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 501-520 of 533
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Improving Instruction: What Librarians Can Learn from the Study of College Teaching
(2005-04-08)Provides an introduction to issues related to instructional improvement in academic libraries through a review of related issues from the literature of college teaching. Presents selected results from a national survey of ... -
Metadata creation in digital library projects
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The Digital Difference: Responsible Conduct of Research in a Networked World
(University of Kansas Graduate School, 2005-03)This handbook, sponsored by the University of Kansas Graduate School's Responsible Conduct of Research program, provides an introduction to a variety of issues faced by those who teach, design, conduct, disseminate, or ... -
Libraries and IT Together: What's in it for us?
(Presentation for Soutwest Regional Educause Conference, 2005-02-16)The University of Kansas brings Libraries and IT together as Information Services (IS). We offer practical advice for those considering merger gleaned from recent reorganization experience and will discuss benefits accrued ... -
Collections Hidden or Lost: Issues and Opportunities for the Preservation and Use of Historical and Archival Collections in Education
(2005-01-13)The primary source materials needed for historical inquiry in education are routinely lost or hidden from the eyes of interested scholars owing to lack of attention to records retention at the local level and lack of ... -
Information Literacy for Teachers and Teacher Educators
(2005-02-04)Describes a three-dimensional approach to approaching information literacy instruction for pre-service teachers through a case study of library-faculty collaboration at Washington State University. -
Closing the Circle: Information Literacy Instruction for Your First Years and Mine
(2004-06-27)Provides an overview of information literacy instruction for first-year college students as well as of models for outreach from the academic library to the K-12 community. Provides examples of effective approaches to K-16 ... -
Pro-processing OpenURLs: a case study at the University of Kansas
(2005-01-23)OpenURLs created by many database sites produce less than optimal results when sent directly to an OpenURL link resolver. This presentation describes some of the problems and how they can be solved by intervening between ... -
Triumphs and Travails: The Challenges of Institutional Collaborations
(2002-06)This article describes a collaboration funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant, awarded to a Lawrence, Kansas Jr. High School, partnered a university research library, a group of Jr. High School ... -
Metasearch: Selection Considerations
(2003-10-30)Overview of selection criteria for metasearch (federated search) systems. -
ENCompass for Resource Access 3.0
(The Charleston Co., 2003-10)Review of ENCompass for Resource Access (ERA), Endeavor’s meta- or federated search product. -
Decision Support Infrastructure at the University of Kansas: Report and Recommendations, Knowledge Management Infrastructure Definition Task Force
(2000-10)Informed decision making and knowledge sharing are critical to an institution’s success. Providing an enterprise-wide view of data on which to base future directions can help achieve that success. To better define the ... -
Georectification of Historic Aerial Photographs for Douglas County, Kansas (PRESENTATION)
(2004-12-22)This presentation describes a project to georeference and georectify historic aerial photographs for Douglas County in northeastern Kansas. The University of Kansas Libraries wanted to enhance an air photo archive and allow ... -
Georectification of Historic Aerial Photographs for Douglas County, Kansas (POSTER)
(Environmental Systems Research Institute Map Library (online), 2004)This poster describes a project to georeference and georectify historic aerial photographs for Douglas County in northeastern Kansas. The University of Kansas Libraries wanted to enhance an air photo archive and allow ... -
XML: a very brief introduction
(2004-12-21)An introduction to XML, XSLT, and related formats, standards, and technologies, focusing on their application in libraries. -
OpenURL and LinkFinderPlus
(2004-12-21)A basic primer on what an OpenURL is and how it works, combined with a description of the capabilities of the LinkFinderPlus link resolver used by the University of Kansas. -
Preservation Planning for Digital Information: Final Report of the HVC2 Digital Preservation Task Force
(2004-11-11)Digital preservation is the ongoing process of managing data for continuing access and use. The University of Kansas Digital Preservation Task Force was charged in October 2003 to explore the implications of a University ... -
Assessing information literacy skills in the real world: the good, the bad and the literate
(2004-10-22)At the University of Kansas two librarians teach Bibliography of Chemistry (CHEM 720), a one-hour credited class offered through the Chemistry Department for 1st and 2nd year graduate students. The chemistry and pharmacy ... -
Digital Preservation: Theory Approaching Practice
(2004-12-07)Digital content permeates every aspect of the academic enterprise. The challenges presented by the need to provide long-term access to this information are widely acknowledged. One key to understanding them lies in recognizing ... -
RoMEO Green Project at the University of Kansas: An experiment to encourage interest, participation and momentum among faculty, and jumpstart populating the KU ScholarWorks Repository
(2004-11-18)Method: systematically gather citations by KU faculty and approach those faculty for permission to deposit on their behalf articles published in journals which permit such archiving in institutional repositories like KU ...