Afternoon Breakout Sessions II
2:40 pm to 3:30 pm
Note: Breakout Session room locations can be found on the program insert.
**********
|
B17. VALE Open Source ILS Project Collaboration: Benefits and Challenges Judy Matthew, William Paterson University Bruce Slutsky, New Jersey Institute of Technology Pamela Theus, William Paterson University Cathy Weng, The College of New Jersey The goal of the VALE OLS Project is the creation of a single-instance shared library system for all VALE libraries. The development of this project requires collaboration between the Steering Committee and other VALE Committees – BCMC (Cataloging), Resource Sharing, Reference Services (ILS interface), and CCM (Collection Management). In this session, representatives from these committees will talk briefly about what they are doing to support the VALE OLS development. They will highlight any challenges or issues that they see with the OLS, and contrast that with the potential benefits. |
|
B18. Special Users, Special Needs: Designing an Instructional Toolkit for Research Assistants at a Research Library Kate Scherler, Rutgers University Molly Stewart, Rutgers University Judit Ward, Rutgers University This presentation will share the Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) Library’s experience with creating a specialized resource aimed at assisting library users new to research. Using LibGuides, the instructional toolkit provides an overview of the research process, including search tips, troubleshooting for finding online articles, an introduction to reference management software, and scholarly publication how-to’s. Known as RAT (Research Assistant Toolkit), the resource was developed by CAS librarians with the intention of combining technology and staff to reach out to the Center’s new undergraduate and graduate assistants, as well as post-doc and faculty members new to the university. |
|
B19. Developmental Grantsmanship: Collaboration with the Campus Research Office Patricia Bender, Rutgers University Roberta Tipton, Rutgers University Ann Watkins, Rutgers University Two librarians and a grants specialist describe an ongoing collaborative project to provide support for grant writers on the Rutgers-Newark Campus. This project has grown to include graduate education and faculty and staff support as well as undergraduate scholarship searching and community outreach. The librarians expand their roles as teachers and information consultants into the grantsmanship arena, while the grants specialist expands her own teaching and consultation roles to reach her target audiences in new ways. The term "developmental grantsmanship" is used in this context to mean fostering grant researching and writing expertise in both neophytes and seasoned academics. |
|
B20. From RDA to Semantic Web: A Progess Report Marilyn Quinn, Rider University Sharon Yang, Rider University Resource Description and Access (RDA) is being developed in order to help libraries and related organizations create bibliographic metadata for the Semantic Web. Why do we librarians care about the Semantic Web? This presentation will explain RDA and its relationship to the Semantic Web in simple terms along with live demos of Semantic Web technologies. The emphasis will be on controversies, promises, and progress since the June 2011 decision and report by the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee, which provided a critique of RDA and a roadmap for changes and additional work prior to implementation. The targeted audience is any librarian who wishes to understand and discuss the impact of RDA on their libraries. The audience will also get some basic ideas as to how RDA fits into the larger picture of the Semantic Web. |
|
B21. Too Hot to NOT Touch: Students Editing Wikipedia Get Firsthand Experience with How It Does and Doesn’t Burn Them Terrence Epperson, The College of New Jersey John T. Oliver, The College of New Jersey Wikipedia is widely used by students - even in academic writing - despite repeated warnings by teachers, librarians and professors about the potential for bias, inaccuracy and insufficiency. As part of a research- and writing-intensive seminar course called "The Anthropology of Cyberspace," first-year students were asked to critique and then edit Wikipedia entries. This assignment gave students firsthand experience with how Wikipedia content is created and refined, and we analyze the information literacy competencies they learned and demonstrated while doing so. |
|
B22. Ebook Licensing and Interlibrary Loan: An International Perspective Janice T. Pilch, Rutgers University Interlibrary lending provisions in ebook licenses are a contested issue. Interlibrary loan of ebooks does not take the form of traditional lending, and ILL licensing provisions for ebooks are based on different legal concepts than the copyright provisions that govern the lending of print books. Beyond discussion of the possibilities for ebook lending between libraries within the U.S., interesting questions arise concerning the future of international interlibrary loan within the landscape of copyright law and global licensing practices. |
|
B23. Web Laboratory: Redesign as an Opportunity for Experimentation Heather Cook, Bergen Community College Yolanda Sheppard, Bergen Community College When it came time for our library to think about redesigning our website, we wanted to take an experimental approach and explore an alternate means of creating a library website. Our goals: low maintenance, flexibility, easy updating, and small learning curve. To accomplish this we embraced open source software and cloud resources. The new website is a pilot project this year so we can gather feedback from the college community. This session will demonstrate our new website and discuss the challenges, decisions, and our general experience in this endeavor. |
|
B24. Innovations in Library Instruction Focusing on Students in Architecture and Visual Arts Maya Gervits, New Jersey Institute of Technology Susan O’Connor, New Jersey Institute of Technology This presentation will discuss innovative directions in library instruction attempting to engage diverse learning styles, especially for students in architecture and visual arts. It will focus on how libraries can support curriculum using both commercially available and specifically designed tools: web based tutorials, LibGuides, course-management systems, digital repositories, textual and image databases, as well as various Web 2.0 applications. |
