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3. The entire cast of 'Breaking Dawn Part 2'
Given the fervent fanbase, it's perhaps not entirely surprising that every single person with a speaking role in the final 'Twilight' seemed to get their own character poster. Every one of them was deathly dull, but particular scorn should be given to these two, featuring Patrick Brennan and Marlane Barnes as Irish vampires Liam and Maggie. Not only were their parts minuscule (they're listed 36th and 38th in the credits, respectively), but they're also dressed like extras from John Huston's "The Dead." Memo to costume designer Michael Wilkinson: Irish people no longer dress like that, even if they are undead.


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Lot 27: Gerry, Elbridge. Autograph letter, 4 pages (12 ½ x 7 ¾ in.; 318 x 197 mm.)
The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector
by Profiles in History
December 18, 2012
Calabasas Hills, CA, USALive Auction
27. Gerry, Elbridge. Autograph letter signed, 4 pages (12 ½ x 7 ¾ in.; 318 x 197 mm.), "Watertown," 20 June 1775 to the Massachusetts Members of the American Continental Congress just three days after the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775. The signature was added in another hand to identify the author of the letter; margins reinforced, light browning.
Elbridge Gerry provides the Massachusetts Members of the American Continental Congress a detailed eyewitness account of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Gerry writes in full: I Recd. The Letters, with which you were pleased to favor me by Mr. Fessenden, on Saturday last being the 18th Instant, at a Critical Time for the Army posted at Cambridge. The Evening preceding Orders were Issued in Consequence of a Consultation between ye General Officers an Committee of Safety to take possession of Dochester Hill and Bunkers hill in Charlestown which I must confess gave me most Sensible Pain on hearing, more especially as it had been determined about Ten Days before by ye Same Council & a Junction of the Committee of Supplies by their desire, that it would be attended with a great expence of Ammunition by Ordinance and that therefore it was inexpedient & hazardous.
As soon as it was discovered by ye Enemy on Saturday Morning a firing began from the Lively in Charlestown River & also from ye Batteries in Boston, which was returned against the Latter by the American Forces until it Subsided on their Side of ye Enemy & only one Man was lost in ye Morning. Our Forces exerted themselves in getting entrenched & Soon discovered that a Warm engagement must take place: notwithstanding which Care was not taken to place a Sufficient Number of Artillery & Cannon on ye Hill to defend it. At Noon the Enemy bro't in Two or Three Ships of the Line with which the Lively, & Batteries at Boston, they endeavored to Dislodge our Forces. Soon after they landed about 3000 Regulars & a warm Engagement began, in which our Forces in the Intrenchment behaved like Heroes, but were not Sufficiently provided with Artillery nor timely reinforced from Cambridge. They soon found it necessary to Abandon an intrenchment on a Hill to the Eastward of Bunkers Hill & Made a Stand at ye Lines on the Hill last mentioned. The Town then being put in Flames by the Enemy the Enemy advanced by a Furious Fire kept up for sometime on both Sides until ye Enemy Forced ye Lines & depended on pushing their Bayonets. Our Forces after being overpowered in ye Intrenchments left them to the Enemy who are now posted there, and retreated about 3 Quarters of a Mile toward Cambridge where they have four One of which is on a high Hill opposite or near ye Stone House 7 so situated that with good Conduct we expect an Efectual Stand.
Our good, our beloved Friend Doctor [Joseph] Warren was on Bunkers Hill when the Lines were forced & is no more. He was two Day before Chosen Second Major General, Accepted on Friday & on Saturday dyed like a Hero. We can only drop a Tear for our worthy Brother & Console ourselves with ye. Consideration that his Virtues and Valour will be rewarded in Heaven. The Reports relative to our loss in variant from 20 to 80 Killed & wounded but I cannot think we shall find it quite so inconsiderable & from ye best Judgment wh. I can form at present believe it will turn out about 150 or 200--this is a Matter we decline noticing here at present, Altho we don't neglect to Speak of ye Loss of the Enemy which I suppose is fully equal to our own. We labour, we are retarded, we suffer for want of a General at Cambridge. Ward is an honest Man but I think wants the Genius of a General on every Instance, Command, order, spirit Invention & Discipline are deficient; what then remains that produced this Choice, I know not. General [John] Thomas is from his Character & Conduct a fine fellow, his camp at Roxbury is always in order without trouble to Congress or their Committees, ye other at Cambridge ever wanting & never right. I hope We shall not suffer from this Accident. Colo. [James] Fry of Andover is in ye Cabinet intended a Major General & Colo. [William] Heath first Brigadier General and I suppose will be chosen and Commission this Day, but we must have the Assistance of Military skill wherever to be found on the Continent. It will I fear be difficult intirely to drop [Artemus] Ward. If he is superseded by Washington & posted at Cambridge with him and General Thomas &c. at Roxbury I cannot but think we shall be in a Good Situation provided it is timely effected. General [Charles] Lee must be provided for & heartily engaged in the Service without being Commissioned at present. He is a Stranger & cannot have the Confidence of a Jealous people when struggling for their Liberties. He will soon become familiar & be courted into office. I revere him as an Officer and wish he had been born an American. It affords Consolation that the Congress have or are taking Command of these Matters. We notice their Resolve in wh. The Army is Called the American Army. May the arrangement by happy & Satisfy each Colony as well as afford us good General.
Medicine is much wanted & Docr. [Benjamin] Church has given us an Invoice of necessary Articles, which we beg may be ordered here from Philadelphia as soon as possible. I notice what is said relative to powder. No Exertion has been wanting in the Committee of Supplies since I have been acquainted with it, to procure this Article. Colo. Bower we depended on for 200 half Barrels & were disappointed, & the plan of fortifying lines with heavy cannon was not then in Contempation. We must hold our Country by Musketry principally until Supplies can be got to expel the stance of the Humanity of the Enemy after they had obtained ye Hill; not Satisfied with burng. The other part of Charlestown they proceeded to set Fire to Houses on the Road to Winter Hill. The Newhampshire & Connecticut Forces as well as ye Massachusetts in the Heat of Battle suffered much. I suspect some of our inferior Officer are wanting & one is under Arrest. We have lost Four pieces of Artillery & nothing more at present. We are in a worse situation than we shall in future Expeience in many Instances, & great exertions are necessary. The Committee of Supplies have a Good Share at present from Sunrise to 12 at Night constantly employed for several Days but we have now a little abatement. Hall of Medford was excused from ye Committee on Acc. Of a Weak Constitution & the Congress Judiciously chose one of a Strong Constitution to supply the place. Another Engagement is Hourly expected may the great controller of Events order it for the Happiness of these Colonies. I have just Recd. A Letter which puts it beyond Doubt that ye Enemy have sustained a great Loss. Capt. [John] Bradford is an Intelligent Man but whether the Loss is equal to 1000 I cannot say. I inclose you ye the Original itself. Complaints from all Quarter of Disorder in the Camp at Cambridge, that it is more like an unorganized Collection of People than a Disciplined army. I cannot rest on this precipice; & engaged as the Commee. Is shall find time to move this Day that a Committee of Observation be immediately chosen to enquire into & assist in & Rectify the Disorder of the Camp untill they shall subside.
Good G-d that a Congress so vigilant should have chosen a lifeless T--for such an Important trust. Will ye Hona. Mr. Hancock assist ye Committee in having the Invoiec sent us forthwith--ye Notes of ye Colony can be made as payment without delay. They carry 6 pCent Interest are negotiable & received in all ye Government accts. Readily & without Hesitancy. The committee of Supplies are greatly obliged by his proposal relative to the Du[t]ch. Docr. Church proposes ye Boston Donations for this Purpose since the Notes are equal with the Cash in this Colony.
An extraordinary contemporary eyewitness account of a major event in American history, written just three days after the Battle of Bunker Hill by the signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island.
Provenance: The Collection of Philip D. Sang, Sotheby's, New York 26 April 1978, lot 101.

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Working with a client and trying to show them how to automate a file that we need sent to us whenever it is updated. He is using the 30 day trial to test to make sure it works before he makes a purchase (I just use SmartFTP at home since we are a MAC office, but have clients for my business purchase the software for this awesome feature among others). In trying to set up the monitoring of a file, I notice that he does not have all of the properties tabs that he should. He is missing Schedule and Monitor. What would cause this? I have attached a screenshot.
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The scheduler has been refactored in the latest version (the one you are using). To schedule/monitor a file, right-click on the transfer queue item and select "Schedule" from the context menu. There is also a "Monitor Folder" tutorial that might be helpful: http://www.smartftp.com/support/howto/
Monitoring a folder works the same as monitoring of a file.
Monitoring a folder works the same as monitoring of a file.


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The graduate program in the Division of Neuroscience of the Graduate College at Rush University is one of the few in the country that offers training in disease oriented basic neuroscience; it is partly funded by a predoctoral training grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. Jeffrey Kordower, PhD, is director of the graduate program in neuroscience.
The training program offers interdisciplinary education in the field of neuroscience at the doctoral level to prepare students for careers in teaching and research. The diversity of interest and expertise among the faculty of the division provides students with educational and research opportunities in neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, behavioral neuroscience, neuropharmacology, neurochemistry, cell and molecular biology, all of which are important for the understanding of the functions of the central nervous system. The resources at Rush University Medical Center and in the Department of Neurological Sciences allow students the unique opportunity to carry out independent research on the basic neurobiological substrates of various neurological disorders.
Above right, Jeffrey Kordower, PhD, director, graduate program in neuroscience


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July 7th, 2011-Colin Farrell is spotted on the set of 'Total Recall' in Toronto, Canada with his shirt unbuttoned. Meanwhile, Kate Beckinsale steals a few moments with husband Len Wiseman.
I've followed Kate's career for a while; all the way back to her Cold Comfort Farm days and I don't like her recent career choices or the tired, cousin it, hairdo.


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July is the peak of summer in The Columbia Gorge. There is so much happening on the farm and in the valley you'll want to plan a few extra days just to fit it all in! The first official month of summer kicks off with the annual 4th of July festivities starting with the Kollas/Cranmer Memorial Run from Odell to Hood River, followed by the parade through the Heights of Hood River. Follow the floats to Jackson Park for family friendly activities all day including the fireman's BBQ lunch. Enjoy dinner in town and secure a spot early on the waterfront to watch the fireworks display. Check the Hood River Chamber website for details.
July is also the first "official" First Friday in downtown Hood River. For the months of July, August, and September, Oak Street is taken over by artists, vendors, and musicians. Stoll from store to store, taste local wines and perhaps an ice cream from Mike's or frozen yogurt from Yum!
For a bit of culture, check out the Trout Lake Festival of the Arts, Maryhill Museum Shakespeare Festival, or Nights in White Salmon Wine and Art Fusion happening throughout the month.
After all the festivities, save at least one day for touring the local fruit stands and wineries on the Fruit Loop. Midweek days are less crowded and offer a leisurely pace to enjoy the sights, chat with the farmers, and taste your way through the Hood River Valley. July is peak cherry season, pick your own or buy some fresh from one of the many local orchards. We don't have any cherries on the Ridge anymore, but July is the start of the berry harvest so expect fresh raspberries, strawberries and blackberries to find their way to the table.
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July 17, 2012
By Stephanie Juncker
By Stephanie Juncker
FRESNO, Calif. --- As Fresno State Athletics prepares for its first season in the Mountain West, the Bulldogs unveil a new experience at GoBulldogs.com on Wednesday in an effort to provide fans with a simple, consistent and dynamic platform through which they can access all things Bulldog Athletics.
"We are thrilled to invite our Bulldog family to experience a new way to stay connected with everything that our student-athletes, coaches and staff produce on and off the field," Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Relations Paul Ladwig said.
Fresno State joined the CBS Interactive network on Oct. 30, 1998. This platform, which is the standard for Mountain West programs and the official conference site, is nationally respected as providing the most complete and integrated services, including Gametracker, All-Access and mobile viewing.
In the past year, there have been over five million visits to GoBulldogs.com and ranks among the best in the West.
"We pride ourselves in fostering the best student-athlete experience and we believe that our newly revamped GoBulldogs.com will allow us to remain a leader in providing the best coverage of Fresno State Athletics," Ladwig noted. "Our partnerships with CBS Interactive and Learfield Sports are tremendous, and this is another example of how our team has been working hard every day to showcase our transition into the Mountain West!"
Honoring the San Joaquin Valley
The new design acts as an extension of the Department of Athletics, as well as a way to celebrate the San Joaquin Valley. The site was developed with a consistent look flowing from page to page. The sides feature distinct images of the Valley's tule fog, agricultural land, rolling hills and Sierra Nevada Mountain Range combined with the distinctive lights of Bulldog Stadium to add an athletics flare.
The San Joaquin Valley is also honored at the bottom of the screen, which features a running scoreboard as well as the green "V" displayed in the center.
The "V" symbolizes Fresno State's connection to the Valley and color green was selected to honor the importance of the agriculture industry to the region. The University is one of the most prominent agriculture schools in the nation and the Valley is the world's richest agricultural area in export dollars.
The green "V" that is featured most predominantly inside the blue stripe on the back of Fresno State's football helmets recognizes the pride of the student-athletes, coaches and staff in representing the San Joaquin Valley. The mark can also be found on the dog color of the Bulldogs' logo and throughout the Department of Athletics.
More Video, Improved Navigation
The new GoBulldogs.com features more content and an increase in multimedia opportunities, while creating a better flow and simplicity throughout the site.
At the top, there are six main tabs: Sports, Tickets, Inside Athletics, Facilities, How to Give, and Bulldog Shop.
On the main page and each sport's home page, the site highlights six main headlines, as well as seven additional news stories. For each main headline, the new GoBulldogs.com has the ability to integrate video content into the featured headline pictures.
To the left of the main headlines, fans have access to additional content through the triangle play button, which leads to the All-Access video platform and links to live events, and through the Facebook and Twitter button, which leads to the Official Fresno State Athletics social media platforms.
In an effort to provide fans with easy access to knowledge of Bulldog events, GoBulldogs.com features more prominently a Calendar, which shows upcoming events for all of the `Dogs, and a Results tab, showing the outcome of all events.
Inside Athletics contains all content pertaining to anything not related to the other very specific tabs.
Through the new design, Fresno State Athletics is able to recognize and celebrate media partners for all sports.
When venturing to a specific sport page, GoBulldogs.com now offers a sticky bar on each page that provides fans with easy access to the six main tabs that are seen on the home page, as well as links to the sports' respective News, Roster/Coaches, Schedule/Results, Stats, Archives and More Links. On each page story and bio page, the recently launched integrated marketing efforts of the university are portrayed through side banners and at the bottom of the page.
Social Media Engagement
In addition to the social media feeds on the main and sport home pages, fans can connect through social media to the 'Dogs through a social media interactive bar which appears at the top of any news release on GoBulldogs.com.
This bar will allow fans to share the story through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+, as well as print or E-mail the story.
There is also a newly launched Social Media Networks directory with links to official pages for Fresno State Athletics and coaches' official accounts.
The new look of GoBulldogs.com provides fans the opportunity to access information in the most dynamically, simple and consistent way possible.
"Discover Fresno State Football" - Be sure to visit the GoBulldogs.com and our Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages next week for full coverage from the 2012 Mountain West Football Media Days. You can also listen to live radio broadcasts from Alexan Balekian on KMJ 580 AM and The FM KMJ 105.9, as well as Guy Haberman on ESPN 1430 AM.


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The skin (which you may see here) is absolutely amazing. Ghost was extremely good at capturing the concepts I had envisioned for my site with astonishing accuracy.
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KSDK -- A 27-year-old East St. Louis man was stabbed and killed during an argument with someone he knew.
Illinois State Police said Deltorian Jones was stabbed at a home in the 2400 block of Gaty around 10:20 p.m. Thursday.
East St. Louis police took a 46-year-old man into custody. Charges have not been filed, so the suspect's name has not been released.


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Oct. 25, 2013
RUSTON, La. - In the first game of this year's Fall World Series, the Gray team used a combination of five pitchers to shut out the Black team, 5-0, and take a 1-0 series lead Friday night at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
Junior right hander Phil Maton threw four innings of scoreless baseball, while striking out seven of the 13 batters he faced and allowing just three hits. Jared Keating, a junior left hander, came on in relief in the fifth to face a minimum of six batters in two innings of work, while not allowing a hit.
Austin Greer pitched an inning and a third, while allowing just one hit, with freshmen Brett Bushnell and Braden Bristo rounding out the staff for the final 1.2 innings for the Gray team.
Sophomore right hander Adam Derouen started for the Black team and lasted three innings, while allowing three runs - two earned - off three hits with three strikeouts. Brennan Marque, Clark Carlisle and Mark Baughman each allowed one hit in relief, while Joshua Horton gave up two runs off two hits in the final inning.
At the plate for Gray, Stephen Gandy led all hitters with a 3-for-4 performance, while Bre'shon Kimbell was 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs batted in and two runs on the night. Third baseman Jordan Taylor also put together a 2-for-3 night at the dish, while Tyler Qualls had the final hit of the night for a total of eight hits for the Gray.
Third baseman Taylor Nichols was 2-for-4 on the night and was the lone Black team member to put together a multi-hit night at the plate. Colby Johnson and Steven Blanchard each had one hit apiece for a total of four team hits for the Black team.
The series resumes at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon with a seven inning contest scheduled at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
For complete coverage of Bulldog Baseball, please follow @LATechBSB on Twitter or visit the official home of Louisiana Tech Athletics at LATechSports.com.


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2006 Sessions
Todd Quinn, Instruction/Reference Librarian
In 2004, Dakota State University began its wireless mobile computing initiative (TabletPC). It has given the Mundt Library faculty the opportunity to experiment with new approaches for instruction and reference. The presenter will describe changes in instructional methods, changes in the physical library, and will discuss lessons learned.
In Fall 2004, Dakota State University began its wireless mobile computing initiative. Freshmen and sophomore students were required to use a TabletPC (wireless laptop with digital inking functionality) in all their courses. In combination with WebCT, the initiative has moved students and faculty into a paperless learning environment. The transition to a paperless learning environment has given the Mundt Library faculty the opportunity to experiment with new approaches for the information literacy program and answering reference questions (e.g. flash demonstrations, wiki reference). The presenter will describe changes in instructional methods, changes in the physical library, and will discuss lessons learned. In doing so, others will learn specific techniques and consider some of the pedagogical and practical decisions that affect the use of these technologies.
By describing our experiences in a wireless mobile computing environment, which includes WebCT, the presenter will demonstrate innovative practices in librarianship that apply to others in higher education, and we will address the key issue of evaluating the appropriateness of specific technologies in relationship to student learning outcomes.
Susan Clayton, Off-Campus Services/Reference Librarian
This session will present a practical approach to copyright and electronic reserves in a small/medium-sized academic library. This approach may not be feasible in a large academic library, but has worked well at the University of Redlands. Other libraries of similar size that are struggling with the copyright issues specific to electronic reserves will hopefully find this session useful.
In 2002, the University of Redlands Armacost Library began placing materials on electronic reserve, but copyright issues had not been addressed. As the electronic reserve service grew and faculty and students became increasingly enthusiastic, our library director realized that a policy on copyright for electronic reserves was needed. One of the librarians had previously held a position as media librarian and had experience with copyright policies and related issues and procedures. This librarian began the task of writing a copyright policy for electronic reserves in 2003. After researching and reviewing a number of electronic reserve copyright policies, a draft policy was submitted to the library director and on to the University administration. The draft policy is currently being used by the library reserve staff pending final approval.
The librarian who drafted the policy and the library reserve staff work closely together to review copyright compliance for each electronic reserve request. When it has been determined that copyright clearance is required, it is the librarian's responsibility to obtain copyright permission. This session will explain the steps taken to obtain copyright clearance from the initial request to the final permission.
The University of Redlands Armacost Library electronic reserve policy, a sample permission letter, and a list of recommended Web sites on copyright and electronic reserves will be distributed during the session.
Patrick L Carr, Assistant Professor/Serials Librarian
Drawing upon the experiences of Mississippi State University Libraries, this session explores the challenges a library faces when implementing a MARC record service. Attendees will learn about both the practical aspects of implementing a MARC record service as well as the theoretical questions that are inextricably tied to this process.
Usage studies indicate that a significant reason behind users' enduring dissatisfaction with the online catalog is their failed efforts to use this tool to locate materials for which no catalog record exists but which are indeed accessible through their library. Among the most effective resources that libraries now have to address this problem is MARC record services. Through these services, libraries have the ability to utilize the knowledgebase of an e-serial listing service and/or OpenURL link resolver in order to automatically load and then regularly modify e-serial records in its online catalog.
Drawing upon Mississippi State University (MSU) Libraries' experiences implementing Ex Libris' product MARCit in late 2005 and early 2006, this paper explores the issues that a library must face when implementing a MARC record service. From initial decisions concerning what records to load in the online catalog to the subsequent difficulties of designing workflows for monitoring the regularly updating records, MARC record services unleash upon libraries a wide array of challenges. In addition to providing guidance concerning how libraries can overcome the practical challenges of implementing a MARC record service, this paper discusses the theoretical questions that are inextricably tied to these challenges. Indeed, while these services promise to make the online catalog a more comprehensive and robust information retrieval system, they also force information professionals to confront long-held views concerning the role and functionality of the online catalog. As MSU Libraries discovered, rethinking these views while simultaneously reconfiguring library workflows and partnerships constitutes the great burden and opportunity of implementing a MARC record service.
Vicki Wainscott, Head Librarian for Access Services
Are you interested in finding out what previous Brick and Click attendees think about the changing issues and trends in building library collections? The speakers will present and analyze the results of a survey of previous symposium attendees and facilitate a discussion about the most challenging issues and innovative trends.
The presenters report and analyze results from surveying previous Brick and Click attendees about current issues and trends in academic library collection development, providing demographics about the acquisitions budget and FTE of each survey responder.
Questions on the survey include: In the Collection Development area, what is your library's biggest challenge? Are you buying duplicate copies of paper and electronic resources? Has your library purchased any electronic books or collections? What percentage of your current budget is spent on print books? How has this changed over the last five years? What percentage of your current budget is spent on audiovisual materials and how has this changed over the last five years? Has the size of your reference collection changed in the last five years? The presentation concludes with an active discussion among session attendees about current problems and collection building, with the goal of developing solutions to current problems and ideas for implementation.
Sean Cordes, Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology Librarian
Podcast was the word of the year in 2005! The basic process for developing podcasts as a learning support is relatively simple and inexpensive. Yet many instructors are still unfamiliar with podcast tools, technology, and practice.
This informational session provides orientation with the basic tools, processes, and uses for podcasts as a learning support. The session will provide attendees with the knowledge to rapidly implement a course podcast with a minimum amount of time, cost, and effort.
A case study of a university library course using podcasts to support learning is presented. Following this, the presenter will give a practical walkthrough of the podcast development process for the online course. This includes a description of tools and procedures for podcasting audio and other file types, setting up distribution structures, and integrating the podcast into the courseware environment. The session concludes with an overview of methods for assessing the impact of the podcasts on learning.
Connie Ury, Library Outreach Coordinator
Three librarians from a medium sized Midwestern state university will share the experiences and statistical findings of a campus pilot of the James Madison University (JMU) Information Literacy Test (ILT). Dissatisfied with relying on satisfaction surveys as the primary measure of the success of their library instruction program, librarians at Northwest Missouri State University sought an objective and meaningful way to test students' information literacy competencies. Towards this end librarians asked their University Assessment Center to sponsor a pilot of an information literacy test. Lead administrators, including the Library Director, who also wanted to document the effectiveness of information literacy instruction as an essential part of undergraduate education, agreed to fund a pilot test. After reviewing the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and current library instruction literature, the librarians decided to adopt James Madison University's ILT. More than a year Negotiations was required to iron out testing details with JMU and University departments. At the end of the planning process, implementation was achieved as three sections of Freshman English Composition students and three sections of Junior level Management Information Systems students from Northwest Missouri State University took the ILT in November and December 2005.
The ILT is a multiple-choice, online, secure test consisting of 65 items. The test score defines a student proficiency level of 65%, as set by a panel of academic librarians (Cameron, Wise, and Lottridge). The number of students achieving scores above the proficiency level will be compared between courses. Composite scores for both groups were analyzed to determine differences when compared by ACT, overall GPA, and total credit hours completed.
The Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University, in conjunction with a panel of academic librarians, has developed the ILT to test undergraduate students' information literacy proficiency as defined by four of the ACRL' Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (James Madison University). These standards measure students' ability to:
A review of literature on instructional evaluation in academic libraries will be linked to Owens Library's consideration of the Information Literacy Test as a platform for their evaluation goals. In addition to statistical findings, the presenters will discuss the logistics of implementing the test; interdepartmental negotiations to develop the pilot program; communication, discussion and contracting services with James Madison University; and the cost of the test. Future plans for use of the test will conclude the presentation.
Association of College and Research Libraries. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Jan 2000. 12 Oct. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/standards.pdf>.
Cameron, Lynn, Steven L. Wise, and Susan M. Lottridge. The Development and Validation of the Information Literacy Test. Harrisonburg, VA: James Madison University, 2005.
Katherine E. Pitcher, Reference/Instruction & Web Development Librarian
Librarians are consistently asked to wear many hats and tackle responsibilities which fall outside usual library work. One such role many librarians take on in addition to regular job duties is that of project manager. This new role is increasingly being incorporated into many librarians' workflow. In such a climate, many librarians may not be prepared to handle increasingly complex projects without guidance. When you add in projects like Web site creation or redesign, the job gets tougher. How do libraries and librarians manage large-scale Web site projects as only part of their job assignment? One way is to incorporate project management techniques into the organization and planning of complex projects. Using these techniques, librarians will be better equipped to handle project planning, workflow, scheduling, budgeting issues, managing deliverables, designing usability testing, and effectively using project teams. Using the example of one academic library's recent redesign of their entire Web site, learn how project management techniques can be used to implement a wholesale redesign of a Web site, including project definition, planning, design, content delivery, implementation, and launch.
James T. Shaw, Government Documents Librarian
Judith Russell, the U.S. Superintendent of Documents, remarked at the ACRL National Conference in 2005 that "with 95% of the new titles added to the Federal Depository Library Program available online, every library now has the ability to access a wide array of government information for its patrons at no charge." The addition of catalog records which link patrons to online documents works well for providing such access. A library may contract with a vendor such as Marcive to acquire records, but this is not necessary because the FDLP's New Electronic Titles service provides a convenient way to select appropriate records. Direct selection also brings the advantage of acquiring only those records most pertinent to the interests of a library's user community. Electronic government publications reside in the public domain, so libraries need not proxy such links in the catalog. Adding catalog records for electronic government publications requires an investment of time, but it requires no additional money. As a catalog becomes a gateway to government publications, it places the information they contain within the full continuum of resources a library provides.
Scott Collard, Librarian For Psychology, Education and Linguistics
Over the past few years, reference librarians have gotten into the business of purchasing, implementing, and maintaining large, complex systems that allow us to communicate with our patrons via the Web. Virtual reference software is now often a foregone conclusion in the academic library, but the use of these systems is not necessarily always as great as we might like, nor as well-liked by our patrons. Maybe this is because many of them, particularly our undergraduates, have already found an online communication medium that is free, fast, and easy to use: walk into almost any computing lab on campus and it is plain to see that our users have fallen in love with IM (Instant Messaging). This is not to say that we should abandon those systems that offer us so much in other ways – question tracking, knowledge basing, searching and referring – but just that we need to listen to the siren song of IM and open up to this service. And that turns out to be startlingly easy, incredibly cheap, and even fun.
At New York University, we initiated an IM virtual reference pilot project in mid-September, 2005, as a way to reach those patrons who are users of this popular communication method. Because there are currently a number of competing chat platforms - Yahoo !, MSN, and AOL being the major players - part of the design of the NYU project was to utilize an open source, free, third-party software that could send and receive IMs via any of these platforms, thereby minimizing user confusion as to preferred platform. This third-party software, Trillian, allows NYU to have a single point of contact, or screen name (AskBobst), which patrons can add to their buddy list and then use to chat with the on-duty librarian, regardless of their own chat platform choice.
Because this was an added service, and an unknown one at that, we also designed the pilot project to be as low impact as the technology itself. Rather than offering an iron-clad guarantee of service hours, we would assume that the average IM user is perfectly comfortable with finding a "buddy" away from their computer and trying again later, thus freeing up the hours of the service to better fit with librarians' availability. Rather than trying to maintain a rigorous, centrally mandated schedule, librarians would "self-schedule" on a communally accessible schedule sheet. Lastly, rather than trying to force all our virtual librarians into signing onto the service, we would pilot it with a core group of librarians and let the service expand organically.
The results have been good, and as the service moves into its second semester, growth continues to be steady. Moreover, satisfaction with the service by the core librarians has been high, with some of the initially skeptical embracing and enjoying the service. Though with IM service we sacrifice some of the control we might have with our legacy VR system, we may very well make up for it with the high use and good will that IM service generates.
Dalene Hawthorne, Head of Automation and Collection Management
What is Electronic Resources Management? Why is it important? How are libraries handling administrative metadata for continuing electronic resources? What ILS vendors have products available? This presentation describes solutions developed by four academic libraries to manage administrative metadata and provide enhanced access to their electronic resources. Pennsylvania State University Libraries developed the ERLIC system in Microsoft Access, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries developed the VERA system in FileMaker Pro. Both systems track the electronic resource acquisitions process and also manage access to each institution's e-resources. Stanford University Libraries focused at first on providing access to electronic resources, but is implementing Innovative Interfaces' ERM module. The Tri-College Consortium (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges in Pennsylvania) created a database in FileMaker Pro to track just the licensing aspect of the acquisitions process. The presentation also describes efforts currently underway by the DLF to develop standards and best practices for tracking and managing electronic resources.
Sally Gibson, Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
A simple solution to providing access to electronic serials continues to elude many libraries. A-to-Z lists, MARC record loads, and separate record cataloging approaches have been implemented in a variety of incarnations. At the same time new products and services are continuing to emerge. OCLC's eHoldings service offers an additional method of providing access by setting holdings information in WorldCat. From June 2005 to April 2006 the University of Missouri--Columbia (MU) Libraries and Creighton University Libraries participated in the OCLC eHoldings pilot project. OCLC worked with Serials Solutions, TDNet, Ex Libris, and EBSCO to load participating libraries' holdings from A-to-Z lists into WorldCat. The holdings were updated on a monthly basis and required no maintenance by the library. Some project participants, including the MU Libraries, received MARC records as part of the project.
For Creighton and the MU Libraries, the OCLC eHoldings pilot project was an opportunity to strategize the next phrase in electronic serials management. The presenters will discuss their experiences with this project, and the impact of the project on their users and on library processes such as cataloging and interlibrary loan. They will also describe the state of access to electronic serials at their libraries before and after the project.
Barbara Miller, Associate Professor and Documents Librarian
How can we adapt our information literacy instruction to prepare students for tomorrow? Current library instruction, based on the information cycle concept, may not be founded explicitly on the principles of knowledge management that students will apply as they collect, evaluate, store and transmit information in their work and private lives. Library instruction often fails to address sources of information that will be essential for students and for future citizens. Such information is often unpublished, and does not appear in library catalogs or databases.
Instruction needs to move away from a focus on library collections in which the internet, viewed as the bad guy, serves up information of questionable quality. Rather, the Web should be showcased as an additional source for elusive yet essential information. How do we instruction librarians do this?
We have long recognized government information as a key source for meeting research needs. Primary sources such as unpublished technical reports, raw data, statistics, and laws often do not appear in the library catalog but are located in depository libraries. Similarly, consumer information on health, travel, weather and disasters are also the provenance of government agencies. In the current electronic environment, every library becomes a depository. The challenge is to teach students how to access and interpret this wealth of information beyond the library collections. Using business information as an example, this presentation will demonstrate how to utilize government information sources to expand the information cycle framework to make it a useful tool for teaching knowledge management.
Daryl Youngman, Associate Professor and Assistant to the Dean, Collaborative Initiatives
Faced with myriad challenges ranging from changing resources options to changing patron information-seeking habits, academic library administrators must consider strategies for positioning their libraries for ongoing success.
Information resources options are changing, as are the means of delivering information to the user. Distance users; competition, real or perceived, from Internet sources; and the internationalization of higher education, exemplify but a few of the issues that challenge academic libraries.
By actively seeking out and pursuing mutually productive collaborations with traditional and potential constituent groups, academic libraries can raise their visibility, identify new funding sources, and develop effective strategies for maintaining and advancing their role as the preferred source for leadership in information resources.
This presentation will examine the increasing involvement of academic libraries in collaborative initiatives, as evidenced in professional literature and in the recent experiences of some large academic libraries.
Bart Schmidt, Digital Projects Librarian
As institutions rush to digitize their special collections they must stop and see how they can do more than just improve access to materials. This session will talk about creating digital collections that are more than just items in a database. Digital collection creation, promotion, and management will all be covered. In particular, designing collections that reach out to the community and foster collaboration between cultural and educational institutions will be addressed. Drake University's digital collections will be highlighted as examples of the integration of special collections, display spaces, speaking events, and tools such as Google Maps to create an interactive educational resource for the community. Drake's digital contributions to the Iowa Heritage Digital Collections project, a statewide digitization collaborative focused on all Iowa-related digital collections will also be addressed. We will discuss some of the trials and tribulations of working together with multi-type libraries, as well as negotiating policies, setting standards, and dealing with varying levels of skill sets.
Tim Zou, Head, Access Services
Imagine this scenario: you are a circulation manager with a medium or large academic library and you are responsible for scheduling the coverage of three circulation stations that demand a total of 300 hours from your limited staff resources. You are heavily dependent on student employees, especially work-study employees who can only work about 10-15 hours a week based on their hectic class-schedules and school activities. They often call in asking to change or make adjustment to their schedule. When that happens you find yourself thumbing through your phone list desperately trying to find possible substitutes. If this happens during a weekend and you get a call to your home, you find yourself frantically searching for your spreadsheet that has the latest updates of the schedule and wondering who you can call on to come in and fill the gaps. By the end of the month when your wage budget payment reports come in, you notice that those who worked as substitutes have worked over their allocated hours, eating into your monthly hourly salary budget. The headache of scheduling never ends and could burn you out over time.
The continued decline in number of book circulation and reference transactions is documented by ARL's annual reports on annual service trends. However most libraries have experienced dramatic increase of the gate count numbers indicating more and more library users come to use the library as a place for study, research, computing, or group meetings. Demands for libraries to extend their hours of operation have driven many to stay open 24 hours. In the meantime, the stories of struggling library budgets continue to compel library managers to assess the cost-effectiveness of staffing and service activities. If reducing service point is not an option, how can a circulation or a reference desk manager cope with these challenges? How can technology help us to improve efficiency and effectiveness in assigning employees with the right skills to the right tasks?
The solution at the Mullins Library is found in ScheduleSource, a software developed by the ScheduleSource Corporation. By using this software we are able to accomplish the following:
Come to learn how we have saved thousands of dollars on hourly wages after using ScheduleSource.1. Kyrilldou, Martha, and Mark Young. ARL Libraries Trends (2003-2004) http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/04pub/04intro.html, last visited February 25, 2006.
Judith Emde, Electronic resources/technical services librarian
Since some open access Web resources complement licensed library electronic resources, library subject specialists at the University of Kansas wanted a way to direct library patrons to resources of scholarly value. The Libraries developed an easy-to-use tool for subject specialists to catalog freely available Web resources without the need to learn complex cataloging rules or to interact with overly technical systems.
The utility and process for creation of descriptive records for Web resources was developed as a collection development tool. "Jupiter" is a database driven application for subject specialists to assign metadata for open access resources of scholarly value to programs at the University.
The records described in Jupiter can be browsed by a locally developed subject taxonomy and are searchable through the Libraries' Information Gateway. Licensed electronic resources and freely available Web resources are organized by subject and are available through the Information Gateway for one-stop access to quality research material. Jupiter also stores records with metadata describing the subject specialists, and library patrons can refer to this information to get assistance in a specific subject area.
The selection of Web resources to catalog is based on the
same criteria for selecting print and licensed electronic resources.
Since the implementation of Jupiter, subject specialists have
learned to incorporate the evaluation and cataloging of Web sites into their collection development activities. The simple
Jupiter entry form eases the cataloging task.
Scott Rice, Networked Information Services Librarian
The toolbar allows one-click access to subject guides and other library pages such as hours, staff, and contact information. There are also links to university resources such as Blackboard, and a small selection of databases. The toolbar has a search box which offers the capability to perform searches in the library catalog, Google Scholar, or some general subscription databases. In addition, the toolbar offers the ability to look up staff or students in the university's online directory, or to find definitions or synonyms. The toolbar also places links to the library's catalog through small library logos on Web sites such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. This makes it possible for patrons to run a search through the library catalog for the book that they are currently viewing in these online bookstores by clicking the library logo.
Future improvements of the toolbar might include a login for various library and university resources and user customization, allowing users to choose the look of the toolbar or choose the databases that may be searched. Future plans also include installing the toolbar on public computers within the library, to assist patrons who are browsing the web.
The Mozilla Firefox Toolbar for UNCG, along with instructions for installation, is located at http://library.uncg.edu/de/toolbar.asp.
Dr. Susan Matveyeva, Assistant Professor & Catalog Librarian
Catalogers at the Wichita State University Libraries never complained about a lack of work. Their working lives have been always full with daily tasks and projects waiting for attention. Since 2000, the cataloging department has absorbed the selection and implementation of a new integrated library system, implemented an authority outsourcing project, cataloged e-journals (and decided outsourcing e-journal control was the better choice), and responded to personnel changes. Still, all of this was within the limits of traditional cataloging production and was directed by a hierarchical organizational culture. Now the work environment has changed! A library-wide reorganization has introduced "employee empowerment." Empowerment has emerged as a method of customer service improvement in the business community, and has relevance for the library environment as well. Being a "brick and click" hybrid library that offers clients a large variety of printed and digital services, the Wichita State University cataloging unit employs a "hybrid staff" that combines traditional librarianship knowledge and skills as well as in formation technology skills. The empowerment initiative, however, affected the professional catalogers and cataloging staff in different ways. Professional librarians received the previously unthinkable freedom to initiate projects, to build teams for the implementation of new and enhanced services, and even to choose their coordinators and middle management. Catalogers/faculty as members of the newly formed Library Faculty Council became participants in a library-wide decision-making process. Together with expanded freedom, faculty also received new responsibility for decisions they made. New freedoms and responsibilities did not involve all staff members, however. Entry level/routine copy cataloging positions and student assistants continued to be organized in a more traditional hierarchical structure where copy catalogers were supervised by professionals or cataloging managers, and student assistants were supervised by experienced paraprofessional staff. The split "hybrid organizational culture" was formed! Observing the performance of hybrid organizational culture in the cataloging unit for less than a year, one can make some preliminary conclusions. "Team" culture allowed hidden talents to emerge and opened opportunities for people who embrace innovation and exploration. In a short time, a number of new projects and initiatives were initiated, developed, implemented, and offered to cataloging clients. All three professional catalogers became heavily involved in new metadata and other departmental and library-wide projects. Professional cataloger involvement allowed new services to be introduced without additional personnel or expense. Staff members, especially senior copy catalogers, undertook additional assignments previously performed by cataloger-professionals. Traditional strengths of the hierarchical organizational culture (discipline and structure) helped staff cope with increased workloads and kept routine cataloging activities in good shape. Major tasks of processing the "brick" collections now are performed by the hierarchically organized support staff. Observation suggests a hybrid organizational culture in a cataloging environment can be used in the development of new services, but to play it safe, a more flexible "team" culture should be complemented by traditional "hierarchical" one.
Lea Briggs, Reference Services Coordinator
Librarians at Beulah Williams Library, Northern State University, undertook a survey of the university's distance students in order to better understand and serve their needs. Knowing more about how distance students search for information, their attitudes towards the university library, their level of awareness and usage of library resources, and what services they would like to see offered will inform future library purchasing decisions, the development of the library's web presence, and will help identify marketing opportunities and potential new services for distance learners. Data was also gathered about research requirements in existing distance courses for possible collaboration and promotional opportunities with course faculty members. The students that participate in NSU distance programs should provide a good cross-section of ages and experience levels found among distance education students in the typical university. This research would also interest educators who teach or are involved in administering distance course work requiring research. The survey findings are shared here.
Richard Eissinger, Instructional Services Librarian
Academic instruction librarians often lament that all too often they only have one class to teach library research skills to students. And this opportunity quite frequently only presents itself once in the students' college experience. Frustrated by limited feedback from library instruction classes and the uncertain results from assessment efforts, instruction librarians at Southern Utah University needed a better method to measure what students were learning in classes.
Personal Response Systems (PRS), also known as clickers, audience response systems, and student response systems, provide needed interactivity for library instruction classes. Instruction librarians at SUU are using this system to assess instructional effectiveness and encourage student feedback in library instruction classes. This kind of classroom research is providing quick feedback that is being used to redesign library instruction to make it more productive.
This presentation will illustrate how a personal response system works, show results of instruction feedback at SUU and how it is used, and show how a PRS can make even a large class interactive, encourage student learning, and assess students' understanding of concepts.
Jennifer A. G. Jenness, Technical Services Coordinator
Small academic libraries usually have one primary factor in common when it comes to promotion and marketing: limited resources. However, without effective marketing, libraries run the risk of becoming increasingly marginalized. Most have little time or money to devote to such efforts, so librarians are forced to come up with creative and inexpensive marketing methods. For this project, I will be surveying a variety of small academic libraries to discover what ideas or tools they use for promotion and marketing, focusing particularly on those which can be utilized with minimal outlay of time and money. The methods can be either tangible or virtual, reaching out to the online community or the community at large.
For the purposes of this study, I have defined a small academic library as a library which serves a student population of between 1000 and 5000. I will be contacting librarians at both private and public universities to complete the survey, and will conduct follow-up interviews via email or telephone if necessary. My objectives for this project are: to discover and compile marketing ideas used by small academic libraries; to determine themes and trends within existing library marketing and promotion practices; and to enable other libraries to more effectively market themselves by using tried and tested promotional tools and avoiding those shown to have little or no impact. I hope to show that there exist a wide variety of useful methods for library marketing which can be effective and inexpensive.
Deb Ehrstein, User Services Manager
To make the most of your acquisitions budget, your library needs data that reveals your collection's strengths, gaps, and overlaps in subject-matter coverage. WorldCat Collection Analysis is a web-based service from OCLC that allows libraries to analyze their collections and compare to peer libraries that have their holdings in WorldCat, OCLC's union catalog. The service provides many benefits to libraries:
This session will demonstrate how to compare a collection to that of other OCLC member libraries for age and subject content, generate printable graphs, and export analysis results.
Beatrice L. Caraway, Head of Technical Services
Who writes and updates administrative documents and makes them accessible on your campus? Are some documents available in paper, others stored as Word files in a department's or office's common folder, and still others posted to the university's Web site?
Is it easy for people to find a policy or procedure when they need it? If your answers to these questions reveal a somewhat casual and disorganized institutional approach to managing administrative documents, you are not alone.
After years of frustrated calls to administrators and their staff members to locate a policy, procedure, or handbook, along with many disappointing instances of finding a needed document on the campus Web site only to discover that the Web version wasn't up-to-date, the technical services librarians at Trinity University decided to take things into their own hands. After all, the best people to write policies and handbooks are not likely to be the best ones to manage them. Since administrative documents fall loosely—very loosely!--under the rubric of intellectual output of the institution, we reasoned that we were justified in offering to take over the collection, organization, provision of access, and archiving of these administrative documents in electronic format. Little did we realize the difficulty of the undertaking!
There are at least two options to choose from: a home-grown web page or a commercially produced content management system. Both come with a fairly high price tag, the first in time, the second in money. We will describe and demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of each, then talk in more detail about the various facets of the option we selected at Trinity.
William H. Weare, Jr., Access Services Librarian
Developing effective strategies for searching the web—and teaching those strategies to our students—can be challenging. Most of us already have particular methods we apply when searching the catalog or a database; why have we not applied these strategies and skills to web searching? Why have we not made a concerted effort to help our students to become more sophisticated web searchers when search engines seem to be their tool of choice?
This is not another presentation about Google tips and tricks. This presentation will focus on the web search strategies we need to teach our students to help them find the materials needed for their academic assignments. We should be teaching our students about ways of thinking through a search and methods of executing a search that generate authoritative, comprehensive, reliable, and current results.
Search Engine Toolbox is for anyone involved in reference or instruction; it's an opportunity to improve our own web search skills and to rethink our approach to teaching web search strategies to our students.
Phillip J. Jones, Head of Reference/Associate Librarian
This presentation explores how three universities (Arkansas, Iowa State, and Southern California) set up a chat partnership, which they have made work and grow despite challenges. Librarians who seek to maximize their scarce resources in innovative ways across institutional boundaries are encouraged to attend.
The "chat" partnership of three universities (Arkansas, Iowa State, and Southern California) illustrates the benefit of working across institutional boundaries to provide patrons a cutting-edge service for more hours than would have been possible had the three universities provided it individually. This partnership grew out of a larger vision to reach underserved users through sharing resources across the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), a national consortium of thirty-one research libraries. The three chat partners have paved the way to 24/7 chat service and hope to add more libraries to their partnership.
The divergent needs of potential partners proved the first significant challenge to developing the GWLA chat project. Members of the task force that planned the initial service navigated differences in their organizational values and cultures; they also had to balance integrating a new consortial service into existing virtual services. Ultimately only three of the approximately ten libraries represented on the task force agreed to staff the consortium's pilot service. After each coordinator from the three campuses received permission to proceed, the three new partners laid the groundwork for their collaboration. Training was their top priority. First, some librarians had to learn the software. On a more advanced level, all librarians needed to learn to work with one another across the boundaries of their diverse institutions and develop guidelines and promote practices so that all their chat patrons received answers of the highest quality.
After the GWLA chat service debuted in February 2005, the coordinators observed what they had anticipated: their colleagues answered better the questions related to their own institution. To address this imbalance, the coordinators refined a web page with key information about the three campuses and their library resources, a critical tool. The coordinators also began a systematic review of the chat transcripts to assess the quality of their joint service. This assessment led to tentative standards for chat etiquette and a common understanding of what types of questions a librarian should be expected to answer across institutions and those a participant should refer to the patron's home library.
Kara Whatley, Head, Coles Science Center
For non-traditional students who may be confronting information in an online academic environment for the first time, being able to understand and evaluate the information that is constantly bombarding them is an important and useful skill. Providing these students with strong information literacy skills can be critical to their academic success. But how can librarians best present information literacy skills to non-traditional students? One approach that has been effective is using a research journal, coupled with annotated bibliography and in-class presentation assignments, to reinforce information literacy skills presented during in-class instructions to these students. The annotated bibliography and presentation assignments work together to teach students not only how to search the literature but also to critically evaluate information sources and to synthesize that information and communicate it to their fellow students. The research journal helps non-traditional students keep track of their research process during a time in their academic careers when they are both new to the research process and pressed for time as they juggle their school, work, and family lives. This presentation will discuss the effectiveness of this method in two courses taught in the Adult Reentry Program at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Stephanie Atkins, Assistant Circulation Librarian
Libraries have come to rely on student employees to staff their busy service desks. Feeling the pressures to expand their hours of services to accommodate customers' needs at the same time witnessing the decline in their budgets has forced many libraries to depend on student employees to keep their doors open and to provide key services. One of the benefits of being at college or university is that academic libraries have access to a plentiful supply of cheap labor: student employees. However, libraries hire these employees knowing full well that they will eventually leave. The considerable investment in training student employees and the constant turnover make it very challenging to maintain service quality. The amount of time and effort in training may negate the monetary benefits achieved from hiring student employees. Libraries need to find more efficient and cost-effective ways to train and develop student employees so that libraries are maximizing the value of their investment.
The University of Illinois Library is overcoming this challenge of providing a cost-effective and consistent training of student employees through the use of online tutorials. Using TechSmith's Camtasia Studio, and its accompanying screen capture software called SnagIt®, the library created tutorials that actually simulate important transactions, showing students how to accomplish various tasks in the library's online systems. The desk supervisors can use these tutorials to instruct students on the fundamentals so that they can spend their time on more complex transactions and detailed procedures that require more one-on-one attention. The tutorials are then followed by Flash-based games and activities created in Respondus Studymate™. The students can work individually on the flash cards, multiple-choice quizzes, fill-in-the-blank, and crossword puzzles or they can compete as teams in a Jeopardy!-style game. One of the advantages of Studymate is that these games and activities can be produced on a web page or published directly into course management software (e.g., Blackboard). These learning games and activities provide the students with an interactive and fun way to test their retention and reinforce the information they need to know to be effective at the service desk.
Theses tutorials and learning aids are part of an on-going
library-wide effort to develop a comprehensive training
program for student employees at the University of Illinois
Library. Librarians and staff from all areas of the library
are collaborating to develop training materials and assessment
tools to enhance service quality in the library.
2006 Poster Sessions
Candice Baldwin, Librarian
Providing college documents to the visiting evaluation team during an accreditation visit is a vital component to a successful reaccreditation. Resource rooms of documents are usually created for this purpose and often librarians are recruited for the task. Librarians from the Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City, created a web-based Resource Room database with electronic links to documents as well as a physical room containing organized documents shelved by broad subject categories. This session will explain the steps taken to set up the database, how to collect the appropriate documents, and how to process a Resource Room in preparation for a Higher Learning Commission re-accreditation visit.
Curt G. Friehs, Business Librarian
With rapidly changing technology and a shift from hardcopy to electronic resources, librarians are faced with new instruction dilemmas. Are students getting the optimum benefit from their library instruction experience? Do students value electronic resources more than traditional reference books? Are there concepts that students miss or need further clarification? What do our students think of us as librarians? This presentation examines the ways to evaluate the effectiveness of library instruction via surveys and other assessment tools implemented at Wichita State University. By implementing evaluation tools in library instruction, instructional librarians hope to gain a better understanding of the information needs of their client base. The recent implementation of instruction evaluation sheets has generated a considerable amount of raw data. Librarians at WSU have experimented with a variety of different survey methods and received different results. From elaborate qualitative and quantitative surveying to informal minute papers, there are a variety of different ways to measure effectiveness through surveys.
Tess Gibson, Head of Interlibrary Loan
8693 lending requests were cancelled at the University of Arkansas in 2005, representing about one-third of the total requests submitted. While fill rates of 70% are something to be proud of in a climate where they tend to hover around 50%, we believe we can do better. Using ILLiad queries, cancelled lending requests were analyzed to determine the reason for cancellation. The most frequent reasons for cancellation were ones we all expect: item in use, local policies prevent lending, and volume/issue not owned. However, a number of requests were cancelled for less obvious reasons, such as cataloging errors, staff errors, or loss of material. These problems can be addressed in several ways: ensuring staff follow clear and easy procedures for reporting cataloging errors, improving staff and student training, and ensuring lost items are either replaced or removed from the catalog in a timely manner.
Nancy B. Thomas, M. S. in Library Science from the School
of Information Science
Colleges and universities use several methods for providing restricted access to users who need to use electronic resources from computers at home or work. Firewalls and other security measures initiated by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), as well as personal and business firewall settings, have driven changes in the way access can be granted. At the same time distance education programs have increased the demand for off-campus access. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are the latest and most secure method to date. This display will try to demystify the variations in the process and allow participants to take a survey of how access is granted at their institutions.
Sponsored by Owens Library , Northwest Missouri State University


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PEO Chapter K Scholarship
PEO is an international philanthropic and educational women's organization. PEO Chapter K of Anchorage, Alaska offers one $1,000 scholarship ($500/semester which will be sent to the financial aid office) to be used for post secondary education.
To apply for this scholarship, please make sure you meet all of the above qualifications and submit the following information:
Applications should be submitted to:
Maggie Wilkinson, 3021 Concord Lane, Anchorage, Alaska 99502
Fall semester deadline: June 15th of the current year
Spring semester deadline: October 15th of the current year


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Osler Midweek Experience Survey
Osler members may combine business with pleasure by entertaining associates and friends, thanking clients, or treating their employees with a mid-week getaway to a unique skiing experience.
Osler Bluff Ski Club is a private club for members and guests only. All of our midweek groups and guests are introduced to the Club by a member, which limits the daily number of skiers and snowboarders. This guarantees shorter lift lines, more space on the hill and superior snow conditions.
Our vertical drop of 743 feet is among the greatest in Ontario, providing some of the longest runs from beginner to expert and the most skiable acreage of all Ontario private clubs. Four lifts, including two high-speed quad chairs, whisk you to a breathtaking view of beautiful Georgian Bay to start each run. Snowboarders enjoy a terrain park that boasts a full-size competition half-pipe 450 feet long. Snowmaking services 90% of the skiable property and state-of-the-art groomers work long into the night to create optimum snow conditions. Over 12 km of marked cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails also wind through the Club's property.
The experience doesn't start and end with skiing. Any of our three lodges provide guests with service and comfort.
The beautiful post and beam construction of our Main Clubhouse offers a panoramic view of the slopes from two dining levels. A separate area at the north end of the deck is available for larger groups. The lower level has boot changing facilities and a lounge for the groups that require their own space. The Orchard Lodge is located at the base of the Exhibition Chair, with food service, restrooms, boot changing and its own parking. It's an ideal location for a large group that wishes its own privacy.
The quaint and rustic log structure, known as the Upper Chalet, is located at the top of the Clubhouse High-Speed Quad Chair. Heated by a large fireplace and three wood stoves, the Upper Chalet provides food service and restrooms, in an ambiance reminiscent of years gone by.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced skier or boarder, lessons make the sport easier and more enjoyable. Our Ski and Snowboard School offers a complete range of ski and snowboard lessons by our own certified instructors. Lessons must be prearranged prior to your arrival to guarantee availability.
Midweek groups can enjoy some friendly competition by booking your own private race. Private race requests must be made at the time of booking your midweek day.
Rental equipment is available at the on-site Squire John's Ski Shop and must be reserved two weeks in advance to ensure availability. Reservations are made directly through the Squire John's Ski Shop's website; the mid week group co-ordinator will be provided with this information.
Our catering service will provide a lunch menu choice to suit your group, including the very poplar buffet. Après-ski hors d'oeuvres can be arranged, as well as evening meals. All food is professionally prepared in our own kitchens.
Our staff will be happy to help make all arrangements for your group, from snow equipment rentals to your catering requirements. Consult your calendar now and reserve your date with our Mid-Week Coordinator by email or by calling (705) 445-4507.
Please be ready with the following information when booking: preferred date of event, number of attendees and the Club member sponsoring your group. Our days fill up quickly, so call early to avoid disappointment.


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A Novel
The Art of Seeing
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A moving and profound story about family, celebrity, envy, and ultimately love, The Art of Seeing is a brilliant exploration of the powerful and enduring connection between sisters.
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The Art of Seeing chronicles the intricately woven lives of two sisters: plain and responsible Jemma, and flamboyant, brooding, beautiful Rozzie. Their complex dynamic is tested and strained when Rozzie is suddenly thrust into a career as a Hollywood actress. Self-doubting Jemma toils as a fledgling photographer, drifting in and out of school and often accompanying Rozzie on exotic film shoots. As Jemma struggles with her work and relationships, Rozzie is gradually forced to reveal a secret she has kept from her family for years -- she is losing her eyesight. Finding herself in an unusual position of power, Jemma begins to take charge of her life and Rozzie's with a series of actions that threaten to undo their already fragile bond.
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1. Why does art play such an important role in the novel? In what ways does art define life for Jemma and Rozzie?
2. Jemma says: "Anecdotes about the rich and famous make people cough into their fist or refold a napkin, staring into their lap. For a while I couldn't figure out why..." (p. 22). What is it that makes these people uncomfortable? How does society respond to fame in the novel?
3. How does Rozzie's fame affect the way Jemma sees herself and others? How does fame diminish those who are famous and the people around them? How does it build them up? Matthew's father is a famous writer. He see more


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For the past 10 years or so I've taken at minimum a two week tour every year with a few exceptions. The future will be a bit different for me as my first child is due in early July. Not that I don't expect to tour anymore but lets just say things will be different.
So I have off next week, and I'm thinking of taking 3-5 days to go on a solo, unsupported tour from my house. I live in Phoenixville, PA, which is a western suburb of Philly.
I've already ridden every direction. I've ridden Montreal to Philly, Chicago to Philly, Philly to Virginia Beach and back. I've done many tours in Delmarva, Shenandoah, western PA, New Jersey Etc. Not that I can't go back to any of those places, I'm just looking for something different.
One thing I've never done is the CO Canal as I normally ride on roads.
A few things to consider:
- This will be my first tour alone. Normally I ride with my father who is currently in Mexico for a few weeks..
- I will be carrying all my gear and will be camping, but I'll probably hit a hotel/motel up once, but maybe not.
- I'm not opposed to having to return home on a train or bus provided I could bring my bike with me or pack it in a box. So I'd be up for a one way tour.
- I've never ridden on any of the "touring routes" nor have I ever seen another cyclo tourist while on tour. Kind of strange, I know. I'd love to have that experience this time.
That's all I can think of. I havent even looked at a map yet but the only thing I've thought about so far is possibly getting on the CO somewhere, ending up in DC, and then taking Amtrak back to Philly. I live just an hour bike ride from Philly.
I'm not sure if I'm up for riding on a trail though, by myself, for that long. Just sounds a little boring, plus I guess there are no amenities.
So does anyone else have any ideas? Not asking for you to plan my tour, I hate fully planned tours anyway, but I'm just looking for some input.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- - Attention guys. If you're not watching too closely, your girlfriend or wife may know when the Hawkeyes drop into a "Cover 2" or make a subtle change to their traditional "Pro Set" offense before you thanks to a special event being staged this summer by the University of Iowa football program.
The inaugural "Ladies Football Academy" will be staged Saturday, June 18. The event is designed to provide women the opportunity to learn the game of football from those who know it best - members of the Iowa football coaching staff - and to raise money for the UI Children's Hospital.
Participants pay a registration fee of $50 and are required to raise an additional $300 for donation to the UI Children's Hospital. In exchange, they'll tour the locker rooms of historic Kinnick Stadium, "swarm" the playing field at Kinnick to the beat of "Back in Black," and instruction at the Kenyon Practice Facility before closing the day with an awards ceremony inside the UI's indoor practice facility known as "The Bubble."
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Magician Daniel Bauer Returns to the Stage with His Amazing Purity
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Purity is a 60-minute theatrical experience that challenges everything make-believe; and debunks myths that are currently stigmatized by today's popular magical entertainers. For the first time in magical history, without the use of smoke and mirrors, overzealous props or paid plants, Daniel Bauer will showcase the arts of magic, sorcery, escape and revelation with everyday items that the audience brings to the theater. Items brought by the audience will include a six pack of beer, organic lemons, sand, straitjackets and holy water. He will perform pure magic, conjure beautiful sorcery, attempt impossible escapes and showcase his trademark of genuine mind reading.
Daniel Bauer says, "This is the magic our world has been long awaiting; the pure color, the pure joy; simply put pure magic that will have everyone believing once again. This is the legacy I vowed to Houdini and his family."
Daniel describes Purity as "a jaw dropping, non-stop laughing, on-the-edge of your seat thrilling experience that will have disbelievers and skeptics alike believing once again."
About the Ticket Supplier: The Duplex
The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is a 70-seat off-Broadway venue that features performances of all types nightly.
Since their humble beginnings in the 1950s, under the auspices of Hal Holbrook, the Duplex's first booking manager, DCT has served as a jewel in the crown of the NYC cabaret world. Performers such as Barbra Steisand, Woody Allen, Joanne Worley, Lovelady Powell, KT Sullivan, Karen Mason and Lea Delaria all are Duplex alumns. DCT audiences have been lucky enough to catch premiere versions of hits like Nunsense; Hello Muddah! Hello Faddah!; and a slew of other new shows.
More recently, DCT has been the venue of choice for The Storefront Theatre's award-winning New Mondays series, featuring new work from composers both up-and-coming and legendary, from Frank Wildhorn to Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse to Galt MacDermot, Jason Robert Brown, Michael John LaChiusa, Andrew Lippa and many others. Also, DCT's popular Dowtown Revivals series features one-night-only engagements from the brightest lights on the cabaret circuit.


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Fun! So the rules are that I can't retroactively tick off any boxes, and I can't tick any that I haven't written a review/blog post about. So, for my first trick:
I reviewed Burial Rites, based on the execution of Agnes Magnusdottir and thus a true story. I could have ticked off Female Author, Different Continent, Blue Cover, Best-Selling, Heard About Online, and Under Thirty, but you only get one cross out, and I went with based on a true story. From hereon in, I'll be sticking this updated graphic at the end of each of my blog reviews. Woot!
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The Etchart family, on the maternal side, has been in the wine business since 1850. In 1995 Arnaldo Etchart began a new undertaking, San Pedro de Yacochuya, in collaboration with Michel Rolland, one of the most respected oenologists in the world. San Pedro de Yacochuya is located at more than 2,030 metres above sea level, making it one of the highest viti-vinicultural sites in the world.
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No; the nurse had been and remained at this time confrontational with my wife (a subordinate); but this time it happened in front of patients and families. My wife reported the incident to her supervisor per hospital protocol. Two weeks later she was discharged after the nurse she reported had investigated my wife's job performance.
What about the enemployment board? The original board felt that she had been wrongfully terminated; then after an appeal by the employer a higher (and single person) committee found in favor of the employer; they now want money that they had given to my wife in good faith back (about 7800.00). She is not working what do we do with that? Is there any recourse with the state?
Thank you for your help thus far; how do I prove my case though. We have nothing in writing to prove any of our case which I think is why we lost the first appeal.
Sorry for my delay. She was required to return the handbook when she was terminated. She followed the protocols within the book which called for a verbal meeting with her supervisor with regard to the workplace issues. Unemployment stated that she was terminated for not performing her job according to policies within the handbook. It was a coincidence that the person she reported was the same one that investigated her. Her supervisor stood by this and fabricated previous "counseling sessions" to make my wife appear to be not doing her job; however she had received a performance evaluation weeks before being terminated and was given high marks for job performance.
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Big Bang Theory Cast Plans to Demand Giant Salary Increase — Report
The cast of The Big Bang Theory might just steal a move from the Friends playbook as they plan to band together and demand higher salaries.
According to RadarOnline.com, the show's three biggest stars, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, and Kaley Cuoco have all pledged to call for salary raises as big as a half-a-million dollars per episode for the entire season. The actors currently bring in $350,000 each per episode.
"The cast is already talking about the next round of negotiations," a source told Radar. "They know the critical position Big Bang holds on CBS' prime-time and the only thing preventing them getting what they want would be a spectacular ratings demise this season. That isn't about to happen anytime soon. They'll put on a united-front during negotiations."
Jim, Johnny, and Kaley reportedly plan to put up a united front, just as the cast of Friends did in 2002 when they banded together and each secured a salary of $1 million per episode.
The cast members sure do have the leverage: The Big Bang Theory is the number one primetime sitcom and the highest rated syndicated show in the United States.
"What they've been able to achieve is a feat unheard of for a show in recent history and they all deserve to get compensated for it," the source said.
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Oral Biology students win AADR Hatton competition
The Graduate Program in Oral Biology is proud to have four students competing in the 2008 AADR/Johnson & Johnson Oral Health Products Hatton Competition at the annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Research in Dallas, Texas. Three out of the four students are finalists, and two won first place.
"It's unusual to have so many Hatton finalists from a single institution, and the fact that three of our four competitors made it to the finals is a real tribute to the quality of post-graduate education in the Oral Biology graduate program at the School of Dentistry," said Dr. Joel Rudney, the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry's interim associate dean for research. "This is an achivement that we all can be proud of."
On April 2, 2008, Rodrigo Giacaman, Anjalee Vacharaksa, and Yu Lei were named finalists in their divisions and will move on to compete at the International Association of Dental Research meeting in July 2008 in Toronto.
Two students, Rodrigo Giacaman and Anjalee Vacharaksa, won 1st place in the postdoctoral and senior divisions, respectively. Drs. Giacaman, Vacharaksa, and Lei are students of Prof. Mark Herzberg. Julio Sotillo Rodriguez is a student of Prof. Raj Gopalakrishnan.
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Porphyromonas gingivalis increases keratinocyte transfer of HIV-1 to permissive cells
R.A. GIACAMAN, A.C. ASRANI, K.H. GEBHARD, E.A. DIETRICH, A. VACHARAKSA, K.F. ROSS, and M.C. HERZBERG, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Restricted HIV-1 Infection in TERT-2 Oral Keratinocytes
A. VACHARAKSA, A.C. ASRANI, R.A. GIACAMAN, K.F. ROSS, and M.C. HERZBERG, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase Protects Surface Adhesins on Streptococcus gordonii
Y. LEI, Y. ZHANG, J. KRETH, and M.C. HERZBERG, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Osteopenia in Twisted Gastrulation-Deficient Mice Results from Enhanced Osteoclast Function
J. SOTILLO RODRIGUEZ, A. CARLSON, B. MACKENZIE, T. SCHWARZ, K. MANSKY, A. PETRYK, and R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA