Hi all,
The last day for CUC students and faculty to request library books or videos from Leatherby Libraries for the Spring II 2008 term is May 18, 2008. Any books or videos requested for the Spring II term after that day will not be processed.
May 2, 2008 is the last day to submit ILLIAD/Interlibrary Loan BOOK requests (for books not found in Leatherby Libraries' print or electronic collections) for the Spring II 2008 term. We will continue to accept article requests until the end of the term.
If you have questions about your library account, please contact your CUC Library Assistant at acladocs@chapman.edu.
For more information about requesting library materials, please review the CUC Guide to Library Services and Resources at http://www1.chapman.edu/library/centers/GuidetoLibraryResources.pdf (p. 10).
Thank you!
-Annie
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Off-Campus Conference Day 3 - Salt Lake City Public Library
Hi all,
My visit to the Salt Lake City Public Library (Library Journal's Library of the Year, 2006) was a great way to end my stay in Salt Lake City. I not only got to take in the amazing architecture of the library but was also able to spend a couple hours with their incredible zine collection.
The SLCPL zine collection contains hundreds of zines from local zine publishers as well as those from other areas. New zines are prominently displayed face-out while the rest of the zines are arranged by subject on shelves on the second floor of the library. Library goers are free to read zines at the library or check them out. Yes, this is a circulating zine collection! Although zine collections are becoming more popular in libraries, it's not everyday that you can actually check out a zine to take home and enjoy.
Below is a picture of SLC Public Library as well as their zine collection.
Enjoy, and thanks for reading!
-Annie
Images provided with the permission of Salt Lake City Public Library
Friday, April 25, 2008
Off-Campus Library Services Conference (Day 2 and 3)
Hi all,
I've been attending a number of workshops these past two days and have finally had a chance to go through my notes and recap the many great ideas I've been exposed to as far as providing more dynamic library service to distance learners.
I've been very interested lately in how different academic libraries are creating online tutorials that teach their users how to utilize particular library resources, such as the library catalog, different databases, and more. I attended two workshops, "Using Online Tutorials to Reduce Uncertainty in Information Seeking Behavior" (presented by Elizabeth Jean Brumfield of Prairie View A&M University) and "Visual Tutorials for Point of Need Instruction in Online Courses" (presented by Debra Kimok and Holly Heller-Ross of State University of New York at Plattsburgh). The first workshop discussed more theoretical aspects of why online tutorials are useful for helping users through the emotional and cognitive issues that can arise when dealing with information retrieval (in our case, conducting research in an academic library with huge print and electronic collections). The second workshop focused more on the practical aspects of developing screencasts ("movies of whatever is happening on your computer screen," as explained by Paul Betty, another presenter at the conference) to walk users through the process of how to access and use different library resources (e.g., how to use the Academic Search Elite database). The librarians presenting this workshop also talked about how they integrated their tutorials and screencasts into online classes, research guides, and chat reference interviews.
Today, I attended a third workshop on screencasting (for the purposes of library tutorials), and I learned of some open source screencasting freeware as well as how to utilize Google Analytics to assess use of these types of screencasts serving as tutorials to help librarians figure out how to improve content and design based on how users navigate the screencast. I also learned more about ANTS (Animated Library Tutorials Project) where librarians can share their online tutorials with one another under Creative Commons License.
More to come about my visit to the zine collection at the Salt Lake City Public Library!
Thanks for reading,
Annie
I've been attending a number of workshops these past two days and have finally had a chance to go through my notes and recap the many great ideas I've been exposed to as far as providing more dynamic library service to distance learners.
I've been very interested lately in how different academic libraries are creating online tutorials that teach their users how to utilize particular library resources, such as the library catalog, different databases, and more. I attended two workshops, "Using Online Tutorials to Reduce Uncertainty in Information Seeking Behavior" (presented by Elizabeth Jean Brumfield of Prairie View A&M University) and "Visual Tutorials for Point of Need Instruction in Online Courses" (presented by Debra Kimok and Holly Heller-Ross of State University of New York at Plattsburgh). The first workshop discussed more theoretical aspects of why online tutorials are useful for helping users through the emotional and cognitive issues that can arise when dealing with information retrieval (in our case, conducting research in an academic library with huge print and electronic collections). The second workshop focused more on the practical aspects of developing screencasts ("movies of whatever is happening on your computer screen," as explained by Paul Betty, another presenter at the conference) to walk users through the process of how to access and use different library resources (e.g., how to use the Academic Search Elite database). The librarians presenting this workshop also talked about how they integrated their tutorials and screencasts into online classes, research guides, and chat reference interviews.
Today, I attended a third workshop on screencasting (for the purposes of library tutorials), and I learned of some open source screencasting freeware as well as how to utilize Google Analytics to assess use of these types of screencasts serving as tutorials to help librarians figure out how to improve content and design based on how users navigate the screencast. I also learned more about ANTS (Animated Library Tutorials Project) where librarians can share their online tutorials with one another under Creative Commons License.
More to come about my visit to the zine collection at the Salt Lake City Public Library!
Thanks for reading,
Annie
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Off-Campus Library Services Conference (Day 1)
Hi CUC!
I have just thoroughly enjoyed my day at the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in Salt Lake City. All the new information I've been exposed to is truly invigorating! Not to mention the beautiful snow-covered mountains surrounding me create quite a setting for learning.
The first workshop I attended was "Usability Testing of Library Web Sites," presented by Stefanie Buck and Jon Dillon of Western Washington University Libraries. In addition to learning about a variety of user tests that can be useful when redesigning a library's website, us librarians attending the workshop had the opportunity to actively participate in the Task Oriented Testing model. For this type of usability testing a test user sits with a moderator who keeps track of every step in the user's search path to learn more about how others may be using the library website. Also, while the user is clicking from page to page, they verbalize their thought process. Although this is not a new model of testing, it can provide great insight into user interpretations of different functions within a library's website (for example, to accomplish the task of finding an article for their research, where do they go on the website to try to do this?).
In addition to learning about strategic planning for user testing as well as a myriad of ways a library can accumulate user testing data for analysis purposes, I also learned some about different remote testing software for implementing user testing with distance education students.
Following this workshop, I attended a discussion about how one academic librarian uses Camtasia for developing screencasts, including online tutorials that demonstrate how to use different databases. To view an example of how libraries can use Camtasia to create online tutorials, visit http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/videos/library_research.html. There's also a Camtasia video that is actually about Camtasia functionality, created by Jeff Ward (Highline Community College) at http://tinyurl.com/4e2uo6.
Lots of possibilities, and there's still two more days to go with this conference! :)
Thanks for reading,
Annie
I have just thoroughly enjoyed my day at the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in Salt Lake City. All the new information I've been exposed to is truly invigorating! Not to mention the beautiful snow-covered mountains surrounding me create quite a setting for learning.
The first workshop I attended was "Usability Testing of Library Web Sites," presented by Stefanie Buck and Jon Dillon of Western Washington University Libraries. In addition to learning about a variety of user tests that can be useful when redesigning a library's website, us librarians attending the workshop had the opportunity to actively participate in the Task Oriented Testing model. For this type of usability testing a test user sits with a moderator who keeps track of every step in the user's search path to learn more about how others may be using the library website. Also, while the user is clicking from page to page, they verbalize their thought process. Although this is not a new model of testing, it can provide great insight into user interpretations of different functions within a library's website (for example, to accomplish the task of finding an article for their research, where do they go on the website to try to do this?).
In addition to learning about strategic planning for user testing as well as a myriad of ways a library can accumulate user testing data for analysis purposes, I also learned some about different remote testing software for implementing user testing with distance education students.
Following this workshop, I attended a discussion about how one academic librarian uses Camtasia for developing screencasts, including online tutorials that demonstrate how to use different databases. To view an example of how libraries can use Camtasia to create online tutorials, visit http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/videos/library_research.html. There's also a Camtasia video that is actually about Camtasia functionality, created by Jeff Ward (Highline Community College) at http://tinyurl.com/4e2uo6.
Lots of possibilities, and there's still two more days to go with this conference! :)
Thanks for reading,
Annie
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Off-Campus Library Services Conference
Hi all!
Welcome to the CUC Library Updates blog!
I will be attending the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in Salt Lake City from April 23-25.The focus of this conference includes the provision of library services to distance education learners. I will be posting updates here about workshops I attend and places I visit during my stay in SLC (including my visit to the SLC Public Library so that I can view their amazing zine collection!).
Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!
Happy National Library Week!
Image from http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.cfm
-Annie
Welcome to the CUC Library Updates blog!
I will be attending the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in Salt Lake City from April 23-25.The focus of this conference includes the provision of library services to distance education learners. I will be posting updates here about workshops I attend and places I visit during my stay in SLC (including my visit to the SLC Public Library so that I can view their amazing zine collection!).
Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!
Happy National Library Week!
Image from http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.cfm
-Annie
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