Pacific University Library has formed the Local Collections and Publications Services (LCPS) team to develop and manage the library’s digital collections and to support online publishing activities. Vision In order to support the University’s emphasis on discovery through research, teaching and learning, all resources of creative, intellectual or historical value at Pacific University should be [...]
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As one of ALA’s 2010 Emerging Leaders, Miriam was asked to post some reflections on blogging for ACRLog. So, of course we wanted to feature it here too!
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In celebration of National Library Week at NCU we requested photos from interested faculty and staff to create READ posters, using software purchased from ALA a couple years ago. We ended up with a total of 10 submissions (which is pretty good for our small institution), all very creative and fun. Students are asked to [...]
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Elaine Gass Hirsch from Lewis and Clark College is seeking your ideas on possible future speakers for the annual Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture in Library Service. This lecture is regularly attended by academic librarians throughout the region, and she would like to know who you might be interested in hearing and discussing ideas with during [...]
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Recently I have created a number of course specific research guides, e.g. Psychology 459/559: Infant Development, in which I inserted pre-formated subject searches in Portland State WorldCat to get students to relevant monographic content quickly (book links are at the bottom of the guide). Observation: pre-formatted searches can be set up so the result list [...]
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Does your library do anything special for students when they are in final exam week mode? Do you provide refreshments (Seattle U provided coffee and cookies)? Activites? If yes, what has worked best or been most appreciated? This semester we put out two library study break puzzles (puzzle 1, puzzle 2) as a mental break [...]
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