strategies for the Transfer of Slavic to Off-Site Remote Storage
(“St. Kliment Okhridskii” University of Sofia, 2007)The 21st century American research library faces a serious housing crisis. Today more than ever libraries must balance patrons’ needs for access with the responsibility of preserving and storing the deluge of published ... -
Pre-publication review. Virtual Slavica: Digital Libraries, Digital Archives
(Haworth Press, 2005)Reviews the book "Virtual Slavica: Digital Libraries, Digital Archives," the first major work to address the issue of technology and Cyrillic language resources, thus providing an important “snapshot of Slavic digital ... -
Slavic Folklore, the Library, and the Web: A Case-study of Subject-Specific Collaborative Information Literacy at the University of Kansas
(Slavic & East European Information Resources, 2009)This case-study describes the on-going integration of Information Literacy (IL) into a large undergraduate general education course on Slavic folklore at the University of Kansas. The purpose of the case-study is to provide ... -
Where Library Meets Vendor: A Comparison of Six Vendors of Russian Books
(Slavica, 2006)This work compares the online catalogs, monographic holdings, and book prices of six major vendors of academic Russian books. The purpose is twofold: (1) to determine which catalogs are the most robust and, thus, most ... -
Reference Question Answered: Bibliographic Sources for the Ukrainian Periodical Press in the 1840’s: Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Guides, and Library Catalogs
(Slavic & East European Information Resources, 2008)The author answers a reference question on the bibliographic sources for the Ukrainian periodical press from 1840-1850. Helpful publications include bibliographies, guides, and library catalogs that can be used to identify ... -
Reference Question Answered: Discussion of Russian funeral rites as depicted in V posikakh schast’ia (In Search of Happiness), Film, 2006
(Slavic & East European Information Resources, 2008)The author answers a reference question on the depiction of a funeral in the 2006 Russian documentary film V poiskakh schast’ia (In Search of Happiness), which takes place in the Jewish Autonomous Region in Siberia. ... -
Book Review. Pushkinskaia Entsiklopediia “Mikhailovskoe” (Pushkin Encyclopedia “Mikhailovskoe”)
(Slavic & East European Information Resources, 2006)This article reviews volume one of the encyclopedia, which sets out to be a systematic guide to information about the realities of A. S. Pushkin’s life in the Pskov region. The work is intended to help both reader and ... -
Book Review. The 20th Century Libraries in the Baltic Sea Regions. Transactions of the National Library of Estonia
(Slavic & East European Information Resource, 2008)This article reviews a collection of essays about library collections of national heritage in the countries of the Baltic Sea region (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and St. Petersburg, Russia). -
Murlin Croucher: Magician of Slavic Book Collecting
(Association of College and Research Libraries. Slavic and East European Section, 2012)Memorial article in honor of Murlin Croucher, long time Slavic bibliographer at Indiana University. Includes reminiscence of the author and excerpts from letters written by Murlin Croucher. -
Librarians as Partners: Moving from Research Supporters to Research Partners
(ACRL 2013 Proceedings, 2013-04-13)Academic libraries have long been discussing the need to remain relevant and demonstrate value to their institutions. This paper explores how academic libraries can expand the concept of embedded librarianship to create ...