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Name It and Claim It: Cross-Campus Collaborations for Community-Based Learning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article describes the value of cross-campus collaborations for community-based learning. We argue that community-based learning both provides unique opportunities for breaking academic silos and invites campus partnerships to make ambitious projects
Gibes, Elizabeth Andrejasich   +1 more
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Feminism’s ‘Official Photographer:’ Bettye Lane, News Photography, and Contemporary Feminism, 1970-1990

open access: yesDiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies
This essay analyses New York City freelancer Bettye Lane’s photographs of U.S. feminism and gay rights in the twentieth century’s last three decades. Her archive, housed at universities, public libraries, and lesbian collectives indicate her awareness of
Carol L Quirke
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Social engagement and institutional repositories: a case study

open access: yesInsights: The UKSG Journal, 2020
This article explores the community reach and societal impact of institutional repositories, in particular Griffith Research Online (GRO), Griffith University’s institutional repository.
Susan Boulton
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Building a Scalable and Flexible Library Data Dashboard

open access: yesCode4Lib Journal, 2017
Data dashboards provide libraries with the means to demonstrate their ongoing activities and usage in an engaging and communicative fashion. Yet, due to the number of service platforms used by libraries, and the wide-ranging technical specifications they
Nathan Mealey
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2020
The mass culling of libraries' print collections has often been questioned by librarians and library users, yet it has become more common in recent decades. Despite several high-profile controversies, the removal and subsequent disposal of large portions
Alec Mullender, Marnie James
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Budgeting in University Libraries

open access: yesSerials: The Journal for the Serials Community, 1991
The budgeting process in university libraries is assessed. Following consideration of the political context, approaches to costing of staff activities are discussed and other expenditure which has to be given priority either in compiling estimates or in setting a budget are identified.
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Affinity Strings: Enterprise Data for Resource Recommendations

open access: yesCode4Lib Journal, 2008
The University of Minnesota Libraries have created a MyLibrary portal, with databases and e-journals targeted to users, based on their affiliations. The University's enterprise authentication system provides an "affinity string", now used to personalize ...
Shane Nackerud   +2 more
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Seeing Double at Memorial University: Two WorldCat Local Usability Studies

open access: yesPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2011
Obtaining user feedback is valuable yet often overlooked, so when Memorial University Libraries launched OCLC’s WorldCat Local discovery tool for Fall 2010, usability testing was a logical next step.
Sue Fahey, Shannon Gordon, Crystal Rose
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Library as Scholarly Publishing Partner: Keys to Success

open access: yesJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2013
Many academic libraries are looking at new ways to add value when they deliver services to faculty, and one potential area where the library can provide new services is in partnering with academic staff to support the dissemination of faculty research ...
Deborah Barreau
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