ATTENTION: The software behind KU ScholarWorks is being upgraded to a new version. Starting July 15th, users will not be able to log in to the system, add items, nor make any changes until the new version is in place at the end of July. Searching for articles and opening files will continue to work while the system is being updated.
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Libraries Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
Now showing items 401-420 of 533
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British Folklore and Supersititions: A Review of Two New ‘Classics’
(Missouri Folklore Society, 2004) -
Annabel Morris Buchanan: Folk Song Collector
(Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, 1982) -
Anglo-American Folk Music in Missouri: An Annotated Bibliography
(Missouri Folklore Society, 1982) -
Annabel Morris Buchanan and Her Folk Song Collection
(Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2004) -
Off the Desk: Integrated Service Models in the Learning Commons
(2010-10-01)In order to better provide undergraduates with resources for academic success, the University of Kansas is transforming a popular study space into a hub of social and intellectual collaboration. In the fall 2010 semester, ... -
Undergraduate search strategies and evaluation criteria: searching for credible sources
(Emerald, 2010)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine undergraduate students’ information seeking behavior and their thought processes involved in, criteria applied to, and methods of evaluating the results of their searches, ... -
Problem znanstvenega komuniciranja. Zakaj potrebujemo gibanje Prosti dostop.
(Delo d.d., 2010-09-04)The article aims to raise awareness of the Open Access movement and gives examples from the experience of the University of Kansas in fostering and advancing free and permanent public access to publicly funded scholarly ... -
It's Complicated!: The Continuing Evolution of the Reference Service Model
(2010-08-06)Digital resources and technologies have brought new dimensions to librarianship and traditional reference services. At the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries, reference services have been evolving and reconfigured several ... -
Report on Open Repository Development in Developing and Transition Countries
(2010-07-06)This study was conducted with the cooperation of eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd. The aim was to create an inventory of current digital repository activities in ... -
Academic Libraries and Open Access: Policies, Services and Resources for Increasing Access to Scholarship
(2010-07-06)This presentation will focus on emerging roles for academic libraries in supporting access to scholarship through open access policies and practices. The University of Kansas recently became the first public university ... -
Open Access at the University of Kansas
(2010-03-14)Program 2A focused on campus mandate and policy issues, specifically the roles that libraries play in advocating for and supporting campus mandates and policies. Case studies discussing how libraries and academic institutions ... -
Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy
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The Kansas Pocket Maps of Otis B. Gunn and David T. Mitchell: A Case of Nineteenth-Century Promotional Cartography
(Kansas Historical Society, 2010)Engineer Otis B. Gunn and surveyor, land agent, and lawyer David T. Mitchell each created a map of Kansas and its surrounding lands in 1859. By 1861 the two men were working together to publish Gunn & Mitchell's New Map ... -
Faculty Open Access Policies: Public Missions, Public Research, Public Good
(2010-06)Open access (OA) to faculty scholarship is a high profile issue for universities today. OA has the potential, over time, to fundamentally change the model by which the research outcomes of university faculty are shared. ... -
Vampire by Any Other Name: Vampires, Werewolves and Witches of the Slavs, Balkan Peoples and Other Lands: A Linguistic and Cultural Adventure
(2010-05-18)Catalog of exhibit held in Watson Library, University of Kansas, May-June 2010. -
Testing an Academic Library Website for Usability with Faculty and Graduate Students
(University of Alberta Learning Services, 2009)Objectives - This usability study was developed to observe faculty and graduate students’ reactions to a recent redesign of the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries’ website. The redesign included new navigational features, ... -
Herbals, 1472-1753, in the University of Kansas Libraries
(University of Kansas Libraries, 1985) -
Enhanced Resource Sharing Through Group Interlibrary Loan Best Practices: A Conceptual, Structural, and Procedural Approach.
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003-07)Members of the Greater Western Library Alliance Interlibrary Loan Committee have spent more than two years developing a Best Practices model for Interlibrary Borrowing and Lending for consortiums and local operations. The ... -
Identifying standard practices in research library book conservation
(American Library Association: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, 2010-01-26)The field of research library conservation has emerged as a distinct discipline and undergone major refinements over the past fifty years: professional organizations and training programs have been established, new treatment ...